Articles #588

Taiwan's Top 15 Souvenirs

Taiwan's Top 15 Souvenirs
Bamboo, ivory, ceramic... take some souvenir chopsticks!And what is typical here? The eternal question. And millions of responses. Whether it's some...

Jerusalem, universal desire

Jerusalem, universal desire
Jerusalem, universal desireI leave Tel Aviv airport on my way to Jerusalem and, without having entered the city yet, I know that this trip will be one...

Saudi Arabia opens Hegra for the first time to international tourism

Saudi Arabia opens Hegra for the first time to international tourism
Hegra reveals the vestiges of the Nabataean civilization to international tourismFor almost two thousand years a colossal enigma has hung over the Al-Hijr...

Varanasi, the Holy City of the Ganges

Varanasi, the Holy City of the Ganges
Varanasi, an embrace between life and deathAll epithets are small for Benaras. The Holy City of the Ganges is overwhelming, fascinating, deadly, overwhelming,...

Historic day for Venice: for the first time the 'acqua alta' does not flood the city thanks to the Moses dam

Historic day for Venice: for the first time the 'acqua alta' does not flood the city thanks to the Moses dam
For the first time, St. Mark's Square dries up in "acqua alta".Venice will remember this Saturday as the day on which for the first time the "high water"...

Italy bans cruise ships from entering central Venice

Italy bans cruise ships from entering central Venice
this picture is historyThe images of large cruise ships passing a few meters from Piazza San Marco will only be a memory of a situation that should...

Swans and dolphins in the canals of Venice? Not quite

Swans and dolphins in the canals of Venice? Not quite
Swans and dolphins in the canals of Venice? Not quiteThere is false news that, no matter how hopeful and aspirational whatever your message They don't...

The Venice syndrome or how the Venetians are disappearing from their city

The Venice syndrome or how the Venetians are disappearing from their city
More than 20 million tourists visit Venice each yearThe (few) residents of the center of Venice are fed up with what they call "take away" tourists....

Venice prepares to charge admission to the city for day-trippers

Venice prepares to charge admission to the city for day-trippers
The city will charge admission to day visitorsVenice receives between 28 and 30 million tourists a year, according to estimates by local experts . If...

Venice will not apply the tourist tax until 2021

Venice will not apply the tourist tax until 2021
Venice will not charge the tourist tax until 2021.What will become of Venice when the coronavirus crisis ends? Will the Venetian authorities take advantage...

Almodóvar, croquettes and volcanoes: the best road trips in Spain

Almodóvar, croquettes and volcanoes: the best road trips in Spain
Road and blanket... and hat!Little did we imagine a few months ago that this trip to Thailand would be replaced by a route by car to the town of your...

The secrets of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, beyond its souvenirs

The secrets of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, beyond its souvenirs
The Grand Bazaar is a small covered city where more than 10,000 people workA quick tour of the souk, a little haggling and they leave with their purchase,...