Istanbul is not the capital city of Turkey but it certainly is the most important one. The international face of the nation, the “gate” for those who land for the first time here. The old Byzantium that made the history after the Romans, the city of beautiful churches and mosques, the warden of the Strait […]
Mexico City is a large metropolis served by two airports and numerous stations. Although the national railways no longer have a direct arrival in the center of the capital, there is a suburban train that allows the direct connection. The bus and metro stations (the metro has 195 in total!) are very important in Mexico […]
Porto is the second most important city of Portugal, but not the second largest. It includes the second largest city of the nation – Vila Nova de Gaia – in its 1-million-people metropolitan area, but Porto itself only has 214.000 inhabitans. The name means port, harbour, and it is in fact a very important one, […]
Genoa is the city that saw Christopher Columbus born and grow up, and still jealously guards his home and the passion for the sea that characterized the great explorer. Located halfway between two of the most beautiful tourist coasts in Italy, this city has long been underestimated as a holiday destination. Yet today, after being […]
Verona is not just a beautiful city, the heart of the eternal love story of Romeo and Juliet. It is also the gateway to one of the most beautiful Italian regions. The Veronese hinterland ranges from the great lake Garda to the Alps, a peaceful province crossed by rivers and rich in monuments. Coming on […]
Berlin is the bright new capital of Germany. It used to be, in the past, but for a long time – cut in two parts – it left the role to Bonn. Since Germany became one again, this magic city has increased its charm and has become a very important tourist place. Mainly, young people […]
For too many years famous only for the dramatic historical events linked to the Soviet period, Prague was only rediscovered by tourism in the mid-1990s. And it was an astonishing discovery, because a true “Slavic Florence” emerged. A city cradle of history and beauty that has nothing to envy of the Italian and European cultural […]
The city of a thousand lives, the city of a thousand colors … San Francisco is an unmissable destination for those looking for a vacation that never gets boring! Born from an ancient Spanish mission, grown as a port city, free, open and capricious, it has risen from earthquakes, fires and revolutions more beautiful than […]
The third largest Ionian island, belonging to the Greek archipelago, Zakynthos (also know sas Zante) has a very long history of foreign dominations and influences, among which the most marked was the Venetian – and therefore Italian – one. You see this in the architecture, in the names, in some food recipes which make this […]
