Travel Tips from Italy, Spain and Ireland

Italy

the best places to buy red underwear. Each December, the Romans to buy new clothes to wear red when they are introduced into the New Year. As a result, the city is home to many shops that specialize in red underwear. For the finest lingerie in Rome (red and otherwise), go through Frattina area. Try Vanita, Frattina over 70, which is a nice lace panties, hand-embroidered silk and a good choice for the beach. Also visit the elegant Tomasiini store, via Sistina 119, run by Luisa Romagnoli. Romagnoli silk panties are works of art. Gentry, through Frattina 100, sells designer men's line, including Cardin and Valentino.

world's most beautiful nursery. During the Christmas season, Rome was decorated nursery, but light and Santas. three are the most beautiful Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona and in St. Peter's Square. The oldest Roman nursery, the church of S. Maria Maggiore, contains images crafted by Arnolf di Cambio, the most celebrated architect of the late 13th and early 14th century. However, kindergarten is a favorite of the Romans in S. Maria d'Aracoeli, on top of 122 stairs on the Capitoline Hill. It features Santo Bambino. Every afternoon, from Christmas to Epiphany (January 6th) children recite poems in front of the crib. Cosmas is Damion, Via dei Fori Imperiali, house 18th century Neapolitan masterpiece, the only kindergarten on display throughout the year.

The best ice cream in Florence. Vivo-A, via Isola delle Stinche 7, behind the Santa Croce Square, one of the best places in the world to buy ice cream. the lines are long, but the selection is great taste and the cream-of-this-world.

SPAIN

the best bull in the city. While it may seem barbaric struggle for animal lovers, the Spanish believe inequality between man and bull are even. They see bullfighting as a match between man and the untamed elements. Spanish sense of fair play in corridors may be creepy to the uninitiated. last match pitted against the bull matador who gouged out his eye. In the rematch, bull's eye was also removed. An eye for an eye, so they say! rematch was one of the most heavily attended events in Spanish history. By the way, Matador won. In Madrid, the fight can be seen almost every Sunday and Thursday from Easter to October in Las Ventas, Plaza de Toros Monumental, or on a smaller ring, Vista Alegre. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the counter at 9 Calle Victoria, near the Puerta del Sol. But you can usually get a ticket at the door. Shows generally start at 17:00 or 19:00 (make sure to buy tickets for the shady side of the ring, although slightly more expensive .)

Pamplona: the ultimate machismo. Every July in Pamplona, the final presentation takes machismo. citizens pit their lives against hundreds of bulls slack in the streets and herded toward the arena. To show their courage, people run before bulls are often injured. Festivities begin when the rocket is fired from the town hall. Then bands bagpipers March through the city announcing the Running of the Bulls. Young men roam the streets singing, dancing and drinking. The celebration was made ​​famous by Ernest Hemingway in The Sun also rises. All this revelry is the name of the town's patron saint, San Fermin, bishop and martyr from Pamplona. He is buried in Amiens, France, his body mysteriously disappeared. amazing body was found six centuries later, the legend says that, although it was midwinter, and the trees burst into leaf.

the best nude beaches. Costa Brava is a number of beautiful secluded beaches for nude sunbathing. Cabo de Creus has clean water and a small cave hidden among the rocks.

IRELAND

The oldest pub in Ireland. Brazen Head, Bridge Street, Dublin, is the oldest pub in Ireland, dating from the 12th century. It is five minutes away from antique shops in Francis Street and it was perfect break from shopping. Guinness here is great, beer is just a stone's throw away and the smell of hops remains with you for a few hours after you've moved to

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the most sacred mountains. Ireland's most sacred mountain of Croagh Patrick in County Mayo. More than 2,500 meters high, it is from here that St. Patrick reportedly expelled all snakes from the island. Each Garland Sunday, the last Sunday in July, 60,000 pilgrims clamber to the top.