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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The second city in Spain, as for size and number of inhabitants, Barcelona is also one of the most beautiful tourist places in Europe. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea with kilometers of white sandy beaches. Barcelona is famous for its night life, for the shows and entertainments. But it is also very important for its […]
With over 400.000 inhabitants, Palma de Mallorca is the capital city and the biggest island of the Balear Archipelago. It is one of the most important tourist places in Spain, and in Europe too. It is mainly appreciated by British and German tourists, but recently many other Europeans and Americans too have discovered its beauty. […]
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, […]
The “Venice of the North”, Amsterdam, is a city born from water. The sea and the Amstel River create a net of canals surrounding the historical old town. The official capital of Netherlands, as many other urban centers of this nation, was built a few meters below sea level and protected by a dam. This […]