Flavio's blog - Part 3
 

Holidays in Greece: Corfu and its seaside havens

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Greece boasts a wealth of well 6.000 islands and islets, of which only 227 They are inhabited. It is a unique phenomenon in Europe, which gives the country a variety of landscapes and environments really impressive. Many of the best known archipelagos are located in Aegean Sea, where they are organized into seven main groups, known all over the world: the Dodecanese, Cyclades, the islands of Argosaronic, Sporades, Crete, the Aegean Islands of the northeast and Evia. In the Ionian Sea, on the contrary, is a unique group of islands that, under the name Ionian Islands, It encloses the wonderful territories of Zante, Ithaca, Corfu, Kefalonia, Lefkada, Paxi, Kythira and other minor islands.

Of all the marine paradises mentioned, Corfu has to represent one of the highlights of this and many other tourist websites. It is not difficult to see why. The famous island, which it is on the border between Greece and Albania, off the coast of Epirus, It has a surface area of ​​more than 610 square kilometers, configurandosi come la second largest of the Ionian Islands. …Read the rest »

Discovering Trapani and Erice – What to see in one day?

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View of the Trapani area from the castle of Erice

If you talk to any tourist, foreign or Italian, visiting the Western Sicily, You can not help but repeat, come un mantra, between the various locations, that of Erice.

“I went to Erice“, “You have to go to Erice“, “I will go to Erice“, and so on. At this point, all that remains is to face facts, get carried away by the mass and… go and see for themselves, matching, to Erice, a visit to Trapani. 🙂

Finding myself in Palermo, and wanting to take advantage of the day, I immediately discarded the train (that, to date, due to logistical problems, employs nearly 4 hours, walking around very long), and I focused on BlaBlaCar, car sharing system that I had never used before.

I tried, in their database, a person who effettuasse route Palermo-Trapani that day, a quell’ora. At that point, He does was to agree on payment personally (5/6 EUR) and meeting place. …Read the rest »

Rendezvous in the Gardens: the discovery of the most beautiful parks and gardens of France

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There is coming a great opportunity to explore the green face of France: It is Rendezvous in the Gardens, the festival that allows you to discover and better appreciate the parks and gardens of the country. For three days, green spaces of all kinds will become a vibrant theater themed initiatives, offering various opportunities for relaxation and enjoyment to visitors of all ages.

The theme of this year, scheduled for the days of 5, 6 and 7 June 2015, will "The Promenade in the Garden", in which all activities will be aimed at enhancing the walks guests, enriching them with interesting projects. Just to get an idea of ​​what awaits you, know first of all that the green spaces of Paris will be constantly animated by concerts and live shows, that will accompany the tours to guests at the rhythm of varied music. Moving in other French towns, worth mentioning are the initiatives of the Garden of the Museum of Saint-Antoine (Rhone-Alpes), where you can attend a fascinating event to show a medieval theme, and those of the Garden and the Jardin du Roy (Rochefort, Poitou-Charentes), Garden Camifolia (Chemillé-Melay) and the Park of the Garenne of Nérac (Aquitaine), where there will be the so-called walking in the dark: visitors will be blindfolded during walks, in order to stimulate all the senses with the aromas and flavors of the products of these little havens green. …Read the rest »

A day to discover Cefalu – The tourist spots

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View from the Rocca of Cefalù

Put one of the locations of province of Palermo most visited by foreign tourists. Put the chance to reach it at the cost of 5 eur and an hour's drive from Palermo, thank Trenitalia.

The outcome can only be granted: and will the Cefalù!

Luckily, there is a good supply of regional trains between Palermo and Messina (about one hour), so I opted for the train-Palermo Cefalu with arrival at 8:51, back in the Sicilian capital to the 20.

The beautiful town is about 70 km east of Palermo and if, as in my case, visibility permits, from the top of its Rock you can see a panorama that sweeps from Palermo (through the Madonie) up to Capo d'Orlando, in the province of Messina!
Looking out to sea, then, I could see Alicudi, one of many volcanic islands of the Aeolian group. …Read the rest »

Holidays in Verona, two unmissable museums

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Verona preserves a rich cultural heritage and varied, which it includes several museum centers of great value. Some, come l’AMO – Arena Museo Opera, notably popular, other, as the African Museum, less known. And on these two interesting steps today will focus our attention

IL African Museum It is an important exhibition dedicated to the colorful world of African culture - Or better, of culturand africanand. Born in 1938 by the will of the Comboni Fathers, The center initially contained the most diverse handicraft production gathered by volunteers in African villages, eager to promote African culture and to share it with the general public. With the passing years, the museum has begun to expand their repertoire by putting it in constant contact with the heritage of other cultures through interesting exhibitions, so as to better analyze the complexity of African art. The permanent collection is currently made up of a large collection of ethnographic objects coming mainly from Egypt, Burkina Faso, Togo, Sudan e Congo. There is also a library and spaces for events and theme meetings, which they are organized by the museum. …Read the rest »

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