One of the most popular holiday types we sell at Captivating Cuba is the scuba diving holiday. Cuba attracts swarms of divers every year, attracted by its calm, warm waters, its stunning coral reefs, sunken shipwrecks and dazzling array of tropical fish. The waters boast an average annual temperature of over 24 degrees centigrade, and with an average visibility of 98 feet, allowing divers an excellent view of the underwater paradise the Cuban dive sites offer. The lack of strong ... Read More

Nowadays, people want to try out different things in their life. And when it comes to marriages, couples are trying to be more adventurous. And why not, weddings are once in a lifetime event and everybody wants it to be a standout and etched-in-memories affair. This urge to make wedding bit more passionate and romantic drives hundreds of couples every year to the beaches of Puerto Vallarta. Puerto Vallarta is a beautiful city in Mexico that has a great culture, night ... Read More

I've just returned from my third trip to Russia but my first time travelling to the less visited towns outside Moscow and St Petersburg. Known as the Golden Ring, this circle of towns, some on the Volga, others just 90 minutes outside the city, are famed for their gold-domed churches which scatter the landscape and give the area its name. To visit St Petersburg is one of life's treats and should be high on anyone's list of travel destinations - a ... Read More

Mexico is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. It is a hot spot tourist destination because it has great locations, year-round mild climate, sandy white beaches, perfect places to relax, and lots more. Mexico not only has beautiful locations, but it also has great places to shop. Mexico carries every thing from handcrafts to imported goods. If you plan to visit Mexico there are certain things you cannot afford to miss: the flora and fauna of ... Read More

  Amber is a fossilized tree resin, formed in the Baltic part 40 to 60 million years ago. But it was in the mid-19th when the Baltic started to be very popular and fashionable. Our ancestors used amber for heat, and in the average ages it served as a currency. For the tribal Prussians inhabiting the Baltic Sea’s southeast shores around 12,000 BC, rubbing it was the best way to generate static electricity. During the 12th century, it was said to ... Read More

 For a start I would like to offer you a little advise: you’ll save a lot of time and money if you do a little homework – do a good research if you buy a carpet in Dubai ( or in the Middle Eeast generally). In the early 1900s, rug makers started using fast-acting chemicals and machines to streamline the arduous processes of carding, washing, dying, and spinning wool into thread, leaving only the actual weaving to be done by hand. One hundred ... Read More

Constructed on the site of a palace dating to Kublai Khan and the Mongol Yuan dynasty, the Ming emperor Yongle established the basic layout of the Forbidden City between 1406 and 1420. The grandiose battalions of laborers and crafts workers – by some estimates there may have been up to a million of them – to build it. The palace lay at the heart of the Imperial City, a much larger, walled enclosure reserved for the use of the emperor and ... Read More