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Lake Toba is the largest volcanic lake in the world and can be found on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.  All this lake covers an area of 1707 square kilometers and has an island in its center, which was formed by a volcanic eruption 70,000 years ago, so a trip out there shows tourists unforgettable landscapes in a place that is  unique in the world.

Most people who come to this city make it by plane to Medan, which is in the northern part of Sumatra, then continue overland to Parapat, which is the population that is right next to the lake, on a journey that has  a duration of four to six hours.  From this town you can take a tuk tuk to the shores of the lake and if you want to visit the Island in the middle of the lake, called Samosir, you can take a boat or ferry.

In the western part of the island of Samosir several hot springs, just off the town of Pangururan, which reaches several pools that are nearby.  These pools are more for relaxation than for swimming, because although it is possible to stand in them, are usually too hot to do something more, and you can choose from several, some that are free and others for which you pay for  enter.

A walk around Lake Toba and its central island is an excellent opportunity to relax and just relax, allowing tourists to get away from the hectic environment that exist in other parts of Indonesia.  This is a beautiful place to engage in doing nothing, but to observe the beautiful landscapes, see the local architecture, devoted to sample the local delicacies and enjoy a swim in the waterfalls and natural springs there.

Hawaii, spent time in an economically dependent on exports of sugar and pineapple, but now much of that has changed since then.  Now the island is almost entirely dependent on tourists and thus take advantage of breathtaking beauty and the island to promote tourism.  Hawaii has 8 islands in total, 6 of which can be visited by tourists on holiday.

Islands to visit in Hawaii:

Maui, arriving at this island was the town of Hana, a town that is known by some as having the world’s most beautiful streets.  On the road you can see the reason for the distinction, is a memorable experience traveling the long road, but this thing is winding has beautiful views along the road.  One of his great panoramic view is spectacular when you see the volcano Haleakala.  The areas of Lahaina, Wailea, Kihei and Maui are the most popular resorts on the island and with good reason.  Are not only beautiful but also full of life and are rooted in Hawaiian culture and its tradition.  Maui is the second largest island of Hawaii.

Islands to visit in Hawaii:

Maui, arriving at this island was the town of Hana, a town that is known by some as having the world’s most beautiful streets.  On the road you can see the reason for the distinction, is a memorable experience traveling the long road, but this thing is winding has beautiful views along the road.  One of his great panoramic view is spectacular when you see the volcano Haleakala.  The areas of Lahaina, Wailea, Kihei and Maui are the most popular resorts on the island and with good reason.  Are not only beautiful but also full of life and are rooted in Hawaiian culture and its tradition.  Maui is the second largest island of Hawaii.

Isla Grande, Isla Grande is the largest island of Hawaii, as well as its name suggests is a large island and is known for having active volcanoes are visible and also represent significant opportunities for tourism in the island.  Kona is an attraction for tourists but also is also the epicenter of everything that happens on the island.

Oahu, Although not the largest island, Oahu is home to most of the citizens of Hawaii and seat of government.  That’s why is known as a meeting place for locals and tourists.  Only on the borders of Honolulu can see vast fields of pineapple, which in turn is one of Hawaii’s biggest exports, are also a place to see nature in situ.  The north shore of Oahu is a must for surfers, because here we have some of the biggest waves around the world, which appear there in the winter.  The USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, is obviously a popular place for tourists.  There they found the historical review of what happened in World War II.

Molokai, the Molokai Island is known as the ” friendly island “, however is not as developed as the other islands that are open to tourists.  The most notable attraction is Kalaupapa was the home of Father Damien, known for having the famous leper colony.

Lanai, This island is famous for its resorts.  Formerly the place was owned by Dole Foods, a manufacturer of pineapples.  Now is not owned by Dole Foods and is now home to some very exclusive hotels.

La Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume is another cultural attractions have Paris.  If you love art you can not leave Paris without visiting this space, so you can get information on the website of Expedia about the latest offers and promotions for travel to Paris and stay in the city of light.

This art center is located at the northwest corner of the Tuileries Gardens in Paris.  The building housing the gallery was built in 1861, during the reign of Napoleon III.  Originally, was the scene of the Jeu de Paume courts ( palm game ), the sport that subsequently resulted in tennis.

An important historical fact that between 1940 and 1944, the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume was used to store Jewish cultural property resident in France, which were confiscated by the Nazis during the occupation of the city.  Moreover, before 1986 included the Musée du Jeu de Paume.

This museum had a large amount of outstanding works of the Impressionist period, which now have been transferred to the Orsay Museum.  Remember if you want to reach the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume can visit the website to take advantage of an offer  travel to Paris.

Paris has many attractions, many of which you can find in this article. And if you visit the French capital a great or fantastic entertainment center Disneyland Paris, you can not get through some places. If you lose them, you’ll feel you’ve missed something in your journey.

One of the historical sites in Paris postponed Place the  Bastille, or “Place The Bastille.” Built between 1370 and 1382, with the aim of protecting the city from invaders. But is known mainly because of the Bastille marked the July 14, 1789, the beginning of the French Revolution.

Previously they have been transformed into a state prison, home of the most aristocratic and bourgeois, who was arrested on the orders of King Charles X without trial. Development of the Bastille was destroyed during the French Revolution, and the stones were then used to build a bridge from the Concorde.

There are times when the traces of history in the Bastille, such as paving of the Boulevard Henri – IV, which is the old prison wall. Column of July, is located in the middle, remember whether Paris was killed in the uprising in 1830 and 1848.

The natural and geographical characteristics of the island make a big difference there is between the beaches menorca from the north and the south.
The south coast is lined with white sand surrounded by abundant green areas with pine trees and its calm waters are largely of a turquoise.  Of the beaches noted for their beauty Macarella, Macarelleta, Binigaus, Son Saura, Cala Mitjana and is Talai.  For its part, the beaches are most important services Cala Galdana, Son Bou, Santo Tomas, Punta Prima, Cala en Porter and Son Xoriguer.

The north is more rugged by erosion caused by the wind from the north on the coast.  The sand is thicker and darker, as well as its vegetation is not as high as in the south.  If we discover real treasures undeveloped, we can visit Cala Pregonda, Algaiarens Cala, Cala Pilar Binimel.  Cavalleria or Cala Morella.  On the north coast beaches are rare both in services and in the south.  The main beaches are Arenal den Castell services, Cala Tirant and Arenal de Son Saura (Son Parc ).

Some of the essential are:

Cala Mitjana: Located southwest of the island Menorca.  It is surrounded by dense pine trees and warm sand.  You prune reached by taking the carretra PM -7

Cala Galdana beach has extensive high pine cliffs. His veranobrindan times vacationers comfortable shadows.  He is considered as the model of the coves of Menorca

Cala en Turqueta: Located between the ends and national des Tambors Foradada, this cove is shallow and pristine landscapes.  A 10 km de la Ciutadella

Cozumel is an island which is about 64 kilometers from Cancun and is also the largest Mexican Caribbean island about 800 square kilometers.  Cruise ships make regular stops at the port, and as a result, the island has one of the highest averages of sightseeing in the world.  Despite this, it remains a relatively peaceful place by keeping a traditional Mexican atmosphere.

Only one town on the island, which is called San Miguel de Cozumel

• Island Passion
Enjoy the Caribbean of the major form in the Isle of Passion, an exclusive island paradise is located on the northern tip of the island.  This island is surrounded by a green environment can not be beaten.  Offers restaurants, bars and water sports.
Everything is included, open bar on the beach, delicious Mexican buffet, transportation by land and sea, a mile of white beaches, hammocks, beach chairs, beach games and kayak.

• San Francisco
Located at 14.2 km south of the center of the island you will find the traditional beach for locals and tourists, established since 1970.
San Francisco beach in Cozumel managed always knows exactly what visitors need for fun on the beach, offering excellent sea food, exotic drinks, incredible beach games, souvenir shops, pool, and more to make your holiday  an unforgettable experienmcia, open from 10am to 6 pm.

• Mr.  Sancho’s
Mr. Sancho’s, is the only beach club in Cozumel with real Mexican atmosphere, from its classic decor to the delicious food.  One of the best places to take an exotic drink and contemplate the sea, is the bar located on the beach with its unique “swing chairs.”
So no excuses for getting bored at Mr. Sancho’s.  You can tan while having fun with sports motorized and nonmotorized, take the tour on quads (ATV’s), go horseback riding along the beach or relax in the jacuzzi, or enjoy a massage, or browse in the souvenir shops and crafts .

• Paradise Beach
Paradise Beach, a beautiful beach in Cozumel for fun in the sun or take a break in the shade.  Free entry includes comfortable chairs and lounges.  Additionally, a variety of entertainment including the opportunity to experience snuba, jet skis or spacewalker.
As if this were not enough, you and the kids can buy a pass for unlimited fun entertainment resorts, such as climbing iceberg and the water trampoline, kayaks, floating mats and snorkel.  To our friendly staff will be happy to assist you at the beach, offering cold beer, cocktails and soft drinks, as well as the excellent food.

Reef
• Palancar Gardens
Depth: 5-21 meters.  Ideal for beginners, intermediate and advanced.  It is a boat dive to 1.9 km.  the coast.  This fringing reef offers caves and various entries.  Typically the current is not strong on the reef.  Excel colorful reef sponges, and various tropical fish.  This is a dive not to be missed.

• The Santa Rosa Wall
Depth: 10-30 feet or more.  Ideal for advanced students.  It is among the best dive sites in Cozumel.  It is a boat dive.  The currents are strong outside the reef but not inside.  The southern part is exposed to strong currents, the media offers tunnels through the reef and the northern section is full of caves and impressive wall.  At 30 meters you can see huge groupers.

• San Francisco
Depth: 12-30 feet or more.  Ideal for beginners, intermediate and advanced.  It is a boat dive.  The currents are unpredictable.  Ramps are steep and sandy coral, brain coral, sea fans, sponges and deep vase can find sharks.

• South Point
Depth: 24 meters or more.  Ideal for Advanced.  It is a dive boat about an hour from San Miguel.  Majestic, with a deep wall with caves, crevices and tunnels.  Filled with all kinds of marine life.  “La Garganta del Diablo” guide to “La Catedral”, a giant cave passages.  It is a great dive but limited in depth.  The scenario is among the best in Cozumel.  • Yucab Depth: 12-21 meters.  Ideal for beginners, intermediate and advanced.  It is a boat dive.  The diver is left with the flow, but no shelters between reef structures.  You can see parrots chewing peje sponges and coral sand to produce Cozumel

The town of El Calafate is located on the southern shore of Lago Argentina, 315 km. Rio Gallegos, capital of the Province of Santa Cruz, and 80 km. the entrance to Glacier National Park.

Situated on a steppe landscape, surprises visitors the breadth of his views, turquoise Lago Argentina and the vegetation of a desert area.

In his trip to Calafate is required to visit before Glacier National Park, as it is the last inhabited place before entering it. Its infrastructure is dedicated to providing tourist services, with a wide variety of hotels, transport and excursions, local cuisine and sale of local products and crafts from around the country.

This site came about as Hostel carts, in the days when this area was inhabited only in order to raise sheep for their wool marketing. Over time, the international wool prices did little interesting this business, and the town was losing its raison d’etre. In 1938 the area of ​​the southern continental ice field was declared a National Park. Since then the site started being visited by travelers from around the world and El Calafate was increasingly oriented to provide better service to tourists.

The name of the place is due to the bush which formerly occupied the area, is a characteristic of the steppe plant in spring is covered with showy yellow flowers and its fruit is the family of berberys, very small and dark purple. Today, visitors can meet through handmade sweets and liqueurs. An old legend tehuelche concludes that “testing the caulking, come back!”

When you make your trip to Calafate should be noted that the climate of this area is cold and dry, with average temperatures of -2 º in winter and 18 º in summer rainfall is low, mainly rain during the fall and not exceed 300 mm. Annual.

Within the National Park highlights a few glaciers, mainly because of its easy access, but also for its particular natural characteristics.

No doubt in your trip to Calafate should visit the Perito Moreno the only thing you can see from the ground, its main attraction is the frequent ruptures, landslides sometimes small pieces of ice, sometimes of large walls. These occur because the front is shallow, causing the pressure to advance is in conflict with the brake at its base.

The Breakdown: The phenomenon of large ruptures were achieved when the front of the glacier reaches land on the Peninsula Magallanes (under the area of ​​the runways), this forms a natural dam that causes water to the southern arm of Lago Argentina generating increasing pressure on the dam, because its level rises fed by the thawing of the area.

Also when traveling to Calafate Upsala Glacier can learn. In this glacier is only possible to navigate, as it is in the north arm of Lago Argentino. Its main attraction is, besides its size (several times the Moreno), the size of the blocks off of his forehead. Huge blocks are generally larger than the vessels which runs through the area. It is very difficult to see a break in the glacier, but sailing among icebergs is a fascinating experience!

Calafate invites other activities like horseback riding, by the Round Bay area within the urban area, where you can appreciate the arid landscape, birds and visit different rooms, there are several tours to travel in 4 x 4, can be performed fishing and excursions to different parts of the site.

It has the best hotel and restaurant to have a comfortable evening not to be deprived of anything.

Calafate is a different option is to live with a majestic landscape, joining the Patagonian nature.

The traditional and elegant Avenida de Mayo is one of the most enjoy on your trip to Buenos Aires. In this avenue of only 10 blocks are concentrated largely in the history of Buenos Aires. First was the first avenue of the town as the upper class she chose to build on French-inspired buildings, but later were the wealthy Spanish immigrants that has taken place. Second, this avenue has a great historical connotation as connecting the two centers of political power: the Casa Rosada and the Congress of the Nation.

Travel to Buenos Aires one returns to the memory of walking along the wide sidewalks, shaded by the leafy plane trees, while the light turns to the towers, domes and ancient buildings with ornate balconies. While walking with pleasure one is steeped in the history of Buenos Aires. A few meters from the Plaza de Mayo where are concentrated the most ancient and important buildings like the Casa Rosada, the Cabildo and the Catedral Metropolitana, arrived at a cafe that announces a lineup of bronze letters on the tiles of the sidewalk. Café Tortoni. Elegant doors, glass curtains and ethereal bronze guard the interior. A spacious lounge with wooden columns, bright light of his dozens of beautiful lamps and fixtures, and tables full of old people sharing a chat and a coffee or just enjoying the fine atmosphere. The Café Tortoni is one of the oldest in Buenos Aires, dates from 1858 and was first put on the sidewalk tables and chairs. On the left the large wooden bar, with the old cash register, on it a large collection of lamps Tiffani, on display, making the play of light from the stained glass. At the back double doors separates different atmosphere. Another room coffee for those who like more privacy. And it will only place where you can taste meringue, old hot drink and forgot. Travel to Buenos Aires will provide the opportunity to discover this magical coffee and feel the historia.Al living side doors, a table occupied by stationary figures along with everyone taking pictures: Carlos Gardel standing by Alfonsina Storni and Jorge Luis Borges. On the left, a little hidden, a lounge converted into a museum, and finally, a dark wood rococo entrance with flowers and cherubs and after the red velvet curtain lies a small theater. In the back of the stage a huge photo of coffee in its infancy and a large marquee name. We crawled out to admire the hundreds of portraits, caricatures and photographs dedicated to artists and writers who used to frequent that adorn the walls.

If travel to Buenos Aires had been recommended to know some of the Browns Notables, many of them named in the tango, in these few blocks are the Tortoni and 36 pool tables, and almost at the Plaza Dos Congresos. Large, elegant and discreet, the wooden decor is what stands out. Down a small staircase hall is the large pool where 36 table with its original lighting are the major draw hundreds of players, and is home to major championships. There are also pool tables and snooker.

Notable Cafe Against this stands a very particular building. Is the Palacio Barolo, which at one time was the highest in Buenos Aires. If travel to Buenos Aires had never stopped to admire it, now can, plus a guided tour. Inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy, is 100 meters tall, and 100 are the edges of this work. Is divided into following areas, which correspond to the songs: Heaven, Hell and Purgatory. The dome houses a powerful lighthouse and say that they communicated with signs to Palacio Salvo in Montevideo, his brother. The owner, Barolo, it was built taking into account the golden section and the number of gold. The alchemy reigned. To make matters worse, each floor has a different design with esoteric elements, and the dome is aligned with the Southern Cross the first days of June at 19.45 pm.

The lobby is stunning. Its polished granite floors in varying shades and guards are the backbone of huge columns attached to the wall. Two magnificent chandeliers hanging from high ceilings and light fixtures are on the walls, beautiful works in bronze jaws of mythological beings. It is marked on the floor of the building downtown with a different design. A side door allows an output to a passage that ends in the street. The elevator is at the time, with doors in bars and on it the semicircle with the needle indicating the numbers of the floors and the needle indicates. But if you want to go and live there, you can not enter or leave after 23 hours! Only allow offices.

When scheduled trip to Buenos Aires should be divided very good time and decide if you want to know a little of everything or delve into some aspects.

Particularly I would recommend to those traveling to Buenos Aires for a short time, as a long weekend, a tour of the day for San Telmo, the oldest in Buenos Aires. The best day is Sunday, because the traditional weapon antiques fair in Plaza Dorrego. We must be very early because as we approach the more difficult midday transit through the narrow cobbled streets and sidewalks and also to follow closely the items for sale.

In almost all my trips to Buenos Aires enjoy strolling through the streets paved with all the colonial houses that have become today in art galleries and antiques sales. In an era market square selling fruit and vegetables, commercial center of the area today, 200 years later, remains the mall, where fruits are replaced with brass chandeliers, paintings and all kinds of collectibles.

Defense walking down the street are an antique store next to the other, open daily, where not only is appealing the collection of antiquities, but the houses themselves, with the colonial model which fortunately has been preserved, with the broad walls, barred windows, the front steps and marble checkerboard floors also the luminous marble hallways.

How to travel to Buenos Aires and not get lost for hours in these historic places us back to days long past and distant?

Before you reach more people, mostly tourists from around the world, we must enter the Church of San Pedro Telmo, Humberto Primo Street, a few steps from the plaza. Not only impresses with its interior and exterior architecture but as the paintings on display in the cloister, which is accessed with modest previous tour paying an entrance fee to help keep this work of art.

Leaving the Church can already hear strains of Tango, is that the whole neighborhood on Sunday Tango dresses. Opposite the church a youth orchestra that plays for hours. Several members and once I found myself watching them bring a piano from 3 or 4 musicians with a lot of work passing the cobbled street!

After listening for a while and fighting the urge to continue doing a little more, continue the journey and nothing better than a coffee at the old bar which is notable in a corner facing the square. Also from there you can listen Tangos from the plaza and then applause. It is difficult to place to see the spectacle of the dancers who carry a flexible roll-up floor to dance.

In addition to incredibly beautiful Prague is probably one of the most romantic cities in the continent. So the spring, which alters blood say, let notice its influence on the capital of ancient Kingdom of Bohemia. The stroll through the narrow streets of the vast old town, boat trip along the Vltava river, the sunsets from the Charles Bridge or the breathtaking view that can be seen from the top of the castle, everything turns to light late winter and adds a huge plus to this city.

A hotel for lovers:

But if you find a romantic place it is our recommendation points to the hotel Barcelo Praha Old Town, which also enjoy a superb location in the city center, next to the Powder Tower and just minutes from the Plaza del Reloj and offers stunning Junior Suites and 3 Grand Suites attic Zlaty Andel (Golden Angel, formerly known as the hotel) of 110 square meters each, able to stir all hearts.