Italy

Italy is all history and history Italy. It has the highest number of UNESCO marked  heritage sites. Venice has been seen too much especially through the eyes of Amitabh Bachhan and Zeenat Amaan and now it is your turn to experience the same but only better. The main Venetian island , St. Marks, is just a twenty minute boat ride away.  The ride to the island presents incredible vistas to the tourists and the highly unpredictable weather of the same always stores within the charm of the sea. The main plaza, Plaza De San Marco, is inhabited by one of the oldest Basiclica’s in the world by the same name and is a manifesto of the authentic Italian architecture . The entire square branches out to various other Venetian streets which has some really fantastic shops for ones shopping free. The main square has an absolutely surreal open restaurant with tranquil music playing all the while . Any gelato parlour in Italy is worth visiting because the gelatos there are absolutely sumptuous especially the one near the Trevi fountain in Rome. The Gondola ride through the water streets is obviously a must since we have been mesmerized by it since forever , although I would recommend you to not ask the gondolian to sing! The rides takes you to the inner part of the island and then to the main sea where’s situated the house of the famous Marco Polo and the A-ponte bridge. An evening in Venice is as amazing as that in Paris.

In order to be completely enamored by the European catholic tradition , one must visit the Vatican city where the clergy and the rest of the population still converse in the rich antiquity of Latin. It has the largest and most sublime Basilica, St. Pedro , of them all ; absolutely beautiful and nothing of the sort that one would normally encounter in a sacred place. It has its very own museum and an original Michelangelo sculpture , whose very look mesmerizes the onlooker. 

Rome as a city is historically situated still in the olden times. Everything seems to come alive when one visits Rome and beholds almost two thousand year old marvels of architecture. The Colosseum , the Trevi fountain, the Colina Capitolina , all rich with remains of history. Of all the cities that I have visited , Rome remains particulary archaic and modern. Modern because the stores in Rome presents the best and the latest fashions . The street , Via Corso, is charming with  number of art and music activities going on on the very streets of Rome; people playing bass , painting , dancing , selling and what not , its as if it’s a mini Roman fair ! ALSO, the street leading to the Trevi fountain has a really good café right across the café which sells fantastic ice – blends of coffees, a visit to the eatery must not evade your itinerary!

Florence has plenty of sculptures and it’s a hub of original Michelangelo . Again , plentily historic and great symmetrical architecture . But what is completely confounding is the open air museums of Florence ;

 - The former San Marco Convent, with its range of Fra Angelico frescoes
- The Last Supper in the former Convent of Santa Apollonia
- The Sassetti Chapel
- The Tombs in in the Santa Croce
- The Uffizi