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Petra

Good reasons to travel this year to Jordan

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Brimming with history, culture and heritage, Jordan has become an essential destination for all travelers thanks to the magic of its countless attractions. Petra is the best known of them all.

Petra

Though fame and beauty have been reinforced after being appointed in 2007 as one of the New Wonders of the World, Petra was already being called much earlier as the eighth wonder of the ancient world. The facade of the treasury is the great icon, but the old city visitors see a prodigy finds excavated in the rock where we find tombs, dwellings, ancient theater and temples.Read More »Good reasons to travel this year to Jordan

Yas Waterworld

Yas Waterworld Water Park opens in Abu Dhabi

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Gradually Abu Dhabi is becoming a fairytale land, where each project is designed to surprise visitors and to overcome the above. Abu Dhabi just opened its doors on Yas Waterworld water park on Yas Island, a huge artificial island over 2,500 hectares.

Yas Waterworld

The basic idea that guided the design of the park is the “lost pearl”, referring to the culture of the UAE. This mega leisure project has cost over 200 million euros and many others to develop the infrastructure of the artificial island on which it stands. This is another step towards the dream of Abu Dhabi climb the firmament of the major tourist cities which goes to the entertainment industry.Read More »Yas Waterworld Water Park opens in Abu Dhabi

Al Ain

What to see in the UAE, Al Ain

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Al Ain in the UAE is different. If Dubai, Abu Dhabied other cities of the Emirates have chosen the coast, Al Ain is located within the country. If other cities have chosen the vertical modernity of skyscrapers, Al Ain can not build taller buildings than four stories. But why Al Ain wants to continue to be the Garden City of the Gulf.

Al Ain

Al Ain, 500,000 inhabitants for the fourth largest city of the Emirates, in the hinterland of the United Arab Emirates on the border with Oman, 160 kilometers east of Abu Dhabi, and 120 kilometers south of Dubai. It has recently begun to open up to tourism, a new frontier for those who, given the city’s new and amazement, were curious to see the city’s history and true in the Emirates.Read More »What to see in the UAE, Al Ain

Istanbul

Istanbul: The city of empires

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Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey. It is considered one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, and is one of three cities that are located between the European continent and Asia. One more reason to visit Istanbul is that it has been the capital of three empires: Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman, so you can imagine the history that this city … Definitely one of the best places to visit.

Istanbul

Undoubtedly Istanbul has many things to visit, but as we know that the holidays if you have order, here we leave a list of some must visit, to see what you think:Read More »Istanbul: The city of empires

Dubai Creek

Dubai Creek

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Dubai Creek, perhaps once the final part of a small river already known to the Greeks, is today little more than a channel, but it marked the history of Dubai, one of the cities in the world with the highest rate of growth in recent years, both from the economic point of view, both the marina.

Dubai Creek

From the sea, to the hinterland, where today is the nature reserve of Ras Al Khor, where migratory birds have their oasis of peace, Dubai Creek is not very long, but it was here that some of the first inhabitants of Dubai, for their traditional fishing boats, and from these shores dive into water the pearl fishers.Read More »Dubai Creek

Maiden Tower

Destination for 2013: Baku in Azerbaijan

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Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan, one of the states born after the dissolution of the Soviet Union; it is the largest city in the country, the largest port on the Caspian Sea, one of the oldest cities in the Caucasus (the old town is protected by Unesco as a World Heritage Site), the oil economy, is rapidly transforming into a modern international metropolis. For simplicity of Baku there are three main areas, downtown, the old walled city and the Soviet city.

Maiden Tower

There are several tourist attractions, such as Walled City, Maiden Tower, Shirvanshah Palace (all three is under UNESCO protection), Temple Ateshgah, Qala Archeological and Ethnographical Museum, Yanar Dagh, Dendro Park, Shehidler Khiyabani (the road of the Martyrs), large shopping centers (AF MALL) and more traditional ones, such as carpets, and new towers, the modern skyscrapers, that are changing the profile of the city, such as Flame Towers.Read More »Destination for 2013: Baku in Azerbaijan

Dead Sea

The Dead Sea, your next vacation destination!

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Near Jerusalem, 85 kilometers from Tel Aviv, the heart of a mountainous landscape cut by steep gorges, the Dead Sea is actually a saltwater lake located in the heart of the Middle East, between Jordan, Israel and West Bank. The Israeli coast is the most popular because many tourist facilities have been completed and the sites offer modern comfort while allowing discovering the vast cultural heritage of the country.

Dead Sea

With an average salinity of 24%, no fish or no alga to survive in the waters of the Dead Sea and it is from this peculiarity it derives its name. This high salinity also results in a high density, so much a human being can float on water without a problem. It is, against dangerous and almost impossible to swim: the direct contact of water with the mouth or eyes may indeed be harmful.Read More »The Dead Sea, your next vacation destination!

holiday in Dubai

Go on holiday in Dubai

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If you are talking about a luxury vacation, of enormous size, artificial islands and skyscrapers at will, you guessed it … You are in Dubai!

holiday in Dubai

Do you dream of luxury or just an incredible experience to tell your friends? Dubai is the ideal destination for your dream! And guarantee of vacation where you can’t get bored. Indeed, the unusual places almost out of the imagination are many in Dubai.

Starting with one of the great curiosities of the country: Ski Dubai. At the heart of the Arab Emirate in the subtropical climate and the center of the huge shopping center Mall of Emirates stands an indoor ski slope of 400 meters long. You will understand, because the sandy beaches were not enough, Dubai has decided to offer a bit of holiday snow despite a winter that never drops below 20° C.Read More »Go on holiday in Dubai