Summer is coming and it means holiday time. I hope that you already have the budget for this coming holiday season. You can start choosing the holiday destinations for your vacations. You can choose Europe. This old and interesting continent has lots of interesting spots to visit.
Turkey is a very interesting place to visit for your holiday. It is a country where two cultures meet. It is where people get to taste the mixture of two civilizations; the West and the East. Travelers will get to experience the uniqueness of the East and at the same time get modern facilities of the West.
If you are a person who travels a lot back and forth between England and the countries in the continent, you must have known how uncomfortable it is to travel by plane. It often is late in departing and arriving. And the airport doesn’t have enough space to park your car. Moreover, you have to pay for the airport tax when you travel by plane. Things will get worse when you are a person who really cares for the environment. The plane is actually polluting our air by leaving pollutant which is called carbon footprint.
Just look at the picture. It is a villa called Casa no Geres. This interesting (or weird) villa is located in Peneda-Geres National Park in Portugal. It is right on the Spanish border line.
Malyovitsa Bulgaria Ski Resort
If you love skiing, you’re gonna love Malyovitsa, a little resort about 40 km from the city Borovets. It is a ski resort and a peak located in southwestern part of Bulgaria which is still a part of the Rila Mountains. The place is just in the middle of Malyovitsa Ski Centre that has two ski drags and also downhill tracks and the Rila Monastery which is located at the southern part.
The Dam Square
The Netherlands is one of the tourist destinations in Europe. Some people are making the country as the place to earn their degree, some are fascinated by its magnificent tulips that blooms on March through April in Keukenhof and some others charmed by its dams and water ways. There are so many things to talks about ad so many beautiful places to visit in this country.
Keukenhof is originally a garden to plant herbs and vegetables for the royal family. And now it has become a very popular place to watch the tulip blooming. The right time to visit the place is on March where the whether is changing from winter to springs.
In Amsterdam, we can take a tour to see diamond refinery where people transform a usual looking rocks into a shining and high-priced diamonds. After that, you can take the canal cruise to go around Amsterdam. Walking around the Dam Square in the city square is also another fun activity during your stay here.
Don’t forget also the story about Anne Frank who was prisoned and tortured by Nazi’s secret agency, the GESTAPO.
From The Netherlands, visitors usually will continue the journey to the places where Napoleon Bonaparte had his power on such as Switzerland and Italy that also has magnificent and beautiful scenery.
Cube-Sahped Houses in Rotterdam
Rotterdam is a beautiful city in The Netherlands which is located in the bank of the River of Maas. This city is one of the most important harbors in Europe. The architectural design of the buildings here are also very interesting to see. One of them is the Erasmus Bridge that has become the icon of Rotterdam.
Another famous building in Rotterdam is the cube-shaped houses which are designed by Piet Blom. These buildings are unique because of their shapes that look like a series of cubes. Visitors who want to see the inside of the houses can enter one of the sample houses and try how it feels to live in this unique house.
Another interesting site is Euromast that is also an icon of Roterdam. When it was first built in 1960, the structure was 101 meters tall. But, a year later a 85 meters space tower was added to the top of the structure. In this place, visitors can taste a variety of foods and drinks offered at the restaurants there.
Coliseum in Rome
The coliseum is an ancient structure that also has become the icon of Rome. It is the place where that marks the history of the Roman Empire. In this place, in the past, the gladiators fought for their life and for the excitement of the Emperor and the residents of Rome.
Besides the Coliseum, we can also visit the Pisa Tower or Torre di Pisa that has become of the World Wonder. The tower that stands in the city of Pisa Italy is actually built to stand vertically just like any other normal bell tower. However, not after its completion in 1173, the structure started to tilt until today.
There are other places that resemblance the greatness of the Roman Empire such as The Roman Forum, The Monument of Victor Emmanuel II, The Venice Piazza and The Trevi Fountain. All of them are great places to visit.
In Southern Italy, we can see wild life that illuminates its unique beauty during the summer. Napoli is famous for its buildings designed by Italian architects such as Palazzo san Giacomo and Castel Nuovo. Don’t forget also the city of Capri with its blue Grotto and also Pompeii, a city that was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 BC.
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Basilica of Saint Peter, Italy
The old continent of Europe has all the uniqueness and beauty a continent has to offer. There are many interesting locations for us to see there, scattered in all of the countries in the area.
In Italy for example, in the country that is located in Southern Europe we can see tourism icon no only to the locals but also to the rest of the world. Rome as the capital city of Italy has become very famous. With its long line of history, among others is by becoming the center of the Rome Empire, Rome offers visitors the magnificent old buildings with beautiful architectural designs that have been standing all the way back since 987 BC. These are the places that have lured travelers from around the globe to come to Rome.
The places that I was talking about are Basilica of Saint Peter, Coliseum and the Pisa Tower. Basilica of Saint Peter is a luxurious and magnificent building that is located in the west of Tiber River in the city of Rome and has become a symbol of the Catholic religion and one of the most famous buildings in history. It is also the center of the Roman Catholic.
