http://www.visitgreece.gr/en/greek_islands/crete In the heart of the Mediterranean he was born “I Strata tis Kritis”, a new path that is added to the great Europeans Paths. If your holiday destination is Greece, not to forget the “Cretan way”, a journey of 500 km in the island of Crete. If you love to walk in contact with nature, listening to you, certainly …
Read More »THE PARIGOT RESTAURANT – Welcome at “Le Terroir Parisien”, waiting for oysters and snails,
When your geographical horizon extends – for business or pleasure – you have the wonderful opportunity to hear you inside, like the perfectly proportioned man (created by Leonardo da Vinci), correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. What you see, hear, eat and feel, it’s all inside the Vitruvian approach to life. Welcome inside an …
Read More »WALKING IN “BELEN DE AMERICA” – Huelva, Andalusia: between Rio Tinto and Odiel, looking for a New World
At Mazagon, Spain – a resort on the sea which is 18 km southeast of Huelva – you find a particular hotel, the “Parador Nacional Cristobal Colon”. Perhaps you wonder why that name, in this place that overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. Walking through the streets of this modern city in Andalusia, between Rio Tinto and the Odiel you will find …
Read More »UNFORGETTABLE PAINTINGS OF AUTHOR – Beira Alta, Portugal: the charm of the small Viseu, the magic of Caramulo.
On Paiva River, between old houses and rolling hills, a small art center preserves something special for those who love what man is capable of creating. Beira Alta, in northern Portugal, is a region that can surprise you, already observing the small town of Viseu. Here, in the highest part of town, an impressive cathedral (The Self), that from the …
Read More »“CUATRO POSTES”: SMALL SQUARE, BIG MAGIC – Spain, Old Castile: the charm of Avila, within the Paseo del Rastro
To the right of the Rio Adaja, within an intact city walls, the Old Castile retains a small treasure trove of art, even for you. Avila, the walled city that preserves the memory of Santa Teresa, your wonderful opportunity to admire a fascinating slice of Spain. You arrive in Plaza Santa Teresa crossing the Puerta de l’Alcazar, but to better …
Read More »54.5 METERS OF VERTIGO, IN 294 STEPS – Pisa, Italy: Field of Miracles, a place of the soul over a green lawn
No need to climb over a hill, to see where is the “Field of Miracles”, because the collective imagination that field is a place of the soul, which lives in a city: Pisa. That field of grass and marble, contains the Duomo and the Baptistery, the Leaning Tower and the Cemetery. Perhaps you too – as many who have traveled …
Read More »YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK / CALIFORNIA – Next to giant sequoias and above Glacier Point, waiting to know “El Capitan”
Yes, it’s true. In Mariposa Grove there are giant sequoias. Entering the Yosemite Park (using the south entrance, and turning right), you come to the area where they live the oldest existing plants on earth. 500, only 500 redwoods seem to sleep on the sides and the top of a hill. Maybe you want to see the two most famous …
Read More »BETWEEN RIVERS OF BEER AND FRAGRANCES OF THE MIDDLE AGES – Ceske Budejovice / South Bohemia: where even the marble cherubs love beer
Only when you get to “Na Sadech” – a street lined with trees and lawns – you realize that “stare mesto of this city of Southern Bohemia is before you, with its relaxed and cosmopolitan soul. No more silver mines and even salt traffic, but rivers of good beer “Budvar”, better known by its German name “Budweiser”. The Tourist Office …
Read More »WHERE THE SCULPTOR OF SUGAR LIVES – Mezedes and tis oras, psarotaverna and psistaria. Welcome to the Greek nights
One of the magical moments that are enclosed inside a vacation in Greece, is a gentle reminder, like the pleasant scent of a tavern, where you wait to start your dinner. In that place that welcomes your eyes and makes your belly happy, maybe too – sometimes – you preferred drink enough, but eating only “mezedes”. Like all those who …
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