On the path of the beer, in Saxony
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
In Saxony, the German region of Dresden and Leipzig, the beer is not just a inevitable beverage but a real cultural thing, part of a people that produces and drinks it at least from a thousand years. In fact, according to the bishop Thietmar von Merseburg, on September 13, 1015 the castle of Meissen, attacked
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Caves, mills and old prisons
Wednesday, 01 April 2015
A treasure chest of wonders concentrated in a few handfuls of miles: this is Terra Berica, a territory that develops south of the city of Vicenza, an area that is less than 500 square kilometers and includes 24 municipalities located between the Berici Hills and the surrounding plain. A land of fascinating water mills, caves,
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LXF, Lisbon creative village
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Lisbon nostalgic and romantic city? Yes, but not only: there is also much design to discover. For example in LX Factory, which offers a mix of activities spread over 23000 square meters with trendy bars, craft shops, design workshops and cutting-edge creatives, offices and co-working spaces, libraries, startups, restaurants, nightclubs and cafes, as well as
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Sherlock Holmes, Swiss surprises
Wednesday, 02 October 2013
Where were invented meringues? The name says it: in Meiringen (Oberal, Switzerland). This village surrounded by impressive mountains has another peculiarity: the Sherlock Holmes Museum. Opened in 1991 – centenary of the death of the famous detective – is located in the basement of an old English church in the center of the little town,
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Innsbruck and the charms of Tyrol
Monday, 23 September 2013
Countless travelers – pilgrims, merchants, diplomats and artists – along the ages have chosen the city of Innsbruck as a destination or as a place to stop on the way to and from Germany, a jewel surrounded by majestic mountains; but tourism in the modern sense was born in the nineteenth century, attracted by the
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Ski and rock: Ischgl
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Its name is almost unpronounceable: Ischgl. More understandable instead the nickname “Ibiza of the Alps”, valid especially in winter: characterized by a number of hotels and venues, the town attracts music stars, who are often happy to add the town to their tour stops, sometimes as the opening date. The Tyrolean metropolis of lifestyle, it
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Seborga, an independent principality near Imperia?
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Castrum Sepulcri, Sepulcri Burgum, then Sepolcarum, Serporca (Castle of the Four Bastions), Seborga, a small town in Liguria, between Ospedaletti and Bordighera, with a unique history. The place where the Cathars once buried their priests, Seborga became a fiefdom of the Counts of Ventimiglia, who in 954 gave the Benedictine monks of Lerins (France) the
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A classic not to be missed: London, the Science Museum
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
It may seem a trivial or obvious choice: and that is why you are likely to snub it. But with almost two and a half million visitors each year, the Science Museum in London is one of the best in the world: at the forefront for expositive technologies, it has one of the largest collections
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Freiburg, ecological city
Wednesday, 03 October 2012
Freiburg (in Breisgau, not to be confused with its namesake in Switzerland) has had an ecological drive since the 1970s, when citizens united in protest to halt the construction of a nuclear power plant. The green revolution has not stopped since: everyone has pledged to make the city a model of efficiency, having achieved widespread
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Constance, a natural paradise full of history
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
On the Swiss border, Constance is a university town, lively and pleasant at the same time, popular location for … weddings.The most important historical fact, the Council of 1414-1418, it is stressed a bit everywhere starting from the prosperous and disturbing Imperia, a rotating statue that since 1993 overlooks the harbour reminding by-passers of what
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