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Courmayeur (Courmayeur) - is the three most expensive and elite ski resorts in Italy, along with Madonna di Campiglio (Madonna di Campiglio) and Cortina d'Ampezzo (Cortina d'Ampezzo). This resort is located on the border with France and bears the imprint of French charm and a special taste for life.
Milan, the capital of the Lombardy region, is considered one of the world's leading fashion and shopping capitals. In order not to get lost among an infinite number of designer houses, boutiques and shopping centers, Blogoitaliano decided to write a separate post about shopping in Milan for everyone who goes shopping in Italy with the secret purpose of updating their wardrobe.
In the previous post - Sights of Venice, where you can buy tickets on-line. Part I, we have already talked about some interesting places in Venice, the entrance ticket to which can be purchased via the Internet. But Venice is too rich in places of interest for all of them to fit into a single post.
The north of the Apennine Peninsula is rich in beautiful lakes, the most remarkable of which we examined in one of our previous posts - Lakes of Italy: the best selection from BlogoItaliano. Today we will dwell in more detail on one of them - Maggiore (or Verbano), considered the second largest lake in Italy.
New Year's Eve in Italy is a great idea for a family holiday or for a romantic trip. The Italians are no less, and maybe even a little more, than the Russians, love all kinds of holidays and celebrate them merrily and on a grand scale, so you definitely will not be bored during the New Year holidays.
Rome is a city in which everyone can feel part of a single whole: one for all of history, one culture, one world. The tangible symbol of such unity is the Spanish Steps, a path of 138 steps between time and Eternity, where everyone is equal, regardless of what level they are on.
Treviso Antonio Canova Airport (L'aeroporto "Antonio Canova" di Treviso-Sant'Angelo, TSF) is located 40 kilometers from the center of Venice. The cheapest way to get to the Troncheto or Mestre stations is by bus for 11 euros, from where you can transfer to the vaporetto and get to the city center.
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This Sunday we visited an unusual place called Villa dei Quintili, for which we thank the Friends in Rome community who organized the tour. The villa is located on the outskirts of the city and is not one of the most popular attractions in Rome, but history buffs will definitely like it.
The slender bell towers of the churches, the battlements of the medieval palazzo, the red tiled roofs of the houses, above which the marble splendor of the Cathedral, crowned with the magnificent dome of Brunelleschi ... Looking at Florence at least once from a bird's eye view, you fall in love with the city once and for all.
The Mouth of Truth (Bocca della Verità) is an ancient image carved in a round slab of Pavonasian marble (marmo pavonazzetto). The gloomy face of the ruler of the seas and oceans, Triton, is set in the portico of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. The church is located on the left bank of the Tiber River, on the site of ancient Roman buildings.
Approaching the top five most interesting cities in Italy, we felt certain difficulties in listing their highlights, because each of them has such a wide range of attractions that it simply cannot be accommodated in a short format of this material. Therefore, we will try to confine ourselves to a general idea, and in the following posts we will return to each of them in more detail.
The Palazzo Medici Riccardi, formerly the ancestral castle of the Medici family, is the first Renaissance building to be built in Florence. This attraction is located near the Duomo Square. The palace became an architectural model for such buildings in the future, turning into a classic.
Today we would like to share with you a photo report and impressions of the first excursion in Rome for regular readers of “Italy for Me”. As you already know, dear friends, Yana and I decided to periodically meet with you in the form of a free tour of the Eternal City at dawn. This news at the end of April aroused unexpected interest in our Facebook community.
In the frame of Italian sights along with large "stones" like Lake Maggiore, Garda and Como, another emerald shines - Lago di Iseo (Italian: Lago d'Iseo). Fans of the Italian mountains greatly appreciate high-altitude resorts, alluring with white snow caps and extreme types of recreation. However, even the most active tourist will not resist the beauty and crystal clearness of mountain lakes.