Dubrovnik, also called Ragusa or Ragusi, is a fortified town of Croatia whose name means “the cliff”. It is set, in fact, on a small cliff overlooking the Adriatic Sea and was founded by people from southern Balkans escaping persecutions. Over the centuries it has kept its Medieval architectures and traditions, but today it is […]
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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, […]
Bari is the “gate to the east”, the third larger city of southern Italy, a small white capital. It is the most important city of region Puglia (Apulia) and one of the most beautiful ports of the Adriatic Sea. It looks at Albania, and has a part of Albanian soul in its culture and language. […]
Corfu, in the Ionian Sea, is the second largest island in Greece after Cephalonia. It is very close to Italy so it is one of the favourite places for Italian tourists. It is well connected with the main ports of both Italy and Greece but it also has an airport very active in every season. […]
Forget all those “mafia movies” showing Palermo as a dirty city of crime, because the capital of Sicily is the ancient seat of an empire. It is rich in history, art, architecture and natural beauty. A place to see, absolutely. Like many other big cities, Palermo also has its “negative sides” but a tourist will […]