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25
Apr

Amsterdam

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Amsterdam is the city which has an amazing central location, with rates you can afford, clean, cheap and comfortable rooms and friendly too.
Off the Dam Square, exactly in the center of the city there is the Hotel Amsterdam De Roode Leeuw. You will surely want to stay here if you’re about to come. You might need to know the Amsterdam Hotels are offering you great advantages and the service personal too. The majority of the bathrooms are all new, and the rooms are offering tourists such a great comfort and a well maintained one.
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The rooms are doted with Internet access for laptops, LCD flat-screen televisions, an electronic safe, and eventually a minibar. Also the rooms have climate control which is much used in summer.
The Lloyd Hotel is a Dutch hotel located in the center of Amsterdam.
Well known Dutch people such as architects and designers have transformed the hotel dating beginning with 1921 in a place where even Amsterdam’s inhabitants come and feel just like at home.
The hotel has about 120 rooms and is a 5 stars.
Swissôtel Amsterdam is also a 4 stars hotel,but which is situated in the historic center of the Amsterdam city.
The Llyod Hotel was built in a modern boutique style and is also adjacent to the Dam square and to many other attractions in Amsterdam. Due to its location in the center of the city, the place is the best for business and leisure travelers. The hotel is also close to the financial and the areas where you can go shopping, too. The time needed will be around 20 minutes to drive from the Schiphol airport. A brief walk to the Amsterdam Central railway station will be definitely needed.

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15
Apr

Barcelona

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As the name suggests, the Eurostars Grand Marina Hotel is one of the most beautiful Barcelona hotels and is situated near the Mediterranean Sea. It was built in a unique style and is also near to the Port Vell area. It is not so far away from the Olimpic village and close to the means of transports which are taking you to visit the city.

Eurostars Grand Marina Hotel is located at the Moll de Barcelona, only 10 minutes away from the airport. The station is also pretty close to what makes traveling in areas around Barcelona and other major cities in Spain.
Eurostars Grand Marina Hotel has 235 rooms and 47 apartments in a range of sizes and styles. The rooms are divided into categories such as superior, deluxe and premier as well as apartments which are also 4 categories: city, junior, presidential and marina. All rooms have overlooking to the sea or the city and many different facilities such as satellite TV, safe, minibar and internet connection.

This accommodation in Barcelona places great value on culture, art and music. Eurostars Grand Marina Hotel offers those who choose to accommodate a lot of facilities here which gives him an air of luxury. The hotel has a fitness center, a hairdresser, a bar, swimming pool, solarium, sauna and a spacious restaurant. Besides these there are conference rooms and even the possibility of organizing special events and festivities. Eurostars Grand Marina Hotel, a five star hotel is an excellent choice for those who are searching for accommodation in Barcelona on the highest standards.

Your mini-vacation starts with a visit to Barcelona the following objectives after you have finished booking a hotel room: Cathedral of La Sagrada Familia and Gaudi Park, which will familiarize tourists with the great works of Antonio Gaudi and will also guide them to La Pedrera and Casa Millo.
The journey will be continued by visiting the Royal Palace Barcelona-Montjuic district, Colón Square, where the statue of Christopher Columbus is situated, Port Travel.

10
Apr

New York

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First thing dominating in a NY holiday is the Rockefeller Center Christmas which was built in 1930 by John D. Rockefeller, and is known to be a masterpiece of the modern architecture streamlined, rich in relief works, Sculpture and Art Deco, returning to the Greek mythology, while paying tribute to American optimism before the Grand Depression. The Rockfeller Center looks best in Christmas, when a spruce Noevegian of almost 27 meters is displayed as the official city Christmas tree. Beyond it, there is the right place known to offer you a great view to this masterpiece, the best New York hotels. Don’t worry, you can be relaxed in choosing a hotel room. In NYC you have a large variety of more than 600 hotels. If you are searching for something cheap, down to USD100, choose between Belnord Hotel, Hotel Pennsylvania, Park Central New York Hotel, of up to USD100, hotels such as Excelsior Hotel, The Waldorf Astoria, New York Helmsley, Millennium Broadway Hotel.
When you visit the city you will notice the New York’s skyscrapers are threatening the streets where eight million New Yorkers go through their daily route to work. They say that New York is the capital of the world. With its official name “The City of New York” and abbreviated NYC, this is the most populous city in the United States. If you want to know more, take a ride among the most interesting sights of New York.
American Museum of Natural History-Here are dinosaurs and more than 36 million other things, starting with lunar rocks to the Brazilian topaz. Do not miss the Hall of Biodiversity. The latest piece of it is the Rose Center for Earth and Space, which houses the Hyden Planetarium, and the most powerful virtual reality simulator in the world in size, offering tourists a trip through the Milky Way.

5
Apr

Paris

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Paris sightseeings which are considered to be the most interesting are: Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, the Eiffel Tower, Notre Damme, Sacre-Coeur, Versailles Palace, the Arc de Triomphe, the Pantheon, Sainte Chapelle.

To shorten the hours of standing in line for tickets to the Louvre, D’Orsay and Versailles tickets can be obtained from a small shop that is in the subway station on line one.

Statistical, it is known that the majority of Paris hotels are some of the best and very expensive, but it is also one of the safest metropolitan areas in Europe. Prices for hotels can start even from EUR36. Some of them could be Hotel Itineraires, Hotel Flor Rivoli, Hotel Touring, Hotel Cambrai, etc. Most of cheap hotels are situated in the heart of Paris City. General warnings are related to the personal safety that is better than late at night to avoid a long wait in the subway stations and Chatelet-Les Halles Montparnsasse.

Also the area around the RER railway station should be avoided. Some districts of Paris would be good also to be avoided after dark: Les Halles, Châtelet, and the North Station area north of Paris (Saint-Denis, Aubervillier etc.). Valuables can be left in your hotel safe.

Museums in Paris are being closed at 4:00 p.m. so that you have to plan visits here in the morning. However, there are museums that are opened at night, until 21:00. One great example is the Louvre, which has such a night three times a week. Tourist attractions such as Notre Dame, Seine bays, La Defense, Montmartre, Eiffel can be visited in the evening, Paris being one of those cities which are equally deMontmartre panoramas, spectacular after dark.

Evening, the Eiffel turns in thousands of lights and you have a great view of Paris you get to the tower to end the day. Sena is spectacular any time of day and night especially when the tourists go vaporasele channels, with one hand and the other quays museums, statues, monuments, etc famous.

Louvre Museum may be visited once a whole week without getting to see everything. If you are available you can reserve your full day at the Louvre in the morning from 9:00 until 21:00 to visit the museum. Quartier LatinIn museum has a restaurant where you can eat and the prices are identical to those in the city. Rooms are furnished with sofas where you can relax a bit.

1
Apr

London

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In England the entrances to all national museums are free. The British Museum, National Gallery, Science Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Portrait Gallery, some of the most recognized. This policy is an amazing one because in this way everyone can enjoy the art and culture without financial burdens.
So that, after you decided to accommodate to one of the best London hotels (Tophams Belgravia, Dolphine House Apartments, Sanctum Soho Hotel, etc) all you need to do is start visiting the museums.
A disadvantage of such institutions, at least for tourists, is that the program is quite inconvenient. The last entry is at 16:00 and every Monday and Tuesday they are closed.
Madame Tussauds Museum is an interesting museum of wax figures at an entry price of 18 pounds.
Parks in London such as Green Park, Hyde Park are very pleasant, relaxing, clean and outstanding and also have free access.
All the rides for the atmosphere can be made in Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, Oxford Street.
Also if you are curious to see what a traditional market looks like, go to Covent Garden.
The Tower of London is the place where tourists can see the royal crown jewels, armor room and a room of torture. But if you are lucky, you will catch some scenes with knights.
In the same area there and the St.. Paul was built immediately after the great fire, imposing any religious building.
If you are a student, don’t forget to take your student card with you because you will get some discounts.
The London Eye, whose complete rotation takes 30 minutes, can help you overlook an entire panorama of the London city for only 20 pounds.
If you want more things to see then come visit for yourself this city.

12
Mar

Booking a Hotel Room

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There are many different ways to book a hotel room. You can contact a travel agent and that’s the right person who has the right knowledge of the room, someone who has seen the property, or you can even contact the hotel yourself if you’re or searching online by using a website.
There are also several pitfalls of booking a hotel room online. For example, if there is any the hotel room that you have seen in the pictures, it could be a new one, a hotel which has been recently recedorated, or you could also stay in an old hotel room that has not been redecorated yet.

So the expectations are that you’re going to get a great room, but you will end up by not getting a great one.
The best hotel rates are expected to be found through the online travel agencies. You should start shearching all the major travel sites and determine who is going to offer the best price for your travel dollars. After the price has been established, each traveler can book through the site he accessed. Thus, try to find discount motels reservations online, don’t waste your time and book them.
Also, it is necessary to be legitimated as many times as you are must obey to an identity control or to book a hotel room for example.
Of course, if travelers decided to go on vacation for a long while, and they do not have any friends or relatives where to stay, this is the best thing they can do. Hotels and motels are everywhere.
First of all, each travelers must ensure he has the right travel bugdet to spend his vacation. Booking an online hotel could save your rates up to 70 percent.
Here are a couple of secrets you might need to know. Basically, most of the hotels put aside their worst rooms for clients who book online reservations through a travel agent. But your purpose still remains the same: getting the best room and also at the lowest price.

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21
Dec

Linderhof Palace

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Linderhof Palace is located in southwest Bavaria and was built by King Ludwig of Bavaria second. The castle has some impressive rooms and is surrounded by gardens where you can see all kinds of allegorical statues.
Impressed by the Versailles Castle from France, the initial plans were born in 1857. In 1869 he received to use the Linderhof area, where his father, Maximilian II, had the Royal House oh hunting.

Under the guidance of his architect, Georg Dollmann, the work began at the Linderhof Palace, which was known to become not a representative castle for Bavaria, but rather a refuge for the King Louis II himself, whose withdrawn character was always looking for places to give him peace and protection needed to his solitary personality, as well as there were also castles such as Neuschwanstein and Chiemsee.

Linderhof Palace
was the only building of this kind, initiated by King Louis II, who was finished until his tragic death, of June 13, 1886, when he drowned in the Starnberg Lake.

Even if this is the smallest castle ever built by Ludwig, Linderhof is the only one that was completed in totality and was the place where he lived most.

The first built castle, which was completed during the reign of Louis II and where the king lived, is Linderhof. It was built in the Rococo style, being considered a larger house. Buildings, ponds and fountains in the yard made it as a castle. The apartments are filled with the image of the two Louis of France, and the Sun symbol is ubiquitous. The Bavarian King wanted two things at the Linderhof Palace: a cave and a waterfall, both artificial. In the cave there is an ark and an artificial lake, where Louis, a withdrawn yarn, used to walk alone, and in the right of the royal bedroom was built the so called “Niagara morning,” an impressive artificial fall of water.

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10
Dec

Bali Island

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Bali Island is an exotic paradise, a tropical island known for its majestic volcanoes, spectacularly terraced rice crops, especially for its complex culture and traditions preserved for thousands of years. Bali houses many ceremonies and festivals, and from the sightseeings there are remarked the Pura temple, Tanah Lot temple, Tirzah Empul, beach Kuta. Bali Island belongs to Indonesia and is famous for the beauty of tropical beaches and volcanic, with huge palm trees and flowers, its original art making the whole landscape through sculpture, painting, dance and ceremonies dedicated to the gods. Bali combines the image of a tropical island with sun, sand and sea.

The Bali Island is located between Java, Sumatra and Lombok  and became one of the largest tourist attractions in the world.The capital of Bali Island is in Dempasar.

Bali is considered a small island with 140 km length and about 80 kilometers in width. It has a mountainous relief, and here it can be found the Agung volcano which is located to a height of 3142 meters. Because of the relief, the irrigation are naturala and most are in the form of waterfalls which greatly help to the cultivation of cereals, especially rice.
The little Island is surrounded by the Indian Ocean to the South, Java Sea in the north, and by the Bali Straits in the west, which makes the connection between Bali and Java Island.

Because in Indonesia there are spoken more than 300 different languages, the island’s official language is Bahasa Indonesia which is taught even in school, but the older only speak Balinese language, which is completely different to the official one.

Other interesting things come more from tradition and faith, for example Keris is a dagger with great spiritual value which is known to have magic powers. Its making requires a lot of attention every year it needs to be clean, embalmed in a specific ritual.

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30
Nov

The Erechtheion and the Parthenon

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The Erechtheion temple’s name comes from one of the first kings of Athens. In the yard of the Erechtheion is growing the olive tree which was thought to be given to the city by the goddess called Athens.

The statue of Athena was so big warrior that the athenians sailors situated far, on the sea, could see the helmet and spear of the goddess shining in the sunlight.

The Propylaea: here is made the entrance into the Acropolis. The way to propylaea was consisted of a steep slope on which they advanced the religious processions heading to the temple.
The Parthenon was the most beautiful building on the Acropolis, it was built by Pericles being a temple dedicated to the Athens Parthenos goddess . The Greek word “Parthenos” means “unmarried” and Parthenon means “house of the unmarried goddess”. It is an imposing building with a length of 99.7 m and a width of 33.5 m. Its construction lasted 15 years, made of Pentel marble, which contains iron and gives a gold glow in the sunlight. Inside, there is another huge statue of the Athens goddess, carved in ivory and gold by Phidias.
The Parthenon was the scene of one of the biggest Athenian festivals:Panathenaea. This festival is being hold every 4 years in honor of the Athens goddess. This was a mixture of religious ceremony and entertainment, athletic competitions were organized and a torches race was being hold at night on the city’s streets. The most important event of the festival was a procession in which young athenians women led the peplos to the Parthenon. Pericles ordered this process to be carved on the frieze that surrounds the Parthenon. These sculptures are called Elgin, and some of them can be admired in the British Museum.

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20
Nov

The Colosseum

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The Colosseum was and it is still being the largest and most famous Roman amphitheater. Its construction was completed during the reign of Domitian. The building was called the Flavian Amphitheater. Modification and restoration of the Colosseum have been made to the beginning of the sixth century. In the following centuries has suffered because of negligence, earthquakes and other problems. However, more than one third of the outer arches can be seen today. Internal skeleton which supports the “Cave” has remained largely intact. Unfortunately, all marble and metal decorations have disappeared.

The Colosseum has an elliptical shape, measuring about 189 m in length and 156 m in width. The exterior has 47 m high, composed of 3 floors consisting of arches and an IVth floor. Each of these three floors had at the beginning 80 of arcade. At the Colosseum’s building were used stone blocks, cement and bricks.

The fourth floor contains the Corinthian style decorations. At first, at each arch were statues, and huge iron shields decorating the fourth floor of the building between the so-called windows. There were also a kind of awnings which sustained the top floor protecting spectators from the sun. According to the studies which were made, the Colosseum could accommodate about 60 thousand people.

The indoor arena which had 85 m long and 53 m wide is just a hollow surrounded by a high wall to protect spectators from the wild animals used in fights. The floor was made of wood and was covered with sand to absorb the blood spilled in battles. Under this were found some mechanisms that sustained it. The floor was covering underground tunnels where once, there were imprisoned the animals and gladiators.
The Colosseum is a marvel of engineering because there are so many stairs and exits, so that the entire arena could be emptied in just 10 minutes.
Surely this is an impressive building which represents of the main attractions of Italy.

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