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Australia: Tour of the underground gold mine at Walhalla

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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.

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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.Read More »Australia: Tour of the underground gold mine at Walhalla

Balearic Islands

Balearic Islands: The most beautiful beaches in Majorca

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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.

Balearic Islands

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.Read More »Balearic Islands: The most beautiful beaches in Majorca

Great Sand Dunes National Park

Great Sand Dunes National Park

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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.

Great Sand Dunes National Park

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.Read More »Great Sand Dunes National Park

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Greece: the most beautiful beaches on the island of Zakynthos

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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.

island of Zakynthos

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.Read More »Greece: the most beautiful beaches on the island of Zakynthos

Darwin festival in Australia

The Darwin festival in Australia: August 9 to 26

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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.

Darwin festival in Australia

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.Read More »The Darwin festival in Australia: August 9 to 26

Set Ustu

The Tea Garden Set Ustu in Istanbul

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Set Ustu in Gulhane Park in Istanbul, is not only a place for tea in the tradition of Istanbul, it is also an excellent vantage point of the Bosphorus; you sit down (preferably on weekdays, so you need not fear “competition” by residents), you order tea, and you will be served with the traditional brass samovar, with strainer, sugar and cups to be filled with tea.

Set Ustu

You can relax while sipping tea, but also wanting a coffee or a soft drink, if you are hungry, you can eat meatballs with potatoes, watching the sea, where, if you’re lucky, you see dolphins as they pass between two seas, and always, on any day, the wakes of ships; and it is not uncommon for someone to sit down here, with a book in his hand, indicating that it is a regular customer of Set Ustu.Read More »The Tea Garden Set Ustu in Istanbul

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What to do in August in Holland: All upcoming events

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The schedule of August in Holland is full of events. There’s something for every taste. It will start already on 1 August with the Gay Pride in Amsterdam, at which movies, exhibitions, workshops and attend parties. The event runs until August 5, the salient moment of the Gay Pride will be the Canal Parade.

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From August 10 until 19, again in Amsterdam, it is completely different genre with the Canals Festival and the historic city center will become the most beautiful concert hall in Holland, you can attend concerts on floating platforms in the canals, hidden in courtyards, in the historical rooms of the palaces and terraces.Read More »What to do in August in Holland: All upcoming events

Post Ranch Inn

Post Ranch Inn: Ultra scenic cliffs of California

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Film and TV have accustomed us to think of California as a state with only sandy coasts and beaches. Instead those parts you can also find areas where the sea breaks against extensive reefs, perhaps dominated by ranches that offer opportunities to stay really interesting. As the Post Ranch Inn, a hotel perched a top a tall stretch of coast, located on top of a hill from where you can enjoy a panorama really very broad.

Post Ranch Inn

From Big Sur, where it is, the Ranch promises a romantic holiday and ecological (it makes extensive use of renewable and recyclable materials) overlooking the Pacific Ocean, as well as a range of accommodation to suit all tastes, a wellness center and a restaurant pretty well stocked in terms of wines.Read More »Post Ranch Inn: Ultra scenic cliffs of California

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The top ten craziest festivals in the world

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Today want to tell some of the top ten festivals that feature some very extravagant city in the world.

It can be of various types, from music to local tradition, including masks, costumes and parties decidedly strong colors. Some are very familiar with it, but others are not known by all.

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Glastonbury Music Festival:
It celebrates in Pilton, England, for three days in the last weekend of June. One, if not the largest music festival in the world. Last year there were 177,000 attendance and 700 musical performances. All this crazy party after excluding the evening and the general debauchery that goes with it.

Songkran:
It is held anywhere in the Thilandia, especially in Bangkok and Chang Mai. It occurs at about mid-April. It celebrates the Thai New Year, the solar New Year, lasts a week and the people walk down the street, on the ground, and takes the bucketful of water, to symbolize the expulsion of bad luck.Read More »The top ten craziest festivals in the world