Visiting Pompeii: what you can’t miss

Pompei

VISITING POMPEII: ITS VILLAS AND ITS HOUSES

Visiting Pompeii is an amazing experience on all counts.
Walking along ancient roads and entering the houses of one of the most important cities of Ancient Rome is exciting, especially if you think that for many centuries Pompeii and its inhabitants have been buried under volcanic lava and ash of Mount Vesuvius.

On 25th August 79 AD a violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius marked the end of a lively city and the beginning of a new history.
The lava has frozen time in Pompeii, and for this reason visiting its villas and its houses will offer you a unique opportunity to admire a Roman city.
Here is where to go if you want to visit Pompei iand not to miss the most important places.

 

Visiting Pompeii: what you can’t miss

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Unmissable museums in Genoa

Rolli Days Genova

UNMISSABLE MUSEUMS IN GENOA YOU MUST VISIT AT LEAST ONCE IN YOUR LIFETIME

Art and history are the legs of a journey discovering the museums in Genoa I consider unmissable.
Old and modern, between the sea and the mountains, Genoa is a city full of art, breathless landscapes and museums housing  the history of the more or less famous Genoese people.

5 unmissable museums in Genoa

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The Galata museo del mare in Genoa: the largest maritime museum in the mediterranean area

Galea | museo del mare

THE GALATA MUSEO DEL MARE IN GENOA: MY VISIT TO THE GALATA MUSEUM, THE LARGEST MARITIME MUSEUM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA

If there’s a museum I go to every time I visit the coast of the Liguria region, that’s the Galata Museo del Mare in Genoa (The Galata Sea Museum).
Here you can breathe the history of the sea and know the history of the city in depth.

When I visited Genoa for the first time I admired the Palazzi dei Rolli, the historic buildings of the city which are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, while the last time I discovered its historic shops.

 

The Galata museo del mare in Genoa: the largest maritime museum in the mediterranean area

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Medieval Italian towns you must visit

Certaldo | città medievali italiane

MEDIEVAL ITALIAN TOWNS YOU MUST VISIT

Italy is the country of beauty and of one thousand towns.
With an artistic heritage no other country possesses, Italy is the place where you can pass from medieval Italian towns to a quarter still surrounded by the magic of Renaissance by going through a street which is ahead of its time.

Some years ago I had the chance to visit Glorenza, a small town located in South Tyrol, rather the smallest one.
It’s a medieval town, and right from here my list of the medieval Italian towns to visit will start.
Are you ready to discover them? Choose your favourite town to visit!

The medieval Italian towns

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