What I Honey Close Southern Europe

It's non a mystery that I dear southern Europe. With this post, I exactly desire to part the reasons why, together with ship some to a greater extent than pictures of 4 genuinely special countries that convey a house inwards my heart: Greece, Italy, Kingdom of Spain together with Portugal. Among the countries inwards Southern Europe that I haven't visited, Croatia, Montenegro together with Republic of Malta are at the top of my list, together with I mightiness endure able to catch some of them this year.

Greece

The blinding white of the marble of the temples together with of the whitewashed houses inwards the islands are fix against the blueish heaven of the fifty-fifty bluer sea: Knossos together with the minotaur, the Acropolis together with the starting fourth dimension philosophers, but also the fascinating history of Atlantis, who many historians believe to endure the enchanting isle of Santorini. 

The Parthenon

This soldier inwards his foreign attire, mounting the guard inwards front end of the Parliament edifice inwards Athens, must convey been really hot, given that in that location were almost 40° that day. One matter that I dear most Hellenic Republic is that at times it feels really familiar - Hellenic Republic is Italy's "cousin" later on all, equally Greek people convey told me endless times - together with at other times it feels unfamiliar, almost exotic: the unlike alphabet together with that incomprehensible but beautiful language, the civilization that mixes Western together with Ottoman, together with the distinctive food.




Changing of the guard inwards Athens

It's genuinely impossible non to autumn inwards dear amongst the relaxed measuring of life of this Mediterranean country, specially inwards the islands: those whitewashed houses amongst colourful doors and stone pathways, the pots of flowers on display and the cats languidly brushing against them, everything in that location seems to endure made to delight the eye.




The beautiful hamlet of Oia inwards Santorini

Spain

The mudejar architecture of Andalucía, the loudness of immature people eating tapas inwards a bar spell sipping their clara or a vermut, the vitality of its cities amongst cutting-edge contemporary art, I dear this province therefore much that I decided to movement hither from Italy terminal July. I've visited Madrid together with Toledo inwards the centre, Andalucía inwards the south, Zaragoza halfway betwixt in that location together with Madrid, but there is a lot to a greater extent than to see.  

The Alcázar inwards Seville, Andalucia

On my listing of places that I even therefore haven't visited inwards Kingdom of Spain but that are on my listing I tin dismiss elevate Granada, Valencia, the Basque Country together with Costa Brava. I'm for sure that each i volition convey its ain cultural richness, its ain signature food, together with magnificent landscapes to endure enjoyed during sunny days.

Detail of the cathedral inwards Tarragona

The endless fighting betwixt those whose love Barcelona together with those who prefer Madrid volition never end. Both cities convey enough to offer, they are beautiful, amongst enough of sightseeing together with renowned museums, amongst thousands of bars together with fiddling restaurants to try. What's more, fifty-fifty though nosotros are speaking of flake cities, people are friendly, nutrient is good, together with the atmosphere is seat back.

View of Barcelona from Tibidabo

Italy

Being such a variegated country, amongst snow-capped mountains, peachy beaches, cities total of fine art together with enchanting villages, fifty-fifty a individual who spent most of her life inwards Italy has a lot to discover. Every novel surface area explored has its ain cuisine, its ain history together with traditions, its ain dialect together with regional pride. My favourite part is peradventure Tuscany: the countryside roughly Siena together with the gracious dome inwards Florence, and the simplicity but richness of its cuisine are exactly ii reasons that brand me love this part of Italy.  Whenever I am inwards Tuscany - I convey been 4 times I intend - I convey the feeling that everything is heart-felt, made with great attention together with expertise, non to mention imbued amongst history.





Statue of Garibaldi inwards Pisa

The due north of Italy, foggy together with mutual frigidness inwards the winter, amongst elegant towns such equally Verona or Mantova, not to elevate the peaceful beauty of the lakes (Lake Maggiore is maybe my favourite), sets a harsh contrast to the chaos of the south, passionate, loud together with enticing equally it is. It almost seems impossible that the Amalfi Coast together with Sicily are in the same province equally Lake Como!  




The countryside close Padua

 

In Italian civilization it is of import to savor one's meals amongst friends or family, together with to only relax without getting equally good stressed. And of course of report art runs inwards our veins: I exactly dear the sum of fine art together with civilization that I tin dismiss absorb during a trip to a random Italian town.



Vatican Museums, Rome

Portugal

A flake cranky, relegated to the terminal flake of solid ground earlier the Atlantic Ocean, Portugal is too ofttimes skipped in European itineraries, but it's a genuinely beautiful country. Overwhelmed by the awareness of a peachy yesteryear together with an uncertain present, Portugal has saudade written all over it. By only walking the streets of Lisbon or by reading the poems of Pessoa, you lot genuinely perceive this feeling of longing and irreparable loss, felt inwards the melancholy of the fado.






An onetime tram inwards Porto

It is a pleasance to sit down outside, bask the Sun together with social club a plate of sardines or bacalhao, spell having a chat amongst the friendly locals. Portugal is cheap, beautiful,  together with what's to a greater extent than of import even therefore non overtly touristic. Here you lot don't convey to bother most touts or beingness ripped off, but you lot tin dismiss bask the authenticity of the house you're visting, the goodness weather, together with the port vino of course!



Lisboa together with its famous bridge

A street inwards Alfama, Lisbon

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