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, […]
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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. […]
To some people it is “Coo” to most part of the world it is “Kos”. No matter how you like to call it, this island is a natural wonder, a real paradise on Earth. Of course we are in Greece, in the Dodecanese Archipelago, south east Aegean Sea. Kos is one of the three largest […]
Alghero is not just another lovely Italian holiday. It is a trip to a different world. Different in language – they speak a Catalan Spanish dialect here – different in colours and culture. Not far from Sassari, the town dominates the north-western coast of Sardinia, one of the most charming places in Europe. It is […]
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 […]