Most tourists, especially the fair sex, try to combine business with pleasure during their travels - lounging on the beach, visiting interesting exhibitions and museums, sightseeing and, of course, wandering around the local shopping centers and shops. This fully applies to Rimini - this Italian resort has long been chosen by budget shopping fans who prefer high-quality mid-range products to trendy and ultra-expensive branded items.

Project investor Diego Della Valle is furious. Five million out of the twenty-five allocated were eventually absorbed by increased VAT. Work on the restoration of the Coliseum and the strengthening of unreliable sections of the construction still began. Diego Della Valle, president of the company and creator of Tod's shoe brand, announced this to reporters at a press conference he organized, and did not hide his anger.

When Govard Shultz became President of Starbucks Corporation in 1987, the company was exclusively selling coffee beans, and the number of its stores in the United States barely reached several tens. After less than 20 years, Starbucks is one of the most popular American brands.

The first thing that guests of Venice see when arriving in the city on the water by train is the Santa Lucia Station (Stazione di Venezia Santa Lucia). This building can be called a "black sheep" among other Venetian buildings: it was built relatively recently: in the middle of the 20th century. Nevertheless, when the tourist’s foot just steps on the platform of Santa Lucia, he immediately smells an amazing Venetian smell of damp and mud, which, however, still conveys a certain romantic spirit.

One can only imagine what a villa was like during the time of Emperor Hadrian. Large territory, many buildings, greenery, ponds, flowers. It was a small town with everything necessary for the emperor. Today only a fifth of that scale and magnificence has been preserved. Villa of the Emperor Hadrian (Villa Adriana), photo Sergio & Gabriella Twenty-five kilometers from Rome is the small town of Tivoli.

Since 2015, the new national gallery has been closed for repairs. Construction is expected to last four years. New National Gallery (Neue Nationalgalerie), photo by Marc Fray The unique cultural heritage carefully preserved in the museums of Berlin never ceases to amaze. One of them is the New National Gallery (Neue Nationalgalerie), the pearl of the famous Cultural Forum (Кulturforum).

Like every German city, Cologne is famous for beer. Kelsch (kolsch), perhaps one of the most famous varieties produced in Cologne. Although it belongs to the Lager category, this does not mean that it is all the same. Kelsh is brewed in private breweries, and there are about seventy of them in the city. And each has its own prescription of jam, its own.

Turin is a city where kings were born, lived and died. That is why among the attractions there are many royal residences, magnificent castles, museums, art galleries. Here you can see the weapons of the Savoyard kings, the church in the form of the ancient Roman pantheon, a building similar to a synagogue, depicted on a coin in two euro cents.

On the outskirts of Lombardy, just a 1.5-hour drive from Milan, lies one of Italy's natural attractions - Lake Garda (Italian: Lago di Garda). The blue waters of this pond are surrounded by the lush greenery of Italian nature and the mighty slopes of the Alpine mountains. Garda is the largest lake in the country, its length is 52 km, width - 17 km, surface area of ​​the water - 370 km 2.

The Forum of Trajan (Foro di Traiano) is a magnificent building and historical monument located in the central part of Rome near the Piazza Venezia. The construction of this architectural monument began in 106, shortly after the victory of Emperor Trajan over Dacia (the forum was built just in honor of this event), ended on January 1, 112.

The Orange Garden (Giardino degli Aranci) is one of the romantic corners in Rome, a wonderful attraction, which you can visit without prior appointments and expensive tickets. Picturesque alleys adorn the Aventino hill, from the top of which a wonderful view of the Italian capital opens.

Today I want to share with you, dear readers, a photo report about my one day in Rome. The capital of Italy can be both loved and hated. Your attitude will largely depend on the time of day and the places that you are lucky to visit. In our group on Facebook, as well as on Instagram, we often inspire you to take morning walks and have repeatedly proved that the Colosseum and any other attraction of Rome can be easily found with almost no tourists.

The Internet has already flooded such an incredible number of different “information products” that the Italian language tutorial for beginners in video format, it would seem, should have been “on the shelves” for at least 3 years. But, surprisingly, some really complex solution for Russian-speaking audience caught my eye only 2 weeks ago.

Throughout its long history, Italy tirelessly gave the world talented artists whose names are not forgotten to this day. Some of the creations of the great masters are in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. However, Venice, Milan and Florence also have something to brag about. We have prepared ten of the most famous and amazing art galleries.