May 2012 – The Travel Masters

May 29, 2012June 3, 2012

Prepare your suitcase

Trolley, suitcase: the content is often a problem! Here are some tips to make your job easier.

Check the weather before you go: you choose the right clothes.

Never do your suitcase the day before departure: THE clothes you want will probably take dirty! To do it before, also helps better target what to take (on the internet, there are check lists).

Heavy objects placed at the bottom will not hurt the rest of your belongings and fragile items will be placed between your clothes or wrap in it (unless you keep them in the cabin).

Garments rolled in a tube (smoothed out through condensation from the shower), socks in your shoes: hop, instead of won! Continue reading “Prepare your suitcase”

May 26, 2012June 3, 2012

The garden of science in Dijon

Not far from the city center of Dijon, the Garden of Sciences in Dijon, seems to be an essential visit if you visit the capital of Burgundy.

Indeed, in this Garden of Science, several visits should delight young and old. And the program will be the Natural History Museum of Dijon, the Planetarium, the Botanical Gardens, the Little Orangery and the Great Orangery.

Before you choose your dates of arrival in Dijon, remember to check the schedule of events planned at the Great Orangery. Indeed, it hosts many events and exhibitions of national or international reputation. Continue reading “The garden of science in Dijon”

May 24, 2012June 3, 2012

Sun City: The kingdom of pleasure in South Africa

Sun City is both an extraordinary amusement park and a resort in the heart of the bush of South Africa.

Internationally recognized, it can occupy the whole family day and night. Rent a house in South Africa and take the opportunity to discover this extraordinary world.

Built in the middle of nowhere in 1977, the entertainment complex of Sun City is located two hours drive from Johannesburg, near the National Park Pilanesberg.

Aquatic games fans will enjoy the Valley of waves and Waterworld. Imagine an artificial lake surrounded by sandy beaches and coconut palms, waves of 1 meter 80 every 90 seconds, water slides of incredible length or the possibility of water skiing, jet skiing, parasailing, and pedal or just enjoy the sun and do nothing. Continue reading “Sun City: The kingdom of pleasure in South Africa”

May 21, 2012June 3, 2012

Diving: Spots not to miss

You are a true passion for diving and looking for the perfect place to dive for your next vacation, here are some places that absolutely deserve to be discovered as the sea floor are sumptuous.

Great Barrier Reef of Australia is full of corals and fish more impressive as each other. But in the region, this is not the only spot to discover diving since the Indonesia, particularly the island of Borneo, has seabed full of surprises. So too do the atoll of Rangiroa, located just outside Tahiti, which will give divers the opportunity to rub shoulders with sharks and manta rays. Besides, if you go to the South Pacific to complete the diving, remember that many vacation rentals are available to make your stay goes well. Continue reading “Diving: Spots not to miss”

May 19, 2012June 12, 2012

Tips for traveling without a plan

At the GPS and cell phones, it seems unthinkable to travel without a plan. Yet it may well be that you are on holiday and forget behind your maps and GPS. Under these conditions, how to not get lost?

Taking time
You travel without a plan but you know where you should go. The best solution is to take your time. Locate the lower panel are running and make your memory: the village was there or not on your route?

Rather than getting frustrated, stop when you meet someone and ask for directions. If you travel in a big city, do not seek advice at a red light at the risk of triggering a chorus of horns and could not hear the end of the explanations.

In the countryside, it can be difficult to meet someone. Take time to stop in a cafe or a bakery, traders will be happy to assist you. Continue reading “Tips for traveling without a plan”

May 16, 2012August 23, 2017

Travels in China: A truly unique wellness holiday

Book travel in China is a great idea for those who want to spend a holiday of wellness and physical and mental regeneration, living a ‘life experience very significant and very rich from the cultural point of view.

China is a country extraordinarily rich in things to discover: from language to culture, from cuisine to the artistic, from history to urban environments.

China is a country that enshrines each tradition, accurately passes from generation to generation and at the same times a very modern country, among the first in the world regarding the pace of development, innovations and also the population growth. Continue reading “Travels in China: A truly unique wellness holiday”

May 15, 2012June 4, 2012

National Park Calanques

Be the first to enjoy a unique park in Europe, the national park calanques, which should open in summer 2012.

The objective of the Park is to provide better protection and benefit from additional means to preserve the calanques, these valleys carved by a river and recovered by the sea. National Park Calanques will be the first peri-urban national park in Europe.

All elements are present for the opening of a national park. The calanques in effect form a single territory in the world with limestone cliffs; biodiversity is particularly rich with among others, the presence of Europe’s largest lizard, the ocellated lizard and many human remains as the Cosquer cave and prehistoric paintings. Continue reading “National Park Calanques”

May 13, 2012May 8, 2017

Cultural holidays in Berlin

Berlin is a city steeped in history with also a huge cultural and artistic heritage. A good idea to start a cultural holiday in Berlin is to tour the city in a double-decker bus: Fifteen stops are planned to help you discover the most famous monuments.

When passing a holiday in Berlin, there are major attractions including the Reichstag, the seat of the Parliament of the German Federal Republic. Today it is the most visited parliament in the world.

We continue with the Brandenburg Gate which is the last gate of the wall surrounding the granting Berlin until 1860. After having been a symbol of war, it has become the symbol of European peace and unity. Continue reading “Cultural holidays in Berlin”

May 10, 2012May 8, 2017

Where spend several holidays?

Open to other cultures, you are ready to share your expertise and your knowledge-being… You give your stay by choosing another dimension, at any time of the year for holidays together.

Your mission will lead to development assistance in the field you choose, including: transmission of knowledge, mentoring children, entertainment, and food distribution, installation of water pumps to supply the people and their livestock, reforestation…

These authentic vacation you can be lead in a francophone country, Benin, for example, in the heart of West Africa where 70% of the population is rural. Porto Novo is situated only thirteen kilometers from the ocean Atlantic. Note two animal parks including one, in common with the Niger and Burkina Faso, a country where you will visit the Cathedral of mud brick, in Ouagadougou. Continue reading “Where spend several holidays?”

May 7, 2012June 5, 2012

Discovering Museums Gadagne in Lyon

Start by admiring this building in the early sixteenth century. Revised by a Florentine family, this is one of the most beautiful buildings in Lyon. Bought in the early twentieth century by the city, it is now the setting for two museums, one in the history of the city of Lyon and Puppets of the World.

In the first, you will find a chronological history of the city, from antiquity to the present. In nearly thirty rooms, different objects are presented, showing drawings or engravings of the past Lyon. Continue reading “Discovering Museums Gadagne in Lyon”