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Italy: The eternal beauty of Rome

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The eternal beauty of Rome The Tiber River, ancient, with all of its serene majesty, slowly flows amongst monuments of human grandeur. On one side the imposing St. Peter’s Cathedral stands high, in the middle of its large circular plaza aligned by columns and on the other side the Coliseum, which rises high, a solid and impressive structure covering with its shadow the ancient Roman Forum. Two symbols of different periods in history, but in the same amazing city. A city of a glorious past, and a colorful and tasty present, with heady aromas and unique beauty, that awaits you to enter its magical labyrinth. The “eternal city”, as Romans call Rome, does not belong only to them but to the whole world, and you can also make it a part of you, forever. Roman Pantheon The historic center of Rome, the Roma antica , will be, in reality, the core of your exploration, but first you will have to solve the issue of your accommodation.  In Rome, there are, actually, thousands o...

Italy: The oneiric maze of Venice

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  An open air museum of a unique atmosphere, with numerous churches and impressive monuments By Kon Hans The "water roads" (canals) of Venice (foto by Juana Escobar) A drowned forest.  Fog.  A mask with a big nose is reflected in the calm waters.  A silent black swan emerges in the form of a mahogany gondola.  Memories and fleeting images. It is rather difficult to describe with simple, plain words a city which is located somewhere between a hazy dream and the reality. The fact that an entire forest has been transferred from Slovenia in the depths of an Adriatic lagoon in Italy in order to build upon it the legendary city of Venice with its 118 islands, channels and bridges is just shocking by itself. Your nerve endings get overcharged with each and every picture you may encounter in any corner of this surreal and magical place. Beginning from the fact that the familiar Athenian yellow taxis are replaced with the vaporetto , specially design...