Amsterdam, the capital of Netherlands, has some spectacular places to visit.
As you visit the whole city, you will notice the Begijnhof which is a narrow passageway leading to a wonderful quiet garden. It is surrounded by a few old houses, exactly in the heart of the Amsterdam city. The oldest one is to the no. 34. Old ladies have replaced the celibate Béguine nuns. The entrance on Spui is just a few minutes from the commercial street Kalverstraat. If you don’t find it since the first time, it is indicated by a carved sign. What’s good is that there is no fee for entrance.
Good to be mentioned and also visited is the Oude Kerk church, which is an old protestant one. There are little houses to every side. Itwas built in a Gothic-renaissance style. The bell tower was supposed to be used by sailors when they wanted to get their bearings.
After visiting all these, you might need a break. Go to the Amsterdam Brown Café and feel free to enjoy a simple meal, a coffee, juice or beer in one of the oldest caffes in the city. Even if too crowded, this place offers a unique atmosphere and fortunately low prices.
Amsterdam Hotels are from plenty. For example The Piet Hein Hotel is situated near a green oasis of the Vondelpark. Here you have a lounge bar at the outside terrace and also in the loveliest garden you’ve ever seen. There are smoking rooms as well as non smoking, so that you have absolutely nothing to worry about.
Another choice is the NH Krasnapolsky Hotel which combines the rich history with the luxury today. In this way, no tourists will need to complain whether they want something simple or sofisticated. Also the facilities are approximately the same: a conference centre, amazing restaurants and wonderful rooms.
Also the Estheréa hotel is a great combination between a central location, personal service and priceless decorations. Those who host the hotel are ready to give you a great welcome.
Posted on April 23rd, 2010 by admin | No Comments »
Barcelona is situated in Spain, and it is also close to the Mediterranean Sea. This place is considered a magnet to all tourists addicted to art-loving beach bums. It is a city where everybody’s in move, permanently reinventing things.
What’s interesting to this place is the mixture of monuments built in a Gothic style and contemporary skyscrapers which are accompanied by several museums which hosts Romanesque frescoes from Joan Miro to Pablo Picasso.
The bost of Barcelona hotels is Europark Barcelona Hotel which is situated in the heart of the Barcelona city and surprizingly surrounded by the most important and symbolistic attractions of Barcelona such as Gran Via Avenida Diagonal, The Paseo de Gracia and Plaza Catalunya. This hotel has a lot of options of public transport so that you can start exploring the city.
The Europark Barcelona 4 stars Hotel today has more than 100 rooms with unbeatable sights of the city. The marvelous bar and room for breakfast are located on the spacious mezzanine.
Princess Hotel is another place where you can accommodate. This building contributes to the wonderful structural design of Barcelona. The modern design of the hotel is being reflected with the newest services. It has 2 swimming pools which is one of their facilities. From the 3rd swimming pool tourists can enjoy the view of the Mediterranean Sea. If you want more, go visit the Spa which offers you where plenty of pleasure from their sauna and massage service.
Posted on April 15th, 2010 by admin | No Comments »
New York is a galaxy of adventure, elegant in the same time, exciting and bizarre. It is a city that moves so fast that you need energy even to sit.
About New York there have written thousands of books, have been created hundreds of movies, but nothing compares with direct meeting with the City.
The largest city in the world is in the northeastern United States, to the Atlantic coast in the estuary of the Hudson River, being situated on islands both Manhattan and Staten Long as well as on the mainland.
Tourists can accommodate to the four-star Flatotel, the two star Hotel Riverside Studios, four stars Vincci Avalon, these are some of the best options available for the New York hotels.
To eat, you can opt for one of these restaurants: Lutece, Hard Rock Cafe International, The Four Seasons, Sarda’s Tom’s Restaurant or The Rainbow Room.
New York is an expensive city, a city of fashion and souvenirs. There are many shops and huge shopping centers.
For those who just want to run a city bus to make their purchases, try Greenwich Village, especially in the area near the intersection of Broadway and Prince streets. The neighborhood is one of the most beautiful in Manhattan.
Posted on April 10th, 2010 by admin | No Comments »
A city for bohemians, lovers and fans of the big fashion houses alike is the city of Paris. Also called the “City Of Lights”, as a tribute brought to the intellectual genius, but also because of inequal architectural beauty, Paris surprises, but in no way disappoints. Elegant houses built in the 17-18th century or skyscraper and apartments with neighborhoods, narrow streets and wide boulevards, shops and luxury hotels, glamorous nightclubs, restaurants and museums, all contribute to the increasing of the number of visitors each year.
Holiday dream, paris, eiffel tower, lights, landscape, architecture are words that describes perfectly this city. If you are in Paris for the first time, choose the most visited attractions at the beginning. And the rest, leave it for a future trip. It is thought for many visitors that the most visited tourist attraction and one of the most popular forms of world is the Eiffel Tower, a steel building erected in the Champs de Mars near the Seine. Inside of the tower tourists can climb stairs or take the elevator to the floor 1 and 2, but from the floor 2 to 3 you have to use the elevator. Access tower can cost up to 11 EUR per person. Best time of day to climb the tower is in the evening, when the tower is lit up. When you look from above you will have a view of 360 degrees. The show is impressive.
The famous Arc de Triomphe was built in the Charles de Gaulle market, in honor of French fighters and heroes and it’s shelter for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Designed by the architect Jean Chalgrin in 1806 after Napoleon’s victory at Austerlitz, the monument has a height of 51 meters and a width of 45 meters being the second largest in the world after a bit bigger one in Korea. The entrance fee is 8 euros per person.
Taking a guide will allow you to find an accomodation at the best, as well as the cheapest Paris hotels, and will also reveal you all the mysteries and will light up the hidden corners where someday Quasimodo was haunting. the world’s most famous hunched. In Paris, if you want to find an accommodation, then you can choose from 400 hotels which start from simple hotels to luxury ones. If you want yo see more, then book online a hotel room and you will have no fee included.
Posted on April 5th, 2010 by admin | No Comments »
London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom of Great Britain, may be considered as the essence of the civilization and evolution, the victory of intelligence over several things and of thinking over the feelings.
Here you can find some hotels to spend your nights; three stars hotels: Mentone Hotel, The Pavilion Hotel, four stars Abba Queens Gate Hotel, five stars Haymarket Hotel.
Besides these luxurious London Hotels existing there, the Mayfair London also provides apartments for young residents who are coming here to study or work, or just to make friends, then deciding whether or not to make their long-term housing arrangement. And if you’re a tourist who just wants nothing pretentious, you should knnow that there is the London house of brokers who assist clients around the world to sell or to buy real estate, whether they are luxury homes or properties that a large number of customers can afford to buy.
After you’re being installed, you can start visiting the main attractions of the city.
For example, since the Saxon times, the Port of London has dominated Thames from the Tower Bridge to Tilbury, and today its bustle is graviting outside the Greater London, which is a metropolitan area, and down on the river to Tilbury. The City of London is definitely a place to put things in motion: known as the “square mile”, it is the financial and commercial heart of Britain. Many industries that have developed here, and the very large number of recording studios, broadcasting, television or video, advertisers or national news agency are proof more than clear that things start here and then continue in Greater London.
Metropolitan Area, also known as the Greater London is the place to start the London’s tour, because you might need to meet London’s first modern girl to be able to understand the evolution over the years. Make sure you add West End to the list of London vacation’s organization. Here you will know Mayfair, the most modern, elegant and privileged district of London where he runs the largest volume of sales and purchases in the UK, and is also a truly remarkable place to live, work or visit . Mayfair W1 covers the streets of Oxford, Regent, Piccadilly and Park Lane in the heart of London. Surely, it is a real mosaic of people from all places of the world gathered to enjoy the tranquility and beauty of parks.
London Bridge was built over the River Thames in central London, but originally built by the Romans in 80 AD. At the end of XIIth century it was replaced with a stone bridge. John Rennie has built a new bridge which lasted until 1968, when it was bought by an American oil company, disassemble and rebuilt in Arizona in 1971 as a tourist attraction.
Posted on April 1st, 2010 by admin | No Comments »