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5 secret locations to explore tourism in Britain

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There are some travel destinations virtually unknown to the great mass of travelers, almost snubbed, which almost deserve a visit. And today we’re going just to see some of these secret trip destinations in the UK, places and locations not emblazoned, considered almost secret places for a few followers, who instead have good potential as to the British tourism. Because England is not made only of Stonehenge and Westminster Abbey, there is much more to go see.

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The secret places in Britain to discover
It starts with one six most famous sites of military history, that of the Battle of Hastings of 1066. In its surroundings, in addition to the site of the battle, it is an Abbey of the 11th century and the city Battle, surrounded by typical meadows of East Sussex. It is a place of incredible natural beauty, yet no one considers it as a potential destination trip. Everyone knows the Battle of Hastings, but also among the English are few who make the trip to go and see the place where it all happened.Read More »5 secret locations to explore tourism in Britain

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Aokigahara, the suicide forest in Japan

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Called “the perfect place to die”, Aokigahara forest, where there are different stories related to the mythology of Japanese demons, holds the unfortunate record of second place in the world to commit suicide. (The first is the Golden Gate where now would put the toll even to pedestrians and cyclists). Since 1950, at least 500 people are no longer out of this forest, with an increasing rate of deaths between 10% and 30% per year. Recently, these numbers have increased even more, with a record of 78 suicides in 2002.

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Japanese Spiritualists believe that suicides occurred in the forest have permeated Aokigahara trees, causing the increase of paranormal activity, such as the loss of guidance to those who enter. Although for the latter phenomenon, the explanation lies in the presence of minerals that interfere with normal compasses.Read More »Aokigahara, the suicide forest in Japan

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Reopen the Picasso Museum in Paris

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Saturday 25 October, attended by President Hollande, after 5 years of work, reopened the Picasso Museum in Paris. The Museum dedicated to the great Spanish painter, has reopened to the public with an official ceremony in style, after being closed for five years due to restoration and modernization.

Picasso Museum

The Picasso Museum is a public art gallery, which is located inside the Sale palace, as the French say, it is a “Mansion”, a large building with a lot of garden surrounding it completely, built in the city.Read More »Reopen the Picasso Museum in Paris

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Krystall Hotel, the floating hotel in Norway

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A floating hotel, shaped like a snowflake. It is the Krystall Hotel, a innovative hotel, made entirely of glass that will be built in Tromso, 350 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle.

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Here, in exactly one month and up to 21 January, the sun disappears behind the horizon and will arrive the polar night: during the day the sky is completely dark, but it is tinged with a blue light only.Read More »Krystall Hotel, the floating hotel in Norway

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Charles M. Schulz Museum in California

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Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Sally, Lucy, Woodstock and the other Peanuts are your favorite characters? Then there is a place for you: the Charles M. Schulz Museum in California.

Charles M. Schulz Museum

Opened in 2002, The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center is a museum dedicated to the works of Charles M. Schulz, American illustrator and cartoonist, creator of the historical Peanuts comic strip.

The museum is located in Santa Rosa, California and really wonderland for fans of these characters: indeed inside there are many original cartoon strips, but also other works of the cartoonist.Read More »Charles M. Schulz Museum in California

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Casa do Penedo: Flintstones house in Portugal

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There are so many strange building around the world, many different in their being eccentric. Take for example, Osaka, as you can think of making a building with the hole in the middle, or London, where they even built a skyscraper shaped cucumber (to be polite).

Casa do Penedo

The Casa do Penedo in Portugal is definitely strange, but in its simple rusticity, perfectly integrated in the natural environment where it was built in 1974, has since it’s the romantic beauty of simplicity.

Casa do Penedo is located near Fafe, just over 15,000 inhabitants in the north of Portugal, and (of course) owes its name, House of Stone, the four large rocks among which was built in two years, starting from 1972.Read More »Casa do Penedo: Flintstones house in Portugal

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Guide to the museums dedicated to Alfred Nobel

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Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, to avoid that everyone remembered as “the merchant of death” (so he wrote an obituary erroneously published when he was still alive), decided to establish a prize, the Nobel precisely, to serve humanity and was seen as one of the most prestigious awards for research in the fields “that help the man to live with dignity”.

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Two museums dedicated to him, with thematic exhibitions, many other temporary itinerant, leading the public aware of this figure. Let’s see what they are.

The first is The Nobelmuseet – the Nobel museum that is located in Stockholm, one of the most beautiful eighteenth-century buildings of the Swedish capital, which once housed the stock exchange. The Museum was opened in the spring of 2001, on the centenary of the award and has inside temporary exhibitions, as well as a permanent collection, to let know all the secrets of Nobel. Read More »Guide to the museums dedicated to Alfred Nobel

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What you can not miss if you are in Oslo

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Large modern city, completely surrounded by nature: this is Oslo, capital of Norway, from 2007 ranks among the greenest cities in Europe.

Attractions, monuments, parks, beaches, fjords and art galleries make Oslo a tourist destination par excellence, where the tourist can find everything. Let’s see what are the stages missed to mark on your map to learn more about this city.

Oslo

Oslo is the first city where it takes place every December 10 the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, is therefore a must to visit the Nobel Peace Center. It is a museum that showcases not only the winners of the Nobel Prize, but also the ideals that lie behind this event. In addition, the center is also an arena where promoted cultural and political events, debates and meetings on issues such as peace, war and conflict resolution. Read More »What you can not miss if you are in Oslo

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Discover The Hidden Secrets Of Chicago With This Travel Guide

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Chicago is a city with a lot to offer. But if you don’t do your research and plan ahead, then you can find yourself out in the cold. That would mean that you wouldn’t get the most out of your visit, which would be a great shame.

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To avoid that, have a read through on the best hidden secrets that Chicago has to offer.

The Music Box

This is a great one for the culture lovers out there. If you’re coming to Chicago for a cultural injection then you should look no further than this trendy little cinema. With only two screens, it remains a fantastic hidden secret, and one which has retained its classic facade. Inside you will find a cinema that shows the latest documentaries and art house films that you might not find anywhere else. They also show a load of classic films late at night, so you can see the cinematic essentials as they were meant to be seen – on the big screen!Read More »Discover The Hidden Secrets Of Chicago With This Travel Guide

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Great scenic drives, San Juan Skyway in Colorado

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USA on the road, the myth of the wide open spaces of North America, to discover and enjoy traveling. And over there this thing take it seriously (there is a section of the Ministry of Transport who treats Scenic Route), and if the appeal of US Route 66 catalyzes the imagination of the great journeys, in the USA you can go beyond, as for example with the Great River Road, 4766 km from the border of Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, the California State Route 1, from Monterrey to Los Angeles, or the US Route 2, another coast to coast, from Maine to Seattle.

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Less demanding, but equally beautiful, the Scenic San Juan Skyway Drive is a circular route of 370 km that winds in southwestern Colorado, the state of Denver, which offers all the scenarios most typical of the great American west; from the peaks of the Rocky Mountains, the spaces of the Colorado Plateau and the American Great Plains.Read More »Great scenic drives, San Juan Skyway in Colorado