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07/04/2025

Chapultepec Castle, Mexico

Chapultepec Castle sits on the western edge of Mexico City atop a 200-foot-high (60m) rocky hill whose name means 'Hill of the Grasshopper' in the Nahuatl language. The Aztecs once had a fort here, while the Spanish built a chapel here in 1554 before converting it into a stately home in the 1780s. It briefly housed the Emperor of Mexico in the 1860s – the only building on the North American continent to be a royal residence – and was then home to Mexico's presidents until 1940. Today the castle contains Mexico’s National Museum of History, and its terraces offer excellent views out over the city.

Credit to R.M. Nunes/Alamy

07/04/2025

Uffizi Gallery

Why the Uffizi Gallery is special?
This celebrated museum in Florence, Italy has an unrivaled collection of Italian Renaissance masterpieces.

Uffizi Gallery tips & insights:
The must-see paintings
The Uffizi Gallery has many world-famous paintings. Don't miss these:
Birth of Venus (see picture)
Botticelli
Annunciation
Leonardo da Vinci
Holy Family
Michelangelo
Madonna with a Goldfinch
Raphael
Venus of Urbino
Titian

How is the Uffizi Gallery organized?
The artworks are displayed in a time-line sequence, which gives visitors a feeling for the evolution of Renaissance art.

Museum's history in brief
The Uffizi Gallery is closely linked with the rich Medici Family who ruled the region for centuries. They constructed the building in the mid-1550s to house government administrative offices ("uffizi" in Italian, hence the museum's name).

The Medicis
They were avid fine art collectors. The Medicis began converting parts of the Uffizi building into a gallery for their acquisitions. Their art collection grew with each successive generation into thousands of glorious artworks.

In 1737, the last of the powerful Medicis bequeathed to the public her family's entire art collection.

06/04/2025

Prague Castle, Czechia

Prince Borivoj of the Premyslid Dynasty (probably) started building Prague Castle in AD 880, and over the centuries various rulers from various dynasties have expanded it. According to Guinness World Records, the UNESCO-listed building is the largest coherent castle complex in the world, covering a staggering 753,000 square feet (70,000sqm). But it is beautiful too – a beguiling mix of Romanesque and Gothic rising majestically above the Vltava River. It remains one of Czechia's most important cultural institutions and the home of the Czech president.

Credit to MisterVlad/Shutterstock

05/04/2025

Dubrovnik Old Town

Why Dubrovnik Old Town is special?
Dubrovnik Old Town - despite its touristy character - remains one of the world's most picturesque destinations.

Top 5
Dubrovnik Old Town must dos and sees
Absorb the Medieval townscape
View the facades on the Stratun (description below) and in the maze of narrow back alleys. Nearly all the buildings were erected over 500 years ago and are designed in the Roman, Gothic and Baroque architectural styles.

Walk the wall
Stroll along the top of the 24 meter (80 foot) high fortified wall that encircles the burg. It takes about an hour and offers perspective views of the city and Adriatic Sea.

Promenade down the Stradun
It's the main street and hub of activity - and is flanked by picturesque buildings and outdoor people-watching cafes.

Visit the photogenic Old Port
It's a snug, charming harbor with small moored boats (see photo above).

Take the cable car ride
Enjoy an eagle's eye view of Dubrovnik Old Town and its environs from a mountain belvedere.

Other leading attractions include:
Aquarium and Maritime Museum
Bell Tower Onofrio's Fountain
Church of St Blaise
Church of the Assumption
Dominican Monastery
Franciscan Monastery
Minceta Fort
Rector's Palace
Sponza Palace

Dubrovnik Old Town tips & insights:
Touristy
Dubrovnik Old Town is no longer the local community it once was. Only a small percentage of its previous native population remains. Today, it's vaguely like a touristy theme park. Visitors - not locals - dominate the scene. And most of the workers you see don't actually live within the walls.

Avoiding the crowds
The destination is a popular cruise ship port-of-call during the peak summer season. Nearly a million cruise passengers per year go on organized or self-guided shore excursions. To avoid congesting conditions of large-cruise-ship days, do your major-venue sightseeing early in the day before cruisers disembark - or in the late afternoon after most cruisers return to their boats.

Best time of the year to come
May through mid-June (before summer temperatures and visitor counts soar) is your best bet. September is a good alternative (though daytime sightseeing hours become shorter).

05/04/2025

Vianden Castle, Luxembourg

The tiny European nation of Luxembourg is famous for its castles, and the gorgeous Romanesque Vianden Castle is the fairest of them all. It was built between the 11th and 14th centuries on the site of an ancient Roman fortress overlooking the beautiful Our River. It was one of the grandest feudal residences in Europe and was at the peak of its powers in the 13th century under Henry I of Vianden, known as Luxembourg's 'Sun Count' thanks to his luxurious lifestyle. The castle was restored to its original glory after transferring to state ownership in 1977.

Credit to mediacolor's/Alamy

04/04/2025

Damascus Old City & the Umayyad

WhyDamascus Old City is special?
Damascus in Syria is one of the oldest (if not the oldest) cities in the world. Although most of sprawling modern-day Damascus is nondescript, its walled Old City and its Umayyad Mosque are outstanding.

Walled old city
Streets from the past
Reserve ample time to explore the ancient streets within Damascus Old City. They are lined with venerable homes - and some of the balconies of the dwellings overhang the narrow alleys so far that they almost kiss those on the other side.

Damascus souk
The crowded, covered, stunning Souk (marketplace) is also a must-do Damascus Old City experience. Goods of many varieties are hawked by shopkeepers verbally jostling each other for the attention of passing buyers.

Umayyad Mosque
A visitor magnet
The top tourist draw of Damascus Old City is the Umayyad (also spelled Omayyad) Mosque. It was erected around 700 AD.

Prayer hall
The Umayyad is renowned for the immense prayer hall. Its floors are blanketed with valuable oriental rugs.

Courtyard and mosaics
Other Umayyad Mosque marvels include the vast courtyard (for scale, notice the blue-robed person in the photo) and the stunning mosaic work on the walls and archways.

Islamic significance
Today the Umayyad Mosque is the fourth holiest site of Islam (after Mecca, Medina and the Dome of the Rock).

Picture from Britannia

02/04/2025

Mezquita of Cordoba

Why the Mezquita of Cordoba is special?
It is of both historical and architectural interest, in a significantly eclectic way.

Mezquita of Cordoba tips & insights:
History in brief
The site of La Mezquita originally bore a church. Then, after the Moors conquered Cordoba in the 8th century, they demolished the church and built the Mezquita (mosque). Five centuries later, the Christians regained ownership.

During the Moor period
The Mezquita of Cordoba was enlarged and enhanced into a vast, magnificent house of worship.

Multiple architectural styles
The Moors creatively used a variety of architectural styles including Persian, Mid Eastern Islamic, Roman and Gothic that together helped define Moorish architecture.

The arches
One of the most striking design elements of La Mezquita is the double-tiered "candy stripe" arches supported by sculptured pillars (see photo).

Christians regain control
The Christians rewon Cordoba in the 13th century and promptly consecrated the edifice as a church but left much of the superb Moor-erected architecture intact. Their major alteration was building a cathedral within the mammoth mosque.

Today
The building is peacefully divided between Muslims and Catholics (who use the bizarrely situated cathedral).

01/04/2025

Chartres Cathedral

Why Chartres Cathedral is special?
This magnificent medieval Gothic cathedral in France has nearly 200 bright-hued stained glass windows dating back to the 12th and 13th Centuries.

Chartres Cathedral tips & insights
Renowned windows
The huge roseate windows (see photo) above the cathedral's main entrances are particularly spectacular and justifiably world famous.

Flying buttresses
The extensive windowing would have been impossible were it not for the newfound flying buttress construction method. It lowered the load-bearing responsibilities of the Chartres Cathedral walls, allowing them to be taller and full of sizeable holes for the windows.

Sculptures
The outdoor sculptures of Chartres are almost as famous as the stained glass windows. They adorn the edifice's exterior around the doorways.

Day tripping
Most visitors come from Paris on day tours. This wonder is located in its namesake city, Chartres, just about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of Paris.

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Meenakshi

Why Meenakshi is special?
The Meenakshi Hindu Temple in Madurai, India is renowned for its skyscraping gopurams. They are elaborately carved gateways.

Meenakshi Gopurams tips & insights:
Centuries old
The Meenakshi Gopurams were erected in the 13th to 16th Centuries.

Height
They reach as high as 50 meters (165 feet).

Adornments
The Meenakshi Gopurams are abundantly decorated from base to roof with flamboyantly colored god and animal sculptures of fanciful design.

Gates
The four main gopurams serve as entrance gates to the walled Meenakshi Temple.

Area
The overall temple is as large as a dozen football fields.

Main hall
This immense Dravidian-style temple contains the enormous Hall of a Thousand Pillars (actually "only" 985, but they're all wonderfully sculptured).

Other features
Meenakshi Temple also houses a myriad of fascinating small temples and corridors that are fun to discover on your own. Surprises await your every turn.