Stowe, Vermont, USA

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The charming small town of Stowe, in New England, is a popular destination for 200 years. The city centre, picturesque, offer quantities of stores and restaurants as well as lovely views of the surrounding mountains. Visitors can enjoy year-round outdoor recreation but also cultural activities and attractions to practice alone or in family.
 
 
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Visit the Trapp Family Lodge the same family who inspired the movie The sound of music. It offers stunning views of the green mountains and the surrounding valleys. His majestic presence echoes the important role it played in creating dream vacation at Stowe and in northern Vermont.
Other more recent companies like the factory of ice cream, Ben & Jerry’s, Green Mountains Coffee Roasters, Cold Hollow Cider Mill, Lake Champlain Chocolates, to name but a few, widely attended the reputation of places.

Palace House of Verdugo, Avila, Spain

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The Palace House of  Verdugo is located in Avila, Spain, inside the fortified area of the city. Don Suero del Águila had ordered tobuild it in 1531 at Lomo Street which is now called Lopez Nunez. In the sixteenth century, the city of Avila was booming thanks to the growth of the wool textile industry, the construction of churches and convents and religious thrust Saint Teresa of Avila and Saint John of the Cross . The house was designed as the home of Don Suero del Aguila and their descendants; in 1536 Don Suero decided to bequeath it to his son, but on the condition that if there were no more descendants, the house would pass into the hands of the Order of the Jeronimos and this has been accomplished in 1606, after the death of his little son, who was the last descendent. When the Jeronimos took it, the palace became a monastery, but ten years later they swapped it by the College of San Gil. The palace then passed to the Jesuits and they kept it until they were expelled from Spain (1.737) and in the eighteenth century, the house was abandoned. Its stone façade has a defensive character; windowless, low-level and two towers on each side of the door and on the door there is the noble coat of arms of Verdugo. It has a very large central courtyard with arches with floral decoration and shields.

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In the vicinity of the palace there are other important monuments of the city that you can access by walking. For more information, visit the city of Avila.

 

Venice, Italy

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Venice is a port city in the northeast of Italy, on the shores of the Adriatic Sea, which extends over a set of 118 small islands separated by a network of channels, connected by bridges. It lies between the estuaries of the Po and the Piave rivers all off the Venetian lagoon. Many times called as the floating city, it was built on piles of oak and alder installed in the sandy soil. Of its 177 channels, the most important is the Big Canal and the main islands are the Lido, Burano, Murano, Torcello and San Michele that is the island cemetery of the city. Venice has six districts, the most important, San Marco, is the center of the city and the second largest is Cannareggio where we find the railway station and it continues to the Rialto. The city is known as pedestrian and channels are the road with many boats and famous gondolas that give the city a special feature known worldwide. To see: Piazza San Marco and its campanile, Doges Palace, the Academy Galleries, the Campanile of Saint George Maggiore, the Rialto Bridge, the Bridge of Sighs, the Bridge of freedom, Piazzale Roma, the Camp Saint Stephen, among others.

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Arriving at Venice Marco Polo Airport, which is located on the mainland at the edge of the lagoon, you have buses, water taxis and water buses to get into town. If you arrive by car, there is an ample parking on the artificial island of Tronchetto where you can take the shuttle monorail (People Mover) that takes you to Piazzale Roma. Another option is to leave the car in Mestre or Marghera and take the bus to Venice (15 minutes approximately). Enjoy your stay to visit some of its most important islands like Murano, Burano e Lido. You can do this by taking public transport like the vaporetto (water bus). If you want a gondola ride, it’s better to do it in a group because it is quite expensive.