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Palermo or Ziz

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The Phoenicians founded Palermo back in 734BC naming it Flower, aka Ziz. It seems fair that Modern Day Palermo, known for it’s onerous traffic, glorious art, still active Mafia and challenging piles of garbage should own such a name. [pinit] Marty, a firm believer in visiting Capital Cities, says you can’t gauge a country without visiting …

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Escape to Cefalu

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When the streets of Sicily’s Capital, Palermo, get a little too hot and gritty, it’s time to escape to Cefalu for some cool seaside relaxation. It’s true that in Summer you’ll be far from alone in your admiration of Cefalu’s long beach and cute streets, but at other times of year it has a more …

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Pula its More than a Roman Amphitheatre

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Pula, home of Pula Arena, the fourth most famous Roman Amphitheatre in the world today, is the largest town in Istria and eighth largest in Croatia. Croatian Istria is that knob of land jutting out into the Adriatic just below that charming Slovenian port of Piran. [pinit] The old centre of this friendly, walkable and …

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Pula a small Croatian town with a big Roman Amphitheatre

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My interest in Pula came to life a few years ago when a friend visited on a month long trip through Croatia. He sent rave reviews -photos of tiny fish being cooked over the fire and served with a simple salad – the flavour divine. His stories of arriving in Pula by ferry and enjoying …

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Things to do in Castelmola Taormina Sicily

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Updated May 2018. Since the 1860’s when the german artist Otto Geleng painted Ampitheatre at Taormina, encompassing the view of the Bay of Naxos and Mt. Etna, Taormina has been the star of Sicily. The cute hilltop village of Castelmola Sicily, a further 1km up Monte Tauro from Taormina, has no such fame, but it …

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Cheap and Free Things to do in Split Croatia

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In the town of Split on the Dalmatian cost of Croatia it is possible to step through a gateway in a modern bustling city into a Roman Palace built in 305AD. Palaces usually summon expensive thoughts, but it costs nothing to enter the palace in Split, making it the best of the free things to …

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Explore Split Croatia Beaches and Cycle around Marjan Split Croatia

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The most southern region of Croatia’s coastline holds the stunning Dalmatian coast with the glittering islands near Split Croatia off-shore. Croatians love sun, beaches and swimming and gravitate to the ocean whenever they can. Some visitors treat Split as a mere stepping off point for the islands, but it is a beautiful and exciting town …

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Krka Versus Plitvice Lakes National Park Croatia

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Krka National Park is accessible by bus, car or boat and we chose the boat trip which departs from Skradin, a downstream port on the Krka River. Krka is a karst travertine river system whose waterfalls rival those of the Plitvice Lakes for beauty, with the added benefit of far less visitors. We caught the …

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