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Let Marco Polo Montenegro guide you around this beautiful country.. Explore Montenegro with this handy, pocket-sized, authoritative guide, packed with Insider Tips. Discover boutique hotels, authentic restaurants, the country's trendiest places, and get tips on shopping and what to do on a limited budget. There are plenty of ideas for travel with kids, and a summary of all the festivals and events that take place. Let Marco Polo show you all this wonderful country has to offer.. Idyllic bays hidden behind rocks and lined with pines, cypresses and olive trees, the flower town of Herceg Novi, the seafaring hamlet of Perast or the picturesque hotel island of Sveti Stefan will take you back to the heyday of European architecture. Countless mountain ranges, panoramic views, raging rivers and spectacular canyons, rarely can you experience so much in such a small area.
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Marco Polo (Listeni/?m??rko? ?po?lo?/; Italian pronunciation: [?marko ?p??lo]; 1254 - January 8-9, 1324) was a Venetian merchant traveller whose travels are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde (Book of the Marvels of the World, also known as The Travels of Marco Polo, c. 1300) , a book that introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China.
He learned the mercantile trade from his father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo, who travelled through Asia, and met Kublai Khan. In 1269, they returned to Venice to meet Marco for the first time. The three of them embarked on an epic journey to Asia, returning after 24 years to find Venice at war with Genoa; Marco was imprisoned and dictated his stories to a cellmate. He was released in 1299, became a wealthy merchant, married, and had three children. He died in 1324 and was buried in the church of San Lorenzo in Venice.
Marco Polo was not the first European to reach China (see Europeans in Medieval China) , but he was the first to leave a detailed chronicle of his experience. This book inspired Christopher Columbus and many other travellers. There is a substantial literature based on Polo's writings; he also influenced European cartography, leading to the introduction of the Fra Mauro map.
Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Grevembrock (Scanné de Coureurs des mers, Poivre d'Arvor.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
