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Lindos, Rhodes, Greece

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Lindos is a charming village located 55 km from the city of Rhodes, on the east coast of the island of Rhodes. The village is very picturesque with its beautiful white houses and a very important archaeological site, the Acropolis of Lindos. You will find alleys and you can easily get lost as this was intended for its construction, to defend itself from the pirates. You will also find several shops, bars and restaurants with terraces offering excellent views. You can visit the beautiful beaches which are close to the village. The main beach is on the left at 10 minutes walk and is equipped with umbrellas, deckchairs and a bar; It is a beautiful white sand beach and crystal clear waters. There are also two other beautiful beaches but you have to cross the village; you can ask the locals and they will tell you how you can get to the Bay of St. Paul. The airport is 50 km from the village.

Tips

To get to the village you can rent a car, take a taxi but it is a bit expensive or if you have the time, take the bus which will leave you on site after about 1h30 because it will make several stops but it is good if you want to see a little more of the area. To visit the archaeological site, it is advisable to go early because it’s usually hot and sunny. Admission isn’t free. From there you will also have a wonderful view of the village, the beaches and the bay. Wear comfortable shoes that do not slip and do not forget to protect yourself with sunscreen and bring sunglasses and water.

Arenal Market, Seville, Spain

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The Arenal Market in Seville, is a building of 1947. Earlier in the same location of the building, it was the People’s convent that later also served as a prison. The current building was designed to accommodate a range of municipal services including: receiving fruit and vegetable, a market for distribution after, throughout the city, a food market for the neighborhood, and a number of municipal officials houses that are arranged in the upper floors of the same building, but in 1977, the market reception has been moved to another place. The plan is rectangular almost square and faces four different fronts streets, with the facade on the rue Pasteur and Landeros and one side is on the Almansa street and the other on the Arenal street. Downstairs in the main façade, there is a large open gallery formed by arches resting on columns, and having a succession of doors to close them at night. Inside, the market occupies only the bottom center of the building, with elongated naves, with views of the concrete, and whose intermediate panels have continuous bands of windows for natural light. On the back portion, loading and unloading tasks are performed.

Tips

If you want to know a little more about the history of the place, you will find on the facades two ceramic decorations with captions.
The market operates normally as such, so if you want to visit it, you could also take the opportunity to buy fresh products.

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Madame Tussauds Museum, London, England

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Madame Tussauds is the name of the wax museum founded in 1835 in London by Marie Tussaud. There are museums Madame Tussauds in several cities of the world: Berlin, Amsterdam, Vienna, Las Vegas, New York, Hollywood, Shanghai, Sydney, Tokyo, etc.
Marie Tussaud was working in Bern as a maid for a doctor, Philippe Curtius, who had become an artist, woodcarver. He took the girl on his wing and showed her how to shape the wax sculpture. He was called in France to make a portrait of Marie-Jeanne du Barry, mistress of Louis XV in 1765. In 1767 the doctor brought Mary and his mother and employed her to work in his many achievements in wax. In 1770 he made his first show and has had so much success that in 1776 the exhibition moved to the Royal Palace. In 1782, he opened a second exhibition called the “Cave of the Great Thieves’ on the Boulevard du Temple; it was the precursor to ‘The chamber of horrors’. Marie Grosholtz achieves its figures from 1777 with that of Voltaire followed by those of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Benjamin Franklin but in the French Revolution, she was sentenced to the guillotine for its relations with the nobility. Pardoned because of her talent, she used to carry out the death masks of revolutionaries murdered and decapitated. On the death of Curtius, Mary is the heir to his collection of wax figures. In 1795, she married François Tussaud and had 2 children. She went with his eldest son (4 years) in England to present her collection but because of the War of the Third Coalition, she remained blocked in England and continued her road shows throughout Great Britain and Ireland. In 1835 she opened the Baker Street Bazaar (on Baker Street in London) whose main attraction iwas the Chamber of Horrors, which had two parts the victims of the French Revolution and the murderers. In 1842, Marie performs a self-portrait that is still presented at the museum entrance and died in 1850 at the age of 88. In 1884 the museum moved to its current location on Marylebone Road. In 1926, the company Tussauds Group was founded to manage Madame Tussauds. The museum is a major tourist attraction in London.

Tips

You can purchase the admission ticket to the museum on line, taking advantage of combining it with other attractions.
Access is allowed by time slot, so if you have already purchased your ticket, go straight to the door to enter the time of your access. Usually you have to wait a bit but you can walk around and come on your specified time and you’ll enter directly without the need to queue.
If you are visiting with the family, there is a family ticket that serves access for 2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children, at reduced prices. In the case you bought the family access on line, you can choose the time of entry. Note that at age 16, the person is considered adult.

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