Old Trafford a.k.a. The Theatre of Dreams, Manchester, UK

Known as the home of the Red Devils, the Old Trafford stadium is one of the most astonishing places to visit in the UK. The Manchester United football club plays its home matches there since the early year of 1910. Even if you sympathize to another football club you will stay delighted with the amazing, [...]

The old town of Quebec, Canada

Found in the early 17th century, by the French explorer Champlain, Quebec is the only North American city that is still surrounded by its ramparts,bastions, gates and defensive works. Old Quebec is also the first North American city to be recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Porte St. Louis
The Old town of Quebec is divided in [...]

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

They call it the eight wonder of the world. The ruins of this unique prehistorical monument are located 130 km southwest of London in the Salisbury lowland. With its diameter of 100 meters it is the most famous megalith structure in the world.
Stonehenge was built  5 000 years ago. Nowadays look of the structure is [...]

Moai statues - Polynesian island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

The Moai statues are unique stone statues. They are human figures and are high is up to 9-11 meters. There are around 900 of them. It is unknown why and how the moai statues are being set up, but the way the statues looks talks that their production has being stopped immediatelly.
Rapa Nui or Easter [...]

Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, USA

Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanos. It is located on Big Island of Hawaii.
In Hawaiian language the word kīlauea means “spewing” or “much spreading”, which reffers the volcano’s frequent outpouring of lava.
Kilauea is considered to be the home of the enciant Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele
In the Hawaiian mythology, Kīlauea is where most [...]

Burj Al Arab Hotel, DUBAI

Burj Al Arab is located on a man-made island near the Jumeirah Beach area in Dubai - “The Pearl of Arabia“. As many of you already know Burj Al Arab is the only 7 star hotel in the world.
Reclaiming the land from the sea and constructing the building took a little less than five [...]

The world cities that escaped the crisis in tourism

Hotels in major centers of Europe and the Middle East are leading in revenue per room with seven points ahead in the world ranking top 20, according to Deloitte’s annual report on “Development prospects in the tourism sector“.
Tourism industry noted a significant global decrease in 2008, especially during the last quarter due to the economic [...]

Grand Wailea Resort - Maui, Hawaii

The Grand Wailea Resort is said to be the best place for families , a paradise and fun for everyone.
The hotels is not so cheap , but you will definatelly get what you paid for. Well if you’re going to Hawaii you should know that everything there is expensive.
The rooms in Grand Wailea Resort are [...]

Atlantis Hotel - The Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE

Situated on 113 acres of artificial island with the form of a palm, the Atlantis hotel is ready to defend the pride of Dubai if possible economic crisis strike and can keep Dubai’s leading place in the sphere of the tourism. Some parts of the hotel had been criticised from ecologists because of the little [...]

Lapland - the Christmas spirit of Finland

Many people think, that Lapland is independent country. Maybe this is because of the Christmas spirit that it brings. Or maybe because Santa Claus lives there. Actually Lapland is area of Finland. Not the most populated, but the biggest, covering almost the all northern polar circle. And the fact that in the winter months the [...]

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