Month: January 2019

Costa Favolosa

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The Costa Favolosa is one of the largest cruise ships of Costa Cruises, an Italian cruise ship company that belongs to the Carnival group. There is a sister ship, the Costa Fascinosa. This liner was ordered in 2007 at the shipyard Fincantieri in Marghera, Italy and was inaugurated in 2011. The liner is 290 meters long and 35.5 meters wide, with 17 bridges and capacity for 3,800 passengers and 1,110 crew members. There are 4 restaurants and a buffet; 13 bars, including one for coffees and chocolate; a spa; a theater with three floors; a 4D cinema; a gym and a sports field; a casino, a discotheque; a simulator of formula 1; a cigar lounge; an indoor and outdoor pool; panoramic glass elevators and lots of artwork all over the ship (over 6,000). There are 1,508 cabins. There is also an atrium in the center of the ship that runs the full height of the ship. You will find activities for the whole family with areas for children and teenagers.

Tips

If you prefer cabins in the wellness section, ask for a Samsara cabin. You will find a paying restaurant in the same area.

If you are traveling with young children, you have a mini club, divided by age, where you can entrust your children to a qualified staff while you enjoy other activities.

Chapel of the Holy Christ of Humility, El Toboso, Toledo, Spain

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In the city of El Toboso, Toledo, Spain, there were fourteen small churches or chapels around which the popular class neighborhoods emerged articulated with irregular squares, which are real scenarios of celebrations. Some were inside the fence or wall that protected urban space. Currently, there are only three of these chapels still standing and one of them is the chapel of the Holy Christ of Humility that was a former hospital for the poor in the past. The chapel has simple lines with the use of stone and brick on the outside. It has a large wooden door with wrought iron.

Tips

If you are able to visit the city during the Easter period you can participate in the celebrations of Holy Week, on Easter Monday, they take the Holy Christ of Humility out of the chapel and make a procession from the chapel Holy Christ of Humility to the parish church. In this procession people accompaign carrying flags. This day ends with a mass in the parish.

You can also assist to the mass evry Friday evening all year long.