September 20, 2011
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Strasbourg – a beautiful historic city in France Updated: September 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Strasbourg is a beautiful historic city and a seat of several important European institutions. Although its name is known worldwide, the most people mistakenly think that it is located in Germany. Finally, sounds like the German name and […]
Tags: city, council-of-europe, european-court-of-human-rights, european-parliament, first-glance, first-printing, france, german-city, german-influence, german-name, german-poet, holy-roman-empire, johann-gutenberg, johann-wolfgang-von, johann-wolfgang-von-goethe, local-restaurants, printing-machines, river-rhine, strasbourg, street-names, timbered-houses, trade-routes
Categories: France, Sights
September 15, 2011
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Funchal – the capital city of Madeira known as Little Lisbon | Portugal Updated: September 15, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Funchal is the capital of subtropical Portuguese island of Madeira, which lies about 600 km from the African coast. The historic core of the city boasts beautiful government buildings, private houses with […]
Tags: arriaga, beach-promenade, ceiling-decorations, city, coastal-side, cruise-ships, dark-interior, funchal, gilded-altar, gothic-arches, iron-balconies, island, madeira, merchant-ships, narrow-streets, picturesque-port, portugal, portuguese-island, private-houses, splendid-villas, steep-slopes, tourist-center, traffic-congestion, transport-hub, volcanic-peaks
Categories: Nature, Portugal, Sights
September 4, 2011
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Arbanasi – a picturesque village in Bulgaria Updated: September 4, 2020 | By Claire | More Bulgaria boasts many large cities to entertain and excite visitors but what about those who prefer something a bit more unpolished? Arbanasi is a picturesque settlement located in north central Bulgaria. It’s a popular tourist destination because of its […]
Tags: 15th-century, 18th-century, arbanasi, bulgaria, central-bulgaria, female-sections, grand-vizir, historical-buildings, iron-nails, medieval-town, mural-paintings, murals, nativity-church, oak-doors, ottoman-empire, picturesque-settlement, picturesque-village, rocky-plateau, sultan, tourist-destination, town, village, wood-carvings
Categories: Bulgaria, Sights
August 31, 2011
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Museum of Music in Prague – popular museum in the Czech Republic Updated: August 30, 2020 | By Claire | More The Czech Museum of Music (or České muzeum hudby) is one of the most popular and beautiful museums in the Czech Republic. Situated in the thriving tourist destination of Prague, the Czech Museum of […]
Tags: acoustics, ambience, baroque-palace, classical-music, concerts, czech-composers, czech-republic, exhibitions, gleams, grand-assembly-hall, history-of-music, mozart, museum, museums, music, music-lover, old-manuscripts, original-score, prague, smetana, stonework, tourist-destination
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
August 30, 2011
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The city of Antwerp with one of the largest seaports in Europe | Belgium Updated: August 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Renowned for being the diamond capital of the world, Antwerp is the second largest city and municipality in Belgium. It’s also the capital of the province of Flanders. But more than anything […]
Tags: antique-shops, antwerp, art-galleries, backstreets, belgium, best-food, city, city-fashion, city-of-antwerp, club-culture, cosmopolitan-place, delicious-meals, designer-boutiques, diamond-capital-of-the-world, dispositions, docklands, fashion-designers, flanders, happiest-people-on-earth, historical-buildings, largest-seaport-in-europe, municipality, seaports
Categories: Belgium, Sights
August 30, 2011
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Valldemossa – a picturesque mountain town on the Spanish island of Mallorca Updated: August 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Valldemossa is a picturesque mountain town on the Spanish island of Mallorca. It lies on the western part of the island, near the town of Sóller. Valldemossa is situated in the middle of a […]
Tags: 14th-century, almendras, almond-milk, charterhouse, city, colorful-houses, famous-pianist, famous-pianists, french-writer, fruits-and-vegetables, george-sand, island, library-museum, magnificent-views, mallorca, moragues, pharmacy-library, picturesque-mountain-town, polish-composer, rare-originals, sant-bartomeu, spain, spanish-island, town, virtuoso-pianist
Categories: Sights, Spain
August 26, 2011
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Scalea – one of the most visited sea-site resorts in Calabria, Italy Updated: August 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Scalea is an ancient town situated on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the Cedar Riviera (Riviera dei Cedri). It is located about 110km from the regional capital city of Cosenza. Scalea has […]
Tags: 11th-century, 12th-century, calabria, calabria-italy, castle-ruins, century-church, exotic-plants, fortress-town, gap, italy, monastery-ruins, norman-castle, normanno, palazzo-dei-principi, parco-nazionale, regional-capital, resort, roman-houses, romanesque-castle, san-nicola-in-plateis, scalea, sea-site, seaside-location, trunk-diameter, tyrrhenian-sea
Categories: Italy, Nature, Sights, Virtual Travel
August 24, 2011
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Linderhof Palace – the beautiful palace in the mountain of Bavaria, Germany Updated: October 27, 2020 | By Claire | More The idea to build Linderhof Palace came from the King Ludwig II of Bavaria while visiting the International Exhibition in Paris in 1867. Napoleon III took him to Compiègne, the Louvre, the Tuileries and […]
Tags: absolute-monarchy, bavaria, bavaria-germany, beautiful-palace, castle, circular-temple, entrance-hall, equestrian-statue, francois-girardon, french-kings, germany, international-exhibition, king-ludwig-ii, king-ludwig-ii-of-bavaria, linderhof-palace, marble-pilasters, marble-statue, napoleon-iii, palace, rococo-style, romantic-structures, sight, sun-king, versailles-palace
Categories: Germany, Sights
August 23, 2011
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Carcassonne – the largest preserved fortress town in Europe | France Updated: August 24, 2020 | By Claire | More Carcassonne is a city with great history, admired by some people, cursed by others. It is also a theme of a great board game Carcassonne that is often played by many enthusiastic players. Let’s travel […]
Tags: 11th-century, 19th-century, architect, board-game, carcassonne, castle-museum, cathedral-notre-dame, curious-tourists, enthusiastic-players, fragment, france, game-city, intellectual-elite, iron-age, labyrinth, largest-fortress-in-europe, medieval-city-centre, medieval-streets, old-town, reconstructions, roman-city, sight, typical-signs, viollet-le-duc
Categories: France, Sights
August 18, 2011
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Colosseum – amazing 2000 years old symbol of Rome | Italy Updated: May 18, 2020 | By Claire | More There are many buildings that people consider important and significant, but only some of them have become symbols. One of them is undoubtedly the Roman Colosseum. It is interesting that the building was originally named […]
Tags: 100-years, collapse-of-roman-empire, colosseum, earthquakes, emperor-nero, emperor-vespasian, estimation, followers, gladiatorial-contests, god, helios, hundreds-of-years, italy, middle-ages, old-document, public-performances, roman-colosseum, sight, symbol-of-rome, titus-flavius-domitian
Categories: Italy, Sights, Virtual Travel
