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Montserrat Mountain: Journey to the Catalan Shrine
What is the connection between the world famous opera singer Montserrat Caballe and the spiritual center of the Catalan – Mount Montserrat? The Catalan tradition is such that every third girl is given the second name “Montserrat”, believing that this is a guarantee of future happiness and protection under the wing of the Holy Virgin. In this story, we share our impressions of visiting an amazing place in Spain – Montserrat Mountain, as well as tips, using which you will not make our mistakes.
This tour was, as they say, “for a snack” in our travel plan for Spain, on the last day before flying back to Russia. I must say that after traveling to Barcelona, the Salvador Dali Museum in Figueiros and several other towns of impressions were already over the edge, you can say too much. Therefore, we decided that an afternoon excursion to Montserrat would be quite enough, because on the last day I really wanted to Continue reading
Island of Martinique
In the picturesque green necklace of the Lesser Antilles, stretching a long puff from Haiti and Puerto Rico to the mouth of the Orinoco River and further along the Venezuelan coast, there is an island with a particularly lush nature and especially turbulent history.
Generally speaking, the chain of volcanic islands washed by the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea has many beautiful and interesting corners. Cozy bays and coral buildings, proud cliffs and pearl shoals, palm-fringed beaches and fantastic outlines of coastal cliffs polished by the surf – which is not found on the Antilles! Continue reading
Holidays in the Dominican Republic
The Dominican capital of Santo Domingo is one of the country’s most important attractions. The city has many memorials of colonial times: Columbus Palace with an extensive garden; Osama fortress with the tower of Torre del Omenache; Church of Santa Maria la Menor; the ruins of the monastery of San Francisco and the Museum of the Royal Palace and the Columbus Lighthouse.
It is worth paying attention to the city of artists Altos de Chavon, which is a beautiful medieval village. Here is a museum of archeology with a collection of pre-Columbian artifacts.
Its exposition is considered the largest and one of the best outside of Santo Domingo. It is very interesting to visit the Brugal distillery in Puerto Plata. This is a functioning enterprise, but tourists can Continue reading
