Posts Tagged ‘age’

What makes Italy so alluring to the rest of the globe, especially to intellectuals? Well, there are lots of reasons. The country or Italian Republic, on one hand, happens to be one of the great republics in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula, on the other hand the land was the heart of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD.
The country has a unique record too; it has been witness to a great number of changes down the ages and has given rise to a large number of political and social thoughts in addition. It is also the country that witnessed the Renaissance in Europe that replaced the Age of Faith by Age of Reason and formally initiated the birth of modern world. Can you discern the main reasons behind the mounting interest?

But the main attractions are spread all over the country and hence, without any qualms hire a car italy. Read the rest of this entry »

Alishan (Ali Mountain) is the most famous scenic spot which is formed by Dawu Mountain range, Jian Mountain, Zhu Mountain and Ta Mountain. 18 large mountains, stretching from Nantou to Jiayi in two counties. It takes 4 hours by mountaineering train from Jiayi County to reach Alishan scenic spot. There are connected mountain peaks low and high, streams and ponds. Vertical and horizontal in the area, which have not only utter danger of sheer precipices and overhanging rocks, but also the elegance of flying waterfall in deep valleys. The highest peak is 2663 meters above sea level. The mountain is well known to the whole world for its four beautiful scenes of mystical tree, oriental cherry, a sea of clouds and sunrise, thus goes the saying; “Those who haven’t been to Alishan can not know the beauty of Taiwan.” Read the rest of this entry »

On the street, the thought of a walking tour in Taiwan may not seem like the best, or safest, of ideas. But it seems to work in Tainan, Taiwan’s fourth largest city located in the southwestern part of the island, where things move just a little bit slower than they do in Taipei or Kaohsiung.

The Tainan walking tour is the brainchild of Lily Pi, a Tainan businesswoman whose family runs the Asia Hotel in the city’s former night market area. Pi, who graduated from the city’s National Cheng Kung University and has been a caterer from the time, as she puts it, her mother was expecting her, wanted to find a way to combine her two loves of history and food. She came up with the walking tour idea because she felt that much of Taiwan’s old culture, beliefs, and customs were disappearing in the island’s rapid industrialization and modernization. Read the rest of this entry »

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