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Archive for December, 2010

In Venezuela, Margarita Island is a splendid place to vacation if you are looking for a unique experience tourism in the Margarita Island you will like.

Margarita Island Beaches

One of the highlights of that first margarita highlight the natural beauty of its beaches on this island are a variety of beaches like Playa Moreno, Pampatar and the tyrant yet one of the most famous beach is Guaucuco. Read the rest of this entry »

Paris is the city which is known as the “City of Lights” and today is one of the most preferred destinations by tourists around the world to hear, because they can find a wide variety of experience to know both in culture, gastronomia, art and history of the city.

Tourist Attractions in Paris

The Louvre Museum

This is the most visited museum in the world, is universal works as the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and Winged Victory, … and endless libraries. The Louvre was built on the site of the historic fortress built by King Philip Augustus in 1190, before Francis I and Louis XIV was then transformed into a magnificent palace. Read the rest of this entry »

Cultural and Tourism Attractions in Rome

Vatican City

It has an area of 44 hectares and a population of approximately 900 inhabitants, which is a hybrid of town to the rank of an independent state. It is so small that only the Basilica of San Pedro is 7% of its surface, the Basilica and St. Peter’s Square occupy 20% of the territory, making it independent territory in the most urbanized in the world.

Stadio Olimpico in Rome

The Stadio Olimpico in Rome is a multipurpose stadium, but mainly devoted to soccer practice, located in the city of Rome, capital of Lazio and Italy. Serves as a regular venue for S.S. Lazio and the A.S. Rome. Read the rest of this entry »

Rome, capital of Italy, is one of the most visited cities in the world with an average of 12 million tourists a year who come on vacation. It is located in the Lazio region, west-central Italy, near the Tyrrhenian Sea and its length reaches both sides of the river Tiber.

Traditionally gives the founding of Rome in 753 BC located on seven hills around the ancient Rome. Today Rome is divided into two main areas, the historic area in the center of the city, composed of all the monuments and historical sites, and the surrounding area or periphery, consisting of modern buildings and traditional neighborhoods of the city. Read the rest of this entry »

Vienna exudes luxury and refinement wherever you look. It is an elegant city, educated, own most of the nineteenth century of centuries in which we operate. In many of the streets that still exudes imperial splendor of the era of Franz Joseph I or Sissy. We only have to close our eyes and remember many of the movies based on those years to get an idea of what is now Vienna.

The Opera House in Vienna is one of the symbols of that imperial Vienna. Luxury and splendor from the first step that we go up the hall. Just getting to the Ringstrasse and jump in front of his porch and it is amazing, with these magnificent five bronze statues, designed by Julius Hähnel, representing heroism, fantasy, humor, drama and love. Read the rest of this entry »

The historical sense is enhanced by the program of events on the living history of Stirling, which is centered around the old city jail, where you can experience, first hand, life in a Victorian prison.

The tower that is located outside the prison in Stirling, was transformed, according to traditional work methods to become a venue that welcomes all kinds of events related to arts and music. Thus, it serves to Stirling artistic reference point, which you can see performances and street theater, offering visitors, the living history of the medieval city watches you.

Very near the prison and the tower is the Stirling Visitor Centre, where you can enjoy an amazing journey through 1000 years of history of Stirling. Read the rest of this entry »