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Marrakech – Cheap dinner at the beach of the Jemaa El Fna square

One of the surprises you’ll pay your trip to Marrakech, in Morocco, is the great atmosphere that exists at dusk in the square Jemaa El Fna.

If you visit during the afternoon the great heart of the Medina and the city of Marrakech, you’ll see how from afternoon there is a large whirlpool on the Esplanade which is opposite the main entrance of the Bazaar.

Arrive carts with the metallic structures of “Chiringuitos” of food, after be installed quickly, in a short time will populate the square. Since that time, this area is filled with people who come to dine.

It bars similar to which they will find at a fair in which are mounted in the summer in many towns and villages in Spain.

If we walk between these bars in Marrakech, which expel a large from smoke in its itinerant kitchens, we will be constantly assaulted by the “hooks” that invite us insistent way to dine in one of the group. Read the rest of this entry »

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Marrakech – Snakes, costumbrist and other exotic characters in Jemaa El Fna square

One of the icons of the square Jemaa El Fna square in Marrakech, in Morocco, are the exotic and diverse characters you’ll find during your multiple visits to the same.

The rhythmic sound of flutes will tell you that the snake charmers have deployed their carpets where contonean striking cobras and Adders crowd. When moved by curiosity approach to quickly see the show, you “assail” with a serpent in his hand with the intention of colgár you to the neck.

The purpose is that you you a photo with the serpent, in exchange for which you are going to demand a tip. The same is true with loves monkeys that also focus on the plaza: expect that you you a photo along with group in exchange for a tip. Read the rest of this entry »

Marrakech – terraces on the Jemaa El Fna square to enjoy panoramic views

The Jemaa El Fna Plaza will be the nerve center of your trip to Marrakech, at Morocco. Great animation there, both during the day and the evening, is in itself a great show.

While you pasearás continuously for this place of great breadth, a vital recommendation for your visit in Marrakech is upload to one of the terraces of the numbers of cafes and restaurants surrounding to enjoy the best panoramic views and the spectacle from other perspective.

In particular, a good time to enjoy the views of the Jemaa El Fna square is at dusk, when they are mounted Street checkpoints of meals with a frenetic activity. Read the rest of this entry »

Marrakech – square Jemaa El Fna square, major center of tourist and commercial activity

Perhaps the most famous enclave of all Morocco, and without a doubt, the nerve center of the activity of Marrakech, the Jemaa El Fna square you will surprised by its enormous dimensions despite being located in the Centre of the Medina, a true network of narrow streets and passageways.

When you visit Marrakech and you move around the historical Medina, all routes will converge to the Jemaa El Fna square, with an elongated shape stretching from the great spiritual centre of the city, the great Tower, or Minaret of the Koutoubia mosque.

The name of the Jemaa El Fna square has a meaning of Assembly or meeting, which is due to that in the past was a great arenal where outlining the bodies and the severed heads of the executed. Read the rest of this entry »

As soon as you approach the city on your trip to Marrakech, in Morocco, you’ll soon be able to see the large icon of the same, the Minaret of the Koutoubia mosque, which can be seen from practically all over the city, have become its central axis.

The Koutoubia is located on the edge of the Medina of Marrakech, close to the famous Jemaa El Fna square, the great mosque of the city, and its minaret Tower is the tallest building in the same (is not allowed to build any more high), with its 69 meters of height.

The Koutoubia mosque was finished in 1147, at the site where previously there was an Almoravid Palace.

But after the construction of the mosque, realized that it was not well oriented to Mecca, which is why the building was demolished and turned to construct a new building. Read the rest of this entry »

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In your tourist trip to Marrakech, in Morocco, when visiting the ancient Medina best is “lost” among its cluster of alleys to discover its beautiful places to live the great atmosphere there throughout the day.

However, to make good use of the visit from the tourist point of view, and don’t miss out on the top corners, you should know what are the essential visits in the walled enclosure of the Medina of Marrakech.

Then, and from my point of view, tells you 5 essential visits in the Medina of Marrakech. Read the rest of this entry »

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You’ll be surprised when you visit Córdoba, in Andalusia, is that the center of his great monument, the mosque of Cordoba, is located in a great Basilica in the Renaissance style.

Indeed, a Christian Cathedral before the desire of the religious authorities of the time, in particular, was built during the 16th century bishop Iñigo Manrique give splendour to the main chapel built in the 13th century, after the conquest of the city by Fernando III El Santo, in 1236.

Along with the main chapel that stood at the place that occupied a former mihrab of the Muslim Temple, was built a Gothic nave, architectural ensemble that barely changed the structure of the Islamic mosque. Read the rest of this entry »

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One of the important monuments of your visit to Berlin will be, without doubt, Berliner Dom, or what is the same, the Cathedral of Berlin.

This great temple is located in the Centre of the most monumental of the German capital, at the entrance of the Museum Island, and next to the huge Alexanderplatz square.

Due to its size, it is the largest church in Berlin, and find it almost next to the oldest church, the Marienkirche.

Likewise, the main facade of the Protestant cathedral of Berlin is geared to the Grand Plaza is also where the Altes Museum, the first thing you’ll see the aforementioned Museum Island. Read the rest of this entry »

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 This morning we have woken up in August Mascali, a few kilometers north of Catania, just breakfast and we launched the car with the idea of getting to Catania park early and hopefully without too much difficulty. Precisely my concern lies out in the parking lot, since I read everywhere that Catania is a city with very heavy traffic and especially chaotic. And to be more complicated, of course, the closer the street market is located in the heart of one of the main cities of Sicily.
Nothing, concerns unfounded, at least this morning. We drove leisurely through the center of Catania at about eleven, and when the GPS tells me we are about 700 meters from the market, look for parking. It is in the street Monsignor Ventimiglia, blue zone economic good price: 0.75 € / hour, prepaid at a meter on the street. Nothing down, we catch the Giordano Bruno street (perpendicular), continue straight on for five minutes, and we’re in the middle market of Catania. This time we have gone round, hey, it seems that every week we come to the market and we know the best place to park.
A popular and authentic market

At first, the scene seems completely unknown. An army of red umbrellas protect food and gender varied from sunlight, and half hidden under a constant looming circle of people, and bus stops and more products. ‘Can you give an air market in Zagreb Dolac, right? “The response we get it right after asking the question:’ which vaaa! This is much larger and more chaotic, this is Sicily! ‘. Then we have been abducted by the market of Catania, and completely lose track of time. At the end are more than two hours of the most enjoyable and we’ve been distracted in recent months. Especially for Bethlehem, which is quickly forgotten husband and child and not stop shooting pictures, sometimes with too much gall in relation to sellers. But do not worry, here are all engaged in a marketing case.

Bologna has many charms, too many locals say, as to be better known. This city, home of the first European university was founded in 1088, also enjoys privileged public spaces such as the whole Piazza Maggiore and Piazza Nettuno, which are flanked by the Palazzo di Re Enzo, famous as the palace of a Sicilian king (Enzo) was banished from it for 20 years, and the Palazzo Comunale, town hall as well.

This square is dominated by a bronze image of the Roman god crowning a source of sculptures in the middle of it. Completed in 1567, the fountain was commissioned by the cardinal, and Future Catholic saint, Carlo Borromeo, who awarded the project to the architect Tommaso Laureti, but in the end was the sculptor Jean Boulogne, or Giambologna, celebrated author of the sculpture of ‘the rapture of the Sabine Women ‘, in Florence, who finished the sculpture that crowns the Laureti source.

For the Bolognese, the source is known as ‘Il Gigante’ given their large size, which helps to appreciate the work of Giambologna waterfall adorning the cherubim, representing the four winds, and Nereids of the four jets that arise water, represented the four largest rivers on four continents: the Danube, the Ganges, the Amazon and the Nile

More than a tourist attraction and a good place to take a picture, the source serves as a meeting point in the city for all kinds of political events. Not surprisingly Bologna is renowned as the most political of Italy (the former prime minister, Prodi was Bolognese). No wonder that if you visit the piazza and the source you run into some kind of manifestation.

If you want to see as beautiful is the city in general, please see this video, deserves much pena.Y finally, if you love Italian cars, I like to know that Neptune’s trident is the same as the signature Maserati Bolognese uses in its logo.