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By Shannon Farley
Do you like to work out in your hotel’s gym when you’re away? If you happen to be staying in Denmark’s Crowne 
Plaza Copenhagen Towers, keeping fit while traveling will help generate the hotel’s electricity and earn you meal vouchers in their restaurant. The flagship eco-hotel is the first hotel in Denmark to generate all of its power from renewable sources – solar panels, geothermal heating and cooling pumps, and stationary bicycles connected to generators which provide the hote
Gibraltar has activities for just about everyone including scuba diving exploring the ship wrecks submerged around the Rock.
Since Gibraltar is at one of the natural crossroads for the world's shipping, the Straits of Gibraltar are home to shipwrecks going back to the Napoleonic era. The ships may have been wrecked but they now provide a habitat for an astonishing array of marine life.
Included amongst the sea creatures you will see while diving in the waters around Gibraltar are Green Sea Turtles
The Apartment Service, www.apartmentservice.com, has started preparations for the next Global Serviced Apartments Industry Report. It has been two years since the last report came out and a lot has happened since in the sector, not least due to the changing global economic climate.
We are looking for participants from all sides to offer their expert advice on the serviced apartments industry from a regional perspective.
To this effect we have created various LinkedIn groups for defined global re
The Perfume Pagoda (Huong Tich) festival, Vietnam is organized from the 6th day of the first month to the end of the third month based on the lunar calendar.
The main Pefume Pagoda festival is celebrated from the 15th to the 20th day of the second month. On the 6th day of the first month, people often sail the royal barge.
One of the key festivals in Vietnam culture travel, it is orgnized in 3 places such as Huong Tich, Tuyet Son and Long Van. People gather to this place during the Perfume Pagoda
Ever seen construction workers drinking hot tea in the blazing early-afternoon sun? Ever seen office workers hunkering down to piping hot bowls of soup in the midday heat?
Ever seen construction workers drinking hot tea in the blazing early-afternoon sun? Ever seen office workers hunkering down to piping hot bowls of soup in the midday heat?
They do it because hot liquids actually help cool the body. Drinking beverages that are too cold can confuse the body into thinking it is cold, and often sl
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as Thebes it was described by Homer as "the hundred-gated city." Its later name, al-Uqsur, means "City of the Palaces." Testaments to a desire for immortality, built for eternity in sandstone and granite, the temples, tombs and palaces still stand, surrounded by souks and luxury hotels. On the east bank of the Nile, in the City of the Living, Luxor and Karnak Temples greet the sunrise. The sunset on the west bank throws shadows through the City of the Dead: the Tombs of the Nobles, the Valley of
one ruler named Mentuhotep, meaning Montu is satisfied, took the prenomen of Nebhepetre, and it is he who is credited with once again reuniting all Egypt under one ruler, and beginning the 11th Dynasty, what Egyptologists call the Middle Kingdom. Nebhepetre ruled for 51 years, and built the temple at Deir el-Bahri that most likely served as the inspiration for the later and larger temple built next to it by Hatshepsut in the 18th Dynasty.
Once again Thebes declined politically, as Amenemhat I of
Tel Aviv is often the place where the reporters camp out in the Middle East. While it has been a region ravaged by bombs and trouble, it is often a great place to begin from when reporters are trying to tell a story. It is a place where many on scene reporters have cultivated contacts and learned the basics of language so they can go forth and hire a crew and get the story they need. This type of energy makes Tel Aviv feel as though it is a more progressive state, one where the truth lurks just
Son Tra Peninsula, about10km from the center of Da Nang City to the North-east, is a special gift of the god to Danang. It is an ideal place for tourists in Vietnam travel to the city, to get away for the day and enjoy the real feeling of a different Vietnam.
It is 693m high above sea level; Son Tra Peninsula is 10km from the center of Da Nang City to the North-east. Son Tra Mountain can be seen from every place of the city. Son Tra looks like a mushroom of which cap is Son Tra Mountain and stalk
The colorful state of India; Rajasthan is an incredible state and royal land. State has tales and history all deprived form royals of Rajasthan. Their presence, culture tradition has made the state a heritage one and panoramic. Millions of international/domestic travelers, ways to Rajasthan for heritage tour in North East India. All international travelers coming to India, surely wants to make their trip into land of Rajasthan.
Travelers get escaped into the gasping beauty of Rajasthan and endors
Hanoi beautiful! Beautiful trees on each, the street, beautiful roof over a space of a simple wind, clouds, falling leaves fluttering sound, footsteps on the path away matches ulcers ... Ha Noi, very ancient, but poetic truth.
Hanoi is always a source of endless inspiration in the art. There were so many songs praising Hanoi, how many poems that celebrate the land thousands of years of cultural character. And we also see a very close Hanoi in the paintings were painted with whole heart and passi
By Shannon Farley
Traveling with kids. For the seasoned traveler, it’s no big deal, they say. A bit more luggage and stuff to carry. For first-timers they tend to fall into two camps – optimistic or terrified.
My sister is probably the most efficient family traveler I know. She has her work cut out for her with 2-year-old and 4-year-old girls. Like a well-oiled machine, she’s ready for every contingency as if preparing for a survival operation. Sticky hands or nowhere to wash before eating? She pu
By Shannon Farley
Dreamy, breezy, sun soaked days. Should I lie in the sun on my terracotta tiled terrace, or splash about in my private pool? Or maybe I’ll go for a swim in the sea in an azure blue cove edging a blindingly white sand beach. Later, I’ll take a siesta on my cushy white sofa, terrace doors thrown open to the ocean breezes, until the temptation of chilled fresh fruit cocktails and a private chef-prepared gourmet dinner calls me to see the blazing sunset.
Welcome to the good life at C
The Mac Cuu Family Tombs are elaborately decorated with lions, dragons and phoenixes. If tourists in Vietnam travel want to discover the history of Ha Tien, Kien Giang province, visiting the Tombs is a right choice.
The Mac Cuu Family Tombs are found near the town of Ha Tien, Kien Giang province. This family played a prominent role in the history of Ha Tien. During the time that the town was still part of Cambodia, Mac Cuu was the Khmer appointed to be the governor of this land. Faced by attacks
Chau Thoi Mountain Pagoda owns a landscape beauty and has a quiet solemn atmosphere, which attracts tourists in Vietnam travel. It was founded by the Buddhist monk Khanh Long in the 17th century.
Chau Thoi Mountain Pagoda is located in Binh An Commune, Thuan An District, Binh Duong Province. According to the history of the Nguyen Dynasty, Chau Thoi Mountain Pagoda was founded by the Buddhist monk Khanh Long in the 17th century.
Chau Thoi Mountain Pagoda
The present building was constructed in
"This Camdodian temple, in the Angkor region, is undoubtedly a woman.
One begins to realize it even before finding out the translation of its name: Banteay Srey means "refuge of women," and it was built for them.
It is small and elegant, like a genuine woman.
Every line is well-balanced, every angle is magnetic like a genuine woman.
It is neat and clean like a genuine woman.
It has smooth and soft skin, like every woman has.
Though everything is made of stone, one can believe, that it is a soft spon
REFLECTS FOCUS ON INTERNATIONAL GROWTH &
MOMONDO BRAND BUILDING
Board strengthened with appointment of momondo founder Thorvald Stigsen
Corporate rebrand will see Company continue to grow both brands online.
Group unveils new sites: Cheapflights.co.za and Momondo.ro
Cheapflights Media Ltd is adopting the name of its Danish travel search site subsidiary, momondo, as the Company’s new corporate identity. This decision reflects the company’s long-term strategy to further develop its geographical presen
We followed Dinh Hong Nham, a famous forester, and spent several days going through thick forests and crossing over streams to discover the beauty and mystery of caves hidden in deep forests in Minh Hoa District, Quang Binh Province according to Vietnam travel news. During our trip, we had to climb over many rocks and go through deep valleys under the canopy of a primitive forest. The forest was wet with dew and the rotten leaves made moss grow on rough rocky blocks. It was so dangerous that if
