On the way of the Royal Road you can also visit the Florian’s Church (were the road actually starts), the Florian Gate, the Czartoryski Museum ( the museum’s collection includes one of Da Vinci’s most famous paintings – “The Lady with an Ermine”), and the Barbican of Krakow. The road finally escorts us up to Grodzka street at Wawel Hill, which offers a beautiful view over Vistula River. Wawel Hill is a Polish historical and cultural center, and comprises Wawel Royal Castle – the former seat of Polish royalty, where you can find exquisite art treasures, and the Wawel Cathedral, also a churchyard for some of most famous Polish king’s along with their families. Among the Cathedral’s attractions is the massive Zygmunt Bell, one of the worlds largest.

Another must see in Krakow is Kazimierz, a former Hebrew district which has not less than seven synagogues. In the neighborhood there are two of the most beautiful Gothic churches in Poland, Corpus Christi and St. Catherine’s.

Nearby Krakow, only 12 km away, you can visit the 700 year old – Salina Wielicza. The Salt Mine is one of the largest in the world; it has 300 galleries situated on nine floors. Inside the galleries you can admire the beauty of prayer shrines and exquisite sculptures in salt.

The history passionate cannot miss the opportunity of visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. The Nazi terrifying death camp is situated 60 km from Krakow, and it is a complex of concentration and extermination camps of Nazi Germany. Here you can also see the horrible Nazi crematoria and shower rooms where the detainees were gassed.

Between Buda and Pest, along the Danube river, you can find four of Budapest’s most beautiful bridges: Chain Bridge, Margaret Bridge, Liberty Bridge and Elisabeth Bridge. The most famous is the Chain Bridge (Széchenyi Lánchíd), which offers a fascinating spectacle at night, by it’s decorative lights.

In the middle of the Danube, between the bridges of Margit Hid & Arpad Hid, you can find a beautiful green spot – Margaret Island. The capital’s most beautiful park can be found here.

The city is rich in UNESCO World Heritage sites.

1. Buda

On the west bank, you can find the Castle Hill – Buda Castle, the oldest part of the city containing the eponymous Castle and many of Budapest’s best-known attractions (Fishermen’s Bastion – which offers a marvelous view, Labyrinth, Mathias Church, and Maria Magdalena tower).

Also situated in Buda, Gellért Hill, worth a visit, due to its superb panoramas from the viewing terraces. The old fortress and the statue of Liberty are an important cityscape.

2. Pest

On the East bank is Pest, covering the modern commercial core of the city; most beautiful buildings in the eclectic style can be seen here, for example the outstandingly beautiful Opera House.

St. Stephen’s Basilica largest church in Budapest occupies a very prestigious position on the list of Budapest sights that are not to be missed.

The City Park is the largest green area of Budapest. It conceals the Castle of Vajdahunyad, the Széchenyi thermal bath, the Zoo and the Amusement park. At the entrance to the City Park you can visit the capital’s most spectacular square – The Heroe’s square.

The monumental building of the Parliament – largest building in the country, situated right on the bank of the Danube, is one of the biggest attractions of Budapest. It hosts the diet and the crown jewels.

You definitely have to make a stop in Ferenciek Square to view the amazing architecture.

Vaci Street , the very downtown of Budapest, offers access to famous cafés, terraces, elegant shops, boutiques and theatres.

The Danube promenade assures a long relaxing walk, from where one can have a beautiful view of the few monuments that we’ve mentioned.

Budapest is also renowned for it’s public baths, and it gained it’s nickname – “ City of Spa”, due to the highest number of thermal springs (118) within the city limits in the world.

The Széchenyi Baths, are not only the largest bath complex in Europe with their 15 pools, but also the most pleasant baths in the capital.

1. Basilica of San Lorenzo is one of the largest churches of Florence, situated at the centre of the city’s main market district, and the burial place of all the principal members of the Medici family from Cosimo il Vecchio to Cosimo III. The church is part of a larger monastic complex that contains other important architectural works: the Old Sacristy by Brunelleschi; the Laurentian Library by Michelangelo; the New Sacristy based on Michelangelo’s designs; and the Medici Chapels by Matteo Nigetti.

2. The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral church (Duomo) of Florence, that was built in 1296 in the Gothic style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th century Gothic Revival facade by Emilio De Fabris.

3. Church of San Paolo a Ripa d’Arno, from Pisa, was built between the 9th and 10th centuries and is one of the most splendid examples of Pisan Romanesque architecture in existence. Inside, the church is huge with three naves with heavy granite columns and capitals featuring archaic figures; it hosts various works of art from medieval times.

4. The Cathedral of Siena is a medieval church in Siena. The cathedral was originally designed and completed between 1215 and 1263 on the site of an earlier structure. It has the form of a Latin cross with a slightly projecting transept, a dome and a bell tower. The dome rises from a hexagonal base with supporting columns. The lantern atop the dome was added by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

5. The Church of San Fabiano, one of the oldest churches in the city, had been in Prato since 1082. The interior has beautiful pavement mosaics that date back to the 9th to 10th century. The bell tower on the church had been added later in the 15th century and is quite noteworthy as well.

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In the First Barons’ War William de Beauchamp received the barons into the castle. However, Faukes de Breaute was sent by King John of England to gain its surrender and did so in a few days, for which John gave him the castle and the barony.

After Faukes had fortified his castle and rendered it nearly impregnable – it is said that he pulled down the Church of St. Paul for materials – he became an oppressive landlord and was eventually fined 3000 pounds by the king’s justices sitting at Dunstable. Enraged at this, Faukes sent his brother William de Breaute and a troop of men-at-arms to bring the justices to the castle by force, but they had prior knowledge of this. Two of them escaped, and only Henry of Braybrooke was taken and abused.

The king had had enough of Faukes’ behaviour and, marching to the castle in person with Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury and the chief peers of the realm, demanded that he back down. Confident in the castle’s defences, Falkes refused. However, the ensuing siege went badly for him and, leaving his brother as governor of the castle, he fled to a church at Coventry.

In Faukes’ absence and with all help gone, after a while William surrendered the castle, and was hanged with twenty-four knights and eighty soldiers.
Through the mediation of the Bishop of Coventry, Faukes obtained the royal pardon, on condition that he left the realm. Culmo, another brother, was also pardoned. Henry called the castle “the nursery of sedition’” and ordered it to be dismantled and its moats to be filled up.

This order was not fully carried out. Its ruins were seen 250 years later and Camden recorded that in his lifetime the ruins then overhung the river on the east side of the town.

All that survived above ground into modern times was a mound of earth. Bedford Borough Council built a sloping retaining wall on the South side, facing the river in about 2000. Though almost completely modern, the wall does incorporate a few pieces of original masonry. A paved path leads round the side of the mound up to the top, which is a flat circular grassy area. A small wooden structure of the same date at the top of the wall, much like a bus shelter, protects tourists from the rain while they view the river embankment. In 2007/08 archaeological investigations were carried out as a condition of a development scheme on the site of two former carparks at Castle Lane. These uncovered the surviving lower walls of the great hall and adjacent structures in the inner bailey, which are now on permanent public view in a small park west of the motte.

Machu Picchu totals around 200 buildings of different forms, it is a huge labyrinth which hides a lot of enigmas and his architecture has similarities with the European myth of the labyrinth of Dedalus.

The citadel is divided in two sectors: the agricultural (constructed in terraces) and the urban in which are main squares, temples, palaces, storehouses, the two sectors are split by a dry ditch as a result of a geographic fault line. The agricultural sector is surrounded by terraces of different types and sizes which had the function to grow crops and to halt the erosion caused by rain.

The urban sector houses the most important constructions of the Inca city and is U- shaped. The main buildings in this sector are as following : The temple of the sun – a construction shaped in a semi-circle and built on solid rock with two trapezoidal windows and the door in the north side; The Intiwatana is a stone located on a hill made up of several terraces, with his four corners directed to the four cardinal points and with the specific function of time measuring by using sunlight and shadow, but it also served as an altar; The group of the sacred rock, The temple of the three windows, The main temple, The Doors – are here a common sight, all have the same trapezoidal shape but they vary in texture, size and architectural style. In the south part of the city, between the Temple of the Sun and The Royal Palace are a series of fountains, the only water sources for the residents of Machu Picchu. The enormous stone that holds up the Temple of the Sun has a large crack in the bottom part, which was decorated and used as a tomb. In the interior of the Tomb are niches, monolithic pillars and other accessories used for religious means.

The Machu Picchu labyrinth reflects a symbol of life, where the way never goes back, but always before. Inspired by the shells spirals, the labyrinth has the connotation of fight with time and is by its own the real prisoner.

Berlin, situated on a area of 900 square km offers 170 museum and palaces, 50 theater, more than 200 clubs and 3 zoos is a town that can surprise everyone so that every visitor will find exactly that place for maximum enjoying.
Brandenburg Gate is the most representative symbol of Berlin, the Quadrita statue from the top of it is a representation of Victoria Goddess, the goddess of peace in a chariot drawn by four horses.

Unter den Linden Boulevard, 1.6 km long was transformed in the 18th century from a simply road in a royal boulevard and received his name from the trees that surround. The boulevard passes by constructions like Brandenburg Gate, Zeughaus, Kronprinzenpalast, State Opera and Humboldt University.
Gendamenmarkt Square is the most beautiful square in Berlin, here you can admire The Konzerthaus and the German and French Dome – from it’s dome is the best panoramic view of the whole city.

Charlottenburg Palace is a palace in baroque style built by the end of the 17th century and will impress by the greatness and scenery.

Between the museums of Berlin is The Pergamon Museum located in Museumisland with a impressive collection of antique artifacts, The Dahlem Museum, The Egyptian Museum where you can see Nefertiti’s bust 3000 years old and other ancient Egyptian artifacts that surely will capture you attention and interest.

Other tourist attractions in Berlin are: Alexanderplatz, The East Side Gallery, The Holocaust Memorial ( memorial of the murdered Jews of Europe), Potsdamer Platz, Bundestag ( the building of parliament), The German Museum of Technology, The Historical Museum, The Victory Column, The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church that serves as a reminder of World War II and St’ Mary Church.
Checkpoint Charlie was the main crossing point between East Germany and West Germany separated by the Berlin Wall during the Cold War. In his near location is the Berlin Wall Museum with exhibits that show a important picture of the recent past.

The Albert Dock is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, it was opened in 1846, and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world.

At the time of its construction the Albert Dock was considered a revolutionary docking system because ships were loaded and unloaded directly from the warehouses. Two years after it opened it was modified to feature the world’s first hydraulic cranes. Due to its open yet secure design, the Albert Dock became a popular store for valuable cargoes such as brandy, cotton, tea, silk, tobacco, ivory and sugar. However, despite the Albert Dock’s advanced design, the rapid development of shipping technology meant that within 50 years, larger, more open docks were required, although it remained a valuable store for cargo.

During the Second World War, the Albert Dock was requisitioned by the Admiralty serving as a base for boats of the British Atlantic Fleet. The complex was damaged during air raids on Liverpool, notably during the May Blitz of 1941. In the aftermath of the war, the financial problems of the owners and the general decline of docking in the city meant that the future of the Albert Dock was uncertain. Numerous plans were developed for the re-use of the buildings but none came to fruition and in 1972 the dock was finally closed. Having lain derelict for nearly ten years, the redevelopment of the dock began in 1981, when the Merseyside Development Corporation was set up, with the Albert Dock being officially re-opened in 1988.

Today the Albert Dock is a major tourist attraction in the city and the most visited multi-use attraction in the United Kingdom, outside of London. It is a vital component of Liverpool’s UNESCO designated World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City and the docking complex and warehouses also comprise the largest single collection of Grade I listed buildings anywhere in the UK. As well as being the number one tourist attraction in Liverpool, the Albert Dock is also the most visited multi-use attraction in the United Kingdom outside of London, with in excess of four million visitors per year. Amongst the many attractions at the Albert Dock are the Merseyside Maritime Museum, the Beatles Story and the Tate Liverpool. There are also two hotels within the Albert Dock: a Holiday Inn and Premier Lodge both located in the Britannia Pavilion.

Kilimanjaro is a giant stratovolcano reaching a height of 5895 m on his peak, Uhuru – the ultimate challenge for climbers and also one of the most instantly recognized sights in the world. Mount Kilimanjaro is the only mountain in the world with a perfect symmetrical crater, it is a metaphor for the compelling beauty of east Africa.

The total climb takes up to six-seven days and involves overnight stays in mountain camping. Kilimanjaro means the mountain with no end. It is composed of 3  distinct volcanic cones: Kibo at 5895m, Mawenzi at 5149m and Shira at 3962m. Uhuru, meaning in Swahli language the peak of freedom,is the highest summit on Kibo’s crater rim. Mawezi and Shira are extinct, but Kibo is dormand, his most recent activity was about 200 years ago.

This mountain is unique because during the ascent you will climb through every kind of ecological systems and climate regions: cultivated land, rain forest, heat, moorland, alpine desert and arctic cold.

According the statistics there were made, the mountains snow cap may completely disappear within the next 20 years because of the global warming.For the Tanzanians, Kilimanjaro is the symbol of freedom, the emblem of their country. It covers an area of 388.500 hectares, making it one of the largest volcanoes in the world. Climbing Kilimanjaro is the dream of many people, especially for those who like Africa, the mountains, the adventures, for the lovers of life and wilderness. So, seeing the sun rise on top of Africa will surely be “the” sun rise you will never forget.

Standing on the roof of Africa – a feeling of personal pride and at the same time of liberty and inner peace, but also of ephemeral in compare with the everlasting nature – the adventure that you have always dreamed of …

Other sights of major importance are: The Herodotus Atticus Theatre , The Dionysus Theatre, The Omonia Square, The Syntagma Square where the parliament building is and where you will  meet soldiers dressed in traditional festivity clothes typical  for the military in Greek, The National Library, Adrian’s Library, The Adrian Gate, The Poseidon Temple who had at the beginning 34 columns but only 15 survived over time, Temple of Olympian Zeus, The  Hephaistos Temple.

Near the Syntagma Square is Athens Central Park where you can rest under the shadow of palms and admire the monuments of great philosophers like Euripides, Sophocles or Achilles.

How is Athens? To include all the beauty that it offers, Athens seems to be a goddess whit white chest of sand, exotic body, green eyes and the melancholy of years passing by in blue looks, a goddess that watches over the kingdom with winding streets who are keeping worlds that have gone so much time ago and still come up and live in the eyes of every tourist. Athens is the city that revives from it’s own ashes.

On this island you will find a variety of hand-made objects in wood, leather, horn, metal and stone, the perfect gift, original and ideal for remembering the unsophisticated life and people.

Antananarivo (meaning the city of thousand warriors) is the capital of Madagascar and a city built on a granite mountain surrounded by rice fields. Here, in the center of the city, the largest open air market in the world will expect you with exotic fruits, vegetables, meat, flowers, toys, clothes and furniture. Also here you can enjoy a walk through the Tsimbazaza botanical and zoological garden and see chameleons, geckoes, turtles, bright colored frogs, birds, beautiful butterflies and the skeleton of aepiornis, a giant bird.In the south-west of Madagascar is the Isalo National Park with exotic flora, palm trees, giant cactus and several species of reptiles.

Nosy Be is the largest island on the north-west coast and here in the natural reserve you will see over 14 species of lemurs and the coral reef which is a protected national zone. Other island is Nosy Boraha, the tropical paradise of beaches, sea shells and coconut trees, a very quiet island – the best place for recharging your batteries, disturbed only by the sun and the birdsong.Tarika is Madagascar’s wonder music band, a band that helps to rebuild the Malagasy tradition and preserves the traditional style of Malagasy music – a band playing the roots music of Madagascar.

For those who love nature, Madagascar is the perfect destination, the place where the most exotic dreams are beginning to take shape. It is the land impenetrate of chaos and monotony, a dream location, a place that urges you to give imagination free rein, a place that prisons you with his unique sights.