Palermo or Palermu, the capital of Sicilia (Sicily), and a city that I consider a very special place to myself. I have posted photos earlier of this place and promised some more to show more of the beauty of this ancient city. This is home to some of the greatest food, arancina and cannoli. You have not [...]
Zürich, or Züri in Swiss German, is the largest city in Switzerland. Founded by the Romans, Zürich went on to become the busiest city in the country and one of the largest financial centres in the world. It consistently ranks among the richest cities in Europe and considered to be one of the best cities [...]
Bioparc Valencia must be one of the coolest places I have been to in a long time. It is a zoo like none you have ever been to before. Everything seems to be very well thought of and planned to maximise the enjoyment for everybody, most importantly for the animals there. Ever wanted to see [...]
Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias or the City of Arts and Sciences is a beautiful complex in Valencia, Spain. This wonderful cultural and architectural entertainment complex adds so much value and is considered the most modern attraction in the city. The complex is made up of the following buildings: L’Hemisfèric — an Imax [...]
The third largest city in Spain, home of the paella and host to one of the most impressive futuristic museum complexes across Europe. It is also the home town for Pope Alexander VI or simply Pope Borgia. Once considered disconnected from the sea is now the biggest port on the Western Mediterranean coast and handles 20% of [...]
Santa Maria de Belém or simply Belém is just at the mouth of the Tagus in Lisbon where all Portuguese discoverers set sail from. Vasco da Gama set sail from here before to open the sea route to India. There are two grand monuments Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Jerónimos Monastery) and the Torre de Belém (Belém Tower) built in a [...]
When I first decided to fly over to Lisbon, I had the impression that it might be one of those cities that I would be bored with after the first day. After landing, I saw a lot of people waiting for their loved ones to come out of the luggage hall. It gave me this [...]
From the beautiful Magic Fountain of Montjuic in Barcelona to the Trick Fountains of Schloss Hellbrunn. The water games played by those trick fountains have been conceived by Markus Sittikus Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. This is a popular tourist attraction during the summer time along with the Palace and its gardens of course. The fountains are referred [...]
Salzburg, or Salt Castle, one of the largest cities in Austria and home to the famous Mozart and Christopher Doppler. It was this city, in its beautiful Alpine setting, that the crew of The Sound of Music filmed their American musical movie in 1965. The movie featured some of the most important landmarks of Salzburg. [...]
Markus Sittikus von Hohenems Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg ordered the building of the beautiful Schloss Hellbrunn (Hellbrunn Palace) and its beautiful gardens. The work on this commenced in 1613 and was completed by 1619. Shcloss Hellbrunn was only meant as a day summer residence for the Prince-Archbishop as he always returned back to Salzburg. The schloss [...]
In the outskirts of the Hungarian capital, Budapest lies the Statue Park. This proved to be one of the popular places to visit for tourists that come across to Budapest from all over the world. Memento Park is not about Communism itself, but the fall of Communism! I won’t talk much about this, the photos [...]
No visit to Sicily is complete without spending a couple of days in Palermo and Siracusa. Here I am posting the last photos from the recent trip I had to Sicilia to complete the set of photos for the time being. More to follow of this beautiful region for sure. Due to the short period [...]
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