Monica Tasciotti Profile

Hi!
I love travelling, I've already been to 60 countries, and my goal is visiting as many WHS as possible.

Visited Sites Monica Tasciotti

Load map Toggle Missing/Visited

Legend

  • Cultural
  • Natural
  • Mixed

Recent Reviews Monica Tasciotti


Vézère Valley

Monica Tasciotti Italy - 19-Sep-17

Vézère Valley

When I heard that France would have opened the new Lascaux International Center known as Lascaux IV, I immediately wanted to visit this new museum which seemed to be a great place to see. The tickets are easy to secure by online booking from the Lascaux’s website (which could be improved a lot) even if not all guided tours are on display, but since my visit happened last week (September), there were plenty of free slot of tour to choose. They cost 16€, a remarkable price I should say. The village of Montignac is easy to reach only by car though.

Read On

Lyon

Monica Tasciotti Italy - 08-Apr-10

Lyon

I’ve been to Lyon a couple of times but only on my last visit I had the time to go to the Fourvière hill. The view of the city from the back of the Basilica is magnificent (and the Basilica itself worth a visit even if it is only from the end of XIX century) but what I liked most was the Musèe de la Civilitation Gallo-Romaine in the complex of the Parc Archéologique de Lyon Fourvière where you can also visit for free the beautiful and well preserved Roman Theatres (Grand Théatre and Odéon). I had no idea that this museum had so many, big and wonderful mosaics! They reminded me of those in the Tunis museum, also there I was struck by these outstanding works dating from the Roman empire. You can reach the museum with a funicular railway to be taken near St

Read On

Residences of the Royal House of Savoy

Monica Tasciotti Italy - 30-Mar-10

Residences of the Royal House of Savoy

On my last trip to Turin, I visited Palazzo Reale, Palazzo Madama, Venaria Reale and Castello di Rivoli with its Museum of Contemporary Art. I don’t love particularly Contemporary Art but the Castello is very pleasant, also thanks to the sunny spring weather on that day. You can eat outside the cafeteria enjoying the panorama but there’s also a very famous, elegant and expensive restaurant there (Sunday closed) if you can afford the price.

With a car, on the same day you can visit both Venaria (12€) and Rivoli (6.5€) since they are on the same direction. Venaria is one of the biggest Savoy residences but one part of the palace (the Scuderie Juvarriane) can be visited only on the occasion of big art expositions. Plants in the Gardens are still very young and the long Vasca (2.5km fountains) is under restoration but there you can get acquainted with the long history of the Savoy family. Rooms in Palazzo Reale are similar to many other royal palaces but there’s not much original furniture, in any case it still worth a visit

Read On

Profile Data

Name
Monica Tasciotti
Country
Italy
Most Impressive
Angkor, Cambodia
Proposal
Bagan, Myanmar

Recently Visited WHS

Update 03.05.23
Rating Stats
Masada 5
Rhodes 5
Iguacu 4.5
Le Morne 4.5
Pantanal 4.5
Chavin 4
Urbino 4
Hattusha 3.5
Lumbini 3.5
Olinda 3.5
Orange 3
Troy 3
São Luis 2.5
    Expression #1 of ORDER BY clause is not in SELECT list, references column 'whsphp.t.name' which is not in SELECT list; this is incompatible with DISTINCT