Opinion Essay about our travel in Trento

Our exchange to Trento, Italy, was a great experience, and we are grateful to the institute and to the European Project for making this activity possible. We had been living with italian students, sharing their houses, sometimes their own bed-room, and learning a new lifestyle with other customs a little bit different from Spain. 

First of all, respect to the tourist visits, many people think that there were many days which we are "alone" in some places and we didn't take advantage of the time. It is clear that maybe some days we saw few things and we had overly free time, but during that time we always enjoyed all the moments spending time with our italian friends, and taking photos with them. In my opinon, not everything is meassured in the amount of places you visit per day, but rather to appreciate what you are visiting, and whatever you do and enjoy the trip beeing with your mates. 

I disagree with the organisation of the travel, because teachers told us that one day we had to do something and inmediately, they changed their decision, so it was big problem because some days we did not know what we were going to do. In addition, we were one day in their high school, and it was boring because we did not nothing.

In conclusion, we believe that the experiencie was amazing, we share great experiences with italians and with their families and also we have de oportunity to see very beautiful and ecological places, and also the opportunity to know a autonomical city. 

NATURAL SCIENCES'S MUSEUM AND GIANNI CAPRONI AERONAUTICAL MUSEUM TRENTO.

In 1964 the Museum of Natural Sciences, administratively linked to the autonomous province of Trento, that from 1982 moved its headquarters in Sardagna set.
During the nineties and 2000, the museum is modernizing the organization of interactive exhibits and conduct research. In this phase also the museum expands incorporating other facilities located in the Province of Trento as the Alpine Botanical Garden and the Terrace of the stars, in the Monte Bondone, the museum of piles of Lake Ledro, the Aviation Museum Gianni Caproni, the Geological Museum of the Dolomites in Predazzo and limnological station lake Tovel. In 2006, moreover, the museum in the center of Tanzania established ecological monitoring and environmental education Udzungwa located within the Udzungwa National Park.


On 27 and 28 July 2013, the new headquarters opened the museum named after Muse - Science Museum in less than eleven months after its opening, has reached the threshold of 500 000 visitors, making it one of the most visited museums in Italy.
The building, designed by internationally renowned architect Renzo Piano.


The building was built according to the techniques that ensure energy conservation and environmental sustainability, which earned him the recognition of the LEED gold certification

The Gianni Caproni Aeronautical Museum, founded by the Trentino aviation pioneer Gianni Caproni, exposes the first aviation collection in the world, formed in the twenties of the twentieth century. Since its early years, Gianni Caproni decided to keep within its workshops some of his most important planes, instead of proceeding to their disposal and re-use of materials for other buildings.
This choice, in 1927, he developed the foundation of the Museum. Reopened at Trent in 1992 and subsequently inserted in the network of science museums belonging to the MUSE-Science Museum at the Museum Gianni Caproni it works to promote the dissemination of historical and aeronautical culture at all audiences, with permanent exhibitions and temporary, educational activities for schools, cultural activities offered to the public, the scientific publishing.

Castello del Buonconsiglio

It is a castle located in the center of the italian city of Trento, in the Trentino-Alto Adige. Currently it is converted in an historical museum. In the castle was the residence of the prince-bishops. It has an unique original nucleus of the XIII century and next to that is found the Great Tower. It was overhauled in 1475 with Venetian Gothic style. There are also cells of soldiers who fought for Italy in First World War, and they were shot in the castle moat. They stand on the Eagle Tower the fresh named "Twelve Months" international Gothic of the XV century.

 

Catedrale di San Vigilio (Duomo)

Better known as "Duomo" or "Catedrale di Trento" is dedicated to San Vigilio, patron of the city.
It is an imposing Romanesque-Gothic building built between the XII-XIII centuries. It is accompanied by a bell tower built in the XVI century. There are funerary monuments and remainis of the frescoes in the XII and XV centuries in the trasepts. In the crypt remains on the early Christian basilica of the VI century and the subsequent restructuring during IX and XII centuries.
It became important during the Council of Trent, held between 1545 and 1563, where the Counter was supported. It was the time of Prince Bishops, as Cristoforo Madruzzo.

Palazzo delle Albere

Alvear Palace is a villa-fortress built in the XVI century by the Prince Bishops Madruzzo Trento.
The building is named after the double row of poplars that in the past, were lined up along the avenue leading from the city to the village, through the "arc of the trhee doors" at the entrance of the road.
The building is square, with four towers at the corners of 6 square meters wide and 20 meters high, and is surrounded by a moat.
In the center of the roof it was present originally a small square tower now destroyed. Even many frescos of the palace were lost.

Monuments and Museums in Trento, Italy

In this part of our blog, we are going to show you some cultural interesting places of our next destiny, Trento.

Jorney to Barcelona

The trip will consit of visiting the capital of Catalunya, Barcelona. The trip will be on Friday 20^th May, and the arrive on Sunday 22^th May (by plane). It will be a weekend to enjoy in family the best places in the city.

   -1^st day: Road to Barcelona.

-Output from Granada at 8:00h.

-Arrival at the airport at 8:20, baggage check and embarkation time at 10:00h with Iberia.

-Arrival to the hotel, Senator Barcelona, near to Camp Nou. Then, free time and have lunch at the hotel with a buffette.

-16:00 o'clock: visit to the Sagrada Familia, Cathedral of Barcelona, and the centre of the city.

-At the end, arrival to the hotel and have dinner there (free time).

2^nd day: Port Aventura amusement park

-8.00-9.00h: Breakfast at the hotel.

-9.30h: Output from the hotel to Port Aventura by train (12€ per person, 48€ in total).

-10.15h: Arrive to the amusement park. All day enjoying free time there.

-00.00h: Get back to the hotel.  

3^rd day: Capital route and get back to Granada

-8.00-9.00h: Breakfast at the hotel.

-10.00-13.30h: Go out to Barcelona centre. Visit to the Güell Park and Aquarium.

14.00-15.30h: Have lunch in the mexican restaurant “La Rosa del Raval”, where there are menus around 10€.

-17:00h: Arrival to the hotel and going to the airport.

-19:00h: embarkation

-20:00h: Arrival to Granada

· COSTS:

-Plane: 400€ adults, and 170€ childrens (go and arrive).

-Hotel: 80€ per person and night.

-Port Aventura: 37€ per adult and 18€ per child.

-L' Aquarium: 18€ per adult and 13,5€ per child.

-Güell Park: 7€ per adult and free for childrens.

       TOTAL: 1.397€