The Aqueduct of Segovia is one of the greatest surviving monuments of Roman engineering — a colossal double-tiered arcade of 167 granite arches soaring 28 metres above the Plaza del Azoguejo in the heart of the Spanish city of Segovia, constructed without a single drop of mortar nearly 2,000 years ago and still standing in […]
Las Médulas is one of the most extraordinary human-altered landscapes in the world — a UNESCO World Heritage site in the province of León, Spain, where the largest open-pit gold mine in the Roman Empire transformed a mountain into a surreal landscape of jagged red-orange peaks, deep ravines, and chestnut groves that looks more like […]
Port of Rotterdam – the biggest port in Europe | Netherlands Updated: August 8, 2020 | By Claire | More Rotterdam is situated on the coast of the North Sea, it is the second largest city and second most important city in Netherlands (after Amsterdam). Here you can find the Port of Rotterdam which is […]
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Caltagirone – the stairs to heaven in Sicily, Italy Updated: September 22, 2020 | By Claire | More 68 km from Catania at 608 meters above the sea level, there is one of the Sicilian pearls Caltagirone. Caltagirone is famous for the production of hand-made ceramics, particularly maiolica and terra-cotta wares. Production of grapes, olives […]
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Taormina – the beauty made by human and nature in Sicily, Italy Updated: July 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Taormina is a small Italian town, located at the north-eastern part of Sicily island, between Messina and Catania. It is considered to be one of the most popular holiday destinations in Sicily. It lies […]
Matera – one of the oldest settled place in Italy Updated: January 16, 2020 | By Claire | More Matera is a town in southern Italy, 65km south-east from Bari. The town was founded by the Romans in the 3rd century BC. Matera reminds a poor peasant culture, which, since prehistoric times began to excavate […]
Segesta is one of Sicily’s most hauntingly beautiful ancient sites — a perfectly preserved 5th-century BC Doric temple standing in solitary splendour on a remote hillside in the Sicilian interior, its 36 columns silhouetted against the sky with no modern development in sight. Built by the Elymians — one of Sicily’s three indigenous peoples — […]
The Valley of the Temples at Agrigento is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world — the richest and best-preserved group of ancient Greek temples outside Greece, standing in golden sandstone splendour on a ridge overlooking the Mediterranean in southern Sicily. A UNESCO World Heritage site and the crown jewel of Magna […]
Portofino – one of the most romantic town in Italy Updated: September 8, 2020 | By Claire | More In the northwest of Italy, near Genoa, you find one of the most romantic ports of the Ligurian region. Portofino is a picturesque fishing village, which took the hearts of many Italians, but also famous celebrities […]
Ostuni is la Città Bianca — the White City — one of the most spectacular hill towns in southern Italy, a dazzling cascade of whitewashed houses, staircases, and alleyways rising from the olive groves of Puglia’s Valle d’Itria whose uniformly white-painted architecture (originally a medieval sanitary measure using lime wash to disinfect the streets, now […]
