August 2012 – Page 2 – The Travel Masters

August 9, 2012October 5, 2012

Australia: Tour of the underground gold mine at Walhalla

The Walhalla is usually associated with religious references in northern Europe. But it also indicates an area of the region of Victoria, Australia. At Walhalla we find an interesting museum, housed in the old tunnels of a gold mine now abandoned.

The Long Tunnel Extended Gold Mine came with the first excavations in 1836 by Hercules United Gold Company, but definitely wrong path and direction, lying for 8 years to dig useless rock devoid of precious minerals. Taking advantage of the bankruptcy of its predecessor, the Long Tunnel Extended Company began to dig in 1871, but this time in the opposite direction. Continue reading “Australia: Tour of the underground gold mine at Walhalla”

August 7, 2012August 12, 2012

Balearic Islands: The most beautiful beaches in Majorca

The Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, are not only famous for the great vitality of their nights and the number of discos and clubs that host. There are many other reasons to enjoy a few days of vacation in those areas.

First of all, the sea and the beaches. Let us see how it behaves Majorca in fact of beaches and coasts suitable for snorkeling (even if for diving it seems that Ibiza and Formentera are the best destinations).

The choice is pretty wide, there are approximately 300 beaches in Majorca, although there are some ruined by wild urbanization, many are truly heavenly. Such as Es Trenc, three miles of pristine white sand and turquoise sea that are earning the title of the most beautiful island. Followed by Es Pregons Grans and Es Pregons Petits, reachable only on foot or by boat, and Cala Mondrago, famous for its crystal clear sea. Continue reading “Balearic Islands: The most beautiful beaches in Majorca”

August 5, 2012August 12, 2012

Great Sand Dunes National Park

The sand dunes of the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado, United States, are not only a place of contemplation and discovery of nature in its most extreme forms, but also a kind of natural playground (and could not be otherwise, since we are in the land of amusement parks), where we are also playing, descending from the dunes. How? As you like, on foot, with surfing, snowboarding or skiing.

And perhaps the hardest thing is to get here, in Moscow (it just as the capital of Russia), in Colorado, because then, the area occupied by the desert, which the venerable age of 444,000 years, is quite small, about 77 square kilometers, and the greatest danger that we run, is derived from the high temperatures reached during the American summer; even 60 degrees. Continue reading “Great Sand Dunes National Park”

August 3, 2012August 12, 2012

Greece: the most beautiful beaches on the island of Zakynthos

If you choose to go on holiday on a Greek island probably love the sea and appreciated the long beaches and cliffs where you can dive and swim in water that is clean and transparent. And if the island you have chosen is Zakynthos there are some places you need to know to enjoy a swim in the blue.

We recommend that you start from Piazza San Marco and get away from the city for about ten minutes past the harbor and tennis courts, to arrive in an area normally frequented by the locals: a small field, the easy access to water and a tavern that offers all the necessary complete the picture. Continue reading “Greece: the most beautiful beaches on the island of Zakynthos”

August 1, 2012November 1, 2012

The Darwin festival in Australia: August 9 to 26

Darwin in Australia, not only the gateway to a vast and still untouched, territory (sometimes close and accessible, as in the case of Litchfield Park and the Kakadu Park), but also the dynamic capital of a state, the Northern Territory, in rapid economic development, which attracts the young “professionals” from around Australia. And young people, after working hours, they want to have fun.

And in August, there is more opportunity for fun, thanks to the Darwin Festival 2012, held August 9 to 26. Art exhibitions, cabaret, theater, music and dancing, certainly to make live and vibrate the city, but also as a form of integration for the natives. A festival that has been consolidating and expanding over the years, so that this year will be in two. Two are in fact the poles of attractions for all events; the Festival Park, where you will find the remains of the old town hall and George’s Green, behind Mindil Beach, the most popular beach in Darwin. Continue reading “The Darwin festival in Australia: August 9 to 26”