December 2, 2010
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The Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana) is widely considered the most beautiful coastline in Europe — a 50-kilometre stretch of UNESCO-listed Mediterranean paradise on the southern edge of the Sorrentine Peninsula where pastel-coloured cliffside villages, terraced lemon groves, and the impossibly blue Tyrrhenian Sea create one of the most coveted travel destinations on the planet. From […]
Tags: agerola, amalfi, amalfi-coast, amalfitana-coast, architectural-monuments, beautiful-gardens, cetara, coast, conca-dei-marini, early-middle-ages, italy, maiori, praiano, ravello, romantic-village, sorrento-peninsula, spectacular, spectacular-panoramic-views, terrain-variety, town, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, vietri-sul-mare, world-heritage-site
Categories: Italy, Nature, Sights
November 30, 2010
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Positano – the most beautiful town on the Amalfi Coast in Italy Updated: July 18, 2020 | By Claire | More Positano is the most beautiful town on the Italian coast of Campania. Beautiful picturesque town is situated on a steep hillside above the sea. The area was inhabited already in ancient times. Today Positano […]
Tags: 16th-century, amalfi-coast, antiquity, assunta, beautiful-town, campania, celebrations, city, duomo, festa, inhabitants, italian-coast, italy, monastery, picturesque-town, positano, premio, renowned-beaches, rocky-beach, sandy-beach, sant-andrea, seaside-resort, small-town, spiaggia, steep-hillside, town
Categories: Italy, Nature, Sights
November 25, 2010
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Paestum – major Graeco-Roman city in Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Paestum is a major European seaside resort and unforgettable tourist destination. It is also the main objective of the excavations for history lovers. Paestum is located in Campania region, about 40 km south of Salerno and 85 km southeast […]
Tags: 9th-september, ancient-greek-temples, archaeological-discoveries, archaeological-work, archeological-discoveries, architectural-monument, athens-acropolis, capri, cilento-national-park, city, delicious-cuisine, fish-specialties, greek-colonists, history-lovers, italy, main-objective, major-graeco-roman-city, napoli, national-park, paestum, pompeii, pompeii-and-herculaneum, prosperous-cities, rare-pieces, roman-empire, tourist-boom, world-war-ii
Categories: Italy, Sights
November 14, 2010
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Orvieto is one of the most spectacular hill towns in Italy — a volcanic tufa plateau rising almost vertically from the Umbrian plain whose crown jewel is the Duomo di Orvieto, one of the greatest Gothic cathedrals in Italy, with a glittering facade of gold mosaics, carved biblical scenes, and rose windows that the art […]
Tags: 15th-century, architectural-treasures, artistic, belvedere, celebrations, central-italian-region, city, economic-center, etruscan-necropolis, etruscan-period, etruscans, festa-della-palombella, gusto, italy, noble-families, olive-oil, orvieto, pozzo-di-san-patrizio, remnants, tourism-center, town, traditions-in-italy, typical-products, volcanic-rock, wine, wine-traditions
Categories: Italy, Sights
November 10, 2010
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Best European skiing destinations Updated: January 4, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More Have you already started to choose some good skiing destination for this winter? We had. Here are some of the possibilities that we suppose to be the best skiing destinations in Europe. France – Offers the best value for money […]
Tags: austria, beautiful-mountain, best-ski-resorts, carrying-capacity, cortina-d-ampezzo, courchevel-1850, dolomites, europe, europe-france, four-villages, france, international-atmosphere, italy, local-architecture, monte-cristallo, mountain-sceneries, mountains, national-park, olympic-winter-games, parc-national-de-la-vanoise, quality-ski, ski, ski-resort, ski-resorts-in-france, ski-slopes, ski-tows, skiing, snow, switzerland, wooden-houses
Categories: Austria, France, Italy, Wellness, Relax & Sports
November 8, 2010
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Spoleto – an ancient city of the arts festival “The Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of Two Worlds)” | Italy Updated: November 14, 2020 | By Claire | More In the region of Umbria, in the central Italy, there is a picturesque historical town called Spoleto (Spoletium), which history stretches back to medieval times. It […]
Tags: ancient-city, archaeological-findings, architectural-modifications, architectural-treasures, aristocratic-families, arts-festival, broad-valley, central-italy, city, current-view, festival-of-two-worlds, french-occupation, geographical-position, italy, occupation-period, political-significance, prehistoric-times, revivals, rich-villas, roman-architects, roman-colony, romanesque-churches, spoleto, target, the-festival-dei-due-mondi, town, umbri, unification-of-italy
Categories: Italy, Sights
November 7, 2010
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Assisi – the city of the peace in Italy Updated: August 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Assisi is a town located in the central Italian region of Umbria and one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the country. It is linked with the life of St. Francis, who lived here from 1181 […]
Tags: albornoz, assisi, birthplace-of-st-francis, calendimaggio, city, city-of-the-peace, franciscan-monastery, goddess-minerva, italy, medieval-castle, papal-jurisdiction, peace, perugia, pilgrimage-basilica, religious-buildings, renowned-festival, roman-forum, roman-period, santa-chiara, santa-maria-sopra-minerva, santo-stefano, secular-franciscan-order, st-francis-of-assisi, town, tuscany, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site
Categories: Italy, Sights
November 6, 2010
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Kronborg Castle in Denmark – the place of William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy Hamlet Updated: May 18, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More If you take the ferry from Helsingør to Helsinborg, it’s hard to miss the fortified castle of Kronborg at the coast. It became famous mainly because its corridors and rooms were […]
Tags: castle, centuries, corridors, denmark, elsinor, england, hamlet, italy, kronborg, kronborg-castle, northern-europe, palace, renaissance-castle, renaissance-castles, scandinavia, tourists, tragedy, unesco, william-shakespeare, world-heritage-sites
Categories: Denmark, Sights
November 4, 2010
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Capri island – the centre of luxury | Italy Updated: January 29, 2020 | By Claire | More The picturesque island of Capri lies in the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Gulf of Naples. Not like the many islands in the vicinity, Capri has not been created by volcanic activity arose, but was separated from the […]
Tags: anacapri, capri, dark-cave, emperor-tiberius, grotta-azzurra, gulf-of-naples, island, island-of-capri, italian-countryside, italy, luxury, many-islands, marina-grande, marina-piccola, napoli, picturesque-island, picturesque-square, picturesque-view, romantic-beauty, sea-cave, sorrento-peninsula, swedish-writer, villa-jovis, villa-san-michele, white-cliffs
Categories: Italy, Nature
October 30, 2010
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Perugia – the major center of Italian art and chocolate Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Perugia is the capital of the central Italian province – Umbria and is considered a major center of Italian art. Even if Perugia is surrounded by not very nice suburb and messy highway lines, it is […]
Tags: behin, central-italy, chocolate-lovers, city, comfortable-shoes, corso-vannucci, etruscans-romans, fontana-maggiore, giovanni-pisano, italian-art, italian-painter, italian-province, italy, medieval-heart, medieval-influences, nicola-and-giovanni, papal-state, pedestrian-zone, perugia, pietro-vannucci, public-traffic, renaissance-artist, splendid-monuments, tiber-river, town
Categories: Italy, Sights
