Best places to visit in Rome

RomeOne of the oldest cities of Europe is the great place to spend a few days. It is perfect for sightseeing, as many tourist attractions are conveniently gathered together in Rome’s historic center. Here you’ll find the best places to visit in Rome.

• The Coliseum – huge ancient amphitheater, housing 55,000 people, built by Emperor Vespasian in AD 80.
• The Forum – enormous complex of ancient temples, basilicas and arches, formerly business, legal, social and religious centre of Rome.
• The Capitoline Hill right above the Forum – ancient center of Rome where the Temple of Jupiter was built. You’ll find a great selection of museums here. Don’t miss the Palazzo Nuovo and the Palazzo dei Conservatori.
• The Pantheon – Rome’s temple of all the gods, built in AD 125 by Emperor Hadrian.
• Piazza Navona – used to be a stadium, and now features three picturesque Baroque fountains and numerous cafés.Colosseum
• One of the best places to visit in Rome is The Palatine Hill – the aristocratic quarter of ancient Rome with residences of emperors and nobles (Domus Flavia and Domus Augustana) and the Palatine Museum.
• Baths of Diocletian and Baths of Caracalla – the largest ancient public thermae in Rome.
• Via Appia Antica and Catacombs – 10-mile long archaeological park with plenty of ancient tombs and monuments.
• Trajan’s Market – one of the oldest shopping places in the whole world.
• Ostia Antica – the remains of the Roman port.

Best places to see in Barcelona

BarcelonaBarcelona is one of the top tourist attractions of Europe, the commercial – if not official – capital and the chief port of Spain. This is a city of numerous architectural sightseeings, churches, museums, beaches and parks. Here you’ll find the best places to see in Barcelona.

First of all, you must see the Temple of the Holy Family – Sagrada Familia – designed by the world-renowned architect Antoni Gaudi. Make sure you walk down the Las Ramblas promenade to see the street performers and visit Mercat de la Boqueria – central food market place. Barcelona

If you hate heat, go directly to another Gaudi’s project – Parc Guell; you’ll find Gaudi’s house-museum there. In the hot days nothing can be more refreshing than going to the base of the hill Montjuic, next to Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, where the Magic Fountain of Montjuic is located. Its water’n’light shows are just magnificent! Talking about water, beaches of Barcelona are worth of visiting, especially its main beach Barceloneta. After sunbathing and swimming continue your trip to another masterpieces by Gaudi – Casa Batllo and La Pedrera, and Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau by another Catalan architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner.

If you can assign one more day to sightseeing, take a train to Montserrat to see the monastery in the mountains with impressive collection of artworks by Monet and Dali.

Top highlights of Madrid

MadridMadrid, capital of Spain, is the highest of European capitals built at an altitude of some 700 m above sea level. As an ancient city it features plenty of tourist attractions. Your city tour may start from the famous Puerta del Sol – the “ground zero” where all Spain’s radial highways start from. You’ll see a statue of a bear standing against a tree there – that is the coat of arms of Madrid.

Among the top highlights of Madrid there are:

• Palacio Real, set on the site of a Moorish fortress demolished in 1734. Here you’ll see the throne hall and the Royal Farmacia. Opposite the courtyard you’ll find the Royal Armoury;
• Plaza Mayor built in 1617 with a sculpture of Philip III on horseback. The square used to host bullfights, fiestas and public executions;
• Calle de Alcala – the longest street of Madrid, and Plaza de la Independencia, with beautiful churches of the Calatravas and San Jose in it;Spain, Madrid
• Plaza Colon with its several monuments to Columbus and the Gardens of Discovery, Museo de Cera with its notorious ‘horror train’ ride, and the Archaeological Museum;
• Parque del Buen Retiro with the Palace of Buen Retiro of the 17th century.

Madrid is a city of museums. Don’t miss Museo del Prado with its great paintings of Goya, El Bosco and Velazquez. Pay a visit to Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum housing over 1000 ancient and contemporary paintings. Also spend some time in Centro de Arte Reina Sofia to see works by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Joan Miro.

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