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One of the great pleasures of visiting a country that fascinates you, is being stripped of its most beautiful landscapes. If your next holiday destination is Italy, immediately check to find landscapes full of beauty is not difficult. But if you really want to experience something special to complete your photo album with unforgettable memories, a tour by one of the lakes in the Lake District in Italy is one of your best options.

Renting a car gives you the freedom to do what you want, whenever you want. If you relish the idea of visiting the three stunning lakes of the Lake District in Italy, rental car is the ideal mode of transport. You will appreciate the lakes from the most popular vantage points, but also touring the area as you like until you find the ideal angle for your best shot. Lake Maggiore, Lake Como and Lake Lugano is located in the scenic region of Lombardy. As soon as you focus your lens at body shining lakes, it will be difficult to contain her excitement. (more…)

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Las Termas de Rio Hondo is a true natural spa, as there are only two worldwide. One is in Reikjavic, the capital of Iceland, the other is in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina.

Its waters, of proven medicinal properties have small amounts of sodium, iron, bromine, phosphorus, iodine, arsenic and fluoride in the ionic state, which causes it to absorb much faster and enhance its beneficial effect.

A 68 kilometers north of the capital of Santiago del Estero, Argentina for the Pan American highway, is the city of Rio Hondo. It has 30,000 inhabitants and the wider infrastructure of northwestern Argentina, so that the traveler will find from modest hostels to Spas and 4-star resorts with a total of fourteen thousand seats available. The season lasts all year, since the average annual temperature is 21 º C and in winter seldom falls below 15 º C. The water temperature climbs to 65 °, and flow and therapeutic properties is unique in the world. These are 14 mesothermal water table, which can be exploited in swimming pools and both municipal and public and private. The bathrooms should be limited to no more than 15 minutes, during which the person must stand to maximize the beneficial effect of minerals. (more…)

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Popularly known as “The Big Apple,” is located in the northeastern United States and is divided into five districts called boroughs. ” This name corresponds to a mode of government used to administer the five counties that make up the city: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. New York is the most populous city with about eight and a half million inhabitants (2007) and constitutes a site of special importance in such areas as culture, economy and tourism in general.

More than forty million passengers arrive each year, lured by the attractions offered by this fantastic place. Some of them are the Empire State Building, which was the highest in the world (reaches 443 meters) over 40 years, with countless Broadway and its theaters, the legendary Central Park, visited by nearly 30 million people annually; Bronx Botanical Garden, National Historical Heritage of the United States in 1967, and the historic Statue of Liberty, opened in 1886 – a gift from the French to commemorate the centenary of the Independence.

Parks, museums and the iconic Fifth Avenue are also part of the characterization of this city really awesome to the eyes of any mortal, and is fully equipped to properly receive local and foreign tourists. By the way, New York hotels are tailored to the needs and interests of the market more pretentious, with the quality and sophistication of a culture that knows only of growth and evolution. (more…)

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It is located near the city of Santiago de Cuba, the second largest in Cuba. It is common museums, historical centers and other cultural attractions. After his stay in the Gran Piedra, Santiago de Cuba will be his next destination. It is a cosmopolitan city, as well as Havana, so it is sometimes difficult to find accommodation in any of their hotels, nine in total.

Decide which days will happen in Big Stone and make your reservation from the hotel in the city. The hotels are: the Hotel Meliá Santiago de Cuba (5 stars), Hotel Casa Granda (4 stars), Hotel Islazul Balcon del Caribe (3 stars, in the outskirts of the town, close to the mouth of the bay) The Hotel Las Americas (3 stars), San Juan Hotel (3 stars), the Versailles hotel (3 stars), the Liberty Hotel (2 stars), and Rancho Club Hotel (2 stars). You are encouraged to purchase a city map with the names of its streets, as the orientation in itself is complex. (more…)

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The first thing I have to say that Peru is a wonderful country: A MULTICULTURAL AND Megadiverse-in all aspects-AWESOME. You can be riding in a town that retains Inca walls and be talking on the cell farthest from the country. Social differences are also visible and can make all the difference between being in Peru or in another destination vacaciones.En Peru, you can live in Andean communities sharing ancestral farming and taste exquisite cuisine in a restaurant five forks in the course of a day. Or wander along the sea and in four hours to be at 5,000 feet. All this information is likely to find on the internet, but do not forget that our country is unpredictable in many ways: a social protest or an event caused by climate change can ruin a lovely holiday. (more…)

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The most impressive moments of your life you can live them through the Siberian that lets you go through the center of Asia meet new remote cultural and diversity of Asia’s most impressive venues. In the last century this impressive feat of engineering was built with grandeur. The design and fabrication work lasted for years, however, has been rewarded for all those who called for tourism are shipped to one of the most amazing adventures.

Opened in 1904, had as main travel route from Moscow to Vladivostok, Russia’s eastern city. This route was already impressive in its infancy when the hand of the Tsar Alexander III, the route included the tour Chelyabinsk, some 2000 kilometers. However, thanks to the efforts of the Tsar, the route could be extended to Vladivostok. The Siberian Railway has suffered its biggest transformation when it was modernized between 1950 and 1970 being completely electrified. (more…)

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Barcelona is a city that needs no introduction. Capital of the modernist movement, Barcelona now has a vast range of activities to meet the desires and tastes of all kinds of people, visitors and tourists.

For this reason, choosing a hostel Barcelona near what we are interested in can help save on public transport without having to sacrifice the quality of accommodation and services offered. Being a city so large, we can find hostels near the main attractions and in different environments.

Lovers of nightlife and the party, for example, may choose to stay in the Plaça Reial, a meeting point each night of dozens of young people who want to have fun and situated within walking distance of Las Ramblas. A hostel may be interested in the area is, therefore, The Kabul Hostel. For those who prefer a huge club, with multiple rooms and music of all kinds, Razzmatazz is perfect and very close to find Marina Residence. (more…)

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Rome is Italy’s largest city and its historical, cultural, culinary and architectural each year attracts thousands of visitors. Today, fortunately, you can find different Roma hostel, perfect for visiting the Eternal City even if we have a budget of just set.

If you are planning a trip to Rome and you must know what are the main monuments, how to get to downtown and where all the action, so we leave you with 10 interesting facts about the city that probably desconocéis.

1. The Baths of Caracalla, though not in very good condition at present, were very important at the time and occupied an area of more than 100.000m2. In its heyday, could accommodate 1600 bathers.

2. Rome has a museum dedicated to pasta. The Pasta Museum, unique in the world, exhibits various noodle machines, as well as works of art related to the pulp of some contemporary artists.

3. St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City is the largest church ever built. For its part, the city-state of Vatican City is the smallest sovereign state in the world. (more…)

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Bologna is one of the liveliest cities with a better atmosphere of Italy. With about 100,000 students, it is not surprising that any day of the week, bars and cafes of the city are full and overflowing with festive atmosphere.

That’s why those who want to do a little weekend getaway for fun and have a great, Bologna may be the perfect destination. One can imagine that the accommodation will cost more, so it is advisable to stay in one of Bologna hostels you will find in order to save a little.

Here we present some of the best bars and cafes you will find in the city, ideal for a good time with your partner or friends.

Zamboni Caffe, Via Zamboni 6 / B

This place was completely renovated in 2004 and is ideal to go to an aperitif. With the price of a drink (a little more expensive than usual) you can enjoy good food and indefinitely. It’s full of college students and specializes in coffees and chocolates.

Le Stanze, Via del Borgo San Pietro 1

Le Stanze is a frescoed chapel in which today serves cocktails. The original decoration of the seventeenth century in contrast with modern art and photographs decorate the walls.

Rosa Rosae, Via Clavature 18 / B

This is the best coffee in Piazza Maggiore. You can sit in the sun taking a quiet coffee or an aperitif or cocktail evening to dive into the festive atmosphere of the city.

Olindo Faccioli, Via Altabella 15B

This venue founded in 1924 serving more than 400 different wines and is ideal for relaxing with a glass of wine with a plate of antipasti. Located behind the San Pedro Cathedral, you can enjoy a nice dinner.

Sorbetteria Castiglione, Via Castiglione 44

The Italian gelaterias are famous worldwide, but this really is the best of Bologna. The taste of ice cream is amazing and all ingredients are fresh. But do not be surprised if by the afternoon dressed men there as children enjoy … For ice cream lovers, the Sorbetteria Castiglione is a must.

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Tarragona, Costa Dorada in Catalonia, was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. It is a city of Roman origin (Tarraco its Latin name, when it was the capital of the Iberian Peninsula).

You can admire the remains and traces of its Roman origins throughout the city, from the famous Roman amphitheater, rises on the second century, almost at the lake, to the first century Roman circus, very special because it was built, unlike most such buildings in the center of the city, so that its architecture has unique features. Roman is also of the Praetorian, a tower that eventually became the royal palace (XVI century) and later in prison.

The urban area of Tarragona in Roman times was surrounded by a great wall of about 3500 meters, whose remains now define the historic core. It has the distinction of being the oldest preserved Roman wall outside Italy. For lovers of antiquity, it is advisable to follow the archaeological tour of Tarragona, which allows you to discover all the wonders that are still preserved Roman city-wide, not forgetting of course a stop at the balcony of the Mediterranean, a viewpoint that rises about 40 meters above sea level and from which you can enjoy wonderful views of the port of Tarragona, Miracle Beach and the amphitheater. Here, following tradition, we should “play ferro”, ie touching the iron railing, which according to legend brings luck to everyone who plays it.

If on one hand archeology is one of the most important aspects of the cultural offer of Tarragona, on the other hand, the city offers a wonderful sandy beaches, one in the city, just below the balcony of the Mediterranean, Miracle Beach, to which you can walk from anywhere in the city, and other little away from Tarragona, as the beach or the beach Arrabassada Llarga.

Tarragona cuisine prevail in the typical products of a Mediterranean coastal town: fish and seafood, cooked alone or in paella and noodle dishes, and products is known as the Camp de Tarragona, hazelnuts, olive oil and vegetables mainly. The wines of the Appellation of Origin Tarragona are uniquely suited to accompany desserts.

Tarragona is a city quiet and relaxing, ideal for strolling through the streets of old town, surrounded by history, to enjoy a great city and beaches to enjoy, of course, all water sports from sailing and surfing, to dive (for the latter is famous excursions to see the wreckage submerged in the waters of the port of Tarragona).

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