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New apartments in Rome

Laura Mangoni — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:09:18 +0000

MANY NEW APARTMENTS IN ROME…
COMING SOON!

Habitat apartments continues its expansion in Europe!
Spring 2012 will see many new apartments in Italy.

Loved for art, food, weather, landscapes, history, Italy has more Unesco World Heritage sites than any other country on earth.

As already anounced, we add a new amazing destination: Florence, the unique Renaisssance capital.

But our Italian offer doesn't stop here: in love with the "Belpaese", we have selected more than 60 amazing Rome apartments, located in the most exclusive areas in the city: St. Peter – Vatican, Campo dei Fiori – Trevi, Monti, Trastevere, Esquilino – Termini.

All the apartments are totally equipped, centrally located, elegantly furnished; you will find the sensation of a real Roman house, with all comforts and amenities for an unforgivable stay.

Rome today is one of the most important tourist destinations of the world, due to the incalculable immensity of its archaeological and artistic treasures, and for the charm of its unique traditions.

For centuries, has been called the Eternal City, a title earned through its importance as one of the great cities of Western civilization, as the capital of the Roman Empire, and as the world center of the Roman Catholic church. Since 1871 it has been the capital of united Italy.

According to tradition, Rome was founded in 753 BC on one of the Seven Hills surrounding the old community: the Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Aventine, and Palatine hills. Archaeological evidence indicates, however, that human settlement here were oldest. Other hills of Rome include the Pincian (Pincio) and the Janiculum.

There are many diffrent legends about the origin of Rome. For sure the etenal city has always played a leading role during centuries.
A famous proverb says: All roads lead to Rome.

As every proverb, there is a big part of truth: a big ammount of tourist roads come here, because more then 100.000 tourists visit Rome per day! In Rome you will be fascinated by museums, art, events, fashion dates, cinema personalities: this incredible city is really the Italian capital.

You just have to come and find out…
… Our Rome apartments

Dalí in Rome

Laura Mangoni — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:24:51 +0000

DALÍ ARTIST AND GENIUS

The Roman Spring celebrates the bond between Spain and Italy with an extraordinary exhibition: Dali, An Artist, A Genius.
The retrospective, until July 1 2012, is hosted in the wonderful Vittoriano and brings together a collection of great works of genius - artist Dali.

After about 60 years since the last major exhibition dedicated to Dalí, now back in Rome a great show totally focused on one of the greatest artists in the world.

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His unique and unmistakable pictorial touch has often been attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. Still, the exhibition wants to show as well the man Dali and not only the artist.

Essential part of the route is an introductory section that shows his voice, his face, his impressive stunts. He was the man and artist together. His life was art. He was art himself.

Born in Figueres, Dalí is both eclectic genius, painter, sculptor, filmmaker, but also one of the most interesting artists of surrealism. He was just the perfect embodiment of surrealism, able to create the same mechanisms of dreams.
If there, don't miss this amazing exhibition in Rome!

Dali: Un artista, Un Genio
Vittoriano - Roma
Monday – Thursday: 9.30-18.30;
Friday and Saturday: 9.30-22.30;
Sunday: 9.30-19.30

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Herengracht 1 apartment in Amsterdam

Habitat Blog — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:02:24 +0000

Great apartment in Amsterdam!

Today we show you this incredible apartment in Amsterdam, a unique place to live an amazing holiday.

This stylish apartment is just 5 minutes from Central Station, Dam Square and major shopping & dining in the centre of Amsterdam.

This apartment is situated on the front of the building, with 4 large windows overlooking the canal from both the living area and bedroom. It is light and spacious, with 3 metre high ceilings.

Some distances from the apartment:
- Nearest Tramway (Westermarkt and Dam): 300 m
- Anne Frank House: 400 m
- Royal Palace of Amsterdam/Dam Square: 350 m
- Beurs van Berlage: 850 m
- Church of St Nicholas: 900 m

Take a look of some reviews from costumers who have vacationed at this apartment:

"This is an absolutely beautiful apartment with everything you could possibly need. It is in a quiet neighborhood but also very close to all the shopping, restaurants, and lively Dam Sqaure. We visit amstersdam several times a year to visit family and have stayed in hotels, B&B;'s, and other rentals."

"The property is beautifully furnished, and the rooms are a great size. You have a wonderful view of the canal on Herengracht. It is peaceful, very little traffic, and in an excellent location – we loved the Western canal side of amsterdam the best – not as crowded and touristy as the more central areas. There are some wonderful restaurants within easy walking distance. You can really feel what it is like to actually live in amsterdam by staying in this apartment. Superb".

"Simply put the apartment was wonderful. It was so spacious and has an incredible view from both the huge living area as well as the Bedroom. It was in the perfect location for us and we were able to walk and see much of amsterdam on foot due to the great location. Another great thing was how peacful and quite the street outside was. No noise whatsover added to the experiance. I can think of nothing negative about our stay."

To see more information and reviews about Herengracht 1 apartment click here

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Florence Apartments

Laura Mangoni — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:15:19 +0000

HABITAT HAPARTMENTS ARRIVES IN WONDERFUL FLORENCE
MORE AMAZING APARTMENTS
FOR YOUR VACATION AROUND EUROPE

Habitat apartments continues its expansion in Europe!

We now offer you new appartments in Florence, Italy.
We started in 2001 in Barcelona and for 10 years we have succeeded in expanding to Madrid, Marbella, Rome, Amsterdam and now in Florence with more than 360 tourist apartments.

Our work revolves around the client and his expectations: Habitat Apartments' objective is to offer high quality apartments with first class service.
We also take our clients' suggestions and opinions on board to continually improve our service and apartments.

Our team is pleased to offer you new and fantastic apartments in Florence, the birtplace of Renaissance, one of the most beautiful and famous city in the world for its enormous artistic and architectural heritage.

Florence and its surrondings were the homeland of an incredible list of personalities such as Dante, Donatello, Brunelleschi, Cimabue, Leonardo da Vinci, they forever changed the course of human history.

Florence hosts a big part of the world artistic heritage: its museums, buildings, treasures are charming and so full history that it's quite impossibile to know everything about this incredible place.

Most of all, Florence has an unique atmosphere that surrounds you and never leaves you. The French writer Stendhal suffered a shock as he witnessed the overwhelming beauty of Santa Croce church and named the Stendhal syndrome or Florence syndrome, a psychosomatic illness that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, fainting, confusion and even hallucinations when an individual is exposed to art, usually when the art is particularly beautiful or a large amount of art is in a single place.

Our apartments are located in the most charming areas in central Florence: Duomo, Oltrarno, Santa Croce, Santa Maria Novella, San Lorenzo, all districts full of history and treasures.

Due to Florence's artistic and architectural heritage, it has been ranked as one of the most beautiful and most visitated cities in the world.

Today Florence keeps its ancient fascination and offers as well important innovations. It's one of the trendiest cities in Italy, known for its Fairs (PItti) and showrooms.

And don't forget the magnificent lands surrounding Florence: the Chianti area for example, amazing to visit and country of typical products as the famous wine, oil and many salamis, sausages and tradicional cold meat.

So, we are pleased to include Florence apartments in our selection of tourist apartments.
Check out Habitat Apartments full list and find the best option for your holidays in Tuscany.

Credits Photos: Laura Mangoni

Coffee shops in Amsterdam

Habitat Blog — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:26:26 +0000

The most famous place to visit in Amsterdam

In Amsterdam there are a lot of places to go, but the Coffee shops will always be the most famous, there in amsterdam at the moment more than 300 coffee shops. It is always really bissy in amsterdam, there are so many people who are smoking weed. Every day all of the shops are filled with tourists and dutch people.

If it's your first time in a Amsterdam and you want to go into a coffeeshop don't be shy or scared. it's just like walking into a regular shop. Just walk up to the counter and ask for a menu which will include a variety of cannabis buds and hash, ranging in quality from OK to incredible. Feel free to ask questions, the staff in most places are quite friendly but some are as rude as hell. Most will give you a loan of a pipe or bong to use. Rolling papers and filter tips are available as well, usually at the counter.

The average price of a small bag (1 gram) runs approximately Euro 6-8. For you Americans that have no idea what a gram is, a "dime bag" is typically about half a gram. Some places offer pre-rolled joints of pure grass for around Euro 7 or grass and hash joints mixed with tobacco Euro 3-4.

Bob Marley

When people are talking about weed, mostly they think about Bob Marley he was the person who made it look normal and let everyone want to try it. Bob Marley did not use cannabis recreationally, and did not see its use as a casual matter.

Viewing himself as a holy person (as do all Rastafarians), Marley strongly believed that marijuana opened up a spiritual door which allowed him to become the artist and poet he was. Sadly he past away, but no one will ever forget Bob Marley.

Habitat Apartments

If your looking for a place to stay in Amsterdam, Habitat Apartments is a perfect company with beautiful Apartments in the center of Amsterdam also near the Vondelpark. Just take a look at the Habitat Apartments website.