With France's great diversity, it's no wonder that tourists are often left pondering over the best areas to visit for their own needs. If you're happy to be so neatly defined by your interests, you can't go wrong with this short guide to the best regions for specific demographics:
So, here's my pick of the best luxury holidays in France for...
Families
In truth, most areas have plenty to do for children, but what parents won't have felt the tug on their clothes ... Read More
Posted By Traveler On Tuesday, February 9th 2010 In ADVENTURE, ARTICLES, DESTINATIONS, EUROPE, LUXURY TRAVEL, TRAVEL, WEDDING & HONEYMOON TRIPS | Tags: ADVENTURE, Alps, beach, Best, cheese, Cote d'Azur, Disneyland, Family, France, Gourmets, holidays, Loire, Louvre, luxury, Normandy, Paris, Provence, Romantic, tourist, TRAVEL, truffles |
With France's great diversity, it's no wonder that tourists are often left pondering over the best areas to visit for their own needs. If you're happy to be so neatly defined by your interests, you can't go wrong with this short guide to the best regions for specific demographics:
So, here's my pick of the best luxury holidays in France for...
Families
In truth, most areas have plenty to do for children, but what parents won't have felt the tug on their clothes ... Read More
Posted By Traveler On Friday, January 22nd 2010 In ADVENTURE, AFRICA, ARTICLES, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL | Tags: ADVENTURE, AFRICA, drums, Kenya, luxury, Safari, Tanzania, tourist, TRAVEL, Trip, Uganda, vacation, wildlife |
Have you ever thought what a luxury safari in Kenya really involves? Have you ever thought what you could experience by taking luxury Tanzania safaris? Here is a hint: the answer to these sentences is the "luxury" part. Most tourists don't consider luxury when they take a safari, partly because this is Africa with bad roads and if so they consider it too expensive to even seriously consider. A safari to Africa is truly a once in a life time ... Read More
Posted By Traveler On Friday, January 22nd 2010 In DESTINATIONS, EURASIA, TRAVEL | Tags: ADVENTURE, architecture, Bashnya, Cathedral, clock, GUM, Historical, Kremlin, Lenin, Mausoleum, military, Miss, Moscow, Museum, Red, Russian, Spaskaya, Square, St. Basil, Things, tourist, TRAVEL, Trip |
The Red Square is the center of Moscow city. Undoubtfully it is one of the most magnificent and intimidating places in the world. There are 6 places you have to see there if you want to claim that you've been on the Red Square and visited grand Moscow. Each of those places is worthy to be displayed individually, but luckily for you there are all in the same location. Here is the count-down and try to remember the Russian names ... Read More
Posted By Traveler On Thursday, January 14th 2010 In NORTH AMERICA, TRAVEL | Tags: Best, Canada, Restaurant, Searching, Toronto, tourist, TRAVEL |
Toronto has plenty to offer to all its visitors; even if you are just passing through this city, you will be able to discover amazing tourist attractions. This city has a Restaurant Toronto for almost every food lover regardless of his/her age. For instance, parents and children may find the perfect opportunity to eat together at one of the restaurants that are to be found in this city and which are quite famous in the whole world. In order for ... Read More
Posted By Traveler On Sunday, November 15th 2009 In ADVENTURE, DESTINATIONS, LUXURY TRAVEL, MIDDLE EAST | Tags: ADVENTURE, carpet, Dubai, holiday, holidays, hotel, shopping, tourist, TRAVEL, vacation, wool |
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
Posted By Traveler On Sunday, November 15th 2009 In ARTICLES, CENTRAL AMERICA, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL | Tags: ADVENTURE, holiday, holidays, tourist, TRAVEL, vacation |
January
New Year’s Day (Año Nuevo) – JANUARY 1st
January 1, is a huge Natioal Holiday! Parades, religious observances, parties, and fireworks are during the celebrations of the New Year everywhere. In traditional indigenous communities, new tribal leaders are inaugurated with colorful ceremonies rooted in the pre-Hispanic past.
Three Kings Day (Día de Reyes) – JANUARY 6th, nationwide.
Commemorates the Three Kings’ bringing of gifts to the Christ Child. On this day, children receive gifts, much like the traditional gift giving that accompanies Christmas in the United States. ... Read More
Posted By Traveler On Sunday, November 15th 2009 In ADVENTURE, ARTICLES, ASIA, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL | Tags: ADVENTURE, Beijing, Buddha, China, dynasty, Forbidden City, holiday, holidays, hotel, Imperial palace, palace, tourist, TRAVEL, vacation |
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




