How to find the best car hire deal
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more infoA DEFINITIVE LIST OF THE BEST VEG-FRIENDLY RESTAURANTS IN MADRID
Madrid boasts a long list of restaurants that are suitable for vegetarians and vegans. Here in this post you’ll find some of our favourites.
more infoMonte dei Cappuccini
On the right of Po’s bridge and near Piazza Vittorio Veneto lies Monte dei Cappuccini , a hill from where you can admire the wonderfulviews Turin has to offer. Of great importance to the Capuchin friars that are in Santa Maria del Monte’s convent, it has also been since ancient times a pilgrimage destination for the more spiritual ones.
Initially built for defensive purposes, the convent building dates back to the thirteenth century. In 1988 was built a funicular railway, but bombings during the war had destroyed it, although the walk well worth it, about 15 minutes from the Church of the Gran Madre di Dio will be enough to get there, and if you are lucky and you have a clear day, you can spot the Alps.
If you still need any more reasons to go to Turin and up to this beautiful hill, the Museo Nazionale della Montagna is another reason that may finally convince you.
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Ladurée’s Macarons
The renowned macaron is a traditional round shape French pastry, crunchy on the outside and soft inside and made from egg whites, crushed almonds and sugar. It is aromatized and colored with strawberry, hazelnut, chocolate’s flavours or any other variety one can imagine, since there is an effort to specialized bakeries for finding the most original macaron and you may find roses, saffron or gum flavored macarons and increasingly most diverse forms.
It is difficult to find the precise origin because, as with all these delicious recipes, you have different stories. It seems to be that comes from Venice and it was originated during the Renaissance, but it is the luxurious Ladurée bakery located Paris the one who invents the macaron as known today, double and different shades for differentiate depending on the flavor. It was Pierre Desfontaines, Ladurée’s pastry chef , the first one who joined two macarons with ganache. It is said that they are the best macarons in the world and the fact is that they sell more than 15,000 units every day!
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