Archive for July, 2009

Central Park

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Central Park is the most visited urban park in the U.S. and certainly the most famous in the world. It is located in downtown Manhattan and has an area of 3.41 km2 (4 km x 800 m).

Central Park is bordered on the north by 110th Street on the west by Central Park West Street, south to 59th Street and east of Fifth Avenue. The sections of these streets that go around Central Park are usually known by the name of Central Park North, Central Park South and Central Park West, respectively, although the Fifth Avenue retains its name as it passes through the east side of the park.

Central Park offers a variety of activities to its visitors: the practice of many sports, theater and music concerts. In the park are several grass concourse where we can practice sports like football or baseball, or simply lie down to read or sunbathe. The largest plain is the Great Lawn, located in the heart of the park.

In Central Park are several lakes, from small ponds to lakes real, some artificial and natural. The main pond located in the center of the park, north of Great Lawn, the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, and is known for the jogging track of 2.54 km to the south of Great Lawn rodea.Al is The Lake, another much smaller pond and famous because in winter hosts many ice skaters.

In the park we see large rocks that emerge from the ground, leaving a record of the rocky soil of Manhattan, which has allowed the massive construction of towering skyscrapers in the isla.De fact, when it created the park, we had to carry more than 14,000 m3 of land from New Jersey, because the original site could not accommodate all unwanted trees and plants.

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Veruela Monastery

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Veruela Monastery is situated at the foot of Moncayo, in the small town of Vera Moncayo, between Boyle and Tarazona.Se is a twelfth-century Cistercian abbey, built by the monks of the Cistercian Order between 1145 and 1146, after receiving the donation of the valleys and MADERUELO Veruela by Don Pedro de Atares. It was declared a national monument in 1919.Durante the years 1617 and 1664, are appropriate to its expansion, the construction of the new monastery. The year 1835, the Confiscation of Mendizabal, caused the abandonment of the monastery by the monks, which had already occurred between 1808 and 1814, during the government napoleónico.La Conservation Commission Artistic Monuments, declined in 1844 to pass to the highest bidder at auction, passing in 1845, to be kept by the Society of Jesus, installing a noviciado.Volvió to be abandoned from 1932 to 1939, during the Civil War española.Desde 1998, becomes the property de la Diputación Provincial de Zaragoza.El Veruela Monastery is surrounded by a hexagonal wall of about 1 km in length. A gate in the medieval tower gives access to a wooded path that ends at the Romanesque church of the Twelfth Century Monastery Veruela center is the cloister, the Gothic style and built in the late fourteenth century. One of the features that delmonasterio, and are organized around church, chapter house, cilla, refectory and other dependencias.En one of the new monastic cells Gustavo Adolfo Becquer lodged in 1863-1864, finding inspiration to write his famous ” Letters from my cell. ” Monastery Veruela no doubt part of its fame to the presence of poeta.En currently next to the monastery you can visit the Wine Museum Veruela Monastery: Campo de Borja. In it we learn more about viticulture, oenology and wine aging, particularly with regard to Campo de Borja and his most characteristic grape variety, Grenache.

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Menorca

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

One plan simple yet most exceptional thing to do is visit the coves of Menorca.

To do this, nothing better to resort to car hire in Menorca and enjoy freedom of travel you prefer to do. Menorca Biosphere Reserve, many of the coves of Menorca are places of spectacular beauty, pristine spaces protected.

About 217 miles of coves and beaches await you, a vast space to go if you opt for car hire in Menorca. When speaking of coves, the coves of Menorca are truly unique, many of them are undeveloped spaces that do not come easily, unless you walk miles of roads. If you can rent a boat is an interesting option, but better to opt for rental cars.

The most interesting Calas can see are:

* Cala Turqueta: A unique place, similar to the cove Macarella, has a spectacular water with steep cliffs.

* Cala Galdana: One of the longest beaches and better organized with all kinds of services. Ideal for family tourism and water sports lovers.

* Mackerel Cove: The image you have seen in countless postcards, a wonderful place to spend a few days.

* Cala Pregonda: A lovely place, like a painting. His reds blend into the blue sea and sky. It is an unforgettable experience to enjoy the cove.

* La Cala Blanca

* Son Saura

* La Cala Morell

* La Playa de Son Bou

If you have a short holiday and want to lose you from the sun, water and beauty of the landscape in Menorca you can choose your own paradise in his coves.

Pepecar always give you the best car hire in Menorca.

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Cordoba

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Miguel Mirones as president of the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality has announced the opening of a new office in Córdoba, which will Gestin by the Consortium of Tourism of the city.

Consorcio de Turismo de Córdoba will manage the delegation to the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality (ICTE) will launch soon in Cordoba. This is referred to the collaboration agreement signed this morning inthe Plenary Hall of the Hon. City Hall, the chairman of the Consortium Board of Tourism and the general director of the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality.

In this sense, the Consortium of Tourism will act as interlocutor between the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality and tourism entities in Cordoba. You will need to ensure the proper development of quality processes, according to existing regulations and procedures in this area. The Chairman of the Board of the Consortium, Vicente Carmona, said: “The Consortium is committed to promoting and disseminating the culture of quality in tourism enterprises of Cordoba”, recalling that this commitment began by themselves, as the Office Information and Cordoba Convention Bureau, managed by the Consortium, were certified with the Q for quality in 2008. (more…)

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