Malmö MuseerLocated inside the rambling Malmöhus Slott, working under the broad banner (and one low entrance fee) of this Malmö Museer, are 3 chief museums inside a museum: the Malmö Konstmuseum, Stadsmuseum plus a large, sudden Aquarium that is popular with younger people. Best billing goes to the Malmö Konstmuseum, which includes a superb group of Swedish furniture … [Read more...]
15 Best Tourist Attractions in Alghero, Italy
CampanileGrowing over the historical center, the Cattedrale di Santa Maria's 16th-century campanile is among Alghero's signature milestones. The tower, available via a Gothic doorway on Via Principe Umberto, is a nice example of Catalan Gothic structure with its elegant octagonal architecture and brief pyramid-shaped spire. Climb to the top for excellent views. … [Read more...]
25 Best Tourist Attractions in Poznań, Poland
Śródka MuralJust west of Ostrów Tumski at the middle of this Śródka district there are a stunning trompe-l'œil mural by artist Arleta Kolasińska. It covers the whole side of a building to create the wall look three-dimensional and also depicts Śródka from the 1920s, together with funny details such as the trumpeter in the roofing, the feline higher up, a girl in the … [Read more...]
21 Best Tourist Attractions in Strasbourg, France
Cathédrale Notre-DameNothing prepares you for your very first glance of Strasbourg's Cathédrale Notre-Dame, finished in all of its Gothic grandeur in 1439. The lace-fine facade lifts the gaze little by little to flying buttresses, leering gargoyles along with a 142m spire. The interior is lit by 12th- to 14th-century stained-glass windows, for instance, western portal … [Read more...]
25 Best Tourist Attractions in Évora, Portugal
Templo RomanoOnce a part of the Roman Forum, the remains of the temple, dating from the 2nd or early 3rd century AD, are a huge piece of play right in the city. It is one of the best-preserved Roman temples in Portugal, and likely about the Iberian Peninsula. Even though it's commonly known as the Temple of Diana, there is no consensus regarding the deity to which it … [Read more...]
20 Best Tourist Attractions in Syracuse, Italy
DuomoConstructed about the skeleton of a 5th-century BC Greek temple to Athena (notice the Doric columns visible indoors and outside ), Syracuse's 7th-century palace turned into a church when the island had been evangelised from St Paul. Its most notable feature is that the columned baroque facade (1728--53) inserted by Andrea Palma after the 1693 earthquake. A … [Read more...]
35 Best Tourist Attractions in Québec City, Canada
Le Château FrontenacReputedly the world's most famous resort, this audaciously tasteful structure premiered in 1893 from the Canadian Pacific Railway as a part of its own chain of luxury resorts. Its amazing turrets, winding halls and imposing wings complement its dramatic place atop Cap Diamant, a pond that cascades to the raging St Lawrence River. Through time, it … [Read more...]
25 Best Tourist Attractions in Ghent, Belgium
GravensteenFlanders' quintessential 12th century rock castle comes complete with moat, turrets and arrow slits. It's even more noteworthy given that throughout the 19th century that the site has been changed to a cotton mill. Meticulously restored as, the inner sport that the strange suit of armour, a guillotine and torture apparatus. The comparative deficiency of … [Read more...]
35 Best Tourist Attractions in Toronto, Canada
St Lawrence Market ComplexOld York's sensational St Lawrence Market has become a local meeting place for over two decades. The revived, high-trussed 1845 South Market houses more than 120 specialty food stalls and shops: cheese vendors, fishmongers, butchers, bakers and pasta makers. Even the Carousel Bakery is famed for the peameal-bacon sandwiches and St Urbain … [Read more...]
21 Best Tourist Attractions in Graz, Austria
Kunsthaus GrazProduced by British architects Peter Cook and Colin Fournier, this world-class contemporary-art space is referred to as the'friendly alien' by locals. The construction is signature Cook, a photovoltaic-skinned sexy biomorphic blob that are at the same time completely at odds with its pristine historical surroundings but stays rather lyrically within it … [Read more...]