Page 12 - Palm City Spotlight - February '21

Page 12, Palm City Spotlight

Travel from page 11 and regular ferry service is
available from the mainland.
wall was built to surround the town. Included in the wall Perhaps the best way to enjoy
were some 40 towers and numerous gates. The wall was this medieval masterpiece is
capped on the end with the Powder Tower, which was the aboard one of the cruise ships
munitions storage for the town. that now use Visby as a port
Today’s visitors can still see remnants of the wall, as well of call on a regular Baltic Sea
as portions of the churches and cathedrals that were built. cruise itinerary. Regardless of
However, only one of these landmark churches is still in use. how you get there, the time
St. Maria Cathedral is the only medieval church that remains spent experiencing Gotland
intact and is used today. Although roofless, the nave serves and Visby, this true medieval
as a concert hall for musical festivals that are staged late village, is priceless.
each summer. Today, the villagers of Visby look to festivals *Source: Gotland in Figures,
and tourism as their major source of income. Townspeople 2017, https://www.gotland.
suffered a setback several years ago when the “ruin-plays” se/104323, Page 6 Red-tiled roof buildings in Visby, built outside the great wall, now fill the land from the
were discontinued. These performances, held in St. Nicolai Don Kiselewski writes from city to the harbor.
Church, go back to the turn of the century. The most famous his personal experiences, having
of these plays was Petrus de Dacia, which features music traveled in 122 countries and
composed by Friedrich Mahler. cruised the oceans, seas and
Interestingly, not only has the temperate climate of rivers of the world. Palm Beach
Gotland produced an abundance of award-winning roses that Gardens Travel Leaders, his
cover the walls and buildings in the village, but in addition, family owned and operated
36 species of orchids make their home here. agency, is located at Mirasol
During summer, the island swells from its usual 58,000* Town Square, 11360 North
residents to more than 300,000 visitors for the various Jog Road, Building A, Suite
festivals. However, even with very admirable weather, once 102-6, Palm Beach Gardens.
the summer season is over, Gotland reverts to its landowners. The agency has been serving
As one might expect, getting to Visby today is probably the travel needs of the South
easier than it was in the Middle Ages. There’s an airport, Florida area for over a quarter
of a century. Contact him at
(561) 694-9696 or Aussie@
PBGTravel.com.
Photos by Don Kiselewski Multicolored fishing boats dot the small harbor in Gotland.

An eye-catching alley of red roses in the medieval town of
Visby

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