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How to get from Marco Polo Airport to Venice
The Airport Marco Polo is located on terra ferma – the dry land, northeast of the island part of Venice. The nicest way to get to the island city is – as one can expect by the boat. There is the regular line vaporetto boats departing every hour, and faster, but 5-6 times more expensive [...]
Acqua Alta
The infamous great flood, that hit Venice in 1966 was mainly caused by the local phenomenon called ‘Acqua Alta’, which every year occurs in the Venetian Lagoon, fortunately on much lower scale. Acqua Alta (“High water”) is the period of abnormal level of sea water in Venetian Lagoon, which rise due to coincidence of several [...]
Murano
For centuries not only the escape, but any idea of leaving the Murano island was very dangerous and risky. The death and loss of the properties were waiting for everyone, who tried to get out of the island without the strict permission. And all the precautions were necessary to keep the secret of the lagoon [...]
Campanile in Venice
Dozens of writers and poets, name only Coryat and Goethe advised climbing the Campanile on the San Marco square, to admire one of the most spectacular views across Venice and its Lagune. In the past one had to climb the internal ramp, as did Galileo, who in 1609 demonstrated his latest invention – telescope to [...]
How to get to Liguria
By Car There are four motorways leading to Genova. From Milano ( 140 km) there is a road A7 ( Serravalle) with exit Genova Ovest or Genova Bolzanetto. A26 goes from Voltri-Gravellona, Autostrada dei Fiori A10 follows Riviera di Ponente coast into direction of Sanremo and Ventimiglia ( 159 km ) and has the entrances [...]
Portofino
Famous Portofino, the resort of rich and famous is an Italian village on Riviera di Levante coast in Liguria founded by the Romans and named Portus Delphini (Port of the Dolphins) because the huge number of dolphins, that can still be seen in the gulf nowadays.
Castel Sant’Angelo – former Hadrian’s Mausoleum
The emperor Hadrian took a decision of constructing a mausoleum for himself, for his family and for his successors around 130 AD. The place that was chosen was a part of so called Domitia’s Gardens that lied in the neighborhood of Campo Vaticano, on the right bank of the Tiber river, in front of Campo [...]
Pantheon
Pantheon (also known as Santa Maria della Rotonda) is the best preserved building from the ancient period that survived to our times almost untouched. The first known temple constructed in one part of Campo Marzio was projected and founded by Marcus Agrippa between 27 and 25 BC. Its shape was rectangular and it was surrounded [...]
Fontana di Trevi
Arguably the most spectacular fountain in Rome , Trevi Fountain is without any doubts the most profitable one, as around three thousand Euro in dropped coins are collected by the city authorities. According to the tradition tossing the coin over the shoulder while standing back to the fountain guarantees future return to Rome. The fountain [...]
