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Italy

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Situated in Mediterranean Europe, Italy has land frontiers with France in the north-west, Switzerland and Austria in the north and Slovenia in the north-east. The peninsula is surrounded by the Ligurian Sea, the Sardinian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea in the west, the Sicilian Sea and the Ionian Sea in the south and the Adriatic Sea in the east. Italian is the language of the majority of the population but there are minorities speaking German, French, Slovene and Ladino.
Geographical ProfileThere is a great deal of variety in the landscape in Italy, although it is characterized predominantly by two mountain chains: the Alps and the Apennines. The former extends over 600 miles from east to west. It consists of great massifs in the western sector, with peaks rising to over 14,000 feet, including Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc), Monte Rosa and Cervino (the Matterhorn). The the chain is lower in the eastern sector, although the mountains, the Dolomites, are still of extraordinary beauty.
At the foot of the Alpine arc stretches the vast Po Valley plain, cut down the middle by the course of the river Po, the longest in Italy (390 miles), which has its source in the Pian de Re (Monviso) and flows into the Adriatic through a magnificent delta. The Alpine foothills are characterized by large lakes: Lake Maggiore and the lakes of Como, Iseo and Garda. The Apennines form the backbone of the peninsula, stretching in a wide arc concave to the Tyrrhenian Sea. The Corno Grande (Gran Sasso d'Italia) is the highest peak. A large part of central Italy is characterized by a green hilly landscape, through which the rivers Arno and Tevere (Tiber) run. The southern section of the chain pushes out to the east forming the Gargano promontory and, sloping down further south, the Salentine peninsula. It then proceeds to the west with the Calabrian and Peloritano massif stretching across the Strait of Messina into Sicilia. The principal islands are Sicilia, rising up to the great volcanic cone of Etna (10,860 feet) and Sardegna. The main archipelagos are the Tremiti Islands in the Adriatic Sea, the Tuscan Archipelago, the Pontine Islands, the Aeolian Islands and the Egadi Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of Sicilia.

Thailand

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To admire the Buddhist monuments of Sukhotai ("the paddle of the happiness"). The first capital of Siam east among the archeological sites of Thailand, one of most remarkable (XIIIe-XVe century). Emerging from the undergrowth and coconuts, the vestiges of the old city release a rare harmony. To see: stupas, ditches, ramparts, furnace bridges, temples and giant statues. - To taste with subtleties of the gastronomy inhabitant of Thailand in Bangkok. Considered for its spiced specialities - containing lemon grass, coriandre, ginger, curry, saffron, the kitchen inhabitant of Thailand one of is refined in the world. With the Frenchwoman of course! To explore sea-beds of the sea of Andaman. In Phuket, too attended, one will prefer the island of Koh Phi Phi, a little tourist. Its limpid water dissimulates beautiful corals and a plentiful underwater life. The island was used as framework with the turning of the film The Beach, inspired by the book éponyme of Alex Garland. - To trott à.vélo in Chiang Maï. The great charm of the "Pink of North" is due to the profusion of its temples, nested in the greenery. The inhabitants are of a kindness nonchalante, and the agreeably fresh climate all the year. - To discover the gold Triangle to foot, in raft, boat or with motor bike. The borders of Laos, Thailand and Burma, the gold Triangle is sadly associated the plantations of poppy and the traffic of opium. It is also a splendid area, where many ethnic minorities live. - To have fun the festival in the gulf of Siam. The archipelago of Samui is the theatre of full-moon left endiablées, attracting the DJ and ravers whole world. High-place of the festivities: beaches of Hat-Rin, on the island of Pha-Ngan... See pictures

Sri Lanka

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To explore the ancient city D Anuradhapura. Built there is more than 2000 years, this Holy City remained buried under the jungle a long time. It makes aujourd today L object D a program of restoration carried out by L UNESCO. Medicinal temples, thermal baths, beautiful monasteries, palate, basin of the elephants, sculptures... are disseminated on the site. Do not fail to collect to you in front of L tree Bo. Né D a cutting of the banian under which Bouddha knew L awakening, C is a particularly expensive symbol in the heart of the pélerins. To stroll in the gardens of tea of Kandy. Imported of China by a Scot at the XIXe century, these seedlings of tea make of Sri Lanka the first world exporter. More than 600 000 cueilleuses, rolled up bright saris, sort and collect the sheets with length D year. You will be able to assist with the meticulous manufacturing processes of the black beverage in L one of many the factories. To visit the orphanage D elephants of Pinnewala. The reserve collects the wounded or abandoned animals. Young pachyderms and old men find health on an affluent of the river Maha Oyaoù. You will be able to attend the meal of the elephant calves. Given 6 times per day, the feeding-bottle has a capacity of 7 liters. Impressing! S to inspire by the celestial smile of the great Buddha lying of Polonnaruwa. This 15 meters length statue represents Bouddha reaching the nirvana. C is perhaps the moment to take a lesson of happiness. To admire the "young ladies of the clouds" of Sigiriya. Painted on the mountain, well with L shelter D a cornice, these portraits of women natural size have allured and inspire the poets for 15 centuries. Similar to a nest D eagle, Sigiriya was formerly a capital of first importance (Ve century). There remains of beautiful vestiges of these glorious days: a palate, a monastery, fortifications and a sublime crossed garden of cascades and brooks. L unit S stretches on more than 100 hectares. To go on embers in Kataragama. In this sanctuary twice thousand-year-old, the pilgrims request the favours of the Skanda god thus... See pictures

Seychelles Islands

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To appreciate the shapes of coconut of sea or "coconut-buttock" on the island of Praslin. The famous coconuts of sea produce astonishing fruits, with the suggestive form. They push with profusion in the national park of the valley from May, with a score of kilometers of Mahé. To foresee the paradise with the Dam. The sea turquoise blue, the forest green emerald and the pink granite rocks raised this island with the row of giant postcard. Anse Source of Money is regularly classified among the ten most mythical beaches of the world. To observe the giant ground tortoises on the atoll of Aldabra. On the whole more than 150 000 tortoises live peacefully on the largest atoll of the world. Island the 35 km length and 13 km broad was classified. world inheritance of humanity by UNESCO. - To play the Robinson rich person in Frégate. The Eastern Seychelloise island is a true small garden of Eden fills of fruit trees, of seedlings of vegetables and solid masses of flowers. Only one hotel offers to fortunate customers a stay of dream. To play the ornithologists on the Island Bird. A sanctuary for birds where terns live peacefully, martins, swallows and other tropic bird. To awake with the sound of the squawkings and the roucoulements. To dream with the evocative names of the islands seychelloises. Cousin, Cousin, Both S?urs, Arid, Silhouette, the Archipelago of Amirantes... On the whole 115 islands to be discovered. These pearls are shelled in one of the most beautiful aquariums of planet. A world of silence to be explored in a water with 27°... See pictures

Mexico

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Mexico: Impassioned, violent one, tender and attractive, it is all at the same time. This reality we you propose it in the form of a notebook of voyage that come to illustrate more than four hundred photographs. These various circuits that we propose to you are also a testimony through time and various aspects of the cultures of Mexico. IT is not exhaustive because all the images as well as the works could not summarize these thousand faces. One escapes with difficulty from the magic spells from this strange country, even surrealist, which is Mexico. All this made this country one of the privileged places of the mystery, legend, places where the moment even of creation appears even closer.... See pictures

Tahiti Islands

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Too much often considered by the travellers a simple island of transit before a tour in the islands, Tahiti however presents many attractions and will charm the curious visitor who will be able to take time to discover it. It is a mountainous island dominated by the top of Orohena (2 241m) accompanied by the famous silhouettes of Aorai (2066m), of the Diadem (1321m), name given by Dumont d' Urville, and of the mount Marau (1493 m). The capital, located on the north-western littoral, offers roads protected by the reefs. The agglomeration, heart political and economic of the country, extends on the narrow coastal tape and the sides from the mountains from north and the west from the island colonized by opulent residences. Of circular and massive form, the large island Tahiti Nui crossed by beautiful deep valleys is connected to the small island also mountainous Tahiti Iti, by the narrow isthmus of Taravao. To the curious visitors, the mountain tahitienne offers ballades of charm in the wild valleys of shades and lights, with the fern-cathedrals, the meeting of the imposing cascades and discovered mysterious caves and impressed archeological sites of legends. The high valley of driving Papenoo to the collar of Maroto and the lake-crater of Vaihiria to eels with ears or the natural reserve of Fenua (ai' here) and its coastal cliffs of the Bet in the peninsula, will fill with wonder the hikers and in love with wild and pure nature. The rock littoral of the East coast tahitienne conceals spectacular landscapes but also of long black sand beaches of basaltic origin swept by the waves favourable with surfing. The sinuous road côtoie of the decorated sumptuous gardens of hedges of hibiscus, of auti (cordylines), bougainvilleas or birds of paradise, sometimes under the shades of the majestic breadfruit trees, whose fruits (uru) in the center of the history of were mutinés of Bounty.... See pictures

Mauritius islands

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Equipped with an extremely beautiful nature, Mauritius island has many sites enchanters which you will be able to visit at the time of your stay. In addition to the beautiful white sand beaches and turquoise water of its lagoons, Mauritius island has also the beauty of its interior grounds to offer to the visitors. The Throats of the Black River, the forest of Macabée and driven out of Yemen are examples of this qu has to offer nature. The extinguished volcanic crater of Hole to the Stags, the ground of the seven colors of Chamarel and the natural reserve of Mauritius island to the Brushes, small island located at the south-east of Mauritius principal island are differents sites not to be missed. Survivors with a lost past and for a long time disappeared, a number of museums, fortifications, vaults, galleries and houses creole or colonial testifying to Mauritius history and Mauritius cultural heritage of Mauritius island through their structure and their style are opened with the public one. Lastly are the Indian temples brillament coloured and captivating where images cut of Shivah, Anuman and other gods Indian decorate the walls of these sanctuaries... See pictures

Malaysia

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To discover ultramodern Kuala Lumpur. The streets of the city redouble activity in the twilight, when the markets of night (the pasar malam) become animated. Their colourful stalls nest in the shade of the Petronas turns. They are the highest skyscrapers of the world (451 m). To taste with the joys of idleness with Cherating. The area is known for its splendid beach and its pleasant bungalows, lost in full nature. This oasis attracts baba cool and routards. The festivals in the bars last until the early morning. To plunge In Pulau Sipadan. It is one of the best spots of diving in the world. To 25 m of the coast, the corals border an obscure cliff. Its turquoise water abounds in multicoloured fish. To venture in the national park of Taman Negara. It shelters a primary jungle older than that of Amazonia. Thousand-year-old trees and rare animals are with go. To go up the Rejang river until the c?ur of Sarawak. It is the bastion of Ibans. Perhaps they in their famous long houses will invite you. Of old human craniums are sometimes suspended on the ceiling... See the largest flower of the world: the rafflésia. It opens out in the shade of the Kinabalu mount and makes nearly one meter in diameter. It is necessary to count on the chance to surprise its unforeseeable flowering... See pictures

Tunisia

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With an ideal climate, a flat and extended littoral, Tunisia, the country more in north of Africa has during more than 3000 years be pilot of the passage of Phéniciens, the Romans, the Vandals, the Byzantines, the Turks, the Spaniards and of Français.Cet heritage, the greatest richness of Tunisia, was preserved in hundreds of buildings and museums, small Punique museum in Utica with the vast collections of the prestigious national museum of Bardo. The majority of large musés are closed Monday, while many local museums and archaeological ruins are open all the week. They are usually supervised by a guard who will also officiate like guide. The long and diversified history of Tunisia is found in its statues, bronzes, pottery and mosaics exposed in the museums located at several archaeological sites. Prestigious museum of Bardo to the modest local exposure, each one brings to the visitor a particular vision of the rich historical heritage this country. Tunisia, a melting-pot of various civilizations, always had a rich cultural activity, as its prestigious museums and by the various international festivals held throughout the year testify it. Constant efforts were made to support the cultural sector. Thus the regulation grants to companies the important tax relief to encourage investments in the restoration and the protection of the archaeological monuments (for example the cathedral of Carthage)... See pictures

Spain

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If you move away from the traditional tourist places you will be able to then discover Spain. This country which combines tradition and modern architecture, is one of the European countries which was modernized the most during the 30 last years. The churches and the vestiges of Arab civilization côtoient resolutely modern buildings, the bullfights cohabit there with the discotheques... Geographically, the diversity of L Spain is immense. Sierra or of the still wild Pyrenees, the beaches resolutely directed towards tourist industry, while passing by the plates undulating and desert, all kinds of vegetations, climates and faunas wait to be discovered or appreciated... Culturally, the country is strewn with old superb buildings, Roman aqueducts, Islamic palates and Gothic cathedrals. Almost each village has a medieval castle. L Spain was the country many large artists - EL Greco, Velázquez, Goya, Dalí, Picasso - whose?uvres are joined together in multiple museums and galleries. The country vibrates with very diversified musics - drama of flamenco to lyricism melancholic person of the music and Celtic gaitas (bagpipes) of the North-West... See pictures

Egypt

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Egypt has six superb places of interest. Each one has its own savour, its own specificity and most of the time each one meets a different aim. Contrary to the generally accepted ideas the attraction of Egypt does not reside that in its ancient sites, in fact, only Louxor was constituted on this type of attraction. The six sites selected are: Alexandria and its neighbourhoods. one could in makes prolong this sector towards the Western dimension. The area has a strong Mediterranean connotation, one appreciates his moderate and soft climate there, the heat of its inhabitants and the quality of its beaches. Cairo and its area. Cairo has very to satisfy the most demanding tourists: luxurious hotels, the charm of an animated city, entertainments such as the bowling and the golf, restaurants and a complete panorama of the monuments of any L Egyptian history. C is often the starting point for the majority of the people visiting L Egypt. Aswan (Aswan) and its surroundings. Aswan is probably gravitational of the tourist sectors, but for which appreciates the luxury and then calms it with its large hotels and its position on the edges of the lake Nasser, Assouan will be the ideal destination. Louxor, and its surroundings. Louxor is an alive museum with the vast ones and many ancient Egyptian monuments. The city is so well organized and so adapted to the visitors that L one would be almost believed in a park in topic if this N were L authenticity, the magestueusity and L width of the chiefs D open architectural. Hurghada and its surroundings, in particular EL Gouna. This area is by far more the appraisal of the amateurs of sports which are the golf and the diving under marine, here one will find the entirety of the ingredients essential at the holidays with diurnal topics, animation, excursions, water sports, several traverses golf... and animations night, discotheque, casino.... Sharm El Sheik, and his area. C is the most beautiful part of the desert of the Sinai, here also the visitors will find all what one awaits from a seaside resort, with in more some feelings strong due to the presence of sharks which share the "bathe" with the tourists. The Christian monuments are wonders of architectures (monastery St Catherine - Sinai Mount)... See pictures

Cuba

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Cuba, the "pearl of the Antilles" is largest of the islands of the Caribbean. It challenges the traveller with his picturesque colonial cities, its Afro-cuban culture intrigante, its revolutionary monuments, its 300 white sand beaches bordered by a crystalline sea. Most famous is that of Varadero. There are of them others in the east of the capital in Holguín and Cayo Largo LED On and in the splits of the north of Ciego de Ávila and Clara villa. Its countryside is enchanter and its inimitable rum, the local beer is excellent. For the amateurs of diving, of veil, of sins in open sea, of excursions with horse, or of ornithology, it is undoubtedly one of the whole first places in the world. In more the Cubans a taste for hospitality and a simplicity in the human reports/ratios cultivate which make the stays unforgettable. The cuban archipelago represents a surface of 110 992 km2, it is located in the North-western part of the Caribbean, with the entry of the Gulf of Mexico. More than 4000 islands and small islands form part of the cuban Republic, including the island of Juventud, principal island (except Cuba), with a surface of 2200 km2. Cuba has more than 300 beaches of fine white sand and crystalline water. Most famous is that of Varadero; however, there are of them others in the east of the capital in Holguín and Cayo Largo LED On, like in the splits of the north of Ciego de Ávila and Clara villa... See pictures

Crete

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If Greece is one of the tourist countries of the world, Crete is one of the tourist areas of Grèce.Selon the legend, the supreme god Zeus was born there. Later, it had three wire of which king Minos, king founder of Crete. The culture minoenne, famous for its refinement, reigned in Crete during hundreds of centuries, it is at the base of our civilization... See pictures

Grenadines

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The islands of Vincent Saint and the Grenadines, located at the south of Holy Lucie, belong to the group of Windward Islands. Vincent saint, following the example other Windward Islands, is a volcanic and mountainous island with the luxuriant vegetation and the black sand beaches. Its climax is the volcano of the Sulphur mine (1 219 m), at the bottom of which a lake is. The "tail of comet" of Vincent Saint consists of a string of islands and cayes which extend to the south from Bequia (Nozzle-oueille decides), Petit Nevis, Isle with Four and Pigeon islet until Battowia, Baliceaux, Moustique, Petit Mosquito, Savan, Canouan, Petit Canouan, Mayreau and with the cayes of Tobago, Union island, island of the Palm tree and Petit Holy Vincent. The islands all of the Grenadines are famous for their beaches of white sand, their water transparent and their green landscape... See pictures

Canary Islands

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To climb dromedary slopes of the Mountains of Fire. A succession D eruptions volcanic formed the lunar landscape of the Canaries at the XVIIIe century. One can roast steaks still there simply by posing them on the rock! To visit the district of Vegueta. C is oldest of Mow Palmas. Its aristocratic residences of Spanish style were built of XVIeau XVIIIesiècle. To see: the house of Christophe Colomb and the cathedral Santa Ana. It is kept by bronze dogs, emblem of the Canaries. S to initiate in Silbo on L island of Gomera. It acts of a whistled language - there are only 3 in the world of them - taught in the schools and defended by UNESCO. The silbo makes it possible to communicate beyond the canyons, jusqu 4 away km! To make L rise of Pico del Teide. It is the most top D Spain (3718 m) and, says one, the most beautiful mountain of the world. The panorama embraces any L archipelago. Unforgettable! To cross the apocalyptic landscape of Mow Cañadas. This immense will caldeira 16 km in diameter culminates with more than 2000 Mr. shredded Crêtes, rocks carved by the wind and lava flow forms a landscape D another world. To contemplate the most beautiful sight of L island to Watchtower LED Rio. This restaurant was designed by L artist César Manrique. Beautiful sight on the old volcanos and the small islands... See pictures

Brazil - South America

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Brazil covers almost half of South America. The country divides its borders in North, the South and the East with almost all the countries of South America (excluded Chile and Ecuador). Brazil is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the West. It is a relatively flat country and the mountainous zones do not exceed 3000 meters of altitude. Nearly 60 % of the surface is a plate, the remainder being a plain. Brazil divides a border with almost all the countries of South America, excluded Chile and Ecuador, and covers almost half of the continent. It is the fifth larger country in the world, behind Russia, Canada, China, and the United States, with a surface of 8,5 million kilometers.
Brazil has the sixth world population, with approximately 148 million people, it doubled in 30 years. Its density is low: 15 people per square kilometre. The population is concentrated mainly length of the coast and in the principal cities, where the two thirds of the people now live in megalopoles such that Sao Paulo (more than 19 million) and Rio de Janeiro (10 million). Almost half of the territory of Brazil east covered by the basin of the Amazon river and its affluents, this area is one of the greatest ecological reserves of the world. Almost half of the territory of Brazil east covered by the basin of the Amazon river and its affluents, this area is one of the greatest ecological reserves of the world. The basin of Rio of Plata, with the confluence of the rivers Parana and Uruguay (both having their source in Brazil), in the south of the country is the zone which has the most varied topography. It is more raised zone and which is not covered by the Amazonian forest. In the North of the Amazonas river, one finds the grounds high of Guyana, a zone of tropical forest and rocky desert. The high grounds of the interior between the Amazonas river and the river basins of the South form an immense plate called el Mato Grosso. From Mato Grosso a mountainous chain rises towards the Western South parallel with the littoral of the Ocean Atlantique.LES FIVE GREAT AREAS CARACTERISTIQUESLe Brésil is divided into 27 administrative units, that is to say 23 States, three territories (Amapa, Roraima and the archipelago Fernando de Noronha), and the federal district of Brasilia. These units are gathered in five areas, having each geographical and human characteristic different. - The NORTHERN area corresponds to Amazonia, with Belém and Manaus- the NORTHERN area EAST gathers all the small Coastal states of North, with the towns of El Salvador, Recife, Natal, Fortaleza and Sao Luis. - Area CUS - the industrial triangle, formed by Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte IS form. - The area MID-WEST corresponds to the central plate of Brazil, with Mato Grosso and the federal capital Brasilia; - Area CUS joins together the States of the South, with the towns of Curitiba, Porto Alegre and Florianopolis.La population of the country is concentrated in the states of the South East: Undermined Gerais, Sao Paulo and Parana. The town of Sao Paulo east one of the most populated Brazil with 9 million inhabitants. Rio de Janeiro counts 5,5 million inhabitants... See pictures

Baleares Islands

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To trott itself in the old city, in Palma de Majorque. Vis-a-vis with the cathedral and its paces of sand vessel, you will find the old fortress of Almudaina. Lose you in the intersection of small streets to the architectural chief of? uvre of the city: the San Francisco church and its cloister. To skirt the West coast of Majorque. By leaving Palma by the road of Andraix, one borrows the road of the cornices, one of the most beautiful panoramas D Europe. With the chances of a luxuriant vegetation, you will find small recesses of paradise, such as for example the creek of Deyá. To drink with the source of Fornalutx (Majorque). If the virtues of the source of Fornalutx appear doubtful to you, those of this small village to the print Moor, lost in the mountains majorquines, will not fail to allure you. The ideal to make a station-wagon. To take part in the equestrian tournaments of Midsummer's Day with Ciudadela (Minorque). From the 16 to June 24, the festivals of the Baptist animate the town of Ciudadela and dissipate its airs of capital déchue to the sound of the fabiol and the tamboril. The 24, the assistance is invited to take part in the equestrian plays. Opinion with the amateurs! To spend one sleepless night in a discotheque of Ibiza. On the most connected island, it there of for all the tastes and all m?urs. Downtown, the Privilege and L Amnesia are the most run night clubs. Manumission evenings each Monday in the first, evenings whipped cream Thursday in the second. If all that is too banal for you, tighten the ear to know where will be held next wild turnip. To press the beaches (almost) deserted of Formentera. Furrowed green ways, L island is discovered with foot or en.vélo. The mountainous sides of L island, forks and spoons of pines, lend themselves to the excursion, D adorable beaches, like Platja of Raising or Platja of Its Illetes, more attended a little, accomodate the travellers in search of calms. A haven of peace which will make you discover the islands under a new day... See pictures

Guadeloupe

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To run it soft with Large-Ground. The white sand beaches are shelled along the seaside resorts of Gosier, Sainte-Anne or of Saint-François. An ideal framework to rest and slacken. To plunge in the islands Pigeon. The reserve which bears the name of the commander Cousteau is perfect to be initiated at discovered sea-beds. More aguerris will find sites wild along the coasts, under the wind (i.e. protected from the swells of the Atlantic). To cloud in the coloured markets of Point-with-Clown. Mam Reo, the market of the Wet dock, and the market hall abound in punches to thousand savours, spices to the perfumes of the Antilles or multi-coloured creole headstocks. To climb the volcano of the Sulphur mine. The rise of the climax of the Guadeloupe (1 467 meters) makes it possible to admire lunar landscapes and to profit from a single point of view on the island. Always active, the volcano is under the narrow monitoring of the geologists. To explore the islands around the continental Guadeloupe. The holy ones, Désirade or Gallant Marie... Each one has its history, its character and its practices. They make it possible to move away from tourist crowd. To dance at the rate/rhythm of the zouk. To the beginning of the century, the term wanted to say a "hot" ball very. Today, it indicates an involving music, accompanied by slappings of hands and drums... See pictures

Greece

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To revisit its traditional in Athens. Mégapole of more than 4 million D inhabitants, Athens dominates any L Attique. 2 Greeks out of 5 reside at it. The city knows many problems of pollution, D urbanization anarchistic and legendary congestions. However, to visit Athens, C is to traverse the places of memory of our civilization. Its Acropolis, D access, which was a great site mycénien before D being the architectural jewel of L Antiquité. Its Agora, whose name is related to the Democracy, but also with those of Socrate and Plato. The theatre of Dionysos finally, where the Tragedies déclamèrent all the condition of L human being. To bathe not far from the course Sounion. Located at L extreme south-eastern of L Attic, the Cape Sounion dominates L Egée of almost 60 meters height. This crowned headland was dedicated to Poséidon, the god of the sea. The coast D Appolon, which carries out to the course Sounion, is bordered of small splits to the sand beaches. To go on the traces of Atrides in Mycènes. L Natural acropolis of Mycènes, insulated by ravines emerges from the plain D Argolide. The civilization which S develops to with it in thousand-year-old IIe before JC is related to the famous names of Atrides, powerful cursed kings of the gods. The charm penetrating of these legendary ruins operates immediately. To climb jusqu with the temple of Delphes. From these stones perched on the mountain, the panorama S extends as far as the eye can see on a sea D olive-trees. C is qu Apollo there would have embanked the dragon Pythô, event commemorated every 4 years by plays. One will admire among beautiful vestiges celebrates it Tholos of IVe century before JC, the fountain of Castalie and the Treasury of the Athenians, doric ECRIN intended to accomodate the treasure of the city. To cut world on Athos. Hung to mountainside, the orthodoxe monasteries of the Athos mount form a theocracy independent of Athens. The number of visitors is limited, and the fair sex is prohibited of stay. To attend the festival D be D Epidaure. The ancient theatre, which can accomodate jusqu with 12 000 people, enjoys D exceptional acoustics. One owes his proportiosn perfect with L Polyclète architect. To attend a representation of traditional theatre in this magic place is an unforgettable experiment... See pictures

Martinique

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Martinique is also called the Island of the ghosts because the visitor finds himself envoûté quickly-fact benefit by the wonders of this corner of paradise and consequently it has nothing any more but only one idea: y to turn over. All your directions will reappear vis-a-vis with the range of the treasures which are offered to you: softness of the lagoons to blue most incredible, plunged in the touffeurs of the tropical forest, sharp air of the tops, an initiatory course orchestrated by the Gaïa goddess! If you choose Martinique like destination for your holidays, a council: , there are so many things to make, visit, taste... You organize can for example alternate days of relaxation to the beach or on the sea with forwardings in the mountains (many paths are marked out and maintained by ONF).Ou then to pass one day as a recluse in the tropical forest to the agitation of the streets of Fort of France.Les sportsmen will be been useful, the climate supports all the watery sports, swimming, diving, board with veil and the relief of the island offers a great choice of stroll and randonnées.Variez your activities and your rates/rhythms, the play-ground lends itself to it to wonder, then into surprised... See pictures

Dubai

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The miracle - or the genie - of Dubai is to have known to create an environment favorable to the holidays and the leisures in a part of the world more accustomed to the businesses of hydrocarbons (in the best of the cases) and to the "conflicts of civilizations". The district of Jumeirah became the "Riviera about it", with its charming boulevard of edge of sea skirting a beach - public - of fine sand which attend of the carefree holiday makers. A little further, in fact the de luxe hotels take over. In addition to those referred to above, one built some in a style arabo-Moorish, evoking médinas of North Africa or Persan palates, Mina Salam and Royal Mirage. That plank often the burlesque one, in particular with this false lagoon decorated with a failed boutre. Dubai wants to benefit from all its resources, including its superb beaches, to compete with the seaside resorts of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. Still better than the beach of Jumeirah, there are an unforgettable excursion, it is Khor Fakkan. While skirting the coast towards the east, the road crosses a portion of territory pertaining to the Sultanate of Oman to go down again towards the sea in an imposing landscape: One is surrounded of black mountains whose color forms a contrast seizing with blue intense sky and sea. In Khor Fakkan, one does not bathe any more in the Arabo-Persian Gulf but in the Sea of Oman. It is an excellent place for the diving under navy... See pictures

Morocco

2005-03-31T01:10:00.000-08:00

Country of light, country of colors, but also soil of cultures and ground of the history, Morocco offers a chatoyant bouquet and a varied pallet of tourist products which answer all the choices and satisfy all the whims. Indeed, that it is cultural tourism, balneal, eco-tourism, tourism senior or tourism with topic all one each one can find there its wish for the pleasure of the heart and the happiness of the directions. Morocco is located at the North-West of Africa. It is delimited in North by the Straits of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, in the South by Mauritania, the East by Algeria and the West by the Atlantic Ocean. The Marocaine coast extends on 3500 km. The coasts of Morocco extend for 3.500 km and one finds there the cities principal of the country. The Mediterranean coast has high abrupt cliffs on the sea whereas the Atlantic coast, last Gibraltar, is characterized by the alternation of sandstone cliffs and small beaches. Also, these beautiful coasts are rich in flora and fauna. In particular one find there many species of birds of sea. These so varied coasts thus lend themselves â all the types of holidays on sea that one can wish: wild beaches, underwater archaeology, romantic cruisings... Morocco, country which gives on two seas, is the nation of Africa with the climate more varied, thanks also to the mountains of the Atlas which stops the projection of the desert of south-east. In cold country the "where the sun is hot" the rains concentrate in the autumn and spring whereas the summer is hot and dry. It thus acts of a climate similar to that of California. In theory one can divide Morocco in three great zones: the coast, mountains and the desert zone of the center. In these three zones with the so different climates You find all the varieties geographical and cultural which characterize this so charming African ground. The Atlantic in the west, the Mediterranean in north, of the fabulous beaches, four assembly lines with vertiginous cascades, secular cédraics, eternal snow, vast flowered plains of orange trees, almond trees, rivers which unroll ribbons of greenery to the doors of the desert and dig spectacular throats: Straits of Gibraltar in Mauritania, nature did of Morocco one of the pluss beautiful countries of the world, the country of the dazzling of the directions. This gate on Marocain tourism brings a practical assistance to you to prepare your voyage towards a destination of choice. It enables you to discover Morocco with its various facets: beaches, its wonders, cities, Médina, monuments, golf; sport, parks of distraction, casinos... See pictures

Dominicain Republic

2005-03-31T01:08:00.000-08:00

Founded by the brother of Christophe Colomb, the city saw leaving ground the first churches and universities of the New World. Each evening, on the sea front, the agreements of the merengue make vibrate the old injury, classified on the list of the world inheritance of UNESCO. To see: the headlight of Colomb, with the disputed architectural style, built in 1992, at the time of the 500e birthday of discovered of Americas. It is here that ashes of the navigator would rest. To taste lobsters feet in water, in Bayahibe. The painted maisonnettes of colors sharp make a typical village of fishermen of it. A puff of authenticity, after the beaches with tourists who essaiment the coast since the capital. To test the specialities of the vintage, in Santiago de Los Caballeros. The second city of the country knew to preserve its rural charm. The institute of the tobacco and Bermudez distilling have the favour of the visitors. Perhaps for visit-tastings which they organize! To be inserted in the national park of Los Haïtises, with Sanchez. Spread out over 200 km2, this area of mangroves shelters strange karstic formations. Furrowed underground rivers and of water falls, the park is the kingdom of the albatross, of will hérons blue and of the hummingbirds. One can explore also there underwater caves decorated with petroglyphs dating from civilization taïno. Be wary however of moisture and mosquitos! To plunge in water of Samaná. With broad of the very beautiful beaches of the island of Cayo, one can surprise the whales. It find December at March, at the season of the loves. A Valentine saint original in prospect... To go up to the watchtower of the clouds, Puerto Plata. The cable car leads you in top of the mount Isabel de Torres. With the foot of a Christ giant Redeemer, you will be able to enjoy a fabulous panorama on the Caribbean... See pictures

Fuerteventura

2005-03-31T01:07:00.000-08:00

A very beautiful Hotelier complex of which only 1 not heated swimming pool is naturiste.La very close beach is authorized with Naturism but is mainly textile.L' hotel is superb, the excellent service, the international restoration quelconque.Tout the personnel is very pleasant and speaks at least English, sometimes FrancaisLa formulates "very included/understood" east agréable.Parfait to rest one week with a pile of book and to look at the other at the bottom of the heart. The Naturiste zone is limited has the swimming pool, with the sauna and hammam located in and the massage beauty parlour of the hotel.La swimming pool, broadside of a score of long chairs, permanently squattées by people (charming and discrete moreover) but that I soupconne to leave their bath towels on best the emplacementspour lasemaine!! Or at least as of the morning 8H (9H30 has when we arrived, everyone is in place, and leaves, in spite of prohibition, its towel until the soir)Du fresh wind this week with the result that 10 long chairs only are has L abri.La beach is very "textile" but the customers have very strong German majority does not seem genée. The ambient temperature very fraiche overall (13 A 18 degrees) and nothing, but then nothing to have a little heating is in the hotel. Even with 2 covers, was the limit of the night. Stay has reserver with in love, young or old, that loneliness has 2 in the medium of 80% D German and 15% D English do not reject... See pictures

Reunion Island

2005-03-31T01:05:00.000-08:00

The visit starts with the bottom of the city and Barachois. The evocative street names (street of the Mast-of-house, the Mill-with-wind, the Battery) recall that one tried to make of Saint-Denis a port as of the time of Labourdonnais. Today, Barachois is a great shaded place bordered of some frontages of Compagnie time of the Indies and Prefecture, ex-cabin of the Governor. Formerly protected from walls and guns, this one became a peaceful colonial palate then one of the most beautiful prefectures of France. Prefecture, one will go up the street of the Victoire, broadside of old buildings, formerly hangars of the Company of the Indies, to the garden of the State tex Jardin of Roy) by a street traced by the first architect of the city, at the beginning of the XVIIIe century. Nobody can claim to know Saint-Denis without to have ventured in a small Chinese restaurant of the center our to devour there a dish of ' ' mines' ' or rice confined. There is also, of course, of the restaurants jacks, the bars à.la.mode and the super-connected night clubs, as in all the large cities. Saint-Denis, chief town of the Meeting, are surrounded of mountains on three sides. It is at least necessary to climb of them one and why not the mountain road which crosses a high language of lava plunging in the sea. This old road built in the middle of last century was the only bond between Saint-Denis and the remainder of the island until 1 963, date on which the road of the littoral was completed. This road link is very important for the island because it connects the maritime bridges to the capital... See pictures

Senegal

2005-03-31T00:54:00.000-08:00

To visit the museum of Ifan, in Dakar. It contains a very beautiful collection of Senegalese art: masks, statues... An essential stage to include/understand the artistic rich person traditions of the country. To stroll in the quiet lanes of L island of Gorée, with broad of Dakar. C was formerly the disaster point gathering of the slaves. The flowered island is aujourd today a haven of peace, with quasi Mediterranean softness. One leaves it only with regret. To taste with the joys of idleness in Cape-Skirring. This seaside resort has the most beautiful beaches D Africa. Senegaleses and tourists share the long sand extents with strange estivants: vultures. To admire the chatoyant ballet of the birds in the national park of Djoudj. It is the third ornithological reserve of the world. Located at the Southern edge of the Sahara, it shelters 3 million D birds of 350 different species. The majority arrive from Europe at the time of the nesting, between December and April. To make stopover in Saint-Louis, the most beautiful colonial city of Senegal. Built on an island, in the medium of the river, Saint-Louis remained moored at the XIXe century. Its old residences, decorated wrought iron arcades and balconies have an infinite charm. To attend the collecting of salt to the lake Retba. It is the Dead Sea of Senegal. Water of the lake passes by all the nuances of pink according to the hour of the day. The natives, plunged in L water jusqu with the size, collect salt. Their skin is protected by a thick layer from butter from shea tree... See pictures