The Louvre Museum
This museum is located in Paris (Paris hotels), the French capital. Opened its doors on November 18, 1793 and since then displays paintings, sculptures and art objects of infinite value. Its history dates back to 1190, when King Philip Augustus had built near the river Seine a tower and a fortress. Its purpose was to ensure the defense of the city before leaving for the Crusades.
The site was known as the Louvre, whose mysterious origin may be the lower Saxon word meaning “fortified home”, or luperius Latin term that translates as “full of wolves.”
Under the reign of Charles V, between 1364 and 1380, the castle was enlarged to the north and east, bringing the tower was surrounded by buildings. Francis I, the sovereign who reigned between 1515 and 1547, decided to take up residence in the Louvre, but his collection of paintings was to move just a century later. Continue reading
Plaza de San Marcos in Venice
The Plaza de San Marcos is located in the heart of Venice. It measures 180 meters long by 70 meters wide and is the only one piazza in Venice, since it is Piazzale rest or fields.
Its construction began in the ninth century by adopting the current size and shape in 1177, 100 years after being paved.
The Plaza de San Marcos is one of the most beautiful places in the world, Napoleon Bonaparte was defined as “the most beautiful room of Europe.”
The square is the lowest place in Venice so that, when there are “aqua high” is the first in flood. When this happens, the authorities placed gateways for transit of citizens and visitors. Depending on the time and, if we’re lucky (or unlucky, depends for whom), we see the square filled with water.
Points of Interest
The most important buildings of the square are St. Mark’s Basilica, Ducal Palace, Museo Correr, the Campanile (the bell tower of the basilica) and the Torre dell’Orologio.
The Ducal Palace (Palazzo Ducale)
The Ducal Palace of Venice
The Basilica and Plaza de San Marcos, represent one of the most famous and photographed landscapes in the world, perhaps due in part to their great harmony and beautiful architecture.
For centuries, the Ducal Palace served three functions of vital importance in the political and social life of Venice. The place was used as a residence for the Duke, as the seat of city government and a courthouse. Precisely this was where the most important decisions that set the fate of Venice and Europe were taken by the most influential figures from different periods.
In fact, when the palace was built, had a design similar to a castle with towers and strong walls, as the location of a focal point for access to the sea. However, under time passed, and due to some accidents involving fires, the building was rebuilt and remodeled to what we know today.
Currently, the Ducal Palace is a museum open to the public that shows a variety of exhibits of great historical interest. Enter the palace is a good experience even for those who are not interested in history, as the grand design of the interiors of the palace more than a wonder.
The Bridge of Sighs
The visit also will cross the famous Bridge of Sighs that was built in Baroque style in the seventeenth century, gives access to the dungeons of the palace. The name of the bridge is given as the path that followed the death row because, from their windows, were last seen on the Laguna Veneta.
Curiously, in the Ducal Palace is also the Bocca di Leone, a kind of mailbox with lion face where once could expose the illegal practices of citizens.
The Venetian Bridge of Sighs
Venice, the “city of canals”: One of those interesting places that highlight the beauty of the city is the Bridge of Sighs.
According to historical data on the website dumps ArteHistoria, this bridge was built in 1602 by Antonio Contino with the aim of linking courts and the prisons of the Ducal Palace with the building of new prisons. It was only in the nineteenth century by Lord Byron, which is building acquired its current name since for him, the prisoners on a bridge crossing sighed, knowing that losing freedom.
Years passed and today, Bridge of Sighs is one of the most preferred by tourists to take pictures when they travel to Venice. Is that its history, its construction and its location make it one of the most picturesque historic sites, intriguing, romantic and distinctive in Venice. What makes the search for cheap hotels in Venice near this bridge is virtually impossible at any time of year. It is a similar situation in London with regard to staying near Tower Bridge. It is also almost impossible to find cheap hotels as there many luxury hotels around these popular tourist locations. If you are traveling on a luxury travel budget, then London hotels here on Travel Intelligence are probably more for you.
If you have not visited, remember that you have two ways to access it: one is to know the inside advantage to visit the Ducal Palace and the other, perhaps the romantic alternative is to go under the bridge, gondola rides. Sounds interesting, right? To enhance the sentimental meaning attributed to the Bridge of Sighs, we recommend that this tour of Venice as you do in the company of your partner. You will see that being together in this city, the tourist attractions will become much more romantic and seductive.
And if you do enough with this bridge or want to compare with others in the same style, you can move to Cambridge, Oxford or Barranco (Lima, Peru), where there are other Bridge of Sighs.
Piazzale Roma
The Piazzale Roma is the last place of Venice can be reached by road. It is the place where the bridge ends of Liberty and where the buses to go to the mainland.
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The Piazzale Roma is a place devoid of any tourist attractions, but is a must for all travelers arriving by bus from Venice Marco Polo, Treviso and Mestre.
Communication from Piazzale Roma to Venice
The Piazzale Roma is located near the Santa Lucia train station and also has a Vaporetto stop itself.
From Piazzale Roma vaporetto station can reach the main attractions in Venice and Murano, Lido and other nearby islands.
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Visit Venice
Are you planning a trip to Venecia? If so sure you have many doubts assaulted last (or not so latest) minute. For us Venice is the most beautiful town in Italy with Rome, for this and to help you with your trip, we’ve created this guide to Venice.
What is Venice?
Venice is a collection of 120 islands linked by bridges. We get to Venice from Mestre by the Ponte della Libertà, reaching the Piazzale Roma.
As you can imagine, the city has suffered periodic flooding from the beginning. Today the city is considered threatened by the repeated floods. In spring and fall usually raise the water level, which is often the Piazza San Marco is flooded to the extent that the authorities have to put walkways for pedestrians to walk.
More general information or the history of Venice.
Why visit Venice?
As for us has been a magical destination, we can think of hundreds of reasons to visit Venice. If we had to take just one, it is a unique city in the world and completely different from the rest, with a unique spirit that makes everyone should visit.
We leave a small video with photos of our guide.
Transportation in Rome
Many monuments are within short distances between themselves, which go from one to another, it is best done on foot. However, it is a big city, and there are distances that are convenient not to make them walk.
As much as Rome has subway (very small … with only 2 lines), the best way of moving from one place to another, in our view, is to use the buses. The bus system, in addition to night services, and many lines that cover the entire city, has the great advantage of being “FREE”!
We’re not going to recommend not to pay the ticket, but hey, we in the 4 days we were, we took several buses to go to many places of the city, and none of them pay the ticket, nor an inspector climbed. If an inspector to climb, you can always play bell and get off at the next stop! 
For those wishing to pay your ticket (as it should be …), you can buy them in the “Little shrines (kiosks where they sell magazines) and the” tabacaios “(cigar). Sometimes they are sold in bars. Drivers do not sell.
The cost of the ticket is 1 € (at least it was in September 2007), like the subway, but with the difference that you have paid the departure and return, if you use the return trip in 75 minutes.
How to go Rome from Termini?
As mentioned above, Termini is a good starting point. We give you a list of bus lines have to take to the musts:
64 Colosseum Online
Piazza Venezia and the Vatican line 64
Plaza of Spain and Trevi Fountain line 492
Campo di Fiori line 64
Rome Travel Guide
Rome is a city that breathes history … For you look, there is a sculpture, building or debris that has been there 2000 years ago. We will try to give you as much information on Rome in this post and another post in this blog.
For this city, we spend 4 days, and we believe the time was right for what we wanted to see, although we know that this is something more personal.
How to reach the center of Rome?
Getting to Rome by train:
The simplest option, any train to Rome will leave you in the train station “Termini”. Not only that Termini is a good starting point to begin the tour but here are the cheapest hostels. At Termini you have buses to anywhere in the city.
Arriving by plane:
There are plenty of options to reach the center of Rome from both airports. I include here that I consider more appropriate.
* Fiumicino Airport: Bus Terravision: Fiumicino-Termini-Fiumicino.
* Rome Ciampino Airport: Bus Terravision also recommend.
* Ticket: No more than 10 euros each way.
Travel tip: Avignon
We went today to one of the most picturesque cities in France: Avignon. It is located on the left bank of the Rhone River, about 653 km southeast of Paris and 80 km northwest of Marseille.
In the Middle Ages, this magnificent city in southern France was the seat of the papacy from 1309 until 1377. From then until 1417, the Great Schism provoked papal venues were two. Avignon and Rome, resolved the conflict in favor of the Pope of Rome.
In that past, Avignon, has great artistic treasure that has achieved membership in the list of World Heritage of UNESCO since 1995. Especially the Papal Palace, the largest Gothic buildings of the Middle Ages with over 11,000 square meters. Its walls reach 5 meters in thickness!
It is located on the Place du Palais des Papes, on a hill overlooking the city from the north with the River Rhone at his feet. Continue reading
New routes: Ibiza to Rome
The low cost Vueling Airlines will open new connection between Ibiza and the capital of Italy. With this target already be nine, between national and European cities the company will connect from Ibiza.
The flights will have a daily frequency of late-night hours for both ways. In total, Vueling will operate 152 flights for up to 27,360 seats.
Italy is one of the key strategic markets for the airline, which operates in four cities across the Alps, Venice, Naples, Milan and Rome, the latter two connected to the Balearic island.
Among the nine routes available Vueling to Ibiza, the company bid more than half a million places to fly until September this year, with forecasts of more than 2782 flights and 400,000 passengers.