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For you stay in Copenhagen we would like to suggest you one of the Guldsmeden Chain hotels.
If you are looking forward to a unique and refined stay, we suggest you the Betrams Hotel Guldsmeden, a cosy 4 stars boutique hotel, located in the fancy quarter of Vesterbrogade. Built in a typical Bali's style, it proposes a mixture of wood floors and brick walls, while, just a few minutes away from the Tivoli Garden, the Carlton Hotel Guldsmeden with its 3 stars, welcomes the travellers with its one of a kind rooms where the Bali's original art blends with modern comfort. Here breakfast is served at the first floor, where the reception becomes an intimate cafeteria.

We would like to point out that in all the hotels of the Guldsemden Chain particular attention is given to natural products.

The Ducal Palace (Palazzo Ducale) in Genoa

Nowadays Ducal Palace in Genoa houses art exhibitions and various activities besides a bookshop, a jazz museum, a large café restaurant, a poetry room and an educational centre for children. Ducal Palace construction had begun during thee Republican period, when Genoa was a leading power in the Mediterranean Sea after the defeats of Pisa and Venice. Its Tower of the People, completed in 1539, still towers over the old Genoa. This medieval building gave way to enlargements and new constructions especially when, in the 16th century, works were carried out to make the Palace more representative of the new oligarchic republic. To be underlined that, during the time of Genoa Republic, the medieval Grimaldina tower was used as a VIP prison for aristocrats, dangerous intellectuals and nobles.

Trastevere

This itinerary includes most of Trastevere, once a working-class neighborhood that is undoubtedly the most picturesque testimony of Rome’s ancient tradition. Our tour begins with the Portico d’Ottavia because, although the river Trastevere, it features the same kind of dwellings and narrow streets. Missing are the conspicuous monuments and extravagant palaces so common in the rest of Rome; but every building is a lively witness to the city’s history. Almost any Baroqu e basilica here has been built atop a Medieval church, which in turn was mostly likely erected on the spot of an ancient Roman home.
You will find important churches, such as S. Maria in Trastevere, S. Crisogono or S. Cecilia, in the area. But most of Trastevere’s religious meeting places are tiny chapels originally built to house venerated holy images.
After a period of serious decline during Dark Ages, the neighborhood underwent a housing boom from the eleventh to thirteenth centuries.
But most of this was haphazard building until the seventeenth century, when Via della Lungara was laid down as a pilgrimage route to St. Peter.

LONDON AREAS: ABBEY ROAD AND EMI'S STUDIOS

The 'zebra crossing', a few meters from the Emi studios entrance ( Abbey Road Studios ), is one of London's biggest tourist attractions. In these studios, located in the peaceful St John Woods' district, the Beatles have been recording from 1962 to 1970. This is certainly a sacred ground for all Beatles fans. In this district you can find your room booking from many hotels in London.

The imperial town of Marrakech.

One of the four imperial towns and maybe the favorite by the tourists of Morocco, Marrakech was the capital of the Almoravides dynasty. Practically halfway between the north and the south of the country, not farboth from the Sahara desert and the Atlantic ocean, this town has a rich history andthe privilege of giving name to a whole country. Unfortunatelythe dynasty of Almohades cancelled all traces of their predecessors. The visit of the medina is still today a must for every tourist, as well as a visit at the 77 meters high minaret of Kutubbiyya (1190), or at the square Jamaa el-Fna, the Bab Agnaou Gate, the Sadian tombs, the sumptuous and elegant El-Badi Palace, the Bahia Palace covering an area of almost eight hectares, the Menara Gardens with their olive trees.We heartily advise you not to plan your visit during summer, but preferably between November and the beginning of spring: you will enjoy a view of the snow covered mountains and a verytasty meal on the terrace of one of the many restaurants on the square Jamaa-el Fna.

Rome has always been considered the greatest open air museum in the world. It is the only city where it’s possible to see the traces of its long history in practically every corner while simply walking around the city. Rome is a city which continuously stimulates a myriad of emotions and awe because of its unique atmosphere.
Rome is the city which has always considered the preservation of its cultural assets as an extraordinary quantity of exhibits of great value.

Mariko's Waves

Philip K. Dick would have liked Mariko Mori's works of art since this Japanese artist knows how to travel through time and space and mix different cultures. Like a Shintoist temple placed next to cyberpunk figures, science fiction becomes a part of our every day life together with philosophy, design, fashion and high tech fetishes. Mori's universe is a unique world and you will have the chance to see it in different exhibitions in Paris, London, Milan and Chicago.