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Tokyo, Japan's capital, is a metropolis of 12 million people, consisting of 23 districts.
The history of Tokyo, which is located on the island of Honshu, began more than 400 years ago when it was a fishing village. Its ancient name was Edo, a traditional city has now become the symbol of modernity, as well as one of the major world financial centers. Tokyo will surprise you with the contrast between modernity and the many eccentricities and its fine traditions.
This is a real cosmopolitan destination, with streets and squares open 24 hours on 24 and monuments such as the Tokyo Tower, a reproduction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Madrid, capital of Spain, is located in the center of the Iberian Peninsula, at 667 meters above sea level. Built on the ruins of a Moorish fortress called "Mayrit" land of water, hence the name Madrid became the capital in 1561. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, known as the "Golden Age", Madrid was the city of writers such as Cervantes, Quevedo and Calderon and painters such as Velázquez. Lively city in terms of culture and art, is visited each year by millions of tourists, attracted certainly historic sites such as Plaza Mayor and the Prado Museum extraordinary, but also by its great nightlife, the unforgettable "nightlife madrileña."
The name is a transcription of the western local pronunciation of Mandarin Xiang gang, which means "port of incense." Hong Kong Chinese is therefore one hundred per cent, from 30 May 1997 also politically, at the end of 99 years of "rent" by the British. And it is western in all respects, with the forest of skyscrapers, the hustle and bustle of business, traffic, luxury cars, lavish hotels, the subway was spotless. The territory is made up of over 250 islands, beginning with that of Hong Kong, Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories, with a total area of one thousand square kilometers, inhabited by six and a half million people. We land in the new airport, opened with some great technical difficulty a couple of years ago, which still forces still large aircraft to some slalom between the skyscrapers. From the top you can see at a glance the bay of Aberdeen, with junks on which six thousand people live, that ripples with waves stirred by tugs, which lights up at night with the reflection of the skyscrapers of steel and glass, such as very high (369 meters) of the Bank of China. Koowlon is the area most frequented by tourists, with famous hotels, an impressive number of restaurants, the Museum of History and Space Museum, shops, markets and flea markets. Take the ferry from Kowloon to Hong Kong Island, where there is the Victoria Peak, (400 meters), also reached by tram running from Garden Road. You should go there twice during the day to see the bay, the mountains, the Peninsula, the mainland, and night, to see Hong Kong lit. An unforgettable sight.
London is the capital of Great Britain, as well as the most populous city in Europe, with over seven million inhabitants. Business, cultural and economic importance worldwide, has a long history: it was, in fact, founded in the year 43 AD by the Romans with the name Londinium. In 1666 a terrible fire destroyed much of the city, which was later rebuilt. The cultural offerings, including museums, galleries and theaters, where to watch one of the famous musical, is rich, just as many opportunities for fun. Crossed by the River Thames, is the official residence of the royal family
Cosmopolitan, colorful and efficiently. A weekend fashion and shopping city, rich in tradition that blends perfectly with the new trends. Enjoy the food that English will be the backdrop to your weekend.
Florence is one of the most famous Italian cities and explore the world. It's pretty much an open air museum, boasts a host of palaces, churches, museums, beautiful parks and squares.
This is the birthplace of the Italian language in the Middle Ages, worked there the greatest Italian poets and writers such as Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, and again They passed some of the most illustrious del'arte world: Giotto, Michelangelo, Donatello, Botticelli, Brunelleschi and Leonardo da Vinci are just a few examples from the past flourishing of Florence.
Testimony to the long and glorious history of Florence is its stunning architecture, Piazza della Signoria to the Boboli Gardens, Ponte Vecchio to the Uffizi Gallery, in addition to beautiful churches, among which stands the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore, with the magnificent dome of Brunelleschi.
But Florence is also something else: the Tuscan cuisine is famous worldwide for its delicious dishes that can accompany the best Italian wines. In addition, many proposals to spend the night in Florence, the bustling restaurants in the city.
Stockholm, Sweden's capital and largest city of the country, is located on the west coast of Lake Mälaren, near the Baltic Sea. The city is particularly famous for being made up of an archipelago of 14 islands connected by 53 bridges. The old town, Gamla Stan is, built on an island completely pedestrianized, has a lively cultural life and an exciting nightlife. Stockholm, which now has 783,000 inhabitants, began its history as a small Viking village in the eleventh and seventeenth centuries.
Today it is a modern city, home to the delivery of the prestigious Nobel prizes and is one of the cleanest cities in Europe. Lose yourself in its archipelago of 24,000 islands in the summer, or in love with his charming winter light: any time is good to visit Stockholm.
Moscow is a metropolis of contrasts violent billionaires and poor people, Mc Donald's, luxurious restaurants and dingy pubs, historical places of socialism and Orthodox churches, Soviet-style apartment blocks-nightmare and elegant buildings of the eighteenth century. The Moscow metro is in short everything: for a few rubles you can travel between stations decorated with crystal chandeliers and marble.
Moscow is everything and more, and even that's fascinating. It 'a gigantic city: the inhabitants are distributed over 1035 km square from the center to the endless and dingy suburbs. New bars, restaurants, night clubs open and close all the time: resist addresses only "historical".
From the twelfth century the Kremlin is the center of the city, where Ivan the Terrible and Stalin gave orders. Today, the Kremlin's walls protect some of the most precious treasures of the country.
What to visit
Red Square (with the Lenin Mausoleum, the State Historical Museum, the St. Basil's Cathedral and GUM, the department stores, 1,000 stores in a nineteenth century), The Kremlin (the towers, palaces, churches) , Arbat, a street of artisans, the Pushkin Museum, Gorky Park, the metro, the great avenues.
Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, and is located on the west coast of the country, on the banks of the River Forth. The city is divided into two districts: Old Town and New Town, both declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Walking through the historic center of the city, Old Town, is a real pleasure, with its medieval architecture and its narrow streets and labyrinthine.
The area of the New Town was built in the eighteenth century and became the commercial district of Edinburgh. Here you will find shops and restaurants, and many local leisure. The port of Leith is home to the spectacular Royal Yacht Britannia and is the starting point for cruises to Northern Europe.
Experience the magic of Edinburgh, an ancient city, full of life and history, which in summer offers a full program of the festival, the Military Tatto festivals of theater, books, science .... Edinburgh is an ideal destination for both holidays and attend English classes.
Scotland's capital, dominated by volcanic rock south of Arthur's Seat and Calton Hill to the north, declared "World Heritage", Edinburgh is a destination of great charm is no coincidence that Edinburgh is the place that inspired the creators of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Sherlock Holmes and Harry Potter.
Among the medieval castle, located on a basalt cliff of volcanic origin, and Holyrood Palace lies the Royal Mile, a series of historical attractions, ranging from the ancient home of John Knox the Scottish Parliament.
In the New Town you can see several Georgian buildings.
The city is also famous for its collections of art, which in the past earned him the title of "Athens of the North", as well as for its international festivals, and many concentrated mainly in August: there is the international festival of the book, the cinema, that of Jazz and Blues and Hogmanay (four days and four nights of celebrations for the New Year). Of all the festival stands the World Festival of Performing Arts.
What to visit
City Art Centre: collects the main works of art of Edinburgh and is the exhibition of the most important international exhibitions.
Edinburgh Castle: houses the Crown Jewels and the Stone of Destiny. In the basement is an exhibition dedicated to the prisoners of war.
The Scottish Parliament: the whole of the Scottish Parliament, which opened in 2004, reminiscent of the Scottish fishing boats.
Museum of Edinburgh: sixteenth-century residence, contains within it a myriad of details that bring the history of the city.
Museum of Scotland National Museum of Scotland, huge and packed with artifacts and treasures.
Writers Museum: a museum dedicated to Scottish writers such as Robert Burns, Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.
New Town: the new town is characterized by wide streets and large file of houses with large windows and decorative arches on the doors. Presents a square at the beginning and end of each street.
Royal Mile: Edinburgh is the main street that connects the Castle to Holyroodhouse through the whole Old Town. About 60 narrow streets opening between the buildings on both sides (Parliament House, St Giles Cathedral, Museum of Childhood, John Knox House).
Salisbury Crags: volcanic promontory overlooking the city where you can enjoy a fantastic view, especially at sunset.
Berlin, capital of Germany, is located in the west of the country and is traversed by two rivers, the Spree and Havel. Berlin's history begins with the incorporation of two villages: Cölln, founded on an island in the River Spree and Berlin, on the banks of the same river. After losing two world wars, having suffered a severe economic crisis and a dictatorship, Berlin has experienced a lively process of reconstruction after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Today, with more than four million inhabitants, is one of the most important cities in Europe. Dynamic and constantly changing, it has become a tourist destination of fashion, for the great offer for leisure and culture, with more than 150 theaters and auditoriums and approximately 170 museums, and amusement, for its lively nightlife and events such as the International Film Festival.
The temperature is mild, even in winter, the landscape sweet, white sandy beaches. Miami is the paradigm of Florida with American skyscrapers, but mostly Cuban and Latin soul.
A 4 km east of the center is Miami Beach, which extends over a narrow strip of land between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic.
The main street is called Collins Avenue and on it facing the biggest and most famous hotels.
At the south end there is the Art Deco District Hostoric, a collection of buildings pink, lavender and turquoise built in the twenties and carefully restored. A museum alive, though.
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Brussels (or Brussel) is the capital of Belgium. Often refers to the Brussels-Capital Region of Brussels, composed of 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, its largest town.
The first nucleus of the city of Brussels can be traced back to the sixth century AD, over the centuries it underwent many occupants, including the Austrian, Spanish and French, until the independence of Belgium in 1830. Today Brussels is the headquarters of the European Parliament and of NATO, but it is also a tourist destination of great interest for the cultural life, museums and architecture, with the beautiful Grand Place in the center of the city. The official languages in Brussels are French and the Dutch and virtually anywhere you also speak English.
Stockholm is a city literally floating on water: to realize just climb the tower of television Kaknäs and observe the deep blue sea which stand out against the red silhouettes of the old buildings and the green of the trees.
A separate fresh water from the salt water are the island of Gamla Stan (the old town, perfect reproduction of a medieval village) and at the southern end, large closed the Slussen.
Today the city covers thirteen islands connected by bridges and tunnels, between Lake Mälaren and the Saltsjön (cove that opens onto the Baltic Sea), and has 700 000 inhabitants.
The skyline is dominated by the Stockholm Stadshuset (City Hall), a red-brick building from whose central body stands a massive square tower which seems to watch the bridges and islands of this quiet and airy, the undeniable charm.
What to visit
The Gamla Stan (the old town), Tyska Kyrkan, the Stortorget, the Stadhuset, the Great Cathedral (the Cathedral).
The Bollhustäppan (Garden of the Court of Dance), the Palace or the Royal Castle (with inside the Crown Jewels, the Hall of Writing Oscar II, the 'Royal Armoury), the island of Riddarholmen, the Riddarhuset (House of Nobili), the Riksdag (parliament).
The Medieval Museum, the Museum, the Katerinahissen, the island of Djurgården, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Museum, Skansen, the National Maritime Museum, the Tunnelbanen, the Sergelstorget, the Blà Tornet (where the Blue Tower Strindberg lived).
Of ancient origin, Pisa was Roman naval base in the Middle Ages and the rich and powerful maritime republic.
An ally of the Normans in the conquest of Sicily, is the author of the First Crusade, which is the acquisition of commercial bases in the Mediterranean.
Ally of Barbarossa, gets in a feud Sardinia, Corsica and the coast from the mouth of the Magra to those dell'Albegna: the twelfth century is the period of its maximum splendor.
After his fleet is destroyed by the Genoese at the Battle of Meloria, falls into the hands of Florence and from that point follows the fate.
What to visit:
The Piazza del Duomo, or Field of Miracles, contains the monuments for which the city is famous all over the world, arising from a green lawn as if by magic: the Duomo, the Campanile, the Baptistery and the Cemetery. The Cathedral, the highest expression of the Romanesque-Pisan, was begun in 1064 and completed by 1118 by Buschetto by Rainald, with sloping façade crowned by four orders of loggias. The walls are decorated with mosaics, glazed tiles, plumes and roses, culminating at the top with the Madonna by Andrea Pisano. Inside, the pulpit by Giovanni Pisano (1311), in the center hangs the so-called ("lamp of Galileo"), in bronze, whose oscillations would have made sense to the scientist the isochronism of the pendulum. Not far away stands the bell tower, known worldwide as the leaning tower, tilted about 5 degrees, with six rows of loggias around the cylindrical structure. The tower was built from 1173, interrupted for a century for the land subsidence and completed in the mid-300. Opposite the cathedral, stands the majestic Baptistery from the lawn, started in 1152 by Diotislavi to be completed two centuries later. Inside, the famous pulpit by Nicola Pisano in 1260. The Cemetery is a rectangular building, with a porch that runs around the lawn, where in the eleventh century was laid the earth brought from Golgotha. It houses the tombs of prominent residents, as well as a collection of Roman and medieval sculptures, including the tombs of Tino Camaino and Andrea Guardi. In the square, the museum of the Opera del Duomo. To complete the knowledge of the '200 and '300 Pisa, visit the National Museum of S. Matthew, at the convent of the same name on the river bank. Crossed the river on the bridge of Middle, the oldest in the city, you come to the beautiful Piazza dei Cavalieri, the center of the republican city, with the building of the Caravan, the church of St. Stephen to the knights and the palace of the clock. Also worth seeing are the churches of S. Catherine, and St. Maria della Spina, a jewel of Romanesque-Gothic style with statues of Andrea and Nino Pisano.
The best known of the Canary Islands offers an enviable range of landscapes, climate and tourist attractions in the desert mountains alternating with tropical vegetation, steep cliffs and sandy beaches.
Gran Canaria has a configuration volcanic circular and conical: the center is the highest point, a symmetrical cone called Pozo de las Nievas.