Vienna: 5 reasons to visit it!

Vienna: 5 reasons to visit it!

by | Feb 16, 2022 | Fun, Museums, Sights

It’s the city that Princess Sissy adored and it isn’t other than the imposing and beautiful Vienna! The city is immense with lush parks, few cars on the streets, while museums, palaces and sights are some of the endless things you can see and do in Vienna. Here are five top reasons to visit it and surely you won’t regret it!!

Food, entertainment and culture!

A main reason to visit Vienna is its numerous cafes, each of which offers a unique style and flavors. Since 1685, when the first cafe opened, until today, the cafes are considered great meeting places by the locals to discuss and make acquaintances. If you find one of the authentic Viennese cafes, you should definitely not forget to accompany your coffee with a piece of Sacher Torte. A second reason is the numerous museums. Vienna is home to some of the most important museums and galleries in the world. In the 7th District, you can find an area of ​​60,000 square meters, the Museumsquartier, to enjoy in tranquility. There, you’ll find the famous Belvedere Palace and the Austrian Gallery. Do you like biking? The Ringstrasse, a main boulevard that surrounds Vienna’s oldest center, offers the ideal bike path to get to know the city on a bicycle. Another path is the Vienna River Route which starts at Lainzer Tiergarten and ends at Schönbrunn Palace. Another reason to visit Vienna is that it’s considered one of the most vivacious cities in Europe, while also it has many lush parks. There are over 2,000 parks in Vienna, small, medium and large which are full of trees, greenery and flowers. One of the favorites of the locals is Standspark. Finally, there is the Christmas shopping! Christmas is a great time to visit Vienna, as every corner of the city is beautifully decorated and the Christmas markets create the perfect atmosphere! The main streets of Graben, Kohlmarkt and Kärntner Strasse are beautifully decorated with lights, while the Christmas markets- with the most famous one being that in front of City Hall- steal every year the attention of the travelers!

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Vienna: the Schönbrunn Palace

Vienna: the Schönbrunn Palace

by | Feb 16, 2022 | Museums, Sights, Travel Experience

Vienna is the capital of Austria and is the cultural and financial heart of the country. Touristically, Vienna will surprise you with the atmosphere of its glorious past, its impressive sightseeings and its delicious tastes of food, like schnitzel! The prices are quite reasonable and considered rather cheap compared to other European capitals.

Schönbrunn Palace

Schönbrunn Palace and its wonderful gardens have been one of the most popular cultural sights of the country since 1960. In the past, it was the summer residence of the royal family. The palace was a gift from her father to Maria Theresa. After her coronation, the queen decided to turn the palace into a summer resort and changed its architecture to a more modern style, while also making the gardens. During the 19th century, Emperor Franz Josef I, who spent most of his life in the palace, remodeled the palace to its current form. The French gardens are the ideal place to take some photos. If you’re there during summer, don’t miss to visit the gardens while you can also visit the impressive interior of the palace. Try to go early in the morning so as to avoid the long queues.

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Barcelona: The top 5 attractions you should definitely visit!

Barcelona: The top 5 attractions you should definitely visit!

by | Feb 16, 2022 | Museums, Sights, Travel Experience

Barcelona is a city of Spain and the capital of the Catalonia region. It’s the second most important city after Madrid. It’s a popular destination and receives thousands of tourists every year.

Sagrada Familia

It is impossible to visit Barcelona and not see the giant Roman Catholic Church “Sagrada Familia”, as it’s the most famous tourist attraction in Barcelona, with millions of visitors each year, and of course, is one of the landmarks of the city. It stands out thanks to its size and it’s important to emphasize that even today constructions are made in the church, something that creates reactions from many regarding the materials used during these works.

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Parc de la Ciutadella

Parc de la Ciutadella is a beautiful park in the city center where you’ll find clean green spaces to lie on as well as enjoy the historic fountain designed by Josep Fontserè and a small lake. Parc de la Ciutadella is also home to the city’s zoo, the Catalan Parliament, and the Museum of Natural Sciences.

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La Rambla Pedestrian Street

La Rambla is a pedestrian street in the heart of Barcelona that connects the Plaza de Catalunya with the Statue of Christopher Columbus. The length of the sidewalk is 1.2 km and is the classic walk that tourists and locals like to take. Along the sidewalk, the street is covered with many trees and every day la Rambla is full of tourists and street artists, offering outdoor performances.

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Camp Nou Stadium

The Camp Nou Stadium, which in Catalan means “New Stadium”, is the seat of the Barcelona football team. It has a capacity of 99,354 spectators and stands out for its warm atmosphere. If you don’t manage to visit it during a football match, the Camp Nou now functions also as a football museum, as you can take a tour of its interior and therefore, you can get to know the whole history of the team and see the trophy cabinet.

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Aquarium Barcelona

The Barcelona Aquarium is the largest marine park in the Mediterranean and the second largest in the world. It is housed in a very beautiful building which hosts the most representative species of marine life. In addition to the tanks that house 450 different species of fish, there are very nice halls for hosting children’s parties, as well as restaurants and cafes for adults.

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Amsterdam: The Anne Frank House!

Amsterdam: The Anne Frank House!

by | Feb 16, 2022 | Museums, Sights

The Anne Frank Museum is located on the Prinsengracht canal in Amsterdam.
It is a biographical museum based on the life of Anne Frank, a little girl of Jewish descent, who became famous after her death from her diary, which was saved under the title “The Diary of Anne Frank”. During the German occupation and the Nazi persecution of the Jewish inhabitants of the Netherlands, she hid with her family and other Jewish people in a secret area of ​​her home for about two years and a month, until their discovery by the Nazis and their deportation to the Nazi concentration camps.
In the museum, apart from the biographical exhibition on the life of the Anne Frank family and the war period she lived in, there is an exhibition space dedicated to the forms of persecution and discrimination encountered in society.

The House-Museum

The museum was founded in 1960. The house is located in the center of the Dutch capital, at 267 Prinsengracht Street, in the Jordaan neighborhood. The tour starts from the ground floor with its warehouse, where Otto Frank – Anna’s father – made pectin for jam and spices. The offices are located on the first floor. At the entrance of the second floor there is a mobile library with which they hid the entrance of the shelter. “No one could ever have suspected that there could be so many hidden rooms behind,” the little girl wrote in the diary. At the end of your tour you can sit in the cafe overlooking the river. This cafe serves also Amsterdam’s famous apple pie as well as light meals.

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Rome: Do you know why it’s been called the Eternal City?

Rome: Do you know why it’s been called the Eternal City?

by | Feb 16, 2022 | Travel Experience

Rome is considered one of the most beautiful European cities. Its great history, its numerous monuments and its contribution to culture and the arts make it one of the most important metropolises in the world. For this reason it has been nicknamed the “Eternal City”, and its historic center has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1980.
Hundreds of thousands of people travel to Rome each year to experience the life of the ancient roman empire and feel the vibrations of this ancient world.

The Eternal City

As an authentic city-museum, so rich in art and history and so beautiful, Rome undoubtedly has the most and the best sightseeings in the world. Italy accounts for two-thirds of the world’s artworks (monuments and masterpieces). Half of this heritage is located in Rome. Also, the italian capital combines an exceptional variety of monuments of different historical eras and of different societies that cover almost 2,800 years of human history. Over the centuries, the city of Rome prevailed as the center of the mighty Roman Empire that remained for long intact, despite the blows and wounds it suffered. It prospered through the Renaissance and the Middle Ages, survived through the numerous attempts of foreign domination and was finally transformed into the modern city we see today.

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