Commonly known as the Red City, Marrakech is a destination full of culture, spice, spas and breathtaking architecture.
The city is made up of numerous narrow alleyways and bazaars, with an endless list of sights to explore.
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With the introduction of city taxes throughout various cities in Italy, guests will be obliged to pay these taxes directly to their hotel, either on arrival or at check-out.
Costs will vary as taxes are dependant on city, star rating, length of stay and seasonality.
We advise all guests travelling to Italy to conduct an advance check on the web with the relevant city tourist board.
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As of 1 January, 2011 every guest staying inside Rome’s boundaries, with the sole exception of hostels, will be required to pay a Overnight Accommodation Tax at the end of each stay. Per the Rome Department of Tourism, the fee must be paid by the guest.
The fee, which is intended to financially assist the city’s efforts in organizing urban services, is aimed at ensuring the standard of the tourists’ stay is both highly efficient and of the best quality.
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Florence… one of the most beautiful Italian cities!
Full of history, art, monuments, museums… every piece, every corner tells a little story of the city.
But perhaps not everyone knows that, in the historic district, walking down Via Cavour, precisely the number 51, you can find one of the most disturbing museums: the Serial Killer Museum.
The Criminal Museum of Florence, one of a kind, proposes a ‘chilling’ reconstruction of true stories, biographies and detailed studies about the sick mind of psychopaths in every time and place.
Statues by Tuscan artists show us the physical appearance of the notorious killers, often the appearance myths to attract the unsuspecting victim in the cruel network, where several video slide pictures of little censorship of events occurring, cards ‘techniques’ of psychopaths authors every terrible detail.
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While randomly asking tourists about Argentina’s women, some of them agree: “Argentinean women stand in contrast to other women”. “They talk a lot and scream too much”.
They are always seen keeping their figure different from other women elsewhere. But I think that is also related to Buenos Aires women”. “Argentine women are beautiful!”
As we said, much is said of Argentine women and many of them represent us around the world. I must admit that my favorite was always the same: Mafalda (argentinean graphical houmorist creation by Joaquín Salvador Lavado, QUINO).
Mafalda was born in 371 Chile Street , San Telmo. Today we will walk the streets where she grew up from her first comic appearance in 1964, when she was just 6 years old and already asking her parents and friends about issues related to peace, democracy and human rights.
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Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who wrote the world-famous diary while in hiding from the Germans in occupied Holland.
In a canal house at 263 Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, Anne and her family went into hiding in a secret annex behind a bookcase for two years during the Second World War.
The annex used to be Anne’s father business office. He asked his four employees for their help and cooperation and they immediately agree.
During the day, while in hiding, Anne and her family had to stay silent and in the same spot so people working at the warehouse below wouldn’t notice their presence.
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Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle
This is the french counterpart of National History Museums in London and Washington.
The Jardin Royal des Plantes Medicinales (Royal Medicinal Plants Garden), created by Louis XIII in 1633, became the first public garden in Paris in 1640.
The garden was enlarged and renamed Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle in 1793, exhibition galleries were added in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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