Guias da Cidade
Rotas, artigos e listas curadas para ajudá-lo a descobrir lugares incríveis.
Basílica Santo Stefano, Palácios Medievais e Bolonha à Noite
The Piazza Santo Stefano and the surrounding medieval quarter of Bologna — the most atmospheric corner of the city — at night transforms into the heart of the Bologna social life: the aperitivo hour ('aperitivo bolognese' — the pre-dinner drink culture of Bologna, the city's most convivial social ritual), the restaurants and the 'osterie' of the historic centre filling as the university students and the city residents settle in for the long Bolognese evening.
Hutong e Siheyuan — A Cidade dos Pátios da Velha Pequim
Os hutong (胡同 — as ruelas estreitas da velha Pequim, traçadas em grelha durante a dinastia Yuan (1271-1368)) e os siheyuan (四合院 — a casa de pátio fechada com edifícios nos quatro lados de um pátio central) formam juntos o tecido urbano histórico da Pequim pré-1949.
Parque Nacional de Bukhansan — Picos de Granito e as Muralhas da Fortaleza de Seul
Bukhansan National Park (북한산국립공원, 'north of the Han Mountain National Park' — the 80-square-kilometre national park in the northern outskirts of Seoul, encompassing the Bukhansan massif (the highest peak Baegundae 836 metres) and the Dobongsan massif (Jaunbong 740 metres) — is the most visited national park in the world per unit area, with over 5 million visitors annually accessing it directly from Seoul's subway system.
Portão da Índia, Rashtrapati Bhavan e a Nova Delhi de Lutyens
A Nova Delhi de Lutyens — a planejada capital colonial projetada por Edwin Lutyens e Herbert Baker, construída entre 1911 e 1931 — centrada no eixo cerimonial de 3 km entre o Portão da Índia e o Rashtrapati Bhavan, é um dos grandes exemplos de planejamento urbano imperial do século XX.
Haight-Ashbury, Golden Gate Park e o Legado da Contracultura dos Anos 60
The Haight-Ashbury neighbourhood — the Victorian residential district west of Buena Vista Park that became the epicentre of the 1967 Summer of Love and the psychedelic counterculture movement, and that today preserves more of the visual and commercial character of that era than any other neighbourhood in San Francisco — and the adjacent Golden Gate Park (the 3 miles by half-mile rectangular park that constitutes San Francisco's largest green space) are the twin anchors of western San Francisco's cultural and recreational landscape.
Alfama e o Castelo de São Jorge: O Coração Mourisco de Lisboa
Alfama — do árabe al-hamma, 'os banhos' — é o bairro sobrevivente mais antigo de Lisboa, o único que antecede o catastrófico terramoto de 1755. Encarapitado numa colina abaixo do castelo mourisco de São Jorge, o seu labirinto de ruelas íngremes, casas azulejadas, miradouros e tascas de fado representa a alma da cidade.
Södermalm — O Bairro Criativo de Estocolmo, Fotografiska e a Câmara Municipal
Södermalm — a grande ilha ao sul de Gamla Stan, o bairro mais criativo e culturalmente vital de Estocolmo — abriga Fotografiska (um dos mais importantes museus de fotografia do mundo), o passeio no penhasco Monteliusvägen e vistas panorâmicas da Câmara Municipal.
Nyhavn, Cidade Velha e Christiansborg — O Coração Histórico de Copenhague
Copenhague — a capital e maior cidade da Dinamarca, consistentemente classificada como uma das melhores cidades do mundo para a qualidade de vida — tem um centro histórico construído em torno da cidade medieval e do porto real do século XVII, com Nyhavn, Strøget e Christiansborg como monumentos definidores.
Santa Maria Novella, Via Tornabuoni e a Florença de Ghirlandaio
O bairro oeste do centro histórico de Florença, centrado na basílica dominicana de Santa Maria Novella e na rua de compras de luxo Via Tornabuoni, representa uma camada distintiva da cultura florentina — a igreja que contém a 'Trindade' de Masaccio (a primeira pintura que usa a verdadeira perspetiva linear) e o ciclo de retratos de Ghirlandaio na Capela Tornabuoni.
Ravello — Villa Cimbrone, Villa Rufolo & the Ravello Festival
Ravello (population 2,500, at 350m altitude on the ridge between the Valle del Dragone and Valle di Sambito, the City of Music hosting the annual Ravello Festival) is the most elevated and culturally distinguished town on the Amalfi Coast. Accessible by bus from Amalfi in 30 minutes for €1.30.
Kreuzberg: Mercado Turco, Landwehrkanal e Cultura Urbana
Kreuzberg — o ex-enclave de Berlim Ocidental que se tornou o centro tanto da comunidade imigrante turco-alemã como da contracultura alternativa — é o bairro politicamente e culturalmente mais carregado de Berlim.
Distrito Artístico 798 e o Pequim Contemporâneo — A Revolução Criativa da China
798 Art District (798艺术区 — the contemporary art district in the Chaoyang district of northeastern Beijing, in the former buildings of the state-owned 798 Joint Factory (the military electronics factory built with Soviet assistance in the 1950s in the Bauhaus-influenced East German industrial style (designed by East German architects during the 1950s Sino-Soviet friendship period)) — the most important contemporary art district in China and one of the most significant in Asia): the transformation of the factory complex (from 2002, when artists began renting the cheap industrial spaces) into a gallery, studio, and cultural venue complex has made 798 the symbol of China's contemporary art renaissance.
Culinária Brasileira no Rio — Churrasco, Feijoada, Açaí e a Cozinha Carioca
Brazilian cuisine in Rio de Janeiro — the most accessible, varied, and affordable food culture in South America — is shaped by the extraordinary biodiversity of Brazil (the most biodiverse country on Earth), the three-way cultural fusion of indigenous Brazilian, Portuguese colonial, and African slave heritage, and the particular Carioca food traditions that have developed in Rio's specific social context: the beach, the favela, the churrascaria, and the Saturday feijoada are the defining food experiences of Rio.
Riga Old Town — Dom Cathedral, the House of Blackheads & the Largest Art Nouveau District in Europe
Riga (the capital of Latvia, population 620,000, the largest city in the Baltic states, founded 1201 by Bishop Albert of Riga as a crusader base for the Christianization of the Baltic peoples, a major Hanseatic League port from the 13th century, the city possessing the most extensive Art Nouveau architecture in the world — approximately one third of all buildings in central Riga built in the Jugendstil and Art Nouveau style 1899-1914, the Old Town inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1997, the city capital of independent Latvia since 1918 and since the restoration of independence in 1991) is the cultural capital of the eastern Baltic Sea.
Geneva Watches, the Rue du Rhône & Jean-Jacques Rousseau's City
Geneva's international identity rests on three pillars — the luxury watch industry, the role as a global diplomatic hub, and the intellectual tradition of Rousseau and Calvin — all concentrated in the 2km from the Rue du Rhône to the Old Town.
Castelo de Edimburgo, o Royal Mile e Holyrood — A Cidade Velha
Edimburgo — a capital da Escócia, uma das cidades capitais mais dramáticas e belas da Europa — tem como coração histórico a Cidade Velha, o bairro medieval que vai do Castelo de Edimburgo pelo Royal Mile até ao Palácio de Holyroodhouse.
Museu Aga Khan, North York e a Diversidade Suburbana de Toronto
Toronto is the most ethnically diverse large city in the world — approximately 50% of Toronto residents were born outside Canada (the highest proportion of any large city in the world), and the city is home to communities from over 200 countries speaking over 140 languages; the suburban areas of Toronto (North York, Scarborough, Etobicoke) house the majority of Toronto's immigrant communities and represent one of the most extraordinary experiments in multicultural urbanism in history.
Culinária Chilena, Empanadas e a Cultura Gastronómica de Santiago
A culinária chilena — a cultura gastronómica do país que se estende desde o deserto mais seco da Terra até as ilhas sub-antárticas do sul, com 6.435 km de costa do Pacífico: a cena gastronómica de Santiago abrange toda a gama das culinárias regionais chilenas.
Mykonos Chora — Little Venice, the Windmills & the Labyrinth of the Old Town
Mykonos (the island of 10,000 permanent residents in the central Cyclades, the most internationally recognizable Greek island after Santorini, the combination of the iconic white-cubist architecture of Chora with the internationally oriented party culture and luxury beach club scene making it the most expensive destination in Greece) is built around Chora — the old town — whose labyrinthine street plan was deliberately designed to confuse pirates.
Elafiti Islands Day Trip — Lopud, Sipan & the Best Beach Near Dubrovnik
The Elafiti Islands (the archipelago of 13 islands northwest of Dubrovnik, the three inhabited ones — Kolocep, Lopud, and Sipan — accessible by regular ferry from Dubrovnik Old Port, Jadrolinija car ferry operating year-round with 2-4 daily departures, the furthest island Sipan 75 minutes from Dubrovnik) are the correct day-trip destination from Dubrovnik for a quieter, less-commercialized Adriatic island experience than Korcula, Brac, or Hvar.
Casa da Música, Serralves e a Cultura Contemporânea do Porto
Porto's contemporary cultural institutions — the Casa da Música (the 2005 concert hall by Rem Koolhaas on the Rotunda da Boavista — the most radical work of contemporary architecture in Porto), the Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves (the 1999 museum by Álvaro Siza Vieira in the Serralves Estate park — the most important contemporary art museum in Portugal), and the cultural district of Boavista and Cedofeita — represent Porto's vibrant contemporary creative identity.
Bruges — Begijnhof, Michelangelo's Madonna, Almshouses, Flemish Lace, Chocolate & the Windmill Ramparts
The walled Begijnhof garden with its spring daffodils, the only Michelangelo sculpture north of the Alps, 50 hidden almshouse courtyards, the world's most celebrated lace tradition, artisan chocolatiers, and the windmill-lined medieval ramparts make Bruges inexhaustible.
FC Porto, Estádio do Dragão e a Cultura do Futebol Português
O FC Porto (o clube de futebol fundado em 1893, o clube dominante do norte de Portugal — o clube que ganhou a UEFA Champions League duas vezes (1987 e 2004 sob o treinador José Mourinho)) e o Estádio do Dragão (o estádio de 50.033 lugares construído para o UEFA Euro 2004) são a expressão do intenso orgulho cívico e identidade futebolística do Porto.
Carnaval do Rio — Sambódromo, Escolas de Samba e a Maior Festa do Mundo
Rio Carnival (Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro — the annual pre-Lent celebration held in Rio de Janeiro in February or March, the largest carnival in the world by attendance (approximately 2 million people per day for 5 days, total of approximately 5 million participants) and by international reputation): the centrepiece of Rio Carnival is the Sambódromo Marquês de Sapucaí (the 700-metre parade avenue designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer, built 1984, seating 90,000 spectators) where the samba school parade competitions take place over two nights.