Heineken brewery in Amsterdam is no longer in use. It is no longer producing beer since a while, but visitors can see the entire process of one of the best beers in the world. In exchange for paying the entry fee, which is 15 €, tourists get three large beers and a gift that differs from the time you visit the Heineken brewery in Amsterdam. Three pints of beer each tourist receives make the ticket a very good deal.

In the Heineken factory tour, visitors can enjoy a number of attractions such as glass staircase, cinema and even a music studio where they record the time they composed. You will also see huge beer barrels in which it was left to ferment.

Tourists can bottle their own Heineken bottles or order a personalized bottle of beer. During the tour visitors are taken through the world of Heineken over four floors and 18 individual attractions.

You can follow the path of bottles when filled with beer to get into the hands of consumers who appreciate it so much. Whether you are beer drinker or not, whether drinking or not appreciate it when you visit Amsterdam, it is worth a visit to live the Heineken experience.

Pets are prohibited in the museum Heineken factory, except for dogs that assist blind people.

The Heineken factory is open from Monday until Sunday between 11.00 AM – 7.00 PM. Last ticket is sold at 17:30 and the price is 15 €. It is closed on January 1, April 30, 25 and 26 December.

Burano Island is located about 8 kilometers from Venice, or rather, 40 minutes by boat. The island is situated in a small estuary, bordering Torcello, north, and Mazzorbo, north-west, being connected through a wooden bridge.

The island has been inhabited since the Roman Empire of the West, before the Lombards to reach this area (in the late sixth century). Much time Burano was administrated from Torcello, being dependent on this until the sixteenth century, when the neighboring island population was decimated by an epidemic of malaria.

Subsequently, the economic importance of the island of Burano increased, being recognized as a center of lace. After about three centuries of prosperity, Burano had to know, in turn, the decay, with the Venetian occupation by Napoleon.
In 1923, Burano was named capital of the islands located in the north of the lagoon and was integrated as the administrative area in Venice.

Currently, the island has a population of about 7,000 people, continuing to decrease, due to the birth rates which are low, and many locals leave the island in search of better living conditions. Those who still live on the island are dealing with fishing, lace trade and tourism.

Burano attracts firstly with its houses painted in bright colors: blue, yellow, red, green – every house has a different color, and their sequence creates a strong visual effect.
As sights, on Burano can be visited the Church of San Martino, with its angled bell, and the Lace Museum, where visitors will learn more about this delicate weave.

To reach the island of Burano, you can take ACTV boat line LN, departing from the Fondamente Nove station, or at the other end, San Marco – Pieta (near Piazza San Marco), with stops on the Lido and Punta Sabbioni.

Thyssen-Bornemisza museum is considered the second in the Golden Triangle, comprising mainly of 20th century artifacts. It is known as part of the “Golden Triangle of Art”,  that include the Museo del Prado and Queen Sofia galleries.

A visit to the Thyssen-Bornemisza equates to an intensive history course of Western art. If the Prado Museum visitors can admire almost exclusively works of Spanish art, at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum collection consists mainly of Flemish art, Italian or German.

History and origins of the museum tell the story of one of the most interesting private collections in the world, the most important of the twentieth century, that of August Thyssen (1842-1926), founder of Thyssen financial empire with roots in metallurgy, endowed with great sensitivity art. Wanting to have an impressive collection of sculpture, it turned to the most famous sculptor of the time, Auguste Rodin. German industrialist collection included a series of seven magnificent marble sculptures of French artist.

One of the attractions is the Italian Trecento and Quattrocento European painting and the Flemish painters works such as those belonging to Jan Van Eyck, Albrecht Dürer, Hans Holbein. Other attractions include the works of Renaissance and Baroque famous painters such as Titian, Sebastiano del Piombo, Caravaggio, Rubens, Van Dyck, Murillo, Rembrandt, with famous portraits signed by Vittore Carpaccio and Domenico Ghirlandaio.

In the impressionist painting Chapter there are remarked works of Claude Monet stands, Auguste Renoir or Vincent Van Gogh, complete collections of works of the 20th century.

A collection of works of this museum is housed in the National Art Museum of Catalunya, in Barcelona.

Meteora is one of the most interesting places to visit in Greece. It is a forest of rocks sculptured by water and wind during 60 million years. Here nature shows about what it is able to do.

Meteora is situated in central Greece, in the northwest plain of Thessaly, near the Pindus Mountains and Peneios river. It’s a beautiful area for hiking but what really makes it special is that it houses the second largest complex of Orthodox monasteries after after Mount Athos. Monasteries are supposed to have been built in XIV century to protect Christian monks during the Ottoman invasion.

Monasteries were built on top of the columns of rock that rise above the Thessaly plain and show as if they float in air, from where comes the name of Meteora which can be translated as “suspended rocks” or “suspended in the air.”

A true forest of stone broke in the middle plain places  the ensemble in a landscape of a disturbing greatness. Meteora is completely holy ground, a place built and guarded by God, because here was consecrated every rock, every cave, every stone, because a lot of pious ascetics and martyrs prayed and were deified in the cliffs and valleys of this place.

Words would not be relevant in describing this whole huge ensemble of rock cliffs that rise to heaven, so that the images will help you better discover their unique beauty and charm.

Who goes to Paris and is not going to visit the Basilica of Sacre Coeur can say that got for nothing in the French capital. The place of worship whose construction was completed in 1914 is very nice and interesting. And we are not just talking about the interior, but also about the outside and the extraordinary panorama over Paris.

Construction of the basilica, designed in Roman-Byzantine style, was initiated on June 16, 1875 by the architect Paul Abadie, who won a competition involving 77 other architects. As things have delayed and Abadie died, the project was finished, but also modified by other architects. Place of worship was built on Montmartre (Mount of Martyrs), the place full of history, where the Druids, Gauls, Romans raised temples dedicated to gods or where was rebuilt the Royal Abbey or the St. Peter Church.

Another great aspect of this place, which is second in France in terms of number of visitors (about 2 million per year), is the rock from which it built. It is the Chateau-Landon limestone which has unusual physical characteristics: no deal with any smoke or dust and maintains the original shine.

According to Abadie’s plans, the foundation was poured in June 1875, when the 33 meters high underground pillars of resistance were built . They have become the feet that support the building. In 1878 works have began for the tomb building, and in 1881, for the basilica. Although construction was completed in 1914, only at the end of World War I was open to the public.

If you want to climb the dome of the church, be sure to keep you feet, because a spiral staircase is waiting you with 299 steps. Moreover, if you have fear of heights, think twice before boarding.
When you enter Sacré Coeur, behave properly, construction being, after all, a place of worship. Photographing is prohibited, or rather, not recommended, there are several panels that asks you to give up this habit in the church.

Moreover, from the roughly 300 meters above sea level, Sacre Coeur offers the most beautiful view of the French capital, except of course for the Eiffel Tower. White, with an aspect that is more like a mosque than a church, Sacre Coeur is the last place of worship in France that was built on public subscription base. Basilica was built in St. Pierre market, as a sign of atonement after the defeat of the Prussians in 1870 and is only dedicated to Jesus. In fact, legend says that his heart is preserved in the crypt.