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Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen
2008-04-22 12:22:00
  Amalienborg Palace is the winter home of the Danish royal family, and is located in Copenhagen , Denmark. It consists of four identical classicizing palace façades with rococo interiors around an octagonal courtyard (Amalienborg Slotsplads); in the center of the square is a monumental equestrian statue of Amalienborg’s founder, King Frederik V. Amalienborg was originally built ...

Amsterdam ArenA
2008-04-21 15:43:00
The Amsterdam ArenA is a stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Initially, it was planned as the centrepiece of Amsterdam’s bid for the 1992 Olympic Games. Amsterdam lost the bid to Barcelona and the plans for the stadium were altered to build a general sports and events arena instead. Today, the stadium is home to football club ...
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Universal Orlando Resort
2008-04-21 09:28:00
Universal Orlando Resort is a theme park resort in Orlando, Florida. It is a joint partnership between NBC Universal and the Blackstone Group. The resort consists of two theme parks (Universal Studios Florida and Universal’s Islands of Adventure), Universal CityWalk (a night-time entertainment destination), and three Loews hotels. It is the largest property owned by ...
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Roman Agora, Athens
2008-04-21 07:35:00
  The agora in Athens had private housing, until it was reorganized by Peisistratus in the 6th century BC. Although he may have lived on the agora himself, he removed the other houses, closed wells, and made it the centre of Athenian government. He also built a drainage system, fountains and a temple to the Olympian ...
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Rogers Centre / Skydome, Toronto
2008-04-21 00:10:00
Rogers Centre , formerly known as SkyDome, is a multi-purpose stadium in Toronto , Ontario, situated next to the CN Tower near the shores of Lake Ontario. It is home to the American League’s Toronto Blue Jays, the Canadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts, the site of the annual International Bowl American college football bowl game, and as ...
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San Telmo, Buenos Aires
2008-04-20 15:49:00
San Telmo is one of the oldest barrios (neighborhoods) of Buenos Aires , Argentina and also one of the best preserved areas of that constantly changing Argentine metropolis and is characterized with a number of colonial buildings. Cafes, tango parlors and antique shops line up the cobblestone (adoquines) streets, which are filled with artists and dancers. ...
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Sintra National Palace, Sintra
2008-04-19 22:26:00
The Sintra National Palace (Portuguese: Palácio Nacional de Sintra), also called Village Palace (Palácio da Vila) is located in the village of Sintra, in Portugal near Lisbon. It is the best preserved mediaeval Royal Palace in Portugal, having been inhabited more or less continuously at least from the early 15th up to the late 19th ...

Pier 39, San Francisco
2008-04-19 10:31:00
Pier 39 is a shopping center and popular tourist attraction built on a pier in San Francisco , California. At Pier 39, there are shops, restaurants, a video arcade, street performances, an interpretive center for the Marine Mammal Center, the Aquarium of the Bay, virtual 3D rides, and views of California sea lions hauled out on ...
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Lombard Street, San Francisco
2008-04-18 12:50:00
Lombard Street begins at Presidio Boulevard inside The Presidio and runs east through the Cow Hollow neighborhood. For 12 blocks between Broderick Street and Van Ness Avenue, it is a principal arterial road that is co-signed as U.S. Route 101. Lombard Street then continues through the Russian Hill and Telegraph Hill neighborhoods, breaks off at ...
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Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
2008-04-18 09:34:00
Waikiki is a neighborhood of Honolulu , in the City & County of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Waikiki Beach is the shoreline fronting Waikiki and one of the best known beaches in the world. The neighborhood extends from the Ala Wai Canal (a channel dug to drain former wetlands) ...

Gellert Hill - Citadella, Budapest
2008-04-18 07:28:00
Gellert Hill (Gellerthegy) is 235 m high hill overlooking the Danube in Budapest , Hungary. It is part of the Ist and XIth Districts. Gellert Hill was named after Saint Gerard who was thrown to death from the hill. The famous Hotel Gellert and the Gellert Baths can be found in Gellért Square at the foot of the hill, next to Liberty Bridge. The Gellert Hill Cave is located within the hill, facing toward the Hotel Gellért and the Danube River. Budapest have interesting travel guide. GPS tourist coordinates: 47° 29′ 11″ N, 19° 2′ 45″ E

Cibeles Square, Madrid
2008-04-17 14:17:00
The Plaza de Cibeles is an attractive square featuring a famous sculpture with fountains that have been adopted as a symbol for the city of Madrid . The fountain of Cibeles is found in the part of Madrid commonly called the Paseo de Recoletos. It depicts the goddess Cibeles (Cybele), the Phrygian goddess of fertility, who ...
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Cathedral La Seu, Barcelona
2008-04-17 10:00:00
The Cathedral of Santa Eulalia (also called La Seu) is the Gothic cathedral seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Barcelona , Spain (Though sometimes inaccurately so called, the famous Sagrada Família is not a cathedral). The cathedral was constructed throughout the 13th to 15th centuries on top of a former Visigothic church. The Gothic-like façade ...

Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
2008-04-17 07:38:00
Novodevichy Cemetery is the most famous cemetery in Moscow , Russia, situated next to the World Heritage Site, the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent, which is the city’s third most popular tourist site. It should not be confused with the Novodevichy Cemetery in Saint Petersburg. The cemetery was inaugurated in 1898, when it was judged that there were ...

Mount Teide, Isla de Tenerife
2008-04-16 12:29:00
Teide or Mount Teide, is an active though dormant volcano which last erupted in 1909 from the El Chinyero vent on the Santiago (northwestern) rift and is located on Tenerife , Canary Islands. The volcano and its surrounds comprise the Parque Nacional del Teide. The park has an area of 18900 ha and was named a ...

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
2008-04-16 09:44:00
The Art Institute of Chicago is one of America’s premier fine art museums. Located adjacent to Chicago, Illinois’s Loop and Grant Park, the Museum is especially known for its extensive collection of Impressionist and American art, and also boasts an extended collection of master works garnering international praise. It is located on the western edge ...

Turku Castle
2008-04-16 07:32:00
  The Turku Castle , (Åbo slott) dating from the 1280s, is a monument of Finnish history. Turku castle is the largest surviving medieval building in Finland, and one of the largest surviving medieval castles in Scandinavia. The layout of the castle consists of the Medieval keep (päälinna) and Renaissance bailey (esilinna). The keep consists of a ...

Ibiza
2008-04-15 23:21:00
Ibiza is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea, belonging to Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands. Major cities are Ibiza, Santa Eulària des Riu and Sant Antoni de Portmany. The Island of Ibiza has been well-known for its summer club parties which attract large numbers of ...
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Arena, Verona
2008-04-15 09:25:00
The Verona Arena (Arena di Verona) is a Roman amphitheatre in Verona, Italy, which is famous for the opera performances given there. It is one of the best preserved structures of its kind. The building was built in AD 30 on a site which at the time was outside of the city walls. The ludii ...

Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego
2008-04-15 07:36:00
The Cabrillo National Monument commemorates the landing of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo at San Diego Bay on September 28, 1542. This event marked the first time that a European expedition had set foot on what later became the west coast of the United States. This monument was dedicated on October 14, 1913. The National Monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. Also visit ZOO, aquarium and build perfer travel guides. GPS travel coordinates: 32° 40′ 23″ N, 117° 14′ 19″ W

Syros Island, Greece
2008-04-14 23:25:00
Syros, or Siros or Syra is a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is located 78 nautical miles (144 km) south-east of Athens. The island is home to the municipalities of Ermoupoli, Ano Syros, and Poseidonia. Ermoupoli is the capital of the island and the Cyclades. It has always been a significant port town, and during the 19th century it was even more significant than Pireus. Syros (Greek: Σ��ος), or Siros or Syra is a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is located 78 nautical miles (144 km) south-east of Athens. The island is home to the municipalities of Ermoupoli, Ano Syros, and Poseidonia. Ermoupoli is the capital of the island and the Cyclades. It has always been a significant port town, and during the 19th century it was even more significant than Pireus. Very cool travel location for honeymoon vacation in Greece . GPS tourist coordinates: 37° 27′ 0″ N, 24° 54′ 0″ E
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Porto Moniz, Madeira Island
2008-04-14 12:35:00
Porto Moniz is a town located in the northwestern part of the Madeira Island s. It is located W of Santana, W of Machico, and WNW of Funchal. It is linked with a road linking to Santana and to Funchal via Calheta. The main source of industry are agriculture and fishing while a small number of ...
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The Tholos, Delphi
2008-04-13 21:43:00
The Tholos at the sanctuary of Athena Pronaia is a circular building that was constructed between 380 and 360 BC. It consisted of 20 Doric columns arranged with an exterior diameter of 14.76 meters, with 10 Corinthian columns in the interior. The Tholos is located approximately a half-mile (800 m) from the main ruins at ...
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Blarney Castle, Cork
2008-04-13 21:32:00
Blarney Castle is a medieval stronghold in Blarney, near Cork , Ireland. It is near the River Martin. The castle originally dates from before AD 1200. It was destroyed in 1446, but subsequently rebuilt by Cormac MacCarthy, the King of Munster. It is currently a partial ruin with some accessible rooms and the battlements. At the ...

Bellver Castle, Palma de Mallorca
2008-04-13 10:57:00
Bellver Castle (Castell de Bellver) is a circular castle on a hill near Palma de Mallorca on the Island of Majorca, Balearic Islands. It was built in the 14th century for King James II of Aragon. It was used as a military prison during the 18th and 19th centuries. Now it is one of the main tourist attractions of the island. It was used as a prison in the 1950s, a period where many people where still being prosecuted for their loyalty and commitment to the Republic during the Spanish Civil War 1936-39. After the Civil War, the insurgents, being victorious in part through the aid of National Socialist Germany and Fascist Italy, and also the reluctance to come to the aid of the democratic Spanish Republic by such major European powers as Great Britain and France, the leader of the Nationalist-Falangist rebellion, Franco, established a dictatorship that would last until his death in November 1975. Some estimates put the total number of executed prisoners in Spain in the first decade of ...

Phaistos, Greece
2008-04-12 18:37:00
Phaistos, also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Phaestus is an ancient city on the island of Crete. Phaistos was located in the south-central portion of the island, about 5.6 kilometers from the Mediterranean Sea. It was inhabited from about 4000 BC. A palace, dating from the Middle Bronze Age, was destroyed by an earthquake during ...
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Los Cristianos, Isla de Tenerife
2008-04-12 09:03:00
Los Cristianos is a town in Spain with population approximately 11,500 (1991), situated on the south coast of the Canary Island of Tenerife . Located in the municipality of Arona between the cone of Montaña Chayofita and the imposing Montaña Guaza, the town centre?s around the bay of Los Cristianos, but is rapidly expanding inland with ...
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Menorca
2008-04-11 12:28:00
  Menorca (Minorca “minor island”) is one of the Balearic Islands (Islas Baleares in Spanish) located in the Mediterranean Sea and belongs to Spain. It takes its name from being smaller than nearby island of Majorca. Menorca has a population of approximately 88,000. It is GPS located around 39°47′ to 40°00′N, 3°52′ to 4°24′E. Its highest ...

Soller, Palma de Mallorca
2008-04-11 07:20:00
Soller is a town and municipality near the northwest coast of Majorca, in the Balearic Islands of Spain. As of 2004, the present-day economy is based mainly on tourism, complementary to an agriculture based on massive orchards of citrus and olive trees, which has, in recent years, suffered from low prices. Sóller is also known for the houses built in the early twentieth century by emigrants who returned wealthy to the town. Since 1980, Soller has hosted a week-long international folklore festival every July. The town proper is some 3 km inland, from the Port de Soller, in a large, bowl-shaped valley that also includes the village of Fornalutx and the hamlet of Biniaraix. The combined population is around 13,000. A tramway links Soller to Port de Soller. The Torre Picada (watchtower) and the castle in the port were constructed in the 16th century to defend against the “Corsairs” or Barbary pirates. Part of the town was also fortified, but all that remains of this is a pi...
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Alcazar, Sevilla
2008-04-10 15:40:00
The Alcazar of Seville (”Royal Alcazars of Seville”) is a royal palace in Seville, Spain. Originally a Moorish fort, the Alcazar has been expanded several times. The Almohades were the first to build a palace, called Al-Muwarak, on the site. Most of the modern Alcazar was built over Moorish ruins for King Pedro of Castile ...
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