Travel

What lies behind a city's wrinkles?

LONG FORMAT ARTICLE | Beauty is promised by tourist agencies as a balm to soothe the neuroses of a life of frenetic offices, fast food and stress. Vacations, then, are the only bright spot in contemporary life: they're almost the exiguous drop in the bucket that the rich man in hell demands. But does the entertainment promised when we visit Porto, Split or Venice allow us to truly taste the beauty we're hoping for? And if we quench our thirst with this water, what will we leave to those who grew up near this source?

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