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The rankings are always in fashion especially in summer, so there retabling that of ten “Beach Town” summer 2008 second Tripadvisor. It seems that our country face to master, given that our two famous beaches, liguria to the Amalfi coast, dealing respectively the first and fourth place in the standings.

At the top of the podium with the five lands Monterosso al Mare, Italy. And on this there is little to say, given the beauty of the place. A second Fira Greece, which is the main city of Santorini in the Cyclades (which I personally love, as you already read). Bronze Medal second Tripadvisor in Menton in France. Again Italy in fourth spot with beautiful Amalfi. Below the sea port of Propriano in Corsica, St Ives, Cornwall, Ibiza in the Balearic Islands, Nerja still in Spain (but this time in Andalusia), Lagos (the one in Portugal, not the former capital of Nigeria) and finally with Spain still Cadaques in Costa Brava.So worried bout of Europe, although probably many and many cities and equally beautiful beaches were not considered, which do you think?

Certainly love to travel, otherwise it would on travelblog to read this post… but when you travel all recorded on a notebook and photographed or resume the places you visit to remember your holidays?

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Probably one of the Lisbon European capitals less dependent on mass tourism, almost underestimated. Yet anyone who has had occasion to visit you tell an incredibly pleasant climate, an atmosphere suspended between tradition and modernity, fantastic food, and people calorosissima.

In truth few other cities can boast of being so authentic. In the modern area of Expo opposed the center, paved with Azulejos, with its singers of Fado, and the Barrio Alto, with its castle, which offers a breathtaking view of the city, its streets with countless steps and fabulous restaurants where taste fantastic fish dishes (not miss the Bacalao, in all its variants).

Even in other Barrios there are places of interest the Alfa ma is the city’s historic district, and is still the beating heart of life in Lisbon. Going then to the Tagus, Basia is the new shopping area, filled with shops of all kinds, which survive proud ignoring the large supermarket chains, who can not seem to be still arriving.

And yet, for those seeking entertainment night, the Barrio Alto offer an infinite of bars and pubs, where you can go after dinner. If you are in search of architectural wonders, you will find fantastic to observe modern works, like Vasco Da Gama Bridge, 17 km long, and a few minutes to find the Tower of Belem, according heritage of humanity ‘UNESCO, or dos Jeronimos Monastery .