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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">THE WORLD “THAI” MEANS “FREEDOM” IN THE THAI LANGUAGE. THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN INHABITED SINCE THE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD BUT ECONOMICALLY GREW BETWEEN 1985 AND 1995 DUE TO INDUSTRY AND TOURISM. IT FEATURES DESERTED GOLDEN BEACHES, RIVERS WITH LUSH VEGETATION, <placename w:st="on">TROPICAL</placename> <placetype w:st="on">FORESTS</placetype>, SPARKLING <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">TEMPLES</place></city> AND BUSTLING CITIES. THE AREAS OF <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">BANGKOK</place></city>, PATTAYA, RIVER KWAI, KO PHUKET AND KO SAMUI ARE ONE OF THE MOST FAVORITE WORLDWIDE TOURIST DESTINATIONS!</span><br />
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<city w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">BANGKOK</span></u></b></city><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> “THE CITY OF THE ANGELS”, IS THE LARGEST CITY AND THE CAPITAL OF <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">THAILAND</country-region></place> SINCE 1782. IT IS LOCATED ON THE DELTA OF THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">CHAO PHRAYA</placename> <placetype w:st="on">RIVER</placetype></place> WITH ITS THOUSANDS OF CANALS! YOU CAN AVOID THE CITY’S TRAFFIC IF YOU TRAVEL BY BOAT, WHICH IS MUCH MORE PLEASANT!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> BANGKOK</span> IS A COSMOPOLITAN, CULTURAL, STEAMY METROPOLIS AND A SHOPPING HEAVEN FOR ALL THE TOURISTS! IT IS ALSO THE HOME FOR MORE THAN TEN MILLION SMILING PEOPLE! THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">CAPITAL</placename> <placetype w:st="on">CITY</placetype></place> HAS MANY TO OFFER. BIG <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">TEMPLES</place></city>, MANY MARKETS, LOTS OF RESTAURANTS AND A CHARMING RIVER SIDE NOT TO MENTION THE “WILD” NIGHTLIFE!</span><br />
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<placename w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">CHAO PHRAYA</span></u></b></placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <placetype w:st="on">RIVER</placetype></span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> AND THE CANALS IS THE ORIGINAL SITE WHERE <city w:st="on">BANGKOK</city> WAS FOUNDED BEFORE IT WAS MOVED ACROSS THE RIVER TO THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">RATTANAKOSIN</placename> <placetype w:st="on">ISLAND</placetype></place>. STILTED WOODEN HOMES, “FLOATING KITCHENS”, MOBILE SHOPS, <placename w:st="on">COLONIAL</placename> <placetype w:st="on">MANSIONS</placetype> AND BEAUTIFUL <city w:st="on">TEMPLES</city> IS WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THE PICTURESQUE <place w:st="on">RIVERSIDE</place> SCENERY. IT IS A MARVELOUS EXPERIENCE TO WITNESS A FEAST OR A FESTIVAL ON THE RIVER AND THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">NARROW</placename> <placetype w:st="on">CANALS</placetype></place>, WHICH WILL BE TRADITIONALLY DECORATED AND LIGHTED! LUXURY BOATS ARE CRUISING UP AND DOWN THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">CHAO PHRAYA</placename> <placetype w:st="on">RIVER</placetype></place> DAY AND NIGHT, OFFERING LUNCH OR DINNER AND A GREAT VIEW OF THE RIVER BANK’S SIGHTS.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">THE <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">TEMPLE</placetype> OF <placename w:st="on">DAWN</placename></place></span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> (WAT ARUN) IS ALSO KNOWN AS <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WAT PHRA KAEW</u></b>, IS LOCATED ON THE WEST BANK OF THE RIVER. IT WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1767-1782 AND IT TOOK ITS NAME BECAUSE THE KING TAKSIN ARRIVED HERE AT DAWN AFTER A WAR FIGHT. DURING THE RULING YEARS OF KING TAKSIN THE <city w:st="on">TEMPLE</city> FLOURISHED BECAUSE IT WAS THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">CHIEF</placename> <placetype w:st="on">TEMPLE</placetype></place>. THE BEAUTY OF ITS ARCHITECTURE AND THE OUTSTANDING SPIRE OF OVER 70 METERS HIGH AND THE TINY PIECES OF COLORED GLASS AND CHINESE PORCELAIN WITH PRETTY PATTERNS, IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS LANDMARKS OF THE COUNTRY. IT IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING AT SUNSET AND WHEN LIT UP AT NIGHT! FROM ITS TALL SPIRE YOU CAN ENJOY A SPLENDID VIEW OF THE RIVER AND THE CITY.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">THE <placename w:st="on">GRAND</placename> <placetype w:st="on">PALACE</placetype></span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> WITH ITS SPLENDOR ARCHITECTURE AND ITS 61-ACRE COMPLEX IS CERTAINLY <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A MUST </b>WHILE IN <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">BANGKOK</city></place>. IT WAS BUILT IN 1782, BY KING RAMA I AS THE ROYAL RESIDENCE AND THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. EVERY KING HAS ADDED TO THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">GRAND</placename> <placetype w:st="on">PALACE</placetype></place>, SO THE BUILDINGS ARE VARIED IN ARCHITECTURE, FROM THAI STYLE TO VICTORIAN. THERE IS A HIGH WHITE WALL AROUND THE COMPLEX IN WHICH WITHIN, IS THE <placename w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">OLD</b></placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <placetype w:st="on">PALACE</placetype></b> (OR THE <placename w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GRAND</b></placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <placetype w:st="on">PALACE</placetype></b>) AND THE <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TEMPLE</b></place></city><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> OF THE EMERALD BUDDHA</b>. TODAY THE <placename w:st="on">GRAND</placename> <placetype w:st="on">PALACE</placetype> IS USED ONLY FOR ROYAL CEREMONIES AND <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THE <city w:st="on"></city></u></b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><city w:st="on">TEMPLE</city> OF THE EMERALD BUDDHA</u></b> (WAT PHRA KAEW) IS SAID TO BE THE MOST SACRED <placename w:st="on">BUDDHIST</placename> <placetype w:st="on">TEMPLE</placetype> OF <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">THAILAND</place></country-region>, ONE OF THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD! IT IS ADJOINED TO THE <placename w:st="on">GRAND</placename> <placetype w:st="on">PALACE</placetype> AND IT SERVES AS THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">ROYAL</placename> <placetype w:st="on">TEMPLE</placetype></place> WHERE THE KING PERFORMS RELIGIOUS DUTIES. THE STATUE OF THE EMERALD BUDDHA IS OF A DARK GREEN COLOR OF JADE STONE. NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO TOUCH THE STATUE BUT THE KING! SO THE KING CHANGES THE CLOAK AROUND THE STATUE THREE TIMES A YEAR IN A CELEBRATION FOR GOOD FORTUNE IN THE COUNTRY. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WAT PHO</u></b> IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">GRAND</placename> <placetype w:st="on">PALACE</placetype></place> AND IT HOUSES THE GIANT RECLINING BUDDHA COVERED IN GOLD LEAF! IT IS KNOWN AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE TRADITIONAL <placename w:st="on">THAI</placename> <placename w:st="on">MASSAGE</placename> <placetype w:st="on">SCHOOL</placetype> AND IT IS THE OLDEST <city w:st="on">TEMPLE</city> IN <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">BANGKOK</city></place>. </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">WAT TRAIMIT</span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> HOUSES A 3-METER TALL GOLDEN BUDDHA, THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLID GOLD BUDDHA STATUE! THE <city w:st="on">TEMPLE</city> IS LOCATED IN <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">CHINA</placename> <placetype w:st="on">TOWN</placetype></place>.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">THE WAT BENJABOPHIT</span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> IS FAMOUS FOR ITS ELEGANT WHITE MARBLE FAÇADE AND IS OFTEN REFERRED AS THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">MARBLE</placename> <placetype w:st="on">TEMPLE</placetype></place>. THE NAME MEANS “TEMPLE OF THE FIFTH KING” AND IT IS LOCATED IN THE DUSIT DISTRICT OF BANGKOK WHICH IS THE NEW ROYAL CITY, ESTABLISHED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY BY KING RAMA V. DUSIT MEANS “HEAVENLY GARDENS”.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">THE AYUTTHAYA TEMPLES</span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOWADAYS RUINED, THEIR REMAINING RETAIN A FEELING FROM THE FRENCH, PORTUGUESE, SPANISH, DUTCH AND PERSIAN INFLUENCE DUE TO THE DIPLOMATIC TIES OF THESE COUNTRIES DURING THE 14<sup>TH</sup> AND 18<sup>TH</sup> CENTURIES. </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">NATIONAL</placename> <placetype w:st="on">MUSEUM</placetype></place></span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> IS THE <street w:st="on"><address w:st="on">
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">THERE ARE COUNTLESS <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>“FLOATING MARKETS”</u></b> THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THESE COLORFULLY LIVELY MARKETS ARE PACKED WITH CANOES THAT ARE FILLED WITH FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. THE LOCALS ARE DOING BUSINESS FROM THEIR COLORFUL, NARROW, LONG BOATS. IT IS AN EXPERIENCE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NOT TO BE MISSED!!!</b> THE MOST FAMOUS OF THE FLOATING MARKETS IS <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DAMNOEN SADUAK</u></b>, ABOUT 100 KLM SOUTHWEST OF <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">BANGKOK</place></city> AND <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THONBURI</u></b> LOCATED WEST OF THE RIVER. THONBURI IS ALSO THE OLDEST PART OF THE CITY. EARLY IN THE MORNING IS THE BEST TIME TO VISIT A FLOATING MARKET.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">PAK KHLONG FLOWER MARKET</span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> IS THE BIGGEST FRESH FLOWER MARKET OF THE CITY AND IT IS FULL OF COLOR AND AROMA! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">CHINATOWN</span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> (YAOWARAJ) IS ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">BANGKOK</city></place>. THE 1.5 KM LONG STREET AND ITS MAZE OF SMALL STREETS ARE FILLED WITH SHOPS SELLING ALL SORT OF PRODUCTS, FROM GOLD JEWELRY<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TO TRADITIONAL CHINESE EATERY, SEAFOOD AND MEDICINE! </span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">IF YOU VISIT <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THE DUSIT ZOO</u></b> YOU WILL ENJOY HIPPOPOTAMUS, CAMELS, RHINOCEROS, APES AND ROYAL WHITE ELEPHANTS.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">THE ROSE GARDEN</span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> IS VERY CLOSE TO THE CITY AND IS A BIG GARDEN AREA WITH LAKES AND BRIDGES, A RESTAURANT, A SWIMMING POOL AND A THAI VILLAGE, WHERE PRESENTATIONS ARE GIVEN EVERY DAY OF TRADITIONAL THAI EVENTS, SUCH AS DANCES, MUSIC, MARTIAL ART AND WEDDING CEREMONIES.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">RIVER KWAI</span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> IS ONE OF <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">THAILAND</country-region></place>’S FAVORITE DESTINATIONS. THE PROVINCE BOASTS BEAUTIFUL, NATURAL LANDSCAPE OF TROPICAL JUNGLES, RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERFALLS, VALLEYS AND CLIFFS, <street w:st="on"><address w:st="on">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">PATTAYA</span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> IS LOCATED ON THE <placename w:st="on">EAST</placename> <placetype w:st="on">COAST</placetype> OF THE <placetype w:st="on">GULF</placetype> OF <placename w:st="on">THAILAND</placename> AND IT IS <place w:st="on">ASIA</place>’S PREMIER BEACH DESTINATION. THE RELAXING TROPICAL AMBIENCE, THE PARKS, THE MUSEUMS, THE BOTANICAL GARDENS AND THE SPORTS THAT YOU CAN ENJOY, SUCH AS GOLF, FISHING, SCUBA-DIVING ETC, IS WHAT MAKES THE AREA FAMOUS AND FAVORITE. NATURE LOVERS WILL ALSO INTERESTED IN THE BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON MARINE LIFE, A GARDEN WITH BUTTERFLIES AND OTHER TROPICAL INSECTS AND AN AQUARIUM WITH A BIG VARIETY OF FISH. </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">PHUKET</span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> IS THE COUNTRY’S LARGEST ISLAND IN THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">ANDAMAN</placename> <placetype w:st="on">SEA</placetype></place>. IT IS CONNECTED TO MAINLAND BY TWO BRIDGES BUT THE <street w:st="on"><address w:st="on">
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</street> TO REACH THE ISLAND IS BY PLANE WHICH COVERS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">BANGKOK</place></city> AND PHUKET IN A SHORT TIME AND MANY TIMES A DAY. <u>KHAO RANG</u> IS A HILL IN THE <place w:st="on">ISLAND</place> THAT OFFERS A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE CITY. <u>PATONG</u> IS THE <place w:st="on">ISLANDS</place> BIGGEST BEACH, CURVED AND BEAUTIFUL BUT ALSO DANGEROUS DUE TO THE WINDS AND THE DEPTH OF THE WATERS. THE AREA OF PATONG IS FULL OF STREETS THAT ARE PACKED WITH SOUVENIR SHOPS, BARS, RESTAURANTS, TRAVEL AGENCIES, HOTELS AND MUCH MUCH MORE… THE <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">VILLAGE</placetype> OF <placename w:st="on">PHUKET</placename></place> OFFERS NEARBY AREAS OF WATERFALLS AND FORESTS. THERE IS ALSO A <city w:st="on">TEMPLE</city>, <u>THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">PHRA</placename> <placename w:st="on">THONG</placename> <placetype w:st="on">TEMPLE</placetype></place></u>, WITH A GOLDEN BUDDHA.</span><br />
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<place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">PHANG</span></u></b></placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <placename w:st="on">NGA</placename> <placetype w:st="on">BAY</placetype> <placetype w:st="on">NATIONAL PARK</placetype></span></u></b></place><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> OFFERS A SCENIC VIEW OF HUNDREDS OF LIMESTONE CLIFFS RISING OVER THE SEA WITH THICK VEGETATION ON THE TOP! ONE OF THEM IS KNOWN AS “THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">JAMES</placename> <placename w:st="on">BOND</placename> <placename w:st="on">ISLAND</placename></place>” BECAUSE ONE OF THE FILMS OF THE FAMOUS JAMES BOND WAS FILMED HERE. THE WHOLE AREA IS<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> REALLY IMPRESSIVE!</b> IF YOU ARE A CAVES LOVER YOU CAN EXPLORE MANY OF THEM WITH A CANOE, DISCOVERING INTERIOR LAGOONS AND ENJOYING NATURE AT ITS BEST! </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">KRABI</span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> IS ANOTHER NATURAL BEAUTY ONLY A FEW HOURS FROM PHUKET. IT IS A PROVINCE WITH 160 KLM OF COASTLINE FILLED WITH COVES, <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">WHITE</placename> <placetype w:st="on">BEACHES</placetype></place>, CORAL REEFS, LIMESTONE FORMATIONS, AND MANGROVES, ALL WITHIN EASY REACH.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">KO PHI PHI</span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> IS THE <placename w:st="on">PARADISE</placename> <placetype w:st="on">ISLAND</placetype> OF <country-region w:st="on">THAILAND</country-region>, FEATURING CURVING BAYS, <placename w:st="on">WHITE</placename> <placename w:st="on">SAND</placename> <placetype w:st="on">BEACHES</placetype>, <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">GREEN</placename> <placetype w:st="on">SEAS</placetype></place>, TROPICAL JUNGLE, SNIFF CLIFFS AND CAVES. ONE OF THESE CAVES, THE CAVE OF THE VIKINGS, HAS PREHISTORIC DRAWINGS OF SHIPS ON ITS WALLS. THERE’S A POINT IN THE ISLAND THAT NARROWS IN A FEW HUNDRED METERS WIDE, FORMING TWO OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BEACHES ON THE <place w:st="on">ISLAND</place>, AO LO DALAM AND <u>AO TON SAI</u>! </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">KO SAMUI</span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> IS ANOTHER <placename w:st="on">PARADISE</placename> <placetype w:st="on">ISLAND</placetype> OF <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">THAILAND</country-region></place>! <placename w:st="on"><u>ANG</u></placename><u> <placename w:st="on">THONG</placename> <placename w:st="on">NATIONAL</placename> <placename w:st="on">MARINE</placename> <placetype w:st="on">PARK</placetype></u> IS AN ARCHIPELAGO OF ABOUT 40 <placename w:st="on">SMALL</placename> <placetype w:st="on">ISLANDS</placetype> WITH HIDDEN LAGOONS AND CAVES, <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">WHITE-SAND</placename> <placetype w:st="on">BEACHES</placetype></place>, LUSH VEGETATION AND LIMESTONE CLIFFS. THERE IS ALSO A NARROW CORAL REEF IN THE SOUTHWEST OF THE PARK. <placename w:st="on"><u>HIN</u></placename><u> <placename w:st="on">LAT</placename> <placetype w:st="on">FALLS</placetype></u> IS A BEAUTIFUL FALL COMING DOWN TO A POOL AND THERE’S ALSO A <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">TEMPLE</place></city> AT THE BASE OF THE FALLS. THE HARD THING TO DO IS TO FIND THEM!!!! YOU HAVE TO GET A BOAT FROM THE TOWN, WALK FOR ABOUT 4KM, HIKE FOR AN HOUR, CROSS STREAMS AND CLIMB OVER ROCKS…IF YOU ARE UP TO IT, THEN YOU’LL GET REGARDED BY THE LANDSCAPE AND THE WATERFALL. IN KO SAMUI ALSO IS LOCATED <u>THE NA MUANG FALLS</u> WHICH CAN BE REACHES ON FOOT AT LOW TIDE.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">OF COURSE <country-region w:st="on">THAILAND</country-region> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IS A SHOPPING <place w:st="on">PARADISE</place></b>. THEY EVEN HAVE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NIGHT MARKETS</b> THAT OPEN AT 22:00 O’CLOCK. YOU CAN SHOP TILL THE MORNING HOURS! CLOTHS, SHOES, SILK, COTTON, HANDMADE ITEMS, WOODEN ITEMS, SILVERWARE, JEWELRY, LEATHER, PORCELAIN, FRUITS, FISH ARE AMONGST THE THINGS YOU CAN BUY IN <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">THAILAND</country-region></place>. TAILORING IS VERY COMMON IN <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">THAILAND</place></country-region> AND VERY AFFORDABLE TOO!</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">THE BEST TIME TO VISIT <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">THAILAND</place></country-region></span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> IS BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND FEBRUARY. IT IS THE TIME OF YEAR THAT RAINS THE LEAST AND IT IS NOT TOO HOT. IT IS ALSO <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">THAILAND</country-region></place>’S MAIN SEASON FOR FESTIVALS. </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">THAI FOOD</span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> IS WELL-KNOWN TO BE HOT AND SPICY, WITH RICE AS THE <place w:st="on">MAIN</place> DISH. FISH IS ON THE EVERY-DAY DIETARY AS WELL. NICE, SPICY AND FRESH, SO ENJOY IT…AND DO NOT FORGET THE FRUITS…ALL KIND OF JUICY, TROPICAL, FRESH FRUITS!!!</span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">DIFFERENT COUNTRIES-DIFFERENT CULTURES, SO BE CAREFUL ON LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE CONSIDERED RUDE IN <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">THAILAND</country-region></place>. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DO NOT</b> ENTER A THAI HOME OR <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">TEMPLE</city></place> WITH YOUR SHOES ON. YOU ARE PERMITTED TO SIT ON THE FLOOR IN A <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">TEMPLE</place></city>, ALWAYS FACING THE BUDDHA AND WITH YOUR FEET IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION (AS A GESTURE OF RESPECT). <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DO NOT</b> TOUCH ANYONE ON THE HEAD NOT EVEN A BUDDHA’S STATUE. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DO <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">NOT</placename><span style="font-weight: normal;"> <placetype w:st="on">POINT</placetype> <placename w:st="on">ON</placename></span></place><span style="font-weight: normal;"> SOMEONE’S FEET. </span>DO NOT </b>CROSS YOUR LEGS IN FRONT OF ANYONE. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ALWAYS SMILE AT PEOPLE</b>, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANT TO ASK THEM SOMETHING.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">WHILE IN THAILAND <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DO NOT</b> MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE <u>A WORLD FAMOUS THAI MASSAGE</u>, RIDE THE TRADITIONAL STYLE TAXIS <u>“TUK-TUK”</u> (MAN DRIVEN KIND OF THREE-WHEELED CARRIAGES), ATTEND A <u>MUAY THAI MATCH</u> (KICKBOXING), WATCH A <u>LADY-BOY SHOW</u> (SPECTACULAR BEAUTIFUL FEMALE DANCERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY…MEN!) OR GO TO A <u>“SEX SHOW”</u> (POOR THAI YOUNG WOMEN DOING ALL KIND OF SICKENING SEX LINKING THINGS ON STAGE!) REALLY THIS SHOW IS FOR STRONG STOMACHS…IMAGINE THAT THE ONLY NORMAL ACT IN THIS KIND OF SHOWS IS A COUPLE MAKING LOVE IN FRONT OF EVERYONE…YOU HAVE TO ASK SOMEONE THAT KNOWS THE CITY TO GUIDE YOU TO THIS BARS BECAUSE IT IS “NOT LEGAL”! MANY THINGS IN <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">THAILAND</place></country-region> ARE “NOT LEGAL”! ESPECIALLY, <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">BANGKOK</city></place>’S NIGHTLIFE HAS A REPUTATION FOR BEING WILD…TAKE MY WORD ON IT…</span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">YOU WILL NEED MANY TRIPS TO <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">THAILAND</place></country-region> TO FEEL THAT YOU HAVE TRULY GOT TO KNOW THIS AMAZING COUNTRY! AND CERTAINLY YOU WILL WANT TO RETURN AND EXPERIENCE MORE OF THE PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE. THEIR SMILING FACES WILL CALL YOU BACK TO THIS <place w:st="on">PARADISE</place> OF THE ORIENT!</span><br />
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</span></div>Despinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15785608737835462300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916417381879122235.post-69551998225472566522011-10-23T09:33:00.000-07:002011-10-23T09:36:37.552-07:00VIENNA - SALZBURG<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span> <br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><v:shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:formulas> </v:stroke></v:shapetype></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 26pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">VIENNA<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Η ΡΟΜΑΝΤΙΚΗ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΗ ΤΟΥ ΔΟΥΝΑΒΗ </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #7030a0; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">ΤΗΣ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ΑΥΣΤΡΟ – ΟΥΓΓΡΙΚΗΣ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ΜΟΝΑΡΧΙΑΣ, </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #7030a0; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Η ΠΡΩΤΕΥΣΑ ΤΗΣ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΤΕΧΝΗΣ.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #7030a0; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">FOUNDED AROUND 500 BC, WAS ORIGINALLY A CELTIC SETTLEMENT. THEN IT BECAME A ROMAN CITY. IN 1440 IT BECAME THE RESIDENCE CITY OF THE HABSBURG DYNASTY. DURING THE NAPOLEONIC WAR IN 1804, VIENNA BECAME THE CAPITAL OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE AND AFTER 1867 THE CAPITAL OF AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE. EVENTUALLY, IN 1918 AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR, THE CITY BECAME THE CAPITAL OF THE AUSTRIAN REPUBLIC. IT WAS ALWAYS A CITY OF MUSIC AND CULTURE AND FROM LATE 19<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY UNTIL 1938 IT WAS A WORLD CAPITAL OF MUSIC AND HOME TO COMPOSERS LIKE STRAUSS, MOZART AND BRAHMS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #7030a0; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">VIENNA IS A ROMANTIC CITY<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #7030a0; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ENJOY IT</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">STEPHANSDOM:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE LANDMARK OF THE CITY, THIS GOTHIC CATHEDRAL OF ST. STEPHAN DATES BACK TO THE MIDDLE AGES. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE 343 STEPS OF ITS <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">BELL</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">TOWER</st1:placetype></st1:place> GIVES YOU A BREATH-TAKING VIEW OF THE CITY!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">HOFBURG</span>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></u></b>ΤΟ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΙΚΟ ΠΑΛΑΤΙ ΤΩΝ ΑΨΒΟΥΡΓΩΝ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΣΗΜΕΡΑ ΤΑ ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΤΙΚΑ ΓΡΑΦΕΙΑ. <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">IT IS ACTUALLY A BIG COMPLEX OF GREAT BUILDINGS THAT FORMS A BIG AND BEAUTIFUL PLATZ (</span>ΠΛΑΤΕΙΑ<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">). </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ONE OF ITS BUILDINGS HOUSES THE <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SPANISH</u></b></st1:placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u> <st1:placename w:st="on">RIDING</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">SCHOOL</st1:placetype></u></b></st1:place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u> </u></b>WITH THE FAMOUS <u>LIPIZZAN STALLIONS, WHICH</u> SHOW THEIR SKILLS IN A UNIQUE SHOW. (RESERVE TICKETS IN ADVANCE).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A MUST IS A VISIT TO THE GALLERY WITH THE CROWN JEWELS.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">RIGHT OPPOSITE THE HOFBURG IS <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>FINE ART </u></b>WITH GREAT EXHIBITS.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">STAATSOPER:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> VIENNA STATE OPERA OFTEN HOLDS MEMORIAL TO MOZART, BEETHOVEN, SHUBERT, STRAUSS, SCHOENBERG, ETC. HERENYOU CAN ALSO ENJOY THE VIENNESE VAL’S!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">RATHAUS: </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE CITY HALL IS A VERY VERY BEAUTIFUL BUILDING! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">IN CHRISTMAS TIME THEY HOLD THE “WEIHNMARKT” IN FRONT OF THE RATHAUS WHICH IS A FESTIVE CHRISTMAS MARKET WITH ALL KIND OF CHRISTMAS LITTLE THINGS TO BUY, LOCAL FOOD SPECIALTIES TO TRY FROM THE MANY FOOD-STANDS AND OF COURSE DRINK BEER OR THE FAMOUS “HOT RED WINE”! (YOU CAN KEEP THE MUG AS A SOUVENIR).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PARLIAMENT: </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">GREAT BUILDING WITH MANY COLUMNS AND THE STATUE OF GODDESS ATHENA!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SECESSION: </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ART NOUVEAU ARCHITECTURE </span>ΜΕ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΕΠΙΧΡΥΣΩΜΕΝΟ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΘΟΛΟ<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">STADTPARK</span>: </u></b>ΤΟ ΜΕΓΑΛΟ ΠΑΡΚΟ ΤΗΣ ΠΟΛΗΣ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΕΠΙΧΡΥΣΟ ΜΝΗΜΕΙΟ ΤΟΥ <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">JOHAN</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">STRAUSS</span>. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">KARLSKIRCHE: </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE BAROC CHURCH OF KARL </span>ΜΕ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΤΟΝ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΕΠΙΒΛΗΤΙΚΟ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΤΡΟΥΛΟ<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">SACHER HOTEL: </span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LOCATED JUST BEHIND THE STAATSOPER IS A REAL PALACE AND ONE OF THE MOST LUXURIOUS HOTEL OF VIENNA. ENJOY THE FAMOUS “SACHERTORTE“ <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CHOCOLATE CAKE IN ITS ELEGANT CAFÉ. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><u>IT’S A MUST, DO NOT MISS IT!</u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">THE RINGSTRASSE: </span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">IS THE FORMER CITY WALLS OF LATE 19<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY. A WALK ALONG THE <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">RING BOULEVARD</st1:address></st1:street> OFFERS THE BEST SIGHTSEEING OF THE CITY WITH ALL THE IMPOSING BUILDINGS, MANY OF WHICH HOUSES MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES WITH THE WORK OF FAMOUS ARTISTS.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">BELVEDERE PALACE: </span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">IS THE BAROQUE SUMMER RESIDENCE OF PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY. IT ALSO HOUSES KLIMT’S FAMOUS “KISS”. FROM THE <st1:placename w:st="on">UPPER</st1:placename> BUILDING, YOU HAVE A FABULOUS VIEW OF THE <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">OLD</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">CITY</st1:placetype></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">INNERE STADT: </span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">THE OLD CITY </span>ΜΕ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΤΗ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΚΟΜΒΙΚΗ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΣΤΑΣΗ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΤΟ<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Y</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΜΕΤΡΟ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“KARLSPLATZ” AND THE PEDESTRIAN ZONE OF KARNTNER STRASSE AND GRABEN STRASSE WITH MANY SOUVENIR SHOPS, BISTROS AND CAFÉS. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">HUNDERTWASSER HAUS: </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">UNIQUE, ECCENTRIC ARCHITECTURE BUILDINGS FROM THE ARCHITECT FRIEDENSREICH HUNDERTWASSER </span>ΟΠΟΥ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΚΑΙ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΠΗΡΕ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΚΑΙ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΤΟ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΟΝΟΜΑ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΤΟ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΠΕΡΙΕΡΓΟ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΑΥΤΟ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΣΥΜΠΛΕΓΜΑ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΚΤΙΡΙΩΝ<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">IT’S A MUST, DO NOT MISS IT AND DON’T FORGET YOUR CAMERA!!!<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΜΕ ΤΟ <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">UNDERGROUND</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">U</span>4, ΣΤΑΣΗ : <u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SCHWEDEN</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PLATZ</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></u>ΚΑΙ ΣΥΝΕΧΕΙΑ ΜΕ ΤΟ <u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">TRAM</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">N</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></u>ΜΕΧΡΙ ΤΗ ΣΤΑΣΗ<u> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">LOWERGASSE</span>.</u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SHONBRUNN PALACE: </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">IS THE SUMMER RESIDENCE OF THE HABSBURG RULERS IN THE WEST OF THE CITY. YOU CAN ADMIRE THE ROOMS OF EMPRESS MARIA THERESIA, EMPEROR’S FRANZ JOSEF I (WHO RULED IN THE YEARS OF 1848-1916) AND HIS BEAUTIFULL WIFE ELISABETH, THE WELL KNOWN “SISSI” – AUSTRIA’S MOST BELOVED AND FAMOUS EMPRESS. DON’T MISS A VISIT TO THE PALACE’S WONDERFUL GARDENS WITH THE “GLORIETTE” – </span>ΑΨΙΔΑ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΤΟΥ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΘΡΙΑΜΒΟΥ<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> – </span>ΚΑΙ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΤΟ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΥΠΕΡΟΧΟ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΣΙΝΤΡΙΒΑΝΙ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΤΟΥ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝΑ<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.</span>ΕΠΙΣΗΣ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΕΔΩ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΒΡΙΣΚΕΤΑΙ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΚΑΙ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>Ο<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΖΩΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΣ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΚΗΠΟΣ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΤΗΣ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΠΟΛΗΣ<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. (TIERGARDEN = ZOO).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΜΕ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΤΟ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">UNDERGROUND U4, </span>ΣΤΑΣΗ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">HIETZING/TIERGARTEN.<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">DANUBE</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">TOWER</span>: </u></b>Ο ΠΥΡΓΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΔΟΥΝΑΒΗ. <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">IS THE TALLEST BUILDING OF THE CITY AND WITH ITS REVOLVING RESTAURANTS OFFERS GREAT VIEWS OF THE CITY.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΜΕ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΤΟ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">UNDERGROUND U1, </span>ΣΤΑΣΗ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">KAISEMUHTEN/VIENNA CENTRE.</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΛΙΓΟ ΠΕΡΠΑΤΗΜΑ ΜΕΣΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΦΤΑΝΟΥΜΕ ΣΤΟ ΠΑΡΚΟ-ΔΑΣΟΣ ΣΤΟ ΟΠΟΙΟ ΒΡΙΣΚΕΤΑΙ Ο ΠΥΡΓΟΣ.<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">DONAU</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">INSEL</span>: </u></b>ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ ΔΙΠΛΑ ΣΤΟ ΠΟΤΑΜΙ ΟΠΟΥ ΟΤΑΝ Ο ΚΑΙΡΟΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΖΕΣΤΟΣ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΟΥΝ ΠΟΛΛΑ ΕΣΤΙΑΤΟΡΙΑ ΣΕ <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">RIVER</span>BOATS. Η ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΓΝΩΣΤΗ ΚΑΙ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΟΝΟΜΑ “<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">COPA</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">CARGANA</span>”.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΜΕ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span>ΤΟ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">UNDERGROUND U1, </span>ΣΤΑΣΗ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">DONAUINSEL.</span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΤΟ <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">DANUBE</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">TOWER</span>, ΤΟ <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">DONAU</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">INSEL</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span>ΚΑΙ ΤΟ <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ALTE</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">DONAU</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span>ΕΙΝΑΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΙΔΙΑ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ ΚΑΙ ΜΠΟΡΕΙ ΕΥΚΟΛΑ ΝΑ ΣΥΝΔΥΑΣΤΕΙ ΕΠΙΣΚΕΨΗ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΑ ΤΡΙΑ ΜΕΡΗ.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PRATER</span></u></b></st1:placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <st1:placetype w:st="on">AMUSEMENT PARK</st1:placetype></span></u></b></st1:place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">WITH THE GIANT FERRIS WHEEL AND MANY OTHER THEMES. IS FIVE MINUTES FROM THE CITY CENTRE BY UNDERGRAOUNDU1, </span>ΣΤΑΣΗ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PRATERNSTERN.</span></u><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">GRINZING:</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></b>ΕΝΑ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΑΠΟ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΤΑ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΥΠΕΡΟΧΑ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΚΡΑΣΟΧΩΡΙΑ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΤΗΣ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΒΙΕΝΝΗΣ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΜΕ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΠΑΡΑΔΟΣΙΑΚΕΣ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΤΑΒΕΡΝΟΥΛΕΣ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΓΝΩΣΤΕΣ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΩΣ<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> “HENRIGER” WINE TAVERNS </span>ΠΟΥ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΠΡΟΣΦΕΡΟΥΝ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΩΡΑΙΟ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΑΥΣΤΡΙΑΚΟ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΦΑΓΗΤΟ<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, </span>ΥΠΕΡΟΧΟ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΤΟΠΙΚΟ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΚΡΑΣΙ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΚΑΙ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΡΟΜΑΝΤΙΚΗ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗ<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. BROST</span>! <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">CHEERS</span>!<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u> ΠΟΛΥ ΠΟΛΥ ΠΟΛΥ ΠΟΛΥ ΟΜΟΡΦΟ ΚΑΙ ΓΡΑΦΙΚΟΤΑΤΟ ΧΩΡΙΟ!!!!!!!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ME</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">TO</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">UNDERGROUND</span>, ΣΤΑΣΗ <u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">HEILIGENSTAD</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></u>ΚΑΙ ΣΥΝΕΧΙΖΟΥΜΕ ΜΕ ΤΟ <u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">TRAM</span> 38</u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></u>ΜΕΧΡΙ ΤΟ ΧΩΡΙΟ.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΜΕΤΑ ΤΟ <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">GRINZING</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span>ΜΠΟΡΕΙΤΕ ΝΑ ΣΥΝΕΧΙΣΕΤΕ (ΜΕ ΤΟ ΙΔΙΟ <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">TRAM</span> 38<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A</span>) </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΑΝΑΜΕΣΑ ΑΠΟ ΜΙΑ ΠΟΛΥ ΟΜΟΡΦΗ ΔΙΑΔΡΟΜΗ ΣΤΟ ΒΟΥΝΟ, ΜΕΣΑ ΣΤΟ ΔΑΣΟΣ, ΚΑΙ ΝΑ ΦΤΑΣΕΤΕ ΣΤΟ <u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SISSI</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">CAPELLE</span></u><span lang="EN-US"> </span>ΠΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΕΝΑ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΑΚΙ ΤΟ ΟΠΟΙΟ ΕΠΙΣΚΕΠΤΟΤΑΝ ΣΥΧΝΑ Η <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">EMPRESS</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SISSI</span>. ΕΙΝΑΙ ΜΙΑ ΩΡΑΙΑ ΔΙΑΔΡΟΜΗ ΣΤΟ ΔΑΣΟΣ (ΤΟΝ ΧΕΙΜΩΝΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΟΛΟΑΣΠΡΗ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΧΙΟΝΙ!) ΚΑΙ ΟΤΑΝ Ο ΚΑΙΡΟΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΚΑΘΑΡΟΣ ΜΠΟΡΕΙΤΕ ΝΑ ΔΕΙΤΕ ΤΗΝ ΠΟΛΗ ΠΟΥ ΑΠΛΩΝΕΤΑΙ ΑΠΟ ΚΑΤΩ.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SHOPPING:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <u>KARNTNER STASSE </u></span>ΚΑΙ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΤΑ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΓΥΡΩ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΣΤΕΝΑ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΔΡΟΜΑΚΙΑ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΣΤΗ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΠΑΛΙΑ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΠΟΛΗ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span>ΚΑΙ<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <u><span lang="EN-US">MARIAHILFERSTRASSE</span></u><span lang="EN-US"> WHICH IS <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">VIENNA</st1:place></st1:city>’S LONGEST SHOPPING STREET ENDING AT STEPHANSDOM PLATZ.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">HEURIGEN</span>:</u></b> ΟΙΝΟΜΑΓΕΙΡΕΙΑ ΜΕ ΡΟΥΣΤΙΚ ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΛΩΔΙΕΣ ΑΠΟ ΑΚΟΡΝΤΕΟΝ. ΤΑ ΑΝΑΓΝΩΡΙΖΕΙΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΙΣ ΠΟΡΤΕΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΓΙΑΤΙ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΚΡΕΜΑΣΜΕΝΟ ΠΡΑΣΙΝΟ ΚΛΑΔΙ, ΓΝΩΣΤΟ ΣΤΗ ΒΙΕΝΝΗ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΟΝΟΜΑ “<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">BUSCH</span>’<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">N</span>”.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">BEISEL:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> VIENNESE BISTROS WHERE YOU CAN ENJOY VIENNESE COFFEE AND VIENNESE SPECIAL PASTRIES. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 90.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">COFFEE TIPS:</span></u></b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>MOKKA <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></u>= BLACK COFFEE<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 90.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><u>MELANGE</u> = COFFEE WITH MILK<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 90.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><u>FIAKER</u> = MOCCA WITH RUM OR BRANDY SERVED IN <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 90.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>GLASS<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 90.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><u>EINSPANNER</u> = MOCCA WITH WHIPPED CREAM SERVED <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 90.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>IN GLASS<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 90.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 90.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PASTRY TIPS:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>SACHERTORTE </u>IS A FAMOUS CHOCKOLATE CAKE. THE BEST YOU CAN FIND IS IN SACHER HOTEL, WHICH IS THEIR SPECIALTY, AND THE CAKE TOOK ITS NAME FROM THIS HOTEL. (IS THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BEST</b>, TAKE MY WORD ON IT!) <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 90.0pt;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">APFELSTRUDEL:</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> APPLES, NUTS, CINNAMON AND SUGAR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 90.0pt;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PANCAKES</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> WITH ALL KIND OF FILLINGS……..YAMMIE!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 90.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 90.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">VIENNESE DISHES:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 90.0pt;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">WIENER SCHNITZEL:</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> VEAL AND POTATOES SALAD.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 90.0pt;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">TAFEL SPITZ:<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">BEEF AND FRIED POTATOES AND SAUCE. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 90.0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 90.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF SALZACH RIVER, SALZBURG IS A MEDIEVAL CITY BY THE ALPS. IT WAS ORIGINALLY OCCUPIED BY THE CELTS, LATER IT BECAME BAVARIAN AND IN THE LATE 14<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY, IT WAS THE BISHOPRIC OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 90.0pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ΜΟΝΟ ΚΑΙ ΜΟΝΟ ΤΟ ΓΕΓΟΝΟΣ ΟΤΙ Η ΠΟΛΗ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΕΝΑ ΜΟΥΣΕΙΟ ΑΠΟ ΜΟΝΗ ΤΗΣ, ΕΙΝΑΙ ΑΡΚΕΤΟ ΓΙΑ ΝΑ ΓΕΜΙΣΕΙ ΚΑΠΟΙΟΣ ΤΙΣ ΩΡΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΠΕΡΠΑΤΩΝΤΑΣ ΤΑ ΠΑΜΠΟΛΛΑ ΑΞΙΟΘΕΑΤΑ, ΘΑΥΜΑΖΟΝΤΑΣ ΤΑ ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΥΠΟΛΕΙΜΜΑΤΑ ΚΑΠΟΙΑΣ ΠΑΛΙΑΣ ΕΠΟΧΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΕΛΙΚΑ ΑΠΟΛΑΜΒΑΝΟΝΤΑΣ ΤΗΝ ΥΠΕΡΟΧΗ ΙΤΑΛΙΚΗ ΚΟΥΖΙΝΑ ΜΕ ΤΙΣ ΜΑΚΑΡΟΝΑΔΕΣ ΤΗΣ, ΤΙΣ ΠΙΤΣΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PANINI</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ΤΗΣ. ΚΑΙ</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ΑΣ</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ΜΗΝ</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ΞΕΧΝΑΜΕ</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ΤΑ</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ΥΠΕΡΟΧΑ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> GELLATO!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THE CITY IS BUILT ON SEVEN HILLS ON THE TIBER RIVER. IT HAS A HISTORY OF OVER TWO AND A HALF THOUSAND YEARS AND IT HAS BEEN THE SEAT OF THE PAPACY SINCE THE 1<sup>ST</sup> CENTURY AD.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PIAZZA VENEZA:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> THIS SQUARE CAN BE THE START POINT TO A VERY INTERESTING WALK ALL THE WAY TO THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">COLOSSEO. </b>IN VIA DEI FORI IMPERIALI YOU WILL FIND THE STATUES OF EMPEROR CAESAR AUGUSTO AND EMPEROR TRAIANO.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>IN ONE SIDE OF THE STREET ARE THE COLONA DI TRAIANO, THE FORO DI TRAIANO, THE FORO DI AUGUSTO AND THE FORO ROMANO. IN THE OTHER SIDE ARE THE CAPITOGLIO AND THE VIA SACRA. VIA SACRA MEANS “THE SACRED STREET” AND INCLUDES THE FORO ROMANO PALATINO, ARCO DI SETTIMO, ARCO DI TITO AND MANY MORE ANCIENT BUILDINGS. IS QUITE A ‘FEELING’ BEING ABLE TO WALK IN THIS ANCIENT PLACE!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>VIA SACRA ENDS IN ARCO DI COSTANTINO WHERE YOU CAN EXIT TO THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PIAZZA DI</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">COLOSSEO</b>. THE COLOSSEUM IS THE LARGEST MONUMENT OF ROMAN ANTIQUITY. EXPLORE THE FORMER “HOME OF GLADIATORS” WHERE MANY FIGHTS AND SACRIFICES TOOK PLACE. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">YOU CAN CONTINUE TO <u>THE NINFEO DI NERONE</u>, PASS THE <u>CHURCH OF SAN GREGORIO</u> <u>MAGNO </u>AND REACH <u>TERME DI CARACALLA</u>, WHICH IS THE OLD BATHS OF THE CITY.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PIAZZA PIETRO AND THE VATICAN:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> YOU CAN START YOUR DAY IN <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PIAZZA DEL</u></b><u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">POPOLO</b></u>. IT’S A VERY BIG SQUARE WHERE THE ITALIANS USE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. YOU START WALKING BY THE RIVER SIDE, PASS THE <u>PIAZZA AUGUSTO IMPERIALI</u> AND CROSS THE TEVERE RIVER THROUGH <u>PONTE CAVOUR</u> TO THE <u>PIAZZA CAVOUR</u>. THEN YOU CONTINUE WALKING BY THE RIVER SIDE AND PASS BY THE BEAUTIFUL <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CASTEL SAN ANGELO</u></b><u>.</u> THIS MAGNIFICENT FORTRESS CONTAINS THE <u>HADRIAN’S MAUSOLEUM</u>. <u>THE BRIDGE OF ANGELS</u>, WHICH LEADS TO CASTEL SAN ANGELO, IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE WITH MANY ANGEL-STATUS ON BOTH SIDES.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THROUGH <u>VIA DE<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LA</u> <u>CONCILIAZIONE</u> YOU REACH <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PIAZZA PIETRO</u></b> WITH THE BIG COLUMN IN THE CENTRE AND THE HUGE <u>CATHEDRAL </u>IN THE END. IF YOU CAN MAKE IT TO THE TOP OF THE BASILICA, YOU WILL BE REWARDED BY THE STUNNING VIEW OF THE CITY! THE BASILICA ALSO HOUSES THE <u>SISTINE CHAPEL</u> AND MANY MUSEUMS WORTH VISITING. SISTINE CHAPEL IS FAMOUS FOR ITS ARCHITECTURE AND ITS FRESCOES THAT HAS BEEN CREATED BY THE GREATEST RENAISSANCE ARTIST INCLUDING MICHELANGELO. NEXT TO SAINT PETER’S CATHEDRAL IS <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THE VATICAN</u></b> WHERE YOU CANNOT ENTER BUT IF LUCKY YOU MAY SEE THE POP!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A DAY IN THE SHOPS OF ROME IS <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A MUST!</b> <u>VIA DEL CORSO</u> HAVE ALL THE DESIGNER BOUTIQUES AS WELL AS <u>VIA CONDOTI</u> AND <u>VIA VITTORIO VENETO</u>; GUCCI, DOLCE AND GABBANA, VALENTINO, ARMANI, FERRE, VERSACE AND MANY MORE. THE ITALIANS REALLY HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT FASHION IS!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AFTER FONTANA DI TREVI YOU CAN WALK TO THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PIAZZA QUIRINALE</u></b> AND PAS THE <u>QUIRINALE PARK</u> TO<u> PALAZZIO BARBERINI</u> AND TO THE <u>QUATRO FONTANI</u>, WHICH IS, AS THE NAME SAYS, A SMALL SQUARE WITH A SMALL FOUNTAIN IN EACH SIDE, FOUR FOUNTAINS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">EXPLORE THE BEAUTIFUL SQUARES OF ROME:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PIAZZA COLONNA:</u></b> TOOK ITS NAME FROM THE HUGE, BEAUTIFUL, ROUND COLUMN IN ITS CENTRE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PIAZZA DI PANTHEON:</b></u> PANTHEON IS THE MOST INTACT BUILDING OF ANCIENT ROMA AND INSIDE IS THE <u>TOMB OF RAPHAEL</u>. PANTHEON NOW IS A CHURCH.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PIAZZA NAVONA:</b></u> IS WHERE YOU CAN ADMIRE THE MAJESTIC BAROQUE SCULPTURES.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PIAZZA ARGENTINA:</u></b> IS A TINY SQUARE WITH ANCIENT RUINS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SMALL SHOPS, BARS, CAFÉS AND RESTAURANTS ARE PACKED IN THE NARROW STREETS THAT SURROUND ALL OF THE ABOVE SQUARES.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">IN THE 3<sup>RD</sup> CENTURY WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>AND NOW IS THE CENTRE OF FASHION AND ELEGANCE<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MONTE NAPOLEONE:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> “MONTENAPO” THE MILANESE CALL IT, VIA MONTE NAPOLEONE, WITH THE NARROW STREETS, CLAIMS TO BE MILAN’S MOST ELEGANT STREET AND ONE OF THE MOST SOPHISTICATED IN ALL EUROPE. YOU WILL FIND ALL THE BIG NAMES OF HIGH FASHION HERE SUCH AS ARMANI, DOLCE & GABBANA, FERRE, VALENTINO, VERSACE, AND MANY MORE…<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PIAZZA DUOMO:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> THE CATHEDRAL SQUARE IS THE CENTRE OF MILAN WITH THE SPECTACULAR <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CATHEDRAL</u></b>. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GATHER TO THE SQUARE EVERY DAY AS IS THE MAIN MEETING POINT OF THE CITY.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">RIGHT NEXT TO THE CATHEDRAL IS THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>GALLERIA VITTORIO EMANUELE</u></b> OF THE 19<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY. IT WAS DEDICATED TO THE FIRST KING OF ITALY AND THERE’S A MONUMENT PORTRAYING HIM ON HORSEBACK.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">OPPOSITE THE CATHEDRAL IS THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PALAZZO REALE</u></b> OF THE 18<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">TEATRO ALLA SCALA:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> THE OPERA HOUSE IS A BUILDING OF 1776 AND IS THE OLDEST OPERA IN THE OLD CONTINENT!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SCALA IS THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PALAZZO MARINO</u></b>, HOUSING THE CITY’S COUNCIL. ON ONE SIDE OF THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PIAZZA DELLA SCALA</u></b> YOU WILL FIND <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>GALLERIA</u></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>VITTORIO EMANUELE</u></b> AND ON THE OTHER SIDE THE BEAUTIFUL BUILDING OF <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>BANCA COMMERCIALE</u></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SANT AMBROGIO:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A VERY NICE AREA OF MILAN, ONCE THE TOWN’S PORT. IT IS DEDICATED TO MILAN’S PATRON SAINT AMBROSE. HERE YOU WILL FIND THE <u>“NAVIGLI”</u> WHICH IS THE PICTURESQUELY CANAL AREA WITH SMART SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS ALONGSIDE.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">BRERA:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A TRENDY DISTRICT OF OLD MILAN WITH NARROW ALLEYS AND MANY TYPICAL ITALIAN RESTAURANTS...IS THE “BOHEMIA” AREA OF MILAN AND IT ATTRACTS MANY PAINTERS AND WRITERS.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PIAZZA CASTELLO:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> HERE YOU WILL FIND THE IMPRESSIVE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CASTELLO SFORZESCO</u></b> (SFORZA CASTLE), BUILD BY THE IMPORTANT FAMILIES OF VISCONTIS AND SFORZAS BETWEEN MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE ERA. THE CASTLE HOUSES THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PINACOTECA</u></b> (ART GALLERY) AND THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MUSEO D’ARTE ANTICA</u></b> (ANTIQUES ART MUSEUM) WITH SCULPTURES FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE RENAISSANCE. ONE OF THE MUSEUM’S MOST IMPORTANT EXHIBIT IS THE <u>RONDANINI PIETA</u>, THE LAST MASTERPIECE OF MICHELANGELO. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BEHIND PIAZZA CASTELLO IS <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PIAZZA SEMPIONE </u></b>WITH <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THE PARCO SEMPIONE</u></b>, A PLACE OF JOY FOR ALL THE CHILDREN.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">CORSO MAGENTA:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A 19<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY DISTRICT. HERE YOU WILL FIND THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO</u></b> (ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM) AND THE IMPOSING <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PALAZZO</u></b><u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LITTA</b></u>. ALSO IN THE AREA IS THE RENAISSANCE CHURCH OF <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SANTA MARIA DELLE GRAZIE</u></b>. IN THE CHURCH’S CONVENT, BETWEEN 1495 AND 1497, LEONARDO DA VINCI PAINTED <u>THE LAST SUPPER</u>, THE LARGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT, AS WELL AS FAMOUS WORK OF HIM, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THE PREMISES OF THE CHURCH.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00b050; font-size: 20pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THE CAPITAL OF TUSCANI<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">WHEREVER YOUR STEPS BRING YOU WHILE YOU ARE IN FLORENCE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">YOU’LL LIKE IT!</span></b>BEAUTIFUL PIAZZAS, MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS, MANY MUSEUMS FULL OF GREAT ART AND OF COURSE DELICIOUS ITALIAN RESTAURANTS<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ALL WAITS FOR YOU WHEN YOU ARE VISITING THIS ROMANTIC CITY.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THE CITY LIES ON THE RIVER ARNO AND IS KNOWN FOR ITS HISTORY AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE MIDDLE AGES. IT IS CONSIDERED THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE AND IT IS WORLDWIDE KNOWN FOR ITS ART AND ARCHITECTURE.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PONTE VECCHIO:</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> AN AMAZING OLD BRIDGE IN<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>ARNO RIVER</u>, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>FULL OF JEWELERS SHOPS! IT’S A REAL BEAUTY AND A REAL PARADISE FOR GOLD LOVERS!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">CLOSE BY PONTE VECCHIO IS <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>GALLERIA DEGLI UFFIZI</u></b> WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL ARCHES. IS WHERE YOU CAN SPEND LOTS AND LOTS OF HOURS ENJOYING THE ART OF MANY WELL KNOWN ARTISTS. THE BUILDING OF THE GALLERIA IS ACTUALLY THE<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PALAZZO VECCHIO</u></b>, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CIVIL BUILDING IN FLORENCE. ITS CONSTRUCTION BEGUN IN 1299 AND WAS TRANSFORMED IN THE PERIOD OF 1550-60.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">RIGHT BEHIND PALAZZO VECCHIO IS THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PIAZZA DELLA SIGNORIA</u></b>, WHICH IS CONSIDERED FLORENCE’S MOST IMPORTANT SQUARE.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PALAZZO MEDICI RICCARDI</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> AND <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>BASILICA DI SAN LORENZO</u></b> CAN BE FOUND IN <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PIAZZA SAN LORENZO</u></b>. THE BASILICA WAS DESIGNED BY MICHELANGELO AND BRUNELLESCHI IN THE RENAISSANCE STYLE. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THE BIGGEST AND THE MOST POPULAR SQUARE IN THE CITY IS <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PIAZZA DEL </u></b>DUOMO WITH THE <span style="color: red;">GLORIOUS </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CATTEDRALE DI SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE</u></b> BETTER KNOWN AS THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DUOMO</u></b>. IS OF TYPICAL ITALIAN GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE YEARS 1245-1367. INSIDE ARE SEVERAL IMPORTANT WORKS OF ART BY DONATELLO, BRUNELLESCHI, MICHELANGELO AND OTHERS. THE BRONZE DOOR OF THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>BAPTISTERY</u></b> IS A WORK OF ART BY MICHELANGELO. WHEN HE FINISHED THE WORK, HE SAID: ‘THEY LOOK SO GOOD THAT THEY COULD BE THE GATES OF PARADISE” THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CUPOLA</u></b> STANDS IN 41.5 METERS, STARTED BY BRUNELLESHI IN 1420 AND COMPLETED IN 1436. IS THE MOST CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE OF FLORENTINE SKYLINE! THE HUGE DOME AND THE CATHEDRAL BELL-TOWER IS KNOWN AS THE <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CAMPANILE DI GIOTTO</u></b> AND IS THE MOST STRIKING FEATURE OF THE CITY!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpaOtzs7OPJF67YhDAnt4XL4lLFJ48SghdX5rG9mrF_5enKLkIuU9HarT3U99iOCX0_tIJUR2e5MEsV_IFTx0CjpIO0URckT-dFDORe4sptpHrt_kp4bQ6GihKkays1INKEXh5pKkXtRhb/s1600/153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpaOtzs7OPJF67YhDAnt4XL4lLFJ48SghdX5rG9mrF_5enKLkIuU9HarT3U99iOCX0_tIJUR2e5MEsV_IFTx0CjpIO0URckT-dFDORe4sptpHrt_kp4bQ6GihKkays1INKEXh5pKkXtRhb/s320/153.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">IN FRONT OF THE GLORIOUS DUOMO IS <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PIAZZA SAN GIOVANNI</u></b> WITH CAFES AND RESTAURANTS TO HAVE A LITTLE REST FROM THE CITY’S MANY SIGHTSEEING’S AND <u>DO NOT FORGET</u> THE GREAT ITALIAN ELEGANT SHOPS…… <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A VISIT IN FLORENCE IS NOT COMPLETE IF YOU DON’T GO TO <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PIAZZA DE MICHELANGELO</u></b>. IT IS IN THE OTHER SIDE OF ARNO RIVER IN A SMALL HILLSIDE. THERE’S A BIG STATUE OF MICHELANGELO IN THE SQUARES’ CENTRE. THE VIEW OF THE CITY BELOW IS….UNIQUE!!!!!!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THE WAY DOWN TO THE CITY CENTRE IS VERY PLEASURABLE THROUGH THE SMALL ALLEYS AND STREETS. YOU WILL PASS BY THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>FORTE DI BELVEDERE</u></b> AND THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PALAZZO PITTI</u></b>, A PALACE OF ‘400. NOW IT HOUSES THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PALATINA GALLERY</u></b>, THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SILVER MUSEUM</u></b>, THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MODERN ART</u></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>GALLERY</u></b> AND THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CUSTOMES GALLERY</u></b>. THE PALACE IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR ITS <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>BOBOLI GARDENS</u></b>.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAq0roq76Mb7tYdX4Zu1P-tAhlxgAdHxute9ZtODbS4Wu6maXTdzcxSw9THCdX_8H49S5ts8rVTzciQklhNM8vrpHfPS6OBgBPr_A2EvmhGWhNN93ZmHDHvK_2Q5Y8n6ANfrgxnl07cnI/s1600/101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAq0roq76Mb7tYdX4Zu1P-tAhlxgAdHxute9ZtODbS4Wu6maXTdzcxSw9THCdX_8H49S5ts8rVTzciQklhNM8vrpHfPS6OBgBPr_A2EvmhGWhNN93ZmHDHvK_2Q5Y8n6ANfrgxnl07cnI/s320/101.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00b050; font-size: 28pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SIENA AND SAN GIMIGNANO<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SAN GIMIGNANO IS A SMALL WALLED MEDIEVAL TOWN IN THE PROVINCE OF SIENNA IN </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE CHIANTI COUNTRYSIDE</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> OF TUSCANY. IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE ERA IT WAS THE STOPPING POINT FOR CATHOLICS ON THEIR WAY TO ROME AND THE VATICAN. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>IT IS FAMOUS FOR ITS MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE AND FOR ITS TOWERS, WHICH ARE VISIBLE FROM QUITE A DISTANCE AWAY!</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SIENA:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PIAZZA DEL CAMPO</b> WITH THE UNIQUE SHAPE, THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CATHEDRAL</b>, THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PALAZZO COMUNALE</b>, THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LIBERIA PICCOLOMINI</b> AND THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MUSEO DEL DUOMO</b>.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHHOeDIZM41sCqofK3ix_6wZ-0ty6Cs9Wh3qB5zkWpC2WzFAk68QxEASErax4WAuxpRt31WeRQglVPK-8wreILY2k4ppLYrIVIy4tQIjccDmSP0xD88TJCc99iDMQHqSksdFaMZBFElwt/s1600/195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHHOeDIZM41sCqofK3ix_6wZ-0ty6Cs9Wh3qB5zkWpC2WzFAk68QxEASErax4WAuxpRt31WeRQglVPK-8wreILY2k4ppLYrIVIy4tQIjccDmSP0xD88TJCc99iDMQHqSksdFaMZBFElwt/s320/195.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SAN GIMIGNANO:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IT IS SITUATED ON A ROCK AND IT OFFERS A SPLENDID VIEW OF THE VALLEY BELOW. IT IS FAMOUS OF ITS <u>MEDIEVAL TOWERS</u>, STREETS AND BUILDINGS. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">VENICE WAS THE CAPITAL OF AN INDEPENDENT STATE THAT WAS A MAJOR MARITIME POWER DURING THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE AS WELL AS A VERY IMPORTANT CENTER OF COMMERCE. SILK, GRAIN, SPICE AND ART IN THE 13<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY UP TO THE END OF THE 17<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY MADE VENICE A WEALTHY CITY THROUGHOUT MOST OF ITS HISTORY.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THE CITY STRETCHES ACROSS 117 SMALL ISLANDS IN THE VENETIAN LAGOON ALONG THE ADRIATIC SEA AND<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b0f0;"> </span></b>IT LIVES UP TO ITS REPUTATION OF THE MOST ROMANTIC CITY IN ALL OF EUROPE. BLESSED WITH CANALS, STUNNING ARCHITECTURE, VICTORIAN SOPHISTICATION AND A RICH HISTORY, GLOWS OF LOVE AND ROMANCE.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THE FIRST YOU SHOULD DO WHEN IN VENICE IS ENJOY A <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GONDOLA RIDE</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ST. MARKS SQUARE</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS THE MAIN ATTRACTION OF VENICE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MANY GLORIOUS BUILDINGS ARE ON THE HUGE SQUARE SUCH AS THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>TORRE DELL’ OROLOGIO</u></b> (BELL TOWER), A BUILDING OF 1499. THE ARCHWAY BENEATH THE CLOCK LEADS TO A SHOP PASSAGE AND TO RIALTO BRIDGE. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MUSEO CORRER</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> OR THE MUSEUM OF THE CITY AND CIVILIZATION OF VENICE STANDS IN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SQUARE’S ARCHWAY.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BONAPARTE HAS COMMANDED TO BUILD THIS BUILDING IN THE 1800’S TO HOUSE A STATE BALLROOM.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE BASILICA DI SAN MARCO</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A JEWEL IN THE SQUARE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>IT IS OF BYZANTINE STYLE WITH FIVE DOMES. THE INTERIOR HAS GOLD MOSAICS, GREAT TO LOOK AT!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE CAMPANILE</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS UNATTACHED FROM THE BASILICA (AS THE ARCHITECTURAL CUSTOM OF THAT PERIOD) AND IT OFFERS UNFORGETTABLE VIEWS OF THE CITY AND THE LAGOON.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">DOGE’S PALACE</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A VENETIAN GOTHIC AND NEO-CLASSICAL BUILDING.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">EXPLORE THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE, THE SALONS, THE 16<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY PRISON AND THE FAMED <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>BRIDGE OF SIGHS.</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">RIALTO BRIDGE</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A WHITE STONE BRIDGE OF THE 1591 ON THE GRAND CANAL. IT HAS MANY SHOPS ON BOTH SIDES AND IT IS A BIG ATTRACTION OF VENICE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>IF YOU ASK ME THERE ARE MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL AND ROMANTIC BRIDGES ALL OVER THE CITY, BUT A VISIT TO RIALTO IS A MUST.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A MASSIVE EIGHT-SIDED CHURCH IN THE GRAND CANAL. IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1681 AS A “THANK YOU” GIFT TO GOD FOR ALLOWING PLAGUE TO KILL ONLY A THIRD OF THE CITY’S RESIDENTS!...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SAN MICHELE</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS THE CITY’S CEMETERY.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MURANO</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS FAMOUS OF GLASS MAKING. YOU CAN ENJOY A DEMONSTRATION OF THIS ART IN ONE OF THE MANY FACTORIES AND BUY THE BEAUTIFUL MURANO ITEMS IN ONE OF THE MYRIADS OF THE SHOPS.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">BURANO</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS FAMOUS OF LACE MAKING.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MAZZORBO</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS CONNECTED WITH A WOODEN BRIDGE TO BURANO.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">TORCELLO</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS JUST A FEW MINUTES RIDE FROM BURANO BY A BOAT LINE. THERE’S A THOUSAND YEAR OLD BYZANTINE CATHEDRAL NOT TO BE MISSED. FROM IT’S BELL TOWER YOU CAN ENJOY GREAT VIEWS OF THE ISLAND. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">LIDO</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WITH SHOPS. ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BOAT LANDING AREA IS A BEACH RIGHT IN THE ADRIATIC SEA.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TRY THE WINES AND “PROSECCO”, WHICH IS A SPARKLING WINE. THE<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LOCUMI A LA FACHI AND THE TRIDESSI DI CAZZO, WHICH IS MADE OF CHOCOLATE, ARE SOME OF VENICE’S SWEETS. OF COURSE THE FAMOUS ITALIAN GELLATTI (ICE CREAM) IS ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU AND … DO NOT FORGET THAT SPAGHETTI AND PIZZAS ARE ITALIAN SPECIALS…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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</div></div>Despinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15785608737835462300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916417381879122235.post-54862411333339096682011-10-13T15:07:00.000-07:002011-10-13T15:17:11.823-07:00BALI<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 48pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BALI<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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</div><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BALI IS AN INDONESIAN ISLAND, ONE OF ABOUT 17.000 ISLANDS THAT FORM THE INDONESIAN ARCHIPELAGOS, WITH JAKARTA AS THE CAPITAL. THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION IS MUSLIMS WITH A SMALL MINORITY OF HINDUISM. THE SMALL HINDU MINORITY OF THE COUNTRY IS LIVING IN THE ISLAND OF BALI WHILE THE BIG MAJORITY OF ISLAMISM IS LIVING IN THE REST OF THE INHABITED ISLANDS.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoSubtitle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 30pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">THE BEAUTIFUL ISLAND OF </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext;">BALI IS THE LARGEST TOURIST DESTINATION OF THE COUNTRY AND </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">IS ALL ABOUT TEMPLES, SUN AND SEA. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext;">IT IS KNOWN FOR ITS ART, DANCE, MUSIC, SCULPTURE, PAINTING AND METALWORKING.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">ENJOY FRESH FISH (WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF SPICES!) AND TRADITIONAL DANCE AND MUSIC.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoSubtitle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 30pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoSubtitle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 20pt;">SIGHTSEEING</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 20pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> AND PLACES OF INTEREST<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoSubtitle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 30pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">NUSA DUA </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">IS AN EXCLUSIVELY TOURIST AREA WITH LUXURY RESORTS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoSubtitle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 30pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">KUDA</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> IS THE CAPITAL WITH A VERY LONG, WHITE BEACH AND WITH MANY RESTAURANTS, DISCOS AND ALL KIND OF LITTLE SHOPS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SCROLL THROUGH THE NARROW STREETS AND ALLEYS OF THE CAPITAL AND EXPLORE THE REAL BALI! ANOTHER OPTION IS TO VISIT THE MUSEUM.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext;">JIMBARAN BEACH</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext;"> IS A FAMOUS BEACH WITH MANY RESTAURANTS WHERE YOU CAN ENJOY FRESH FISH AND BALINESE DANCE AND MUSIC.IT IS VERY NEAR THE CAPITAL KUDA AND IT HAS<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A VERY LONG WHITE SAND BEACH ON WHICH ALL THE RESTAURANTS PLACE THEIR TABLES SO YOU CAN ENJOY YOUR MEAL LOOKING THE OCEAN! <u>VERY ROMANTIC!</u> </span></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoSubtitle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 30pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext;">KLUNGKUNG</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext;"> IS A SMALL CITY WITH A VERY BEAUTIFUL OLD COURT OF JUSTICE. <u>VERY VERY BEAUTIFUL!</u> </span></span></span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BALI IS FAMOUS FOR ALL KINDS OF HANDICRAFTS AND TEXTILE ART WORK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>UBUD</u></b> AREA IS AN AREA OF MANY VILLAGES, EACH OF THEM FAMOUS FOR ONE ART:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>IN THE VILLAGE OF <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MAS</u></b> YOU WILL FIND THE BEST WOOD CARVING OF THE ISLAND, </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">IN <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>BATUBULAN</u></b> GREAT STONE SCULPTURE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CELUK</u></b> IS THE CENTER OF GOLD AND SILVER SMITH.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">IN <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>BATUAN</u></b> YOU CAN SEE THE WELL KNOWN PAINTERS AND THEIRR COLLECTIONS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>IN <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>TOHPATI</u></b> YOU WILL LEARN THE TRADITIONAL HAND WEAVING ART OF”BATIK”. IT IS AMAZING OF HOW MANY HOURS YOU NEED TO MAKE ONE PEACE OF BATIK: DESIGN ON A WHITE MATERIAL, COVER WITH WAX, DYEING WITH COLOUR, TAKING OFF THE WAX AND FINALLY WASHING AND DRYING.ALL OF THESE HANDMADE!!!!</span></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoSubtitle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 30pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-size: large;">PURA BESAKIH</span></span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-size: large;"> “THE MOTHER TEMPLE” IS THE BIGGEST AND OLDEST HINDU TEMPLE IN INDONESIA (11</span><span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="font-size: large;"> CENTURY).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">VISIT THE BEAUTIFUL <strong><u>ROYAL TAMAN AYUN TEMPLE</u></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 120%;">TANAH LOT</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 120%;"> IS LOCATED ON A HUGE ROCK SURROUNDED BY INDIAN OCEAN AND RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ULUWATU</u></b>.THE TEMPLE STANDS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND IT WAS CARVED FROM CORAL LIME STONE IN THE 16<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY.HERE YOU CAN ENJOY THE BEST SUNSET IN THE ISLAND,<u>VERY VERY ROMANTIC AND IDEAL PLACE TO GET MARRIED!</u></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmPZrNoiMiZ5F2gNCvxCwWohAtvAVJ62hSmt9xz2IPCl8b4V3Mkh6-clRm23jQluWoCnRoaPLYAM-dmRBqvQzLmhftQhzB8LPeHcg9G_609HWcImenxXtA-ae0M7UsX0YbsCMpK7Dr7Ls/s1600/CIMG0207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmPZrNoiMiZ5F2gNCvxCwWohAtvAVJ62hSmt9xz2IPCl8b4V3Mkh6-clRm23jQluWoCnRoaPLYAM-dmRBqvQzLmhftQhzB8LPeHcg9G_609HWcImenxXtA-ae0M7UsX0YbsCMpK7Dr7Ls/s320/CIMG0207.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">IS THE CAPITAL OF INDONESIA IN THE ISLAND OF JAVA. IT IS LOCALLY CALLED <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>JOGJA</u></b>.HERE YOU CAN VISIT THE BIGGEST BUDDHIST TEMPLE, WHICH IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>BOROBUDUR TEMPLE</u></b>.VERY IMPRESSIVE!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvX1XUut2PbdzD03iyPo2OQ-0wynu86QMpCi3hHrftebTDWoqYTWC90YQvkv40-MwYEFe40qa7lkt7Wsq1CyY_hKyfl_caxpK_CqzHyaaqy3BZtb137CNIPzadfXsqOp0Hsevl40u1UX2B/s1600/CIMG0285.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvX1XUut2PbdzD03iyPo2OQ-0wynu86QMpCi3hHrftebTDWoqYTWC90YQvkv40-MwYEFe40qa7lkt7Wsq1CyY_hKyfl_caxpK_CqzHyaaqy3BZtb137CNIPzadfXsqOp0Hsevl40u1UX2B/s320/CIMG0285.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THIS CARIBBEAN <st1:place w:st="on">PARADISE</st1:place> IS <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">UNIQUE!!! </b>COLORFUL SCENERY, SEMI DESERT TO TROPICAL FORESTS, UNDERGROUND CAVES, A RICH SEA ECOSYSTEM, A SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE WITH TWO SEASONS: THE RAINY SEASON (MAY – OCTOBER) AND THE DRY SEASON (NOVEMBER – APRIL). THE WHITE SAND CRYSTAL CLEAR BEACHES, THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE MANY CAYS, THE CITIES AND AREAS DECLARED BY UNESCO AS WORLD CULTURAL HERITAGE, THE EXCELLENT FOOD. ALL OF THESE MAKE IT A <st1:placename w:st="on">GREAT</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">ISLAND</st1:placetype>, BUT WHAT MAKES IT A <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">UNIQUE</b> <st1:place w:st="on">ISLAND</st1:place>, IS THE CUBAN PEOPLE. ALWAYS FRIENDLY AND FULL OF LIFE, WITHIN THEIR MUSIC AND DANCE! EVEN IN SAD TIMES THEY COPE ALL OF THEIR DIFFICULTIES WITH THE COMPANY OF MUSIC AND DANCE! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THEY HAVE IT IN THEIR BLOOD…<o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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</div><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">IN 1492 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS REPORTED THE EXISTENCE OF WHAT HE CALLED “THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LAND THAT HUMAN EYES HAVE EVER SEEN”. HE LANDED IN <st1:city w:st="on">HOLGUIN</st1:city>, SOUTH – EAST OF THE <st1:place w:st="on">ISLAND</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">IN 1514 SPANISH SETTLEMENTS CAME IN <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">CUBA</st1:country-region></st1:place> AND BY 1526 MOST OF THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS HAD BEEN KILLED. SLAVES FROM <st1:place w:st="on">AFRICA</st1:place> WHERE BROUGHT BY FORCE AND SLAVERY REMAINED UNTIL THE LATE YEARS OF THE 19<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">CUBA</st1:place></st1:country-region> ALSO EXPERIENCED A PERIOD OF PIRATE ATTACKS DURING THE 18<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY. IN THE 20<sup>TH</sup> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">CENTURY THE ISLAND WHERE UNDER THE HANDS OF THE <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> FOR 57 YEARS. IN 1953 FIDEL CASTRO AND HIS FRIENDS BEGAN A REVOLUTION THAT LED TO A TRIUMPH ON JANUARY 1<sup>ST</sup> 1959. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">CUBA’S COASTLINE IS ABOUT 3535 MILES LONG WITH MANY BEAUTIFUL BEACHES, MARINE TERRACES, CLIFFS, LIMESTONE ROCKS, MANGROVE FORESTS AND SWAMPS. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PINAR</span></u></b></st1:placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <st1:placename w:st="on">DEL RIO</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">PROVINCE</st1:placetype></span></u></b></st1:place><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS BLESSED BY NATURE. THE BEST TOBACCO IN THE WORLD IS GROWN IN THIS PROVINCE SO BE SURE TO VISIT A CIGAR FACTORY AND SEE HOW HABANO CIGARS ARE MADE. IN THIS REGION YOU WILL ALSO FIND <u>THE PREHISTORIC WALL</u> THAT IS A WONDERFUL, HUGE, COLORFUL PAINTING IN A BIG ROCK. A BIG <st1:placename w:st="on"><u>INDIAN</u></st1:placename><u> <st1:placetype w:st="on">CAVE</st1:placetype></u> IS ALSO HERE THAT LEADS INTO A BEAUTIFUL <st1:place w:st="on">LAKE</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">RIO CANIMAR</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS LOCATED BETWEEN <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">MATANZAS</st1:place></st1:city> AND VARADERO. IT IS A PROTECTED AREA OF NATURAL BEAUTY. ENJOY A BOAT RIDE ALONG THE RIVER BANKS WITH RICH FAUNA AND BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SANTA LUCIA BEACH AND <st1:city w:st="on">CAMAGUEY</st1:city></span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">WIDE</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">BEACH</st1:placetype></st1:place> OF 13 MILES WITH FINE GOLDEN-WHITE SAND AND TURQUOISE WATERS. THE WATERS ARE ALWAYS CALM HERE BECAUSE OF THE PROTECTIVE CORAL REEF THAT IS REAL CLOSE TO THE COST. IS THE LONGEST REEF IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. THERE ARE MANY SUNKEN SHIPS IN THE AREA, SOME FROM THE 19<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY. ROSEATE FLAMINGOS CAN ALSO BEEN SEEN AT <u>EL <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">REAL</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">LAKE</st1:placetype></st1:place>.</u><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">HOLGUIN</span></u></b></st1:place></st1:city><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> HAS UNSPOILED NATURE AND RICH CULTURE WITH PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST. IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS “THE CITY OF <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">PARKS</st1:place></st1:city>”. <u>THE <st1:placename w:st="on">NARANJA</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">BAY</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">NATURAL</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">PARK</st1:placetype></u> HAS INCREDIBLE <st1:placename w:st="on">BLUE</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">SEA</st1:placetype> AND <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">MANGROVE</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">FORESTS</st1:placetype></st1:place>. THERE’S AN <u>AQUARIUM </u>WITH DOLPHINS AND SEA LIONS THAT YOU CAN SWIM WITH THEM IF YOU WANT TO! THE FAMOUS <u>BEACH ESMERALDA </u>IS ALSO IN <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">HOLGUIN</st1:place></st1:city>. ENJOY <u>THE HILL OF THE CROSS</u>, <u>THE <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">MARQUETA SQUARE</st1:address></st1:street></u>, <u>THE MUNICIPAL MUSEUM</u> KNOWN AS <u>PERIQUERA</u>. VISIT THE NEARBY <u>LOOK-OUT POINT</u> WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><u>MAYABE</u></st1:placename><u> <st1:placetype w:st="on">VALLEY</st1:placetype></u></st1:place>. <st1:city w:st="on">HOLGUIN</st1:city> IS ONE OF THE AREAS OF <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">CUBA</st1:place></st1:country-region> THAT IS SERVED BY AN AIRPORT, SO THE TRANSPORTATION WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">IN <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SANTA CLARA</u></b></st1:place></st1:city> IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND THE ERNESTO GUEVARA’S MONUMENT. IS A HUGE MONUMENT DEDICATED TO THE VERY BELOVED BY THE CUBANS, ARGENTINEAN FIGHTER FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE <st1:place w:st="on">ISLAND</st1:place>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CHE GUEVARA</b>.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><st1:city w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SANTIAGO DE CUBA</span></u></b></st1:city><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS THE 2<sup>ND</sup> MOST IMPORTANT CITY IN <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">CUBA</st1:place></st1:country-region>. IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1515 AND IT HAS A PARTICULAR RICH HISTORY. IT WAS ALSO THE CAPITAL OF THE <st1:place w:st="on">ISLAND</st1:place> FOR A SHORT TIME. VISIT <u>THE SAN PEDRO DE LA ROCA DEL MORRO CASTLE</u> WHICH IS A PART OF THE WORLD HERITAGE, <u>EL VOBRE BASILICA</u>, CUBA’S PATRON SAINT,<u> THE 26<sup>TH</sup> OF JULY MUSEUM</u>, <u>THE SIBONEY FARM</u> AND THE RUINS OF AN <u>OLD FRENCH COFFEE PLANTATION</u>. ABOUT 31 MILES AT THE CITY’S LIMITS IS <st1:placename w:st="on"><u>BACONAO</u></st1:placename><u> <st1:placetype w:st="on">PARK</st1:placetype></u> WITH <st1:placename w:st="on">MANY</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">BEACHES</st1:placetype> AND LAKES AND THERE ARE <u>THE <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">GRAN</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">PIEDRA</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">MOUNTAINS</st1:placetype></st1:place></u> IF YOU PREFER THE MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPES. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">HAVE FUN AND A UNIQUE VACATION IN PEACE AND SAFETY <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"></div></div>Despinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15785608737835462300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916417381879122235.post-53137769271523769322011-09-26T08:45:00.000-07:002011-09-26T08:45:43.264-07:00DUBAI<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: yellow; font-size: 36pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">DUBAI</span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A DESERT THAT HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A PARADISE</span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A LUXURIOUS PARADISE!</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">DUBAI WAS JUST A SMALL TRADING PORT AND FISHING VILLAGE. THE INHABITANTS WERE PRACTICING THE PEARLING INDUSTRY AS WELL. IT WAS A GATEWAY BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">DURING THE YEARS DUBAI HAS DEVELOPED INTO A MODERN ARCHITECTURAL MARVEL WITH BIG SKYSCRAPERS, HUGE SHOPPING MALLS, LUXURIOUS HOTELS AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></u></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">AL BASTAKIYA</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS THE ORIGINAL OLD CENTRE OF DUBAI. IT HAS NARROW LANES AND HOUSES WITH TALL CHIMNEY-LIKE STRUCTURES, CALLED “WIND TOWERS”. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstFOtICVx_uoKowuYWRuaY8npJTpdnjrHBEXQPLcwk7aP4NJ7BFIFYzhCfsNTsggTkdF6uJ_ceAvyzWlNWbXMy-s8YrshbR98wRHidE7tOk1kv-VYgCmrOo66uZ1IOSq8s1NYSysdLrGD/s1600/Picture+025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstFOtICVx_uoKowuYWRuaY8npJTpdnjrHBEXQPLcwk7aP4NJ7BFIFYzhCfsNTsggTkdF6uJ_ceAvyzWlNWbXMy-s8YrshbR98wRHidE7tOk1kv-VYgCmrOo66uZ1IOSq8s1NYSysdLrGD/s320/Picture+025.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">IN THE AREA, YOU WILL FIND THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DUBAI MUSEUM, </u></b>WHICH IS HOUSED IN <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>AL FAHIDI FORT</u></b>. LIFE-SIZE FIGURES AND SOUND EFFECTS DISPLAY EVERYDAY LIFE IN OLD DUBAI.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A VISIT IN THE MUSEUM IS A MUST TO GET TO KNOW DUBAI’S COLORFUL PAST. </span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A WALK ALONG THE EDGE OF THE CREEK IN THE BASTAKIYA DISTRICT WILL TAKE YOU TO A NUMBER OF OUTDOOR RESTAURANTS. IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO ENJOY ARABIC FOOD WHILE WATCHING THE RIVER TRAFFIC.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A VERY ROMANTIC WAY TO ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL AREA OF THE CREEK IS A <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DINNER CRUISE BY THE CREEK, ON A DHOW. (</u></b>DHOW IS THE TRADITIONAL ARABIAN SHIP).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">YOU CAN ALSO <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>TAKE A TRIP DOWN THE CREEK ON AN ABRA</u></b> (TRADITIONAL WATER TAXI). (IT’S VERY-VERY CHEAP)</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4nH24Rys1DIeTVVTWx6C3pGvsQinqUbHRzaTMk2_fXpJGPARoSgBln51fDFwRoW2-onns1OrmdEvcF1kFzWDw54DpYFxH1i5-Io71omWjwgJGwnDl9vAH-PRli2zRqTMBTcVSSglAaFG/s1600/CIMG5386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4nH24Rys1DIeTVVTWx6C3pGvsQinqUbHRzaTMk2_fXpJGPARoSgBln51fDFwRoW2-onns1OrmdEvcF1kFzWDw54DpYFxH1i5-Io71omWjwgJGwnDl9vAH-PRli2zRqTMBTcVSSglAaFG/s320/CIMG5386.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A VISIT TO THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CULTURE VILLAGE,</u></b> WHICH FEATURES MUSEUMS, EXHIBITION HALLS, ART AND CRAFT GALLERIES, WILL ALSO GIVE YOU THE CHANCE TO KNOW DUBAI OF THE PAST.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUzlBBaoufcY7oloCzzuBOQwKmtcMzMxrMZM2f4xF1KppUDz-rAKZHmL9eFc5Mx1cwPzd6stakvSSf3ZGngaR-4VuN_A3OCw5ABUy1SOYmzt1X11soi2lvDRxRP8Kzvf8gtXbuccDrg9s/s1600/Picture+011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUzlBBaoufcY7oloCzzuBOQwKmtcMzMxrMZM2f4xF1KppUDz-rAKZHmL9eFc5Mx1cwPzd6stakvSSf3ZGngaR-4VuN_A3OCw5ABUy1SOYmzt1X11soi2lvDRxRP8Kzvf8gtXbuccDrg9s/s320/Picture+011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SOME OF THE PARKS OF DUBAI WHERE YOU CAN SPEND A LOT OF FUN TIME ARE:</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">WILD WAFI WATERPARK </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">IS A 12-ACRE WATER PARK, WHERE THE FUN NEVER ENDS!</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">CREEKSIDE PARK </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">BOTANICAL GARDENS, FISHING PIERS, JOGGING TRACKS, BARBECUE SITES, CHILDREN’S PLAYING GROUNDS, RESTAURANTS AND AN AMPHITHEATRE .</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THERE IS A CABLE CAR THAT YOU CAN GET, TO ENJOY THE PARK. </span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">JUMEIRAH BEACH PARK</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A BIG AREA BY THE BEACH, IN THE GULF OF DUBAI. WHITE SAND, PALM TREES AND CLEAR WATERS ARE WHAT YOU WILL ENJOY IN THIS PARK.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">DUBAI GOLF CITY</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A VERY BIG AREA WITH RESTAURANTS BY THE WATER AND OF COURSE A HUGE GOLF GROUND. VERY BEAUTIFUL AT NIGHT TIME, WHERE THE LIGHTS OF THE CITY ARE MIRRORED IN THE WATER!</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">DUBAI MARINA</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS HUGE! AND IT IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION (2010). </span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">LUXURIOUS HOTELS, CAFÉS, RESTAURANTS AND PLAYGROUNDS.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A CRUISE WITH A DHOW IN DUBAI MARINA IS ALSO A VERY BEAUTIFUL WAY TO SEE THE AREA.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO16GL_rhUaSRIIL7mGaGgZsJcQVJARN5tYB28vWv_CUR5Bd_gX5lZ8BKqluT4cROJM0I0QKDd-xmJLVrwng1dSu8biptcM4yB5NS2q4lDnxOEy_Ih9mjLnSDYYu3_doDJtI23lMi6nUvl/s1600/CIMG5383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO16GL_rhUaSRIIL7mGaGgZsJcQVJARN5tYB28vWv_CUR5Bd_gX5lZ8BKqluT4cROJM0I0QKDd-xmJLVrwng1dSu8biptcM4yB5NS2q4lDnxOEy_Ih9mjLnSDYYu3_doDJtI23lMi6nUvl/s320/CIMG5383.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">DUBAI IS THE COUNTRY OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT. EVERY NOW AND THEN, A BRAND NEW BUILDING IS READY FOR PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO ENJOY. </span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SOME OF THE PROJECTS ARE:</span></span></b></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE PALM ISLANDS: THE PALM JEBEL ALI, THE PALM DEIRA AND THE PALM JUMEIRAH, WHICH</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS ALREADY FINISHED AND INHABITED!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnog51BBwp6VkyJJ2ChwVdztSTrwU1AqfXKNmMfCQPeot843pM9yn-dLsq4pWgMvjPs_pSMlloKSvgHTS1OdSoMKXcXBivLvIGPLex_lam2y1asIvFOKH84YsIQ8LQlQZ_x12rmOHcZadt/s1600/CIMG5583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnog51BBwp6VkyJJ2ChwVdztSTrwU1AqfXKNmMfCQPeot843pM9yn-dLsq4pWgMvjPs_pSMlloKSvgHTS1OdSoMKXcXBivLvIGPLex_lam2y1asIvFOKH84YsIQ8LQlQZ_x12rmOHcZadt/s320/CIMG5583.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE WORLD, </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">WHICH COMPRISES OF 300 ISLANDS!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE UNIVERSE, </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">WHICH WILL BE CORAL-SHAPED ISLANDS, TO BE USED AS RESIDENTIAL AREAS. (15-20 YEARS TO BE COMPLETE!) </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLZvTT2fOGtctMLrBRqAgptmZnaRBl93Iz-pmzj_X9IzI32W2nM3Z_REhnGk9v0yxqrp0hg7CVQkKkG2FuFTO6jMPy_4cmN6RQ31beHReMTNgnWk7_NWzMQcPFkYZ0EHfvX574O547a6A/s1600/Picture+119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLZvTT2fOGtctMLrBRqAgptmZnaRBl93Iz-pmzj_X9IzI32W2nM3Z_REhnGk9v0yxqrp0hg7CVQkKkG2FuFTO6jMPy_4cmN6RQ31beHReMTNgnWk7_NWzMQcPFkYZ0EHfvX574O547a6A/s320/Picture+119.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">BURJ DUBAI </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">IS THE TALLEST TOWER IN THE WORLD!</span></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">DUBAI TOWERS</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> ARE TWO TWIN BUILDINGS THAT ARE ALWAYS RECOGNIZABLE IN THE DUBAI SKY.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THE DUBAI HOTELS SCREAM TO EACH OTHER OF WHICH ONE IS THE BIGGEST AND THE MOST LUXURIOUS!...</span></span></b></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SO….DO NOT MISS A VISIT TO:</span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">BURJ AL ARAB HOTEL</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: LUXURY, LUXURY, LUXURY AND ALL OF THAT <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IN</b> THE SEA!!! YES IN THE SEA! (IS THE HOTEL OF THE PICTURE ABOVE). YOU NEED TO HAVE A RESERVATION FOR ONE OF THE HOTEL’S RESTAURANTS, OTHERWISE YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO GET IN! RESERVATIONS WELL IN ADVANCE BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS FULL! IT IS A BIT PRICY BUT BELIEVE ME, IT WORTH’S IT!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW3yxIzLDnz_SqezGX9t4OrF779GO5_Zl0m9N27dwgG4n0eoOWJZKdEd1iucDaTxC-5EY5Z60TNsx2NNUzJEpT_aAa6Hh-CCofbWCren5YWr-qPopLP0q8t_DOfy__8xjR9nngHCXQrZAo/s1600/CIMG5616.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW3yxIzLDnz_SqezGX9t4OrF779GO5_Zl0m9N27dwgG4n0eoOWJZKdEd1iucDaTxC-5EY5Z60TNsx2NNUzJEpT_aAa6Hh-CCofbWCren5YWr-qPopLP0q8t_DOfy__8xjR9nngHCXQrZAo/s320/CIMG5616.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">JUMEIRAH BEACH HOTEL</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: RIGHT OPPOSITE THE BURJ AL ARAB, BY THE SEA OF THE AREA JUMEIRA. VERY IMPRESSIVE!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDXAW0EO9sBE5N_tuqLoX8oagl1JhIldzO68-whx5FCJJI9FD7fM7jpFc72f_EcXhCSGAEVRkHycgXJIKFyoMJEPneRnrDwOLjfvu-wjKI6s8LaTmBRoSJ2RmXdXudoocHRx-K6GBReaH/s1600/CIMG5503.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDXAW0EO9sBE5N_tuqLoX8oagl1JhIldzO68-whx5FCJJI9FD7fM7jpFc72f_EcXhCSGAEVRkHycgXJIKFyoMJEPneRnrDwOLjfvu-wjKI6s8LaTmBRoSJ2RmXdXudoocHRx-K6GBReaH/s320/CIMG5503.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">AL QASR HOTEL</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: WHAT CAN I SAY…..WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH!...</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A HUGE ARABIC STYLE COMPLEX OF LUXURIOUS ROOMS, RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND A SOUK (SOUK<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u> </u></b>MADINAT).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ALL OF THAT SURROUNDED BY A HUGE ARTIFICIAL LAKE, SO CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT YOU WON’T BELIEVE IS MAN-MADE! </span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AND THE “ABRAS” PASSING THROUGH THE CANALS OF THIS LAKE, SO THAT YOU CAN CATCH ONE AND HAVE A MINI CRUISE BY GOING TO THE DEFERENT AREAS OF THE COMPLEX! </span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">IT’S MAGIC!…YOU CAN SPEND HOURS AND HOURS PAMPERING YOURSELF IN AL QASR!</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MINA A’ SALAM HOTEL</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS LOCATED IN THE SAME LAKE AS AL QASR, AND IS AS BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL AS AL QASR.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ATLANTIS HOTEL, THE PALM</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IT IS LOCATED IN THE PALM JUMEIRAH AND IS THE TWIN OF THE ATLANTIS HOTEL OF NASSAU, BAHAMAS IN THE CARIBBEAN. HUGE AND LUXURIOUS. TROPICAL GARDENS, BEAUTIFUL BRIDGES, LAKES, AQUARIUM AND SO MANY OTHER WONDERFUL THINGS TO ENJOY…</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPPVYE7mIi5DlYPfdAQa4w6ii9wH1sMKcmZY93YX8-dlYcc7e261nsQtklfHCPWe1fycAMEDtEHbD9AcXJQ70DC5hX77bgbXYE62_-V4sRDVgaBTF0PcnYePsQpeIUSx_lYRGlZdWCX2v/s1600/CIMG5412.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPPVYE7mIi5DlYPfdAQa4w6ii9wH1sMKcmZY93YX8-dlYcc7e261nsQtklfHCPWe1fycAMEDtEHbD9AcXJQ70DC5hX77bgbXYE62_-V4sRDVgaBTF0PcnYePsQpeIUSx_lYRGlZdWCX2v/s320/CIMG5412.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THE LIST OF THE HOTELS OF DUBAI ARE ENDLESS…AND IT IS GETTING BIGGER BY THE MINUTE!... I JUST MENTION A FEW, BUT YOU CAN FIND MANY-MANY OTHERS AS WELL.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BARE IN MIND THAT MOST OF THE HOTELS HAVE RESTRICTED AREAS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE PRIVACY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. </span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BUT THERE ARE MANY GROUNDS OF THE HOTELS THAT YOU CAN ENJOY BY YOUR VISIT. AFTER ALL, DUBAI <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IS TO</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">VISIT AND MARVEL</b> THE EXTREME ARCHITECTURE OF THE HOTELS AND OTHER BUILDINGS.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">DUBAI IS UNDOUBTEDLY A SHOPPER’S PARADISE!</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> WITH SO MANY SHOPPING MALLS, MODERN ONES AND TRADITIONAL ONES<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">. </b>WITH THE “SOUKS”, BETTER KNOWN AS “BAZAARS”. AND THE PRICES; OF THE WORLDS BEST! YOU CAN GET A HUGE RANGE OF ELECTRONICS, FASHION WEAR, TEXTILES, PERFUMES, GOLD JEWELLERY, LEATHER GOODS, SILVER AND BRASS ITEMS, PERSIAN CARPETS AND MANY MANY MORE…<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IT IS A SHOPPER’S PARADISE!</b></span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ENJOY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING, OR EVEN BETTER, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ALL OF THEM!</b></span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SPICE SOUK </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE AIR IS HEAVY IN THE TINY LANES AND ALLEYWAYS OF THE SOUK. THAT IS OF THE AROMAS OF THE SPICES, DRIED FRUITS, PERFUMES AND ARABIC COFFEE. </span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THIS SOUK IS AN ENJOYMENT FOR THE EYES BECAUSE IT IS FULL OF COLORS! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">GOLD SOUK</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS UNDOUBTEDLY DUBAI’S <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MOST FAMOUS SOUK</b>. IS WHERE YOU CAN GET VERY HAPPY BY BUYING GOLD!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THE PRICES ARE AMONG THE LOWEST IN THE WORLD!!!! AND DO NOT FORGET THE BARGAIN IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD IS A CUSTOM. YOU CAN GET REALLY GOOD PRICE BY BARGAINING! </span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">AL KARAMA</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A SHOPPING AREA WITH TWO CENTRAL STREETS LINED WITH LOTS OF SMALL SHOPS WITH REASONABLY PRICES ON CLOTHING AND “ALMOST GENUINE” DESIGNER FASHION.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">WAFI CITY</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> WITH PYRAMID-SHAPED ROOFS IS ONE OF THE MOST ELEGANT SHOPPING COMPLEXES IN DUBAI, HAVING THE ARABIC ELEMENT IN ITS DESIGN.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MADINAT SOUK </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SHOPPING IN OPEN-FRONTED SHOPS IN A BAZAAR-LIKE ATMOSPHERE AND DINING IN TERRACED RESTAURANTS AND BARS OVERLOOK WATERWAYS AND WIND TOWERS.(LOCATED IN AL QASR HOTEL).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MALL OF THE EMIRATES</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> HAS 350 SHOPS AND THE KEMPINSKI HOTEL WITH THE WORLD’S THIRD-LARGEST INDOOR SKI SLOPE!</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">DUBAI MALL</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A SHOPPERS PARADISE WITH MORE THAN 1200 SHOPS, 160 FOOD OUTLETS AND AN AQUARIUM, HOME TO 33,000 SPICES OF FISHES.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">OUTSIDE OF THE MALL, THERE IS A VAST AREA OF BUILDINGS INCLUDING HOTELS, SOUKS AND APARTMENTS. ALL OF THAT ARE BUILD IN THE CANALS OF A LAKE (AGAIN ARTIFICIAL! DO NOT FORGET THAT DUBAI IS A DESERT!). IN THIS LAKE THERE IS A “SINGING FOUNTAIN” SHOW, ABOUT EVERY 20 MINUTES. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IT IS SOMETHING YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS!... </b></span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THE BURJ DUBAI, WORLDS TALLEST BUILDING IS LOCATED IN THIS AREA AS WELL. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kcfN4bbcEztDIHGBG0abOqZIYic6iEmJYmThyjhnoGFmc5OYeikZj8JMojTPMiSQKtIZGcAyIJZLNyYbjjsAJGKZ6sVCkizwxGF4BxzeQSfIESxYt8vSJ1Wh5HLyUDGWGhXM0BmwFdNi/s1600/CIMG5679.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kcfN4bbcEztDIHGBG0abOqZIYic6iEmJYmThyjhnoGFmc5OYeikZj8JMojTPMiSQKtIZGcAyIJZLNyYbjjsAJGKZ6sVCkizwxGF4BxzeQSfIESxYt8vSJ1Wh5HLyUDGWGhXM0BmwFdNi/s320/CIMG5679.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">EVERY FEBRUARY,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>THEY HAVE THE “DUBAI SHOPPING FESTIVAL”. IS THE BEST TIME FOR SOMEONE TO SHOP, AS THE ARE PUTTING UP MANY SPECIAL OFFERS. BUT IT IS VERY CROWDED AND THE HOTELS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE DUE TO HIGH DEMAND.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">FOOD:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> FROM STREET-SIDE CAFES TO FIVE STAR DINING YOU CAN FIND A MIX OF LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL TASTES. FISH IS AT ITS BEST BECAUSE IS FRESH FROM THE GULF SEA. SHISHA PIPE (ARGYLE) IS VERY POPULAR IN LOCAL CAFÉS AND RESTAURANTS.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TOURS THAT YOU CAN ENJOY WHILE YOU ARE IN DUBAI:</span></span></b></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">EAST COAST TOUR</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: VISIT FUJAIRAH, ONE OF THE 7 EMIRATES (ABU DHABI-THE CAPITAL, AJMAN, FUJAIRAH, RAS AL KHAIMAH, SHARJAH, AND UM AL QUWAIN).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">IN THIS TOUR YOU WILL SEE HAJAR MOUNTAINS, THE DIBBA VILLAGE, THE INDIAN OCEAN, FUJAIRAH’S OLD FORT’S RUINS AND AL BADIYAH MOSQUE WHICH IS THE OLDEST MOSQUE IN THE EMIRATES.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">DESERT SAFARI :</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE DESERT RALLY, SAND SKIING, HENNA PAINTING AND TATTOOS, CAMEL RIDING, DUNE DINNER AT SUNSET WITH ARABIC MUSIC, ARABIC DANCE AND ARABIC BARBECUE. ALL OF THAT UNDER THE STARS…VERY ROMANTIC!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1oSyWh2FcUco0ybvhNy7SpKcM3P9ACBCPOJp4VQqVsoLv8bgIbFZvDoh7zLqT75AaFpQmR_3wDgGFEW-9Izk7sDJ142eS8B9bB4o4yNRGlglofon4rjFaMrXTGJWCqaqBYPACmXLfags/s1600/Picture+039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1oSyWh2FcUco0ybvhNy7SpKcM3P9ACBCPOJp4VQqVsoLv8bgIbFZvDoh7zLqT75AaFpQmR_3wDgGFEW-9Izk7sDJ142eS8B9bB4o4yNRGlglofon4rjFaMrXTGJWCqaqBYPACmXLfags/s320/Picture+039.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">DUBAI CITY TOUR: </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THERE IS A DOUBLE –DECKER, BRITISH-STYLE BUS TOUR, THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE MOST INTERESTING PARTS OF THE CITY. </span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">YOU CAN-HOP-ON AND OFF WHICH IS VERY CONVENIENT.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">DUBAI IS AVERY HOT COUNTRY, SO BRING WITH YOU SUMMER CLOTHS, (COTTON ONES ARE THE COOLEST) BUT DO NOT FORGET THAT IT IS AN ARABIC COUNTRY THAT YOU ARE VISITING AND MANY EUROPEAN STYLE CLOTHING ARE CONSIDERED “NOT APPROPRIATE”! BUT THEN AGAIN, DUBAI IS A VERY MODERN COUNTRY AS WELL! JUST DON’T OVERDO IT WITH THE CLOTHES OTHERWISE YOU WILL GET VERY STRANGE LOOKS FROM THE LOCALS. THEY ARE VERY POLITE BUT THEY STARE…</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ENJOY YOUR VISIT IN DUBAI</span></span></div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AND COME BACK IN A FEW YEARS</span></span></div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">IT WILL BE DIFFERENT!...</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6sTlwQYv4znKDDIN0BpLqt5hpNneAxIMnXgESjbXDVQccsKV6cUJgW4unCAEo0Fhwm3T_0-aDI4JUe8U-otd0clxhBIqnIJHwnwc0SlhdEusWhPj2tJ8mCBKcaR5hW5EXTQBEE5lOvMh/s1600/009_9.JPG"></a>ALL THE PHOTOS TAKEN BY DESPINA ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT. PICTURES CAN ONLY BE USED WITH PRIOR CONSENT OF DESPINA AND THEY HAVE TO BE LINKED BACK TO THIS BLOG. IT IS FORBIDDEN TO USE THE PICTURES FOR COMMERCIAL REASONS. </span></div><div class="separator" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PHOTOGRAPHY BY DESPINA.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div>Despinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15785608737835462300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916417381879122235.post-56285954273240122112011-09-25T08:21:00.000-07:002011-09-25T08:32:34.236-07:00MALAYSIA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MALAYSIA</span></b></place></country-region><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: black;">TRULY <place w:st="on">ASIA</place></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MALAYS, CHINESE, INDIANS AND MANY OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS HAVE LIVED TOGETHER IN <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">MALAYSIA</place></country-region> FOR GENERATIONS. THIS MOSAIC OF CULTURES, HAD CREATED A TRULY MALAYSIAN ONE! EVERYTHING, FROM ITS PEOPLE TO ITS ARCHITECTURE, REFLECTS A COLORFUL HERITAGE AND CULTURE. THIS <placetype w:st="on">LAND</placetype> OF <placename w:st="on">DIVERSITY</placename> HAS BEEN A PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SPICE ROUTE”, MANY HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO, WHEN TRADERS FROM <country-region w:st="on">INDIA</country-region> AND <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">CHINA</country-region></place> ESTABLISHED TRADING PORTS IN THE AREA. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ITS ORIGIN IS IN THE <placename w:st="on">MALAY</placename> <placetype w:st="on">KINGDOM</placetype>, WHICH FROM THE 18<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY, BECAME SUBJECT TO THE <place w:st="on">BRITISH EMPIRE</place>. STILL VIVID IS THE EVIDENCE OF THE BRITISH COLONIZATION IN MANY BUILDINGS AND IN MANY AREAS OF THE COUNTRY. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ONE OF <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">MALAYSIA</place></country-region>’S KEY ATTRACTIONS IS ITS CONTRASTS. BIG SKYSCRAPERS LOOKING DOWN UPON WOODEN HOUSES ON STILTS AND FIVE-STAR HOTELS SITUATED JUST A FEW METERS AWAY FROM ANCIENT REEFS! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><city w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">KUALA LUMPUR</span></u></b></city><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS THE CAPITAL, A BIG METROPOLIS WITH THE TALLEST SKYSCRAPERS IN ASIA, INCLUDING THE HIGHEST TOWERS OF THE WORLD, <u>THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">PETRONAS</placename> <placetype w:st="on">TOWERS</placetype></place></u>. (AFTER THE BUILDING OF THE BURJ <state w:st="on">AL</state> <city w:st="on">DUBAI</city> IN <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">DUBAI</city></place>, THE PETRONAS HAVE LOST THEIR TITLE AS THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD). </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE CONFLUENCE OF THE RIVERS KLANG AND GOMBAK IS THE BIRTH AREA OF THE CITY, THE SPOT WHERE THE FIRST SETTLERS BUILT THEIR SHACKS. MANY HISTORIC <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">TEMPLES</place></city> AND MOSQUES ARE STILL STANDING IN THEIR ORIGINAL SPOTS, WITH <u>MASJID JAME MOSQUE</u> THE OLDEST ONE, FROM 1908.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: black;"><u>THE DATARAN MERDEKA</u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> AND <u>THE </u></span><u>PETALING STREET NIGHT MARKET ARE TWO AREAS WHERE THE CITY’S PAST IS EVIDENCE IN THE COLONIAL BUILDINGS AND IN THE MIDNIGHT LAMPS OF THE STREETS. </u></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE DATARAN MERDEKA WAS ONCE THE CRICKET CENTRE OF THE BRITISH COLONY. ON ONE CORNER OF THE MAIN SQUARE </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">IS <u>THE SELANGOR CLUB</u>, ONCE THE SOCIAL CENTRE OF THE BRITISH RESIDENTS. NEARBY IS <u>ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL</u>, A <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">NEO-GOTHIC</placename> <placetype w:st="on">CHURCH</placetype></place> MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. ON AUGUST 31 OF 1957 THE MALAYAN FLAG FLUE FREELY IN THE DATARAN MERDEKA, SIGNALING THE COUNTRY’S <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">INDEPENDENCE</place></city>. THERE IS A 100 METER FLAGPOLE IN THE SAME SPOT. </span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">SULTAN</placename> <placename w:st="on">ABDUL</placename> <placename w:st="on">SAMAD</placename> <placetype w:st="on">BUILDING</placetype></place></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS AN IMPRESSIVE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE WITH GLEAMING COPPER DOMES AND A 130 METER CLOCK TOWER.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>IT WAS BUILT IN 1897 AS THE CENTRE OF THE BRITISH ADMINISTRATION AND TODAY IT HOUSES <u>THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT</u> AND <u>INFOKRAF,</u> WHICH IS A CENTRE FOR MALAYSIAN HANDICRAFTS. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="color: black;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">LAKE</placetype> <placetype w:st="on">GARDENS</placetype></place></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> (TAMAN TASIK PERDANA) DATES BACK TO THE 1880s AND IS THE CITY’S MOST POPULAR PARK. IT IS A VERY BIG PARK WITH AN ARTIFICIAL <place w:st="on">LAKE</place>, MANY TREES, FLOWERS, JOGGING TRACKS AND A CHILDERS PLAYGROUND. MANY MUSICAL AND CULTURAL PERFORMANCES ARE BEING HELD IN THE PARK. IN THE LAKE GARDENS ARE LOCATED MANY ATTRACTIONS OF THE CITY SUCH AS <u>THE BOTANICAL GARDENS</u> AND <u>THE NATIONAL MUSEUM</u> WITH A HISTORICAL GALLERY, A CULTURAL GALLERY, A MUSICAL GALLERY, A NATURAL HISTORY GALLERY AND A NATIONAL SPORTS GALLERY. <u></u></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="color: black;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE CARCOSA SERI NEGARA</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS TWO 19<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY COLONIAL MANSIONS ON A HILLTOP OVERLOOKING THE <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">LAKE</placetype> <placetype w:st="on">GARDENS</placetype></place>. IT WAS THE RESIDENCE OF THE BRITISH GOVERNOR AND THE HIGH COMMISSIONERS TODAY IS AN EXCLUSIVE HOTEL! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="color: black;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS ALSO OVERLOOKING THE <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">LAKE</placetype> <placetype w:st="on">GARDENS</placetype></place> AND VISITORS ARE ALLOWED TO VISIT PARTS OF THE BUILDING BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT WITH THE AUTHORITIES. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="color: black;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE ISTANA NEGARA</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS THE RESIDENCE OF THE KING. IT IS LOCATED ON A HILL AT JALAN ISTANA AREA AND IT IS SURROUNDED BY GREEN LAWNS, PONDS AND TREES. ON CEREMONIES AND OTHER SPECIAL OCCASIONS THE PALACE IS LIT-UP AND IT LOOKS VERY PRETTY. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">THE CENTRE OF <u>THE <place w:st="on">CHINATOWN</place> </u>IS</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> PETALING STREET, WHICH MAINTAINS MUCH OF ITS TRADITIONAL ATMOSPHERE. AT NIGHT, VENDORS SPREAD THEIR MERCHANDISE OUT ON THE STREET, MAKING THE NIGHT MARKET AS VIVID AND AS LIVELY AS CAN BE.</span></span></div><span style="color: black;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">THE CENTRAL MARKET</span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> WITH IT’S ART DECO STRUCTURE, IS A CENTRE OF MALAYSIAN CULTURE, ARTS AND CRAFTS. MANY PERFORMANCES, DEMONSTRATIONS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES ARE BEING HELD HERE INCLUDING BATIK PAINTING, FORTUNE TELLING, PUPPET SHOWS, GLASS BLOWING AND MANY OTHERS. </span></span></div><br />
<span style="color: black;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">THE NATIONAL ZOO AND AQUARIUM</span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> IS ABOUT 13 KLM FROM THE CITY AND IT EXHIBITS MANY ANIMALS, BIRDS AND A BIG COLLECTION OF MARINE SPECIES. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">THE <city w:st="on">KUALA LUMPUR</city> RAILWAY STATION</span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> AND <u>THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">MALAYAN</placename> <placename w:st="on">RAILWAY</placename> <placename w:st="on">ADMINISTRATION</placename> <placetype w:st="on">BUILDING</placetype></place></u> ARE OF MOORISH STYLE AND FINE EXAMPLES OF THE BRITISH COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">THE <placename w:st="on">ORCHID</placename> <placetype w:st="on">GARDENS</placetype></span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> EXHIBIT MORE THAN 800 SPECIES OF THIS BEAUTIFUL FLOWER, WHICH ARE ON <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">SALE</city></place> HERE ONLY ON WEEKENDS FROM 10am TO 6pm.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">BUTTERFLY</placename> <placetype w:st="on">PARK</placetype></place></span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> EXHIBITS MORE THAN 6000 BUTTERFLIES OF MORE THAN 120 SPECIES IN A RAINFOREST ATMOSPHERE. THERE IS A NURSERY AND A BREEDING AREA FOR THE BUTTERFLIES IN THE PARK.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">HOT AND HUMID IS THE WEATHER CONDITIONS OF <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">MALAYSIA</place></country-region>… THERE IS RAIN THROUGH THE YEAR BUT THE WETTEST MONTHS ARE MARCH, APRIL, SEPTEMBER AND NOVEMBER. SO IT IS ADVISABLE TO AVOID A VISIT AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, WHEN THE HUMIDITY IS AT ITS HIGHEST!</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE COUNTRY IS LOCATED OFF THE EASTERN COAST OF AFRICA, IN THE <place w:st="on">WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN</place>. IT CONSISTS OF <placename w:st="on">FOUR</placename> <placename w:st="on">MAIN</placename> <placetype w:st="on">ISLANDS</placetype> AND SEVERAL SMALL ONES IN THE VOLCANIC <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">COMOROS</country-region></place> ARCHIPELAGO. THE <placename w:st="on">FOUR</placename> <placetype w:st="on">ISLANDS</placetype> ARE GRANDE COMORE (NGAZIDJA), MOHELI (MWALI), ANJOUAN (NZWANI) AND <place w:st="on">MAYOTTE</place> (MAORE). MAYOTTE IS THE OLDEST OF THE ISLANDS, AN ANCIENT VOLCANIC <place w:st="on">ISLAND</place> WITH MOUNTAINS AND STREAMS. THE CAPITAL IS <city w:st="on">MORONI</city> ON GRANDE COMORE, WHICH IS THE YOUNGEST OF THE <place w:st="on">ISLANDS</place> AND IT HAS A MASSIVE, ACTIVE VOLCANO. THE OTHER <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">TWO</placename> <placetype w:st="on">ISLANDS</placetype></place> ARE MOUNTAINOUS BUT HAVE HAD NO RECENT VOLCANIC ACTIVITY. IN THE WATERS AROUND THE <place w:st="on">ISLANDS</place> LIVES THE “COELACANTH”, A SPECIES OF FISH THAT WAS ONCE THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN EXTINCT FOR 60 MILLION YEARS! IN 1938 IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT IT STILL EXIST AND IN THE 1950s IT HAS BEEN CAUGHT BY FISHERMEN IN THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">COMOROS</placename> <placetype w:st="on">ISLANDS</placetype></place>. SEVERAL HAVE BEEN SINCE CAUGHT! THERE IS A BIG ONE PRESERVED IN THE <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">MUSEUM</placetype> OF <placename w:st="on">MORONI</placename></place>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">AS THE CROSSROAD OF MANY CIVILIZATIONS THE COUNTRY HAS A DIVERSE CULTURE AND A RICH HISTORY. RICH IN SWAHILI CULTURE THE CHARMING INHABITANTS COME FROM ARAB TRADERS, PERSIAN SULTANS, AFRICAN SLAVES AND PORTUGUESE PIRATES. THE NAME “<place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">COMOROS</country-region></place>” COMES FROM THE ARABIC WORD “MOON”. THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF THE ISLANDS WERE AFRICAN SETTLERS WHO TRAVELED TO THE <place w:st="on">ISLANDS</place> BY BOAT IN THE 6<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY AD. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE ISLANDS BECAME A FRENCH COLONY AFTER WORLD WAR II AND GAINED THEIR <city w:st="on">INDEPENDENCE</city> IN 1978, ALTHOUGH <place w:st="on">MAYOTTE</place> CONTINUES TO BE A FRENCH COLONY UNTIL TODAY.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">GRANDE COMORE</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS THE LARGEST OF THE ISLANDS, WITH <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">MORONI</city></place> AS THE CAPITAL. IT FEELS LIKE ANOTHER WORLD! LAVA AND <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">SANDY</city></place> BEACHES WHERE BRILLIANT WHITE MEETS DARK VOLCANIC BLACK SAND! BANANAS, BREADFRUITS, VANILLA, YLANG-YLANG AND COCONUT PLANTATIONS FILL THE <place w:st="on">ISLAND</place>. YLANG-YLANG IS A TREE THAT GROWS IN THE <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">COMOROS</country-region></place> AND ITS NAME MEANS “RARE”. IT HAS A VERY STRONG SCENT AND ITS OIL IS USED IN AROMATHERAPY. IT IS SAID THAT IT RELIEVES HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND SOME SKIN PROBLEMS!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><place w:st="on"><city w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MORONI</span></b></city></place><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS THE CAPITAL. IN THE COMORIAN LANGUAGE IT MEANS “IN THE HEART OF THE FIRE”, A NAME COMING FROM THE LARGEST ACTIVE VOLCANO IN THE WORLD, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MT KARTHALA</b>. ITS LAST BLOW WAS IN 2005, RESULTING <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">MANY</placename> <placename w:st="on">FLAT</placename> <placetype w:st="on">VILLAGES</placetype></place> AND A DESERT MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE! THE <placename w:st="on">MORONI</placename> <placetype w:st="on">HARBOR</placetype> IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS IN THE <place w:st="on">INDIAN OCEAN</place>, ESPECIALLY AT SUNSET! VISIT </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE NARROW STREETS OF THE OLD ARAB QUARTER, THE OLD FRIDAY </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MOSQUE (ANCIENNE MOSQUEE DU VENDREDI), THE WHITE BUILDINGS OF THE SEAFRONT AND THE WOODEN BOATS MOORED BETWEEN VOLCANIC ROCK JETTIES!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MAYOTTE</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS STILL A PART OF <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">FRANCE</country-region></place>. IT HAS THE WHITEST OF <placename w:st="on">WHITE</placename> <placetype w:st="on">BEACHES</placetype> AND <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">TURQUOISE</placename> <placetype w:st="on">SEA</placetype></place>!! IT PROVIDES EXCELLENT DIVING AND SNORKELING, AS WELL AS SAILING.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MOHELI</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS THE SMALLEST <place w:st="on">ISLAND</place> AND THE MOST UNDEVELOPED. IT IS WILD, WITH SEA TURTLES, DOLPHINS AND WHALES. ALL ARE PROTECTED IN THE “PARC MARIN DE MOHELI”. GENERALLY THE <place w:st="on">ISLAND</place> HAS NOT STEPPED YET TO THE 21<sup>ST</sup> CENTURY, MAKING IT A PERFECT HIDEAWAY VACATION!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ANJOUAN</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, CALLED “THE <city w:st="on">PEARL</city> OF <country-region w:st="on">COMOROS</country-region>”, IS THE MOST SCENIC, KIND OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, DESERT, <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">TROPICAL</placename> <placetype w:st="on">ISLAND</placetype></place>! IT FEATURES FORESTED HILLS, RIVERS AND THE VOLCANO MT NTINGI. IT IS COVERED WITH VEGETATION LIKE LARGE FERNS, TROPICAL MAHOGANIES AND WILD ORCHIDS!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE <place w:st="on">ISLANDS</place> HAVE A TROPICAL CLIMATE WITH WET AND DRY SEASONS. THE WET SEASON IS FROM OCTOBER TO APRIL, WITH MARCH THE HOTTEST MONTH. THE DRY SEASON IS FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER, WHICH ARE THE COOLER AND THE DRIER MONTHS, MAKING THIS PERIOD THE BEST FOR A VISIT TO THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">COMOROS</placename> <placetype w:st="on">ISLANDS</placetype></place> IN ORDER TO AVOID THE HIGH HUMIDITY OF THE TROPICS.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SINGAPORE</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THE CITY OF THE LION</span></span></u><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbxFYgDQGzrZhGq6FLAr8Ji-UDKMFUqJwiXl54K4zhO40BBDyuPDWlB-nEDfqPUF3XZ_C9LWC8E2OsR7RYLq-7qiXp9Z-bTajngKl8igBDhnvIn_ffkpmfQ2d8J85nXy9hLZmbg_hyphenhyphen6IY/s1600/060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbxFYgDQGzrZhGq6FLAr8Ji-UDKMFUqJwiXl54K4zhO40BBDyuPDWlB-nEDfqPUF3XZ_C9LWC8E2OsR7RYLq-7qiXp9Z-bTajngKl8igBDhnvIn_ffkpmfQ2d8J85nXy9hLZmbg_hyphenhyphen6IY/s320/060.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THIS COSMOPOLITAN ISLAND, CALLED “TEMASEK” IN THE 14<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY, WAS ALWAYS A BUSTLING TRADING PLACE FOR MANY NATIONALITIES, INCLUDING THE ARABS, CHINESE, EUROPEANS, INDIANS AND MALAYS. LATER ITS NAME CHANGED TO “SINGA PURA” MEANING “THE LION CITY”. THE STORY HAS IT, THAT A PRINCE WHO ARRIVED IN TEMASEK TO SET UP HIS KINGDOM, SAW A LION AND GAVE THE ISLAND A NEW NAME.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>IN 1819 SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES LANDED BY THE SINGAPORE RIVER AND ESTABLISHED A TRADING POST. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TODAY, SINGAPORE IS A CONFLUENCE OF RACES AND CULTURES, OF TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS, OF ASIAN AND WESTERN VALUES AND LIFESTYLES ALL BLENDING COMFORTABLE TOGETHER. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">DISCOVER THIS BEAUTIFUL ISLAND FOR YOURSELF AND YOU’LL FIND OUT THAT IS MORE THAN JUST A “SHOPPERS PARADISE”, WHICH IT IS, AS THE PRICES OF ALL THINGS, ESPECIALLY ELECTRONICS ARE VERY LOW AND OF THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SINGAPORE: </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE MUSEUM CONSISTS OF TWO GALLERIES. THE SINGAPORE <u>HISTORY GALLERY</u> EXHIBITS ART DATING BACK TO THE 14<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY AND THE SINGAPORE <u>LIVING GALLERY</u>, WHICH EXHIBITS FASHION, FOOD, FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NEAREST METRO STATION: DHOBY GHAUT.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AT EMPRESS PLACE YOU’LL FIND <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THE ASIAN CIVILISATION MUSEUM.</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">NEAREST METRO STATION: RAFFLES PLACE.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> THE MUSEUM EXHIBITS CONTEMPORARY PIECES. NEAREST METRO: CITY HALL OR DHOBY GHAUT.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ETHNIC CORNERS:</span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">BUGIS: </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>IS THE ARAB DISTRICT. VISIT <u>THE SULTAN MOSQUE,</u> ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF MUSLIM ARCHITECTURE IN THE CITY. <u>THE MALAY HERITAGE CENTRE</u> WILL GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE INTO THE AREA’S PAST.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">NEAREST METRO STATIONS: BUGIS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">CHINATOWN:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> VISIT <u>THE CHINATOWN HERITAGE CENTRE</u> TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE EARLY CHINESE SETTLERS. <u>THIAN HOCK KENG</u> IS THE OLDEST HOKKIEN TEMPLE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>THE CHINATOWN FOOD</u> STREET AND <u>THE NIGHT MARKET</u> MAKES THE VISIT TO THIS AREA UNIQUE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">NEAREST METRO STATION: CITY HALL.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ORCHARD ROAD:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> THIS IS THE PLACE FOR SHOPAHOLICS. IS THE MOST FAMOUS SHOPPING STREET OF THE COUNTRY. YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF AMONG THE MANY SHOPS AND SHOPPING MALLS OF ORCHARD ROAD!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE FULLERTON HOTEL:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A UNIQUE FIVE STAR LUXURY HOTEL BY THE RIVER SIDE IN BOAT QUAY AREA. VERY IMPRESSIVE! </span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3Wo3GqoW5B7E5xQSWnrCpzfzNOjc6yn-UOdilax71REqNlTTV_crUn3sKubNGy52jeZlB0NZl9WBBO9iXiW5_OfrapWmJqvet-MZk0Af3tf7waUmEppHms7-asu7w6VALNltPurjOZyH/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3Wo3GqoW5B7E5xQSWnrCpzfzNOjc6yn-UOdilax71REqNlTTV_crUn3sKubNGy52jeZlB0NZl9WBBO9iXiW5_OfrapWmJqvet-MZk0Af3tf7waUmEppHms7-asu7w6VALNltPurjOZyH/s320/006.JPG" width="320" /></a> <br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">RAFFLES HOTEL: </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SINGAPORE’S OLDEST HOTEL HAS PLAYED HOST TO MANY CELEBRITIES. VISIT IT’S BEAUTIFUL GARDENS AND SHOPS. ALSO HERE YOU WILL FIND A GOOD RESTAURANT AND A BAR TO TRY THE VERY WELL KNOWN DRINK ‘SINGAPORE SLING’. RESERVATION IS NEEDED FOR THE RESTAURANT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">NEAREST METRO STATION: CITY HALL. </span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">RAFFLES LANDING SITE:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> A WHITE MARBLE STATUE OF SINGAPORE’S FOUNDER, SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES, STANDS ON THE SAME SPOT WHERE HE HAD FIRST SET FOOT IN SINGAPORE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NEAREST METRO STATION:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>RAFFLES PLACE OR CLARKE QUAY.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MERLION PARK:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS WHERE YOU’LL FIND A BIG LION STATUE STANDING BY THE RIVER SIDE. NEAREST METRO STATION:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>RAFFLES PLACE OR CLARKE QUAY.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SINGAPORE RIVER:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> THE SINGAPORE RIVER HAS BEEN AN ECONOMIC ARTERY FOR THE ISLAND SINCE THE FIRST DAYS OF FOREIGN SETTLING. THE BUSINESS CORNER IS NOW KNOWN AS THE BOAT QUAY.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A BUMBOAT RIDE ON A CRUISE <u>IS A MUST</u>, TO DISCOVER THE RIVER’S RICH HISTORY.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NEAREST METRO STATION:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>RAFFLES PLACE OR CLARKE QUAY. </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrGvbT6-8VG4JGkdhuXrsItpvC6Sh7LfgK1qf9yv61X60nxJDoP7OsBPp81C2Ls9jNqwowfEqfe9BZS91dCIXSI7riEHD3rqGCvcIb959Vre5-GK2F0ZkEOA3WezZvbMl0GN_REMw5OlQZ/s1600/063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrGvbT6-8VG4JGkdhuXrsItpvC6Sh7LfgK1qf9yv61X60nxJDoP7OsBPp81C2Ls9jNqwowfEqfe9BZS91dCIXSI7riEHD3rqGCvcIb959Vre5-GK2F0ZkEOA3WezZvbMl0GN_REMw5OlQZ/s320/063.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">CLARKE QUAY:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A BEAUTIFUL AREA WITH MANY RESTAURANTS AND STREET EVENTS BY THE RIVER SIDE. VERY BEAUTIFUL IN NIGHT-TIME AS WELL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">NEAREST METRO STATION: CRARKE QUAY. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ESPLANADE:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A HUGE AREA OF THEATRES, RETAIL, MALLS<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>AND OUTLETS ON THE BAY. NEAREST METRO STATION:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>RAFFLES PLACE OR CLARKE QUAY. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SINGAPORE BOTANICAL GARDENS:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> THE 147 YEARS OLD GARDENS HAVE A SPECTACULAR TROPICAL FLORAL COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 10,000 TYPES OF PLANTS, INCLUDING THE COUNTRY’S MOST SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF ORCHIDS. NEAREST METRO STATION: ORCHARD.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SENTOSA ISLAND:</u></b> ENJOY THE MAGNIFICENT VIEW OF SENTOSA ISLAND ON THE CABLE CAR, WHICH WILL BRING YOU TO THE ISLAND.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SENTOSA HAS THREE OF SINGAPORE’S FINEST BEACHFRONTS: TANJONG, SILOSO AND PALAWAN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A DAY MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO THIS LITTLE GETAWAY ISLAND.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THERE’S <u>THE SKY TOWER</u>, A 360 DEGREE VIEWING DECK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>AT <u>THE MERLION</u> YOU WILL FIND <u>THE MOUTH GALLERY VIEWING DECK</u> FOR A BETTER VIEW.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>IN <u>FORT SILOSO</u> YOU WILL FIND THE WORLD WAR II UNDERGROUND PASSAGES AND CANNONS. THE FORT WAS BUILT IN 1880 AND IT BECAME A CONCENTRATION CAMP DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>THE UNDERWATER WORLD</u> IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST OCEANARIUMS IN ASIA. IN <u>THE DOLPHIN LAGOON</u> YOU’LL ENJOY THE DOLPHINS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THERE’S ALSO <u>THE BUTTERFLY PARK</u> FULL OF BUTTERFLIES!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">NEAREST METRO STATION: HARBOR FRONT.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THE BEST WAY TO GET AROUND SINGAPORE IS A COMBINATION OF THE METRO AND OF WALKING. THE METRO IS VERY EASY AND INEXPENSIVE. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS FROM MACHINES, AS WELL AS FROM TICKET OFFICES, AND YOU CAN GET A REFUND EVERY TIME YOU REFUND A USED TICKET ON SPECIAL MACHINES THAT CAN BE FOUND IN MOST METRO STATIONS! GOOD WAY NOT TO SPEND A LOT TRAVELING AROUND THE CITY, ISN’T IT!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">DON’T FORGET YOUR UMBRELLA</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. IT’S A TROPICAL ISLAND YOU’RE VISITING…RAIN COMES OUT OF THE BLUE!...AND IT CAN GET VERYYYYYYYYYY HUMID…BUT DON’T GET ALARMED. A VERY HIGH AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM IS IN EVERY INDOOR BUILDING WAITING TO COOL YOU DOWN!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><span style="mso-fareast-language: EL; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><place w:st="on"><state w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span id="goog_1797860433"></span><span id="goog_1797860434"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MADRID</span></span></u></b></state></place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><state w:st="on"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">MADRID</span></state><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> IS THE CAPITAL AND THE LARGEST CITY OF <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">SPAIN</country-region></place>. IT IS LOCATED ON THE <placename w:st="on"><place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">MANZANARES</placename> <placetype w:st="on">RIVER</placetype></place></placename> AND IN THE CENTER OF THE CASTILIAN PLAIN. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">CHRISTIANS AND ARABS CONQUERED THE CITY BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE 19<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY THAT JOSEPH BONAPARTE UNDERTOOK <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">SPAIN</country-region></place>. AT THE 2<sup>ND</sup> OF MAY OF 1808 THE PEOPLE REBELLED AGAINST THE FRENCH TROOPS ONLY TO BRING THE ENTHRONEMENT OF THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS, SUCH AS QUEEN ISABELLA AND FERDINAND II OF <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">ARAGON</country-region></place>. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">WHILE <state w:st="on">MADRID</state> IS A <placename w:st="on"><place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">MODERN</placename> <placename w:st="on">COSMOPOLITAN</placename> <placetype w:st="on">CITY</placetype></place></placename>, IT HAS PRESERVED MANY OF ITS HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND MONUMENTS. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY WITH MANY INTERESTING SITES.</span></div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ENJOY</span></div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">PALACIO REAL</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> IS A BIG PALACE IN <u>PLAZA DE ORIENTE</u> WITH BEAUTIFUL GARDENS SUCH AS <u>“CAMPO DEL MORRO</u>” AND <u>“ JARDINES DE SABATINI”.</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DO NOT MISS THE <u>MAIN COURTYARD</u> AND THE <u>FOUR FACADES</u> OF THE PALACE.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6ha_pB6amTN0lB_pxQVbucQErG4OROGj49BS1gf6FmmtWscyA-7quZ7xCrN31C6UFg__axVGNP8R1t0p_rz3-p6WCSMynDKVVrbqW9kKcG8-m7iXMewkrPOc5ragxfu7iBfl88DAFO86/s1600/%25CF%2583%25CE%25AC%25CF%2581%25CF%2589%25CF%2583%25CE%25B70004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6ha_pB6amTN0lB_pxQVbucQErG4OROGj49BS1gf6FmmtWscyA-7quZ7xCrN31C6UFg__axVGNP8R1t0p_rz3-p6WCSMynDKVVrbqW9kKcG8-m7iXMewkrPOc5ragxfu7iBfl88DAFO86/s320/%25CF%2583%25CE%25AC%25CF%2581%25CF%2589%25CF%2583%25CE%25B70004.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">PUERTA <place w:st="on"><state w:st="on">DEL</state></place> SOL </span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">IS A BIG SQUARE<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u> </u></b>THAT LEADS TO A MAIN SHOPPING AREA, STREETS FULL OF SHOPS, COFFEE BARS, RESTAURANTS ETC. </span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ONE OF THE MAIN SHOPPING STREETS IS <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>GRAN VIA</u></b>. </span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">FOR NIGHT LIFE GO TO THE AREAS OF PUERTA <place w:st="on"><state w:st="on">DEL</state></place> SOL, GRAN VIA AND CHUECA.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">YOU CAN ALSO GET THE “TELEFERICO” THAT WILL TRANSFER YOU UP THE MOUNTAIN FOR GREAT VIEWS OF THE CITY. THERE YOU WILL FIND A RESTAURANT. THE RIDE IS JUST TEN MINUTES. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">PUERTA DE ALCALA</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> IS LOCATED IN PLAZA DE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>LA INDEPENDENCIA</u></b>. IS VERY NEAR TO <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>RETIRO PARK</u></b> AND YOU CAN COMBINE TWO SITES IF YOU ENTER THE PARK FROM PUERTA DE ALCALA SIDE AND LEAVE THE PARK FROM ALFONSO XII AVENUE’S SIDE TO VISIT <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PRADO</u></b>. <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>RETIRO</u></b></placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u> <placetype w:st="on">PARK</placetype></u></b></place> IS NOT TO BE MISSED, AS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PARKS OF MADRID, A VERY BIG PARK WITH MANY ATTRACTIONS TO ENJOY. </span></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">THE<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u> BOTANICAL GARDENS</u></b> ARE ALSO IN THE SAME AREA.</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PLAZA DE TOROS MONUMENTAL DE LAS VENTAS</u></b> IS WHERE THE BULL FIGHTS STADIUM IS LOCATED. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF A BULL FIGHT, YOU WILL COME HERE. <u>IS A REALLY TOUGH SIGHT!!!</u></span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><state w:st="on"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">MADRID</span></state><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> IS A CITY FOR MUSEUM LOVERS: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PRADO</u></b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>REINA SOFIA</u></b> (PICASSO’S <city w:st="on">GUERNICA</city> IS IN <placename w:st="on">REINA</placename> <placename w:st="on">SOFIA</placename> <placename w:st="on">MUSEUM</placename>), <placename w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>COSTUME</u></b></placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u> <placetype w:st="on">MUSEUM</placetype></u></b>, <placename w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>NATIONAL</u></b></placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u> <placetype w:st="on">MUSEUM</placetype></u></b>, <placename w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CERVANTES</u></b></placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u> <placetype w:st="on">MUSEUM</placetype></u></b> AND <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ARCHAEOLOGICAL-ETHNOLOGICAL-SCIENCE AND <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">NATURAL</placename> <placetype w:st="on">MUSEUM</placetype></place></u></b> ARE ALL WORTH A VISIT.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">TO ENJOY THE MOST EXCLUSIVE FLAMENCO SHOW OF <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">SPAIN</country-region></place>, GO TO <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CORRAL DE LA MORERIA.</u></b> IS LOCATED IN AN ALLEY OF THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">OLD</placename> <placetype w:st="on">CITY</placetype></place> AND IS OFFERING THE MOST PROFESSIONAL <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TABLAO</b> FLAMENCO. THE BEST THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN! TABLAO IS THE ORIGINAL FLAMENCO. A BIT PRICY BUT IS INCLUDING A GOURMET DINNER AS WELL.</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">IF YOUR STAY IN <place w:st="on"><state w:st="on">MADRID</state></place> IS LONG ENOUGH YOU CAN ALSO DO SOME DAY TRIPS:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><city w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">TOLEDO</span></u></b></city><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">,</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> WAS THE CAPITAL OF MEDIEVAL <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">SPAIN</country-region></place> UNTIL 1560. ARABS, CHRISTIANS AND JEWS, ONCE LIVED TOGETHER IN HARMONY. YOU WILL SEE THE 13<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY <u>CATHEDRAL</u>, THE <u>MEDIEVAL CASTLE</u>, THE <u>SYNAGOGUE</u> AND THE <u>EL GRECO MASTERPIECE</u>. </span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">(HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">EL <place w:st="on">ESCORIAL</place> MONASTERY</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> IS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE AND YOU WILL GET TO KNOW HOW THE MONKS USED TO LIVE.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">DO NOT MISS</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> A VISIT TO A TABLAO FLAMENCO SHOW. MADRID OFFERS MANY RESTAURANTS THAT YOU CAN ENJOY THE RICH SPANISH CUISINE AND A FLAMENCO DANCE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<place w:st="on"><city w:st="on"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">BARCELONA</span></u></city></place><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 26pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><city w:st="on"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">BARCELONA</span></city><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS THE CAPITAL OF <place w:st="on"><state w:st="on">CATALONIA</state></place>.</span></span></div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">IS THE CITY WITH THE STRANGE ARCHITECTURE OF ANTONI GAUDI, WHO DIED IN 1926 BEFORE COMPLETING HIS MASTERPIECE “LA SAGRADA FAMILIA”.</span></div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">IT IS ALSO A <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">MODERN</placename> <placetype w:st="on">CITY</placetype></place> OF NEW ARCHITECTURE OF THE SAME STRANGE STYLE!</span></div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">LA SAGRADA FAMILIA:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS THE UNFINISHED WORK OF <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">BARCELONA</city></place>’S FAVORITE SON, ANTONI GAUDI. YOU WILL ADMIRE THIS BIG CATHEDRAL WITH THE BEAUTIFUL <place w:st="on">SPIRES</place>, HIGH IN THE SKY.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOVT2PflaPUs2DXSdR3Fkx9lxMmU2r4vWHFMrX3B6iHhP5aEM2iOqqMYdVjmU7fslmFB0P6-6dCUAE_NtPTVeIOUNdeqHpOaorEIjguWxKEUROhNw8cePLjPTD6meLImAWMGikPj5_3lt/s1600/BARCA+112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOVT2PflaPUs2DXSdR3Fkx9lxMmU2r4vWHFMrX3B6iHhP5aEM2iOqqMYdVjmU7fslmFB0P6-6dCUAE_NtPTVeIOUNdeqHpOaorEIjguWxKEUROhNw8cePLjPTD6meLImAWMGikPj5_3lt/s320/BARCA+112.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">LA PEDRERA:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> ANOTHER GAUDI MASTERPIECE OF THE YEARS 1905-110. IS HOSTING THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">GAUDI</placename> <placetype w:st="on">MUSEUM</placetype></place> AND IS VERY INTERESTING ON THE INSIDE AS WELL AS ON THE OUTSIDE!</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">TORRE AGBAR:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A BIG ROUNDISH SHAPED, MODERN BUILDING, WITH BRIGHT COLORS SUCH AS BLUE AND RED!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PARC DE LA CIDUADELLA:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">HOSTS</placename> <placename w:st="on">MANY</placename> <placetype w:st="on">MUSEUMS</placetype></place>, PALACES AND LAKES.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PARC LABERINT:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">LABYRINTH</placename> <placename w:st="on">STYLE</placename> <placetype w:st="on">PARK</placetype></place> OF 1791.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">HISTORIC GOTHIC CENTRE:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A FEW BLOCKS NORTHEAST OF LAS RAMBLAS, IN THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">OLD</placename> <placetype w:st="on">CITY</placetype></place>, WITH MEDIEVAL BUILDINGS DATING BACK TO 14<sup>TH</sup> AND 15<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY. </span></span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PLAZA CATALUNYA:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL SQUARE WITH BIG FOUNTAINS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PLAZA CATEDRAL:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> YOU CAN STILL SEE PARTS OF THE ANCIENT WALLS OF THE CITY AROUND THE AREA OF THE CATHEDRAL. </span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PLAZA DE SANT JAUME:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> THE SQUARE HAS A MARKET AND MANY IMPORTANT BUILDINGS, MOST IMPORTANT THOSE OF <u>THE AJUNTAMIENTO</u> (MUNICIPALITY) AND THE <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on"><u>PALAU</u></country-region></place><u> DE LA GENERALITAT. </u></span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THE CATALANS ARE GATHERING HERE TO DANCE </span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“THE SARDANAS”</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, THE TRADITIONAL CATALAN DANCE. </span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">LA BARCELONETA:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A WIDE, <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">SEASIDE</city></place> PROMENADE WITH MANY CATALAN RESTAURANTS, AMONGST OTHERS THE FAMOUS “AGUA RESTAURANT”.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">BARCELONETA</span></u></b></placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <placetype w:st="on">BEACH</placetype></span></u></b></place><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS THE NEAREST ONE TO THE TOWN.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">GRACIA:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A DISTRICT WITH MYRIAD OF SMALL NIGHT SPOTS AND OUTDOOR CAFÉS. </span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE HARBOR VELL AND THE MIRADOR DE COLOM:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> THE BEAUTIFUL AREA OF THE HARBOR IS BEGINNING AT THE END OF THE RAMBLAS, WITH THE CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MONUMENT,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>KNOWN AS “THE MIRADOR DE <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">COLON</city></place>”.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKRRapBFZWuYKjUORy3UNK314anfiojFZmX5biVxYRRUz4ffAi6KKs8Dknq1v8MXl9XfYnHR02Vrh1p2Wb4DLm1Nx90siWVvE0L4IDIkAMctE4IuVvCCOObaHVwsWd4IzLAvhK_G0Jc50/s1600/BARCA+089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKRRapBFZWuYKjUORy3UNK314anfiojFZmX5biVxYRRUz4ffAi6KKs8Dknq1v8MXl9XfYnHR02Vrh1p2Wb4DLm1Nx90siWVvE0L4IDIkAMctE4IuVvCCOObaHVwsWd4IzLAvhK_G0Jc50/s320/BARCA+089.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PALAU</span></u></b></country-region></place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> DE LA MUSICA CATALANA:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A BUILDING OF 1908 WITH MOST EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC HALLS. ATTEND A CONCERT OR TAKE A TOUR OF THE HALL.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MUSEO PICASSO:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> YOU CAN ADMIRE THE WORK OF THE ARTIST.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">TIBIDABO:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS THE HIGHEST HILL (1778 ft) WITH EXCELLENT VIEWS OF THE CITY!</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">HERE IS AN AMUSEMENT PARK, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THE <placename w:st="on">TELECOMMUNICATIONS</placename> <placetype w:st="on">TOWER</placetype></u></b> AND <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THE <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">TEMPLE</city></place> “DEL SAGRAT COR”.</u></b> THE CHURCH IS ACTUALLY TWO CHURCHES, ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER, WITH A GIANT CHRIST ON THE TOP ONE! YOU CAN VISIT THE ROOF ON A LIFT OR ON FOOT FROM THE STAIRS…</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TO GO THERE YOU MUST TAKE THE METRO-EXIT TIBIDABO. THEN TAKE A TRAM TO THE FUNICULAR STATION AND THEN THE FUNICULAR WILL TRANSFER YOU TO THE MOUNTAIN. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IT WORTH’S THE VISIT!!!</b></span></span></div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MONTJUIC:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS OVERLOOKING THE CITY AND IS SURROUNDED BY GALLERIES, LEISURE ATTRACTIONS, PARKS, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PART OF THE 1992 OLYMPIC GROUP SITES</u></b>, MUSEUMS, FOUNTAINS AND <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THE SPANISH VILLAGE</u></b> WHICH IS A PARK FEATURING THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF SPAIN.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">GIRLS… <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">BARCELONA</place></city> IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SHOPPING DESTINATIONS WORLDWIDE!!! THE FASHION HERE IS…KIND OF DIFFERENT, UNIQUE! IF YOU LIKE SMART AND NOT VERY USUAL CLOTHS, <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">BARCELONA</place></city> IS THE <street w:st="on"></street></span> </span><br />
<address w:st="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RIGHT PLACE</span></address><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FOR YOU! SO BRING LOTS OF MONEY WITH YOU WHILE VISITING…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><place w:st="on"><city w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff9900; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">MALAGA</span></u></b></city></place><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff9900; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><city w:st="on"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">MALAGA</span></city><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> IS THE CAPITAL OF COSTA <state w:st="on">DEL</state> SOL ON THE COAST OF THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">MEDITERRANEAN</placename> <placetype w:st="on">SEA</placetype></place>. IT IS A BIG <place w:st="on">HOLIDAY</place> RESORT AND ONE OF ANDALUCÍA’S BIG PORTS. RIGHT BEHIND THE PORT LIES THE CENTRE OF THE CITY WHICH INCLUDES THE AREAS OF <u>DE LARIOS </u>AND <u>PLAZA DE LA CONSTITUTION</u> KNOWN AS SHOPPING, NIGHTLIFE AND CULTURAL AREAS. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">ALCAZABA</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> IS THE ARABIC FORTRESS AND THE LANDMARK OF THE CITY. IN THIS MOORISH FORTIFICATION OF THE 8<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY YOU WILL SEE RUINS OF A <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">ROMAN</placename> <placename w:st="on">THEATRE</placename></place> AND AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM.</span></span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><place w:st="on"><city w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">MALAGA</span></u></b></city></place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">’S CATHEDRAL</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1528 AND 1782 IN A BAROQUE AND RENAISSANCE STYLE. IT IS ALSO KNOWN WITH THE NAME “LA MANQUITA”. NEXT TO IT IS THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>IGLESIA DEL SAGRADO</u></b> WITH ITS UNIQUE SHAPE. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3wUV0UHeeC0FCcspYIIHKJ4yIibgSn8I5K3EzvsLp0n2BohGNlWm5GuWvDIf1ZcUoLUHLaKcAFPaVi9W8CChMPt5k9Sw3r3ynpHmd82qOXfWsSqtS0a2SIFcU1VoLQmLvUZTunHeMrN2Q/s1600/CIMG6689.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3wUV0UHeeC0FCcspYIIHKJ4yIibgSn8I5K3EzvsLp0n2BohGNlWm5GuWvDIf1ZcUoLUHLaKcAFPaVi9W8CChMPt5k9Sw3r3ynpHmd82qOXfWsSqtS0a2SIFcU1VoLQmLvUZTunHeMrN2Q/s320/CIMG6689.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">AYUNTAMIENTO DE <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">MALAGA</city></place></span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> IS THE CITY HALL, LOCATED NEAR THE HARBOUR GIVING A GOOD VIEW OF THE ALCAZABA AND THE GIBRALFARO AS THEY ARE ON A HILL NEXT TO IT. IT HAS A BIG GARDEN, VERY BEAUTIFUL AND PEACEFUL. THE CITY HALL AND ITS GARDENS IS THE FAVORITE PLACE OF THE LOCALS TO HOLD THEIR WEDDINGS.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">MALAGA IS ALSO THE BIRTH PLACE OF PABLO PICASSO. <u>THE PICASSO HOME MUSEUM</u> IS A BUILDING OF 1861 DISPLAYING THE WORK OF THE FAMOUS PAINTER. IN THE BASEMENT YOU WILL SEE ROMAN AND PHOENICIAN RUINS THAT WERE FOUND DURING THE RESTORATION OF THE BUILDING.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">CASA NATAL MUSEUM</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> IS THE BIRTH PLACE OF PICASSO AND IS LOCATED IN THE PLAZA DE LA MERCED, SURROUNDED BY THE HISTORIC ATTRACTIONS OF MALAGA. THERE IS A BIG SELECTION OF HIS WORK AND INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND FAMILY.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">EL PARQUE</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> IS FILLED WITH TROPICAL TREES AND EXOTIC FLOWERS BROUGHT FROM ABROAD. IT IS STRECHING ALONG THE “PASSEO DEL PARQUE”. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">DO NOT FORGET THAT MALAGA IS ONE OF THE<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>FAMOUS BEACH DESTINATIONS OF ANDALUCÍA. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">NERJA BEACH</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> IS A LONG WALKWAY OVER THE ROCKS AND AN IDEAL AREA OF FISHING.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">TORREMOLINOS BEACH</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> IS A POPULAR BEACH AMONGST LOCALS AND TOURISTS, WELL EQUIPPED WITH FACILITIES.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">GRANADA</span></u></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">THERE IS NOTHING IN LIFE AS THE PAIN OF BEING BLIND IN GRANADA!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">GREEKS, ROMANS, MOORS, MUSLIMS, ARABS, ALL PASSED FROM GRANADA, EACH LEAVING THEIR FOOTPRINTS BEHIND TO THIS AMAZING CITY! IN 1492 THE CITY BECAME UNDER CATHOLIC CONTROL AND BY THE 16<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY GRANADA TOOK A MORE CHRISTIAN LOOK WITH CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS. TODAY THE VISITOR CAN ADMIRE BOTH CHRISTIAN AND MOORISH BUILDINGS, SCATTERED ALL OVER THE CITY. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">THE COMPLEX OF THE ALHAMBRA AND THE GENERALIFE</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> IS THE MOST EMBLEMATIC MONUMENT OF GRANADA AND A WORLD HERITAGE SITE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>THE ALHAMBRA</u> IS A PALACE-CITADEL, COMPRISING ROYAL RESIDENTIAL QUARTERS, COURTS, OFFICIAL CHAMBERS AND A MOSQUE. THE CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN THE 13<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY BY THE FOUNDER OF THE NASRID DYNASTY, IBN AL-AHMAR. <u>THE GENERALIFE</u> IS THE SUMMER ROYAL RESIDENCE WITH BEAUTIFUL GARDENS. <u>THE ALCAZABA</u>, ALSO KNOWN AS “THE RED FORT”, DUE TO THE RED ROCK OF ITS WALLS, IS THE OLDEST PART OF THE ALHAMBRA. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOshLP39eyrq_pYDalbR6wO12H2gnChe5m42d8h5eA5hA11zejtMiEqIOfFH-OfSo0Wrd7EhlD-ojFmXJm76HhhpRCQbDxmx5IWSS3kTrrD4YV7_JZqR5RxNC0o3fgk9fHy0xqIYsSqGtq/s1600/CIMG6620.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOshLP39eyrq_pYDalbR6wO12H2gnChe5m42d8h5eA5hA11zejtMiEqIOfFH-OfSo0Wrd7EhlD-ojFmXJm76HhhpRCQbDxmx5IWSS3kTrrD4YV7_JZqR5RxNC0o3fgk9fHy0xqIYsSqGtq/s320/CIMG6620.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">THE SACROMONTE</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> NEIGHBOURHOOD IS THE GYPSIES AREA AND THE ORIGINAL BIRTHPLACE OF FLAMENCO. THE CAVE HOUSES IS THE TYPICAL WAY OF HOUSING IN THIS AREA WITH MYSTERY AND MAGIC IN THE AIR.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>HERE ARE LOCATED <u>THE ABBEY</u> AND <u>SAN CECILIO,</u> WHICH IS THE FIRST BISHOP OF THE CITY. DO NOT MISS A “ZAMBRA” FLAMENCO SHOW IN ONE OF THE MANY CAVES OF SACRAMENTO. ZAMBRA IS A FLAMENCO DANCE WITH ORIGINS OF THE 16<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZeHsgurhIBpLKUYyuznWTQ9WjGiP82KiGzWID0e9ek56oqcNtEnx8XpjutFjHrwcU7KBF1FxYC9H90uPw-Df-KyRGYT30iMmVRul6SHggvrVb6YlB224KvDMb4OZ1vu3GYf1LsKg6of3F/s1600/CIMG6605.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZeHsgurhIBpLKUYyuznWTQ9WjGiP82KiGzWID0e9ek56oqcNtEnx8XpjutFjHrwcU7KBF1FxYC9H90uPw-Df-KyRGYT30iMmVRul6SHggvrVb6YlB224KvDMb4OZ1vu3GYf1LsKg6of3F/s320/CIMG6605.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">THE ALBAICIN</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> IS THE OLD MOORISH NEIGHBOURHOOD WITH LABYRINTH NARROW STREETS AND THE TYPICAL “CARMENES” (TRADITIONAL STYLE HOUSES). ALL OF THEM HAVE A GARDEN FULL OF COLOUR AND PERFUME. SOME OF THEM ARE NOW TOP CLASS RESTAURANTS. WALK UP TO <u>SAN NICHOLAS MIRADOR</u> (VIEWPOINT) FOR A SPLENDID VIEW OF THE ALHAMBRA AND THE CITY. SUNSET IS THE BEST TIME TO GO TO SAN NICHOLAS MIRADOR BECAUSE OF THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSETS THAT IT OFFERS AS THE SUN GOES DOWN BEHIND THE ALHAMBRA! </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirT8WJWTZ5YV2saOQj-3X9mT0054xsWG04Z5O0iTVEHgAqAscZs_PsDvCY2CJVQeWe5aER6YM-PYnts6P7XjBTlmDqpAgmzz9zNjOz94PGBZLAaRJ0aImgxPG_-7AwHoRPn762DvsWglsa/s1600/CIMG6587.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirT8WJWTZ5YV2saOQj-3X9mT0054xsWG04Z5O0iTVEHgAqAscZs_PsDvCY2CJVQeWe5aER6YM-PYnts6P7XjBTlmDqpAgmzz9zNjOz94PGBZLAaRJ0aImgxPG_-7AwHoRPn762DvsWglsa/s320/CIMG6587.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">PASEO DE LOS TRISTE</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> AT THE FOOT OF THE ALHAMBRA, BESIDES DARRO RIVER, IS A BEAUTIFUL WALKWAY WITH MANY CAFES AND RESTAURANTS WHERE YOU CAN ENJOY A BEAUTIFUL WALK AND A MAGNIFICENT SUNSET BY THE ALHAMBRA WALLS. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">BIB-RAMBLA SQUARE</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> IS THE CENTRE OF GRANADA WITH RESTAURANTS AND CAFES. IT USED TO BE THE PLACE FOR BULLFIGHTS AND ALL KIND OF PUBLIC EVENTS LIKE TRADING, FAIRS AND EXECUTIONS.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">HUERTA DE SAN VICENTE</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> IS THE SUMMER HOUSE OF THE FAMOUS POET FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA, WHERE HE WROTE MANY OF HIS FAMOUS WORKS. IT IS LOCATED IN A BIG PARK, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THE PARK OF GARCIA LORCA</u></b>, NEAR THE CITY’S CENTRE. THE HOUSE IS NOW A MUSEUM, EXHIBITING THE ORIGINAL FURNITURE AND PERSONAL ITEMS OF THE POET. </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">GRANADA HAS ONE OF THE BEST CLIMATES OF EUROPE! DUE TO THE SIERRA NEVADA, SUMMERS ARE MILDER THAT IN OTHER PLACES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AND COOLER! SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS AND HAVE A GREAT TIME WHILE VISITING!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">SEVILLE</span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">TARTESSIANS, ROMANS AND BARBARIANS WHERE THE CONQUERORS OF SEVILLE BEFORE THE LONG OCCUPATION OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA FROM THE MOORISH. LA GIRALDA, THE TOWER OF THE CITY’S CATHEDRAL, IS THE MOST WELL-KNOWN ISLAMIC MONUMENT OF SEVILLE. THE CITY IS LOCATED ON THE PLAIN OF THE GUADALQUIVIR RIVER AND IT PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN COMMERCE BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE AMERICAS. TODAY, IT IS STILL AN IMPORTANT RIVER PORT IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">THE CATHEDRAL AND THE GIRALDA</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> IS THE MAIN ATTRACTION OF THE CITY. THIS GOTHIC CATHEDRAL OCCUPIES A HUGE AREA AND JUST OUTSIDE ONE OF ITS SIDES IS <u>THE PATIO DE LOS NARANJOS</u>, A LANE OF ORANGE TREES THAT DATES BACK TO MOORISH TIMES. <u>THE TOMB OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS</u> IS TO BE FOUND INSIDE THE CATHEDRAL. <u>THE GIRALDA</u>, THE CATHEDRAL’S BELL, IS ONE OF THE MOST MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS IN SEVILLE AND IT DOMINATES THE SKYLINE. CLIMBING TO THE TOP OF THE GIRALDA IS WELL WORTH THE EFFORT FOR THE REMARKABLE VIEW!</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">IT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD, THE LAND BRIDGE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA, THE CONNECTING POINT BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC AND <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">PACIFIC</placename> <placetype w:st="on">OCEANS</placetype></place>. THAT MAKES <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">PANAMA</place></country-region> AN IMPORTANT DESTINATION BUT NOT THAT ALONE…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PANAMA</span></country-region></place><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> HAS A GREAT VARIETY OF ATTRACTIONS ALL IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. EXOTIC TROPICAL RAINFORESTS, MOUNTAIN REFUGES, CARIBBEAN BEACHES, SEVEN LIVING INDIAN CULTURES, HISTORICAL SITES, MIAMI-STYLE CAPITAL, GREAT DIVING, SURFING, CANOPY, KAYAKING AND RAFTING AREAS AND OF COURSE THE PANAMA CANAL. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">PANAMA</placename> <placetype w:st="on">CANAL</placetype></place></span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> HAS BEEN CALLED “THE EIGHT WONDER OF THE WORLD”! IT TOOK 250.000 PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE AND MORE THAN TEN YEARS TO BUILD! IT USES A SYSTEM OF LOCKS-COMPARTMENTS WITH ENTRANCE AND EXIT GATES. THE LOCKS FUNCTION AS WATER LIFTS: THEY RAISE SHIPS FROM SEA LEVEL (THE PACIFIC OR THE ATLANTIC) TO THE LEVEL OF <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">GATUN</placename> <placetype w:st="on">LAKE</placetype></place> (26 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL). THE SHIPS THEN SAIL THE CHANNEL INTO THE OCEAN. AT <u>THE MIRAFLORES LOCKS</u> YOU CAN SEE THE VESSELS RISE AND DROP MORE THAT 50 FEET AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY FROM <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">ONE</placename> <placetype w:st="on">OCEAN</placetype></place> TO ANOTHER! A VISIT TO THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">PANAMA</placename> <placetype w:st="on">CANAL</placetype></place> IS <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE!</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><city w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PANAMA CITY</span></u></b></city><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A <placename w:st="on">COSMOPOLITAN</placename> <placetype w:st="on">CITY</placetype> WITH HIGH SKYSCRAPERS AND IT IS ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">AMERICAS</country-region></place>. THERE ARE THREE SITES TO VISIT: <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PANAMA</u></b></country-region></place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u> VIEJO</u></b> WHICH IS THE HISTORICAL RUINS OF THE 16<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CASCO VIEJO</u></b> WHICH IS THE 17<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY SPANISH COLONIAL AREA WITH <u>THE CHURCH OF THE </u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">GOLDEN ALTAR</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, <u>RUINS OF COLONIAL CONVENTS</u> AND <u>ORIGINAL DUNGEONS</u>. AND THEN THERE IS <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THE <placename w:st="on">MODERN</placename></u></b> <placename w:st="on">SKYSCRAPER</placename> <placetype w:st="on">CITY</placetype> WITH ITS BUSINESS DISTRICT, <u>THE <placename w:st="on">PANAMA</placename> <placetype w:st="on">CANAL</placetype> <placetype w:st="on">MUSEUM</placetype></u>, <u>THE FORMER AMERICAN CANAL ZONE</u>, THAT CONSISTS OF THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">AMERICAN</placename> <placetype w:st="on">CITY</placetype></place> THAT USED TO HOUSE THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED FOR THE </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">CANAL CONSTRUCTION AND <u>THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING</u>. <u>THE AMADOR CAUSEWAY</u> IS A ONE MILE PROMENADE, CREATED BY CONNECTING <placename w:st="on">FOUR</placename> <placename w:st="on">SMALL</placename> <placetype w:st="on">ISLANDS</placetype> IN <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">PANAMA</placename> <placetype w:st="on">BAY</placetype></place>. THE CAUSEWAY IS SWEPT BY FINE RESTAURANTS, CAFÉS AND SHOPS. HERE IS ALSO LOCATED A <u>YACHT CLUB</u> AND <u>THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL RESEARCH AQUARIUM. </u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">METROPOLITAN</placename> <placetype w:st="on">PARK</placetype></place></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A RAINFOREST WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND GUIDED TOURS ARE OFFERED TO THIS NATURAL RESERVE. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE <placename w:st="on">PANAMA</placename> <placetype w:st="on">CANAL</placetype> RAILWAY TRANS-ISTHMUS RIDE</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS ANOTHER <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MUST DO</b> WHILE VISITING <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">PANAMA</place></country-region>. IS THE ORIGINAL TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY OF 1850 THAT HAS BEEN RE-OPENED. THE RIDE TAKES YOU ACROSS THE ISTHMUS FROM <city w:st="on">PANAMA CITY</city> ON THE <placename w:st="on">PACIFIC</placename> <placetype w:st="on">OCEAN</placetype> TO THE <placetype w:st="on"><u>PORT</u></placetype><u> OF <placename w:st="on">COLON</placename></u> ON <place w:st="on">ATLANTIC OCEAN</place>. ALONG YOU CAN ENJOY VIEWS OF THE LUSH RAINFOREST. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PORTOBELO</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A PICTURESQUE BAYSIDE TOWN WITH THE <u>RUINS OF FOUR SPANISH FORTS</u> AND A RESTORED <u>CUSTOMS HOUSE</u>. IT USED TO BE A TARGET FOR THE PIRATES BECAUSE IT WAS THE SHIPPING POINT TO <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">SPAIN</country-region></place> FOR ALL THE TREASURES OF THE INCA EMPIRE. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><placetype w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">FORT</span></u></b></placetype><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <placename w:st="on">SAN LORENZO</placename></span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS A STUNNING <u>RUIN OF A SPANISH <placetype w:st="on">FORT</placetype></u> <placename w:st="on">AT</placename> THE MOUTH OF <u>RIO CHAGRES</u> IN THE <place w:st="on">CARIBBEAN SEA</place>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><country-region w:st="on"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">PANAMA</span></country-region><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> IS PROBABLY THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">AMERICAS</place></country-region> THAT HAS STILL <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SEVEN ANCIENT CULTURES LIVING!</b> ONE OF THEM, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THE EMBERA INDIANS</u></b> ARE ALLOWING TOURISTS TO VISIT THEM IN THEIR VILLAGE. THEY LET YOU IN THEIR BUNGALOW-STYLE HOUSES, THEY COOK FOR YOU, THEY DANCE FOR YOU AND THEY LET YOU GET TO KNOW THEIR CUSTOMS. WITH AN INDIAN “CAYUCO”, SMALL BOAT, YOU WILL TRAVEL ACROSS <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on"><u>LAKE</u></placetype><u> <placename w:st="on">ALAJUELA</placename></u></place> THROUGH THE BEAUTIFUL, TROPICAL RAINFOREST <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">REALLY MUST DO-UNIQUE EXPERIENCE!!!!</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">WITH MORE THAN A <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">THOUSAND</placename> <placetype w:st="on">ISLANDS</placetype></place> ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND MANY OF THEM WITHIN EASY REACH FROM THE CITY, IT IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR BEACH LOVERS AS WELL! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CORONADO ISLAND</u></b> IS ONE OF THEM, JUST AN HOUR FROM PANAMA CITY AND YOU ARE IN THIS SEA-SIDE VILLAGE-ISLAND, WITH WHITE SAND AND SAPPHIRE BLUE WATERS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SIMPLY PARADISE! </b>ALSO IN THE PACIFIC ARE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THE <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">PEARL</placename> <placetype w:st="on">ISLANDS</placetype></place></u></b> WITH GREAT SNORKELING OPPORTUNITIES. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AS WELL AS THE CARIBBEAN SEA, THE </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ISLANDS ARE OF THE SAME PERFECTION<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">! <u>BOCAS <place w:st="on"><state w:st="on">DEL</state></place> TORO ARCHIPELAGOS </u></b>AND THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SAN BLAS ISLANDS</u></b> OFFERS STUNNING BEAUTY WITH GORGEOUS BEACHES AND TROPICAL SCENERY. SNORKELING IS SUPERB WITH CORAL REEFS SO BEAUTIFUL, DESCRIBED TO <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">LOOK</placename> <placename w:st="on">LIKE</placename> <placetype w:st="on">GARDENS</placetype></place>!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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</div></div>Despinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15785608737835462300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916417381879122235.post-44121728244627190182011-09-07T15:18:00.000-07:002011-09-24T06:37:37.727-07:00ΣΥΡΟΣ- SYROS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZ8TCoCN-69KNYgLU6yaQ5wFEfIgtPqeaFq9tBAATCzxRwMpuHVExZGkvOOFJ6Z08oNcNn2T3z91hYjpMRy60H6mM3jqj3i5wJZZgaMBt2xTyn1IbR6gz7d6ksqi2JWLJyYeUnqnN2lfj/s1600/033_33.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZ8TCoCN-69KNYgLU6yaQ5wFEfIgtPqeaFq9tBAATCzxRwMpuHVExZGkvOOFJ6Z08oNcNn2T3z91hYjpMRy60H6mM3jqj3i5wJZZgaMBt2xTyn1IbR6gz7d6ksqi2JWLJyYeUnqnN2lfj/s320/033_33.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div>Η ΕΡΜΟΥΠΟΛΗ ΕΙΝΑΙ Η ΠΡΩΤΕΥΟΥΣΑ ΤΟΥ ΝΗΣΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΩΝ ΚΥΚΛΑΔΩΝ. ΕΙΝΑΙ ΕΝΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΑ ΣΗΜΑΝΤΙΚΟΤΕΡΑ ΛΙΜΑΝΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ 19<sup>Ο</sup> ΑΙΩΝΑ ΗΤΑΝ ΣΗΜΑΝΤΙΚΟΤΕΡΟ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΟΝ ΠΕΙΡΑΙΑ. </div></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Ο ΚΑΛΥΤΕΡΟΣ ΤΡΟΠΟΣ ΝΑ ΦΤΑΣΕΙ Ο ΤΑΞΙΔΙΩΤΗΣ ΣΤΟ ΝΗΣΙ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΑΠΟ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΗΣ’ ΓΙΑΤΙ; Η ΘΕΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΜΦΙΘΕΑΤΡΙΚΑ ΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΗΣ ΕΡΜΟΥΠΟΛΗΣ ΜΕ ΤΟΥΣ ΔΥΟ ΛΟΦΟΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΣΟΥ ΔΙΝΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΕΝΤΥΠΩΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΟΜΟΡΦΟΤΕΡΟΥ ΛΙΜΑΝΙΟΥ ΠΟΥ ΕΧΕΙΣ ΔΕΙ ΠΟΤΕ ΣΟΥ!! </div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΑΝ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΚΑΙ ΒΡΑΔΥ….ΝΟΜΙΖΕΙΣ ΟΤΙ ΒΛΕΠΕΙΣ ΔΥΟ ΤΕΡΑΣΤΙΑ ΜΟΝΟΠΕΤΡΑ ΔΙΑΜΑΝΤΕΝΙΑ ΔΑΚΤΥΛΙΔΙΑ ΝΑ ΣΕ ΚΑΛΩΣΟΡΙΖΟΥΝ ΑΠΟ ΜΑΚΡΙΑ!!!!!!!!</div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΚΑΤΕΒΑΙΝΟΝΤΑΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΛΙΜΑΝΙ ΤΟ ΠΡΩΤΟ ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΑΝΤΙΚΡΙΣΕΙΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ <u>ΤΟ ΚΑΖΙΝΟ ΑΙΓΑΙΟΥ</u>. ΜΠΟΡΕΙΣ ΝΑ ΔΟΚΙΜΑΣΕΙΣ ΤΗ ΤΥΧΗ ΣΟΥ Η ΑΠΛΩΣ ΝΑ ΑΠΟΛΑΥΣΕΙΣ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΤΟ, ΑΚΟΜΗ ΚΑΙ ΦΑΓΗΤΟ ΣΕ ΕΝΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΑ ΕΣΤΙΑΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΟΥ.</div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><u>Η «ΠΑΡΑΛΙΑ»</u> ΟΠΩΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΓΝΩΣΤΗ Η ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ ΚΑΤΑ ΜΗΚΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΛΙΜΑΝΙΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΓΕΜΑΤΗ ΑΠΟ ΚΑΦΕΤΕΡΙΕΣ, ΕΣΤΙΑΤΟΡΙΑ, ΖΑΧΑΡΟΠΛΑΣΤΕΙΑ, <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SOUVENIR</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SHOPS</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span>ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΦΟΡΑ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΗΜΑΤΑ ΕΝΔΥΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΚΟΣΜΗΜΑΤΩΝ. ΕΙΝΑΙ Η ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ ΟΠΟΥ ΝΤΟΠΙΟΙ ΚΑΙ ΕΠΙΣΚΕΠΤΕΣ ΠΕΡΙΔΙΑΒΑΖΟΥΝ ΜΕΡΑ-ΝΥΚΤΑ.</div>ΤΑ ΑΓΚΥΡΟΒΟΛΗΜΕΝΑ ΜΙΚΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΑ ΙΔΙΩΤΙΚΑ ΣΚΑΦΟΙ ΔΙΝΟΥΝ ΤΗ ΔΙΚΗ ΤΟΥΣ ΑΙΓΛΗ ΚΑΙ ΟΜΟΡΦΙΑ ΣΤΗ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΑ.<br />
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ΣΤΗΝ ΟΔΟ ΧΙΟΥ ΒΡΙΣΚΕΤΑΙ <u>Η ΑΓΟΡΑ</u> ΤΟΥ ΝΗΣΙΟΥ ΜΕ ΟΛΑ ΤΑ ΝΤΟΠΙΑ ΕΙΔΗ ΑΛΛΑ ΚΑΙ ΟΛΑ ΤΑ ΑΠΑΡΑΙΤΗΤΑ ΤΡΟΦΙΜΑ. ΤΗΝ ΟΔΟ ΧΙΟΥ ΘΑ ΤΗ ΒΡΕΙΤΕ ΕΥΚΟΛΑ ΜΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΣΕ ΠΟΛΥ ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΟ ΣΗΜΕΙΟ, ΣΕ ΕΝΑ ΣΤΕΝΟ ΑΝΑΜΕΣΑ ΣΤΗ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΗ ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΗ ΠΛΑΤΕΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΝΗΣΙΟΥ, ΠΛΑΤΕΙΑ ΜΙΑΟΥΛΗ.</div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΕΠΙΣΗΣ ΑΓΑΠΗΜΕΝΗ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ ΓΙΑ ΒΟΛΤΕΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Η ΠΛΑΤΕΙΑ ΜΙΑΟΥΛΗ:</u></b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ΜΙΑ ΠΑΝΕΜΟΡΦΗ ΠΛΑΤΕΙΑ ΜΕ ΜΕΓΑΛΑ ΦΟΙΝΙΚΟΔΕΝΤΡΑ ΝΑ ΤΗ ΔΡΟΣΙΖΟΥΝ ΚΑΙ ΜΕ ΕΝΑ ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΙΚΑ ΚΟΜΨΟΤΕΧΝΗΜΑ ΝΑ ΤΗΝ ΣΤΟΛΙΖΕΙ: <u>ΤΟ ΔΗΜΑΡΧΕΙΟ</u>, ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΗΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΓΝΩΣΤΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΟΥ ΑΡΧΙΤΕΚΤΟΝΑ <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">TSILLER</span>. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΣΤΟ ΚΤΙΡΙΑΚΟ ΣΥΓΚΡΟΤΗΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΔΗΜΑΡΧΕΙΟΥ ΣΤΕΓΑΖΕΤΑΙ <u>ΤΟ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟ <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ΜΟΥΣΕΙΟ</u> ΜΕ ΕΥΡΗΜΑΤΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΝΕΟΛΙΘΙΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟ, ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΕΠΟΧΗ ΤΟΥ ΧΑΛΚΟΥ, ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟ ΤΟΥ ΚΥΚΛΑΔΙΚΟΥ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΕΠΙΣΗΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΑ ΕΥΡΗΜΑΤΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΙΣ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΕΣ <u>ΧΑΛΑΝΔΡΙΑΝΗ</u> ΚΑΙ <u>ΚΑΣΤΡΙ </u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ΣΤΗΝ ΑΠΑΝΩ ΜΕΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΣΥΡΟΥ. ΜΙΑ ΑΚΟΜΗ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΑΝΑΚΑΛΥΨΗ ΤΟΥ ΝΗΣΙΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ <u>ΟΙ ΣΠΗΛΙΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΦΕΡΕΚΥΔΗ</u>. ΔΥΣΤΥΧΩΣ Η ΠΡΟΣΒΑΣΗ ΣΤΙΣ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΕΣ ΑΥΤΕΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΠΟΛΥ ΔΥΣΚΟΛΗ.</div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΕΠΙΣΗΣ ΣΤΟ ΔΗΜΑΡΧΕΙΟ ΣΤΕΓΑΖΕΤΑΙ Η <u>ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΗ ΠΙΝΑΚΟΘΗΚΗ</u> ΚΑΙ Η <u>ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΗ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ,</u> ΠΡΩΗΝ «<u>ΛΕΣΧΗ ΕΛΛΑΣ»</u>, ΣΤΗΝ ΟΠΟΙΑ ΟΙ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΖΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΘΕ ΕΠΟΧΗΣ ΜΑΖΕΥΟΝΤΑΝ ΓΙΑ ΤΙΣ ΣΥΝΕΔΡΙΑΣΕΙΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΑΛΛΑ ΚΑΙ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΣΗ ΤΟΥΣ. </div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΟΙ ΠΡΟΤΟΜΕΣ ΔΥΟ ΠΝΕΥΜΑΤΙΚΩΝ ΠΑΙΔΙΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΠΟΛΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΕΡΜΗ, ΑΥΤΕΣ ΤΩΝ Γ. ΣΟΥΡΡΗ ΚΑΙ Δ. ΒΙΚΕΛΑ ΣΑΣ ΚΑΛΩΣΟΡΙΖΟΥΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΙΣΟΔΟ ΤΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΗΣ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗΣ.</div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΑΠΕΝΑΝΤΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΔΗΜΑΡΧΕΙΟ, ΣΤΗΝ ΕΙΣΟΔΟ ΤΗΣ ΠΛΑΤΕΙΑΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΜΕΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΑΣ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ΣΤΕΚΕΤΑΙ ΠΕΡΗΦΑΝΟΣ <u>Ο ΑΝΔΡΙΑΝΤΑΣ ΤΟΥ</u> <u>ΑΝΔΡΕΑ ΜΙΑΟΥΛΗ</u> ΚΑΙ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Η ΜΑΡΜΑΡΙΝΗ ΕΞΕΔΡΑ</u> ΤΗΣ ΦΙΛΑΡΜΟΝΙΚΗΣ, ΟΠΟΥ ΜΕΧΡΙ ΚΑΙ ΣΗΜΕΡΑ ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΕΙ ΣΧΕΔΟΝ ΟΛΕΣ ΤΙΣ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΕΣ ΕΚΔΗΛΩΣΕΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΝΗΣΙΟΥ. </div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΚΑΙ ΟΤΑΝ Ο ΤΑΞΙΔΙΩΤΗΣ ΚΟΥΡΑΣΤΕΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΠΕΡΙΗΓΗΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΜΠΟΡΕΙ ΝΑ ΔΙΑΛΕΞΕΙ ΕΝΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΑ ΠΟΛΛΑ ΕΣΤΙΑΤΟΡΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΦΕΤΕΡΙΕΣ ΓΙΑ ΝΑ ΞΕΚΟΥΡΑΣΤΕΙ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ΑΠΟΛΑΜΒΑΝΟΝΤΑΣ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ΤΟ ΦΡΑΠΕΔΑΚΙ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΕΝΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΑ ΠΕΝΤΑΝΟΣΤΙΜΑ ΣΥΡΙΑΝΑ ΕΔΕΣΜΑΤΑ ΟΠΩΣ ΤΑ ΣΥΡΙΑΝΑ ΛΟΥΚΟΥΜΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΧΑΛΒΑΔΟΠΙΤΑΚΙΑ…<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">YIAMI</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">YIAMI</span>!!!!</div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div>ΛΙΓΟ ΠΙΟ ΠΑΝΩ ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΠΛΑΤΕΙΑ ΒΡΙΣΚΕΤΑΙ ΤΟ <u>ΘΕΑΤΡΟ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ</u> ΤΟ ΟΠΟΙΟ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΑ ΩΡΑΙΟΤΕΡΑ ΚΟΣΜΗΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΡΜΟΥΠΟΛΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΙΚΡΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΟΣ ΓΝΩΣΤΟΥ ΘΕΑΤΡΟΥ, ΤΗΣ ΣΚΑΛΑΣ ΤΟΥ ΜΙΛΑΝΟ. </div></div><div><br />
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</div><div>ΛΙΓΟ ΠΙΟ ΠΑΝΩ ΝΑ ΠΡΟΧΩΡΗΣΕΤΕ ΚΑΙ ΘΑ ΒΡΕΘΕΙΤΕ ΜΠΡΟΣΤΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ <u>ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ</u>, (ΚΤΙΣΜΑ ΤΟΥ 1848) Ο ΟΠΟΙΟΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ Ο ΠΟΛΙΟΥΧΟΣ ΑΓΙΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΡΜΟΥΠΟΛΗΣ.</div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΣΤΗΝ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΜΠΡΟΣΤΑ ΒΡΙΣΚΕΤΑΙ ΜΙΑ ΜΙΚΡΟΥΤΣΙΚΗ ΠΛΑΤΕΙΑ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΜΝΗΜΕΙΟ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΝΩΣΤΟΥ ΣΤΡΑΤΙΩΤΗ ΚΑΙ ΤΙΣ ΠΡΟΤΟΜΕΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΝΗΣΙΟΥ, ΜΕΓΑΛΟΕΦΟΠΛΙΣΤΩΝ ΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ ΡΕΘΥΜΝΗ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΒΓΑΙΝΟΝΤΑΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΒΡΙΣΚΕΣΤΕ ΣΤΗΝ <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ΩΡΑΙΟΤΕΡΗ</b> ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ ΤΟΥ ΝΗΣΙΟΥ, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ΣΤΑ ΒΑΠΟΡΙΑ!!!!!!!!!</u></b> ΗΤΑΝ Η ΠΑΛΙΑ ΑΡΧΟΝΤΙΚΗ ΣΥΝΟΙΚΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΚΑΠΕΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΑΡΧΟΝΤΙΚΑ ΔΙΑΔΕΧΟΝΤΑΙ ΤΟ ΕΝΑ ΤΟ ΑΛΛΟ ΠΑΡΑΒΓΑΙΝΟΝΤΑΣ ΣΕ ΟΜΟΡΦΙΑ ΜΕΤΑΞΥ ΤΟΥΣ!!! ΑΝΑΜΕΣΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ <u>ΤΟ ΚΤΗΡΙΟ ΤΗΣ ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙΑΣ</u> ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΣΠΙΤΙ ΣΤΟ ΟΠΟΙΟ ΕΖΗΣΕ ΤΟ 1866 ΣΕ ΝΗΠΙΑΚΗ ΗΛΙΚΙΑ Ο ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ ΒΕΝΙΖΕΛΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΠΙΣΗΣ ΣΤΟ ΙΔΙΟ ΑΥΤΟ ΣΠΙΤΙ ΔΙΕΜΕΙΝΕ Ο ΠΡΩΤΟΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ, ΟΘΩΝ. </div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΤΟ ΝΗΣΙ, ΟΠΩΣ ΟΛΑ ΤΑ ΝΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ, ΕΧΕΙ ΠΑΜΠΟΛΛΕΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΕΣ. ΑΛΛΑ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΟ ΘΕΜΑ ΑΥΤΟ Η ΣΥΡΟΣ ΚΑΝΕΙ ΤΗ ΔΙΑΦΟΡΑ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΓΕΓΟΝΟΣ ΟΤΙ ΣΤΟ ΝΗΣΙ ΥΠΑΡΧΟΥΝ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΟΙ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΟΙ ΝΑΟΙ. Ο ΕΝΑΣ ΛΟΦΟΣ ΦΑΝΤΑΖΕΙ ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ ΡΥΘΜΟΥ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ <u>ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΗΣ</u> Ή ΟΠΩΣ ΟΙ ΝΤΟΠΙΟΙ ΤΗΝ ΛΕΝΕ <u>«ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΑ»</u> ΚΑΙ ΣΤΟ ΨΗΛΟΤΕΡΟ ΣΗΜΕΙΟ ΤΟΥ ΛΟΦΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΑΝΩ ΣΥΡΟΥ ΦΑΝΤΑΖΕΙ Ο ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΟΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΟΣ ΝΑΟΣ ΤΟΥ <u>ΑΗ-ΓΙΩΡΓΗ</u>. ΕΠΙΣΗΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΝΩ ΣΥΡΟ ΟΠΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ Η ΣΥΝΟΙΚΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΩΝ ΒΡΙΣΚΟΝΤΑΙ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΝΑΟΙ ΤΟΥ <u>ΑΓΙΟΥ ΙΩΑΝΝΗ ΤΩΝ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΩΝ, Η ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΗ ΜΟΝΗ ΚΛΑΡΙΣΣΩΝ, Ο ΙΕΡΟΣ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΟΣ</u> <u>ΝΑΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΙΑΝΟΥ, Η ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗ ΜΟΚΑΣΙΝΩΝ</u> ΑΛΛΑ ΚΑΙ <u>Η ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ ΙΕΡΑ ΜΟΝΗ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ</u>. <img border="0" height="240" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6sTlwQYv4znKDDIN0BpLqt5hpNneAxIMnXgESjbXDVQccsKV6cUJgW4unCAEo0Fhwm3T_0-aDI4JUe8U-otd0clxhBIqnIJHwnwc0SlhdEusWhPj2tJ8mCBKcaR5hW5EXTQBEE5lOvMh/s320/009_9.JPG" width="320" /><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div>ΑΡΧΙΣΤΕ ΤΗ ΒΟΛΤΑ ΣΑΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΕΙΣΟΔΟ ΤΗΣ ΑΠΑΝΩ ΧΩΡΑΣ (ΑΛΛΙΩΣ ΑΝΩ ΣΥΡΑΣ). ΣΤΟ <u>«ΠΑΝΩ ΤΕΡΜΑ» </u>ΘΑ ΠΕΙΤΕ ΣΤΟ ΤΑΞΙ ΝΑ ΣΑΣ ΑΦΗΣΕΙ. </div></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΕΚΕΙ ΑΓΝΑΝΤΕΥΕΙ Ο ΑΡΧΑΙΟΣ ΣΤΟΧΑΣΤΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΡΟ-ΣΩΚΡΑΤΙΚΗΣ ΣΚΕΨΗΣ, <u>ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΣ ΦΕΡΕΚΥΔΗΣ</u>.</div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΑΡΧΙΖΟΝΤΑΣ ΤΗ ΚΑΘΟΔΟ ΘΑ ΣΥΝΑΝΤΗΣΕΤΕ ΤΟΝ <u>ΑΗ-ΓΙΩΡΓΗ</u>. Η ΘΕΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΑΥΛΗ ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΗΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ΕΞΑΙΡΕΤΙΚΗ!! ΟΛΟ ΤΟ ΑΙΓΑΙΟ ΣΤΑ ΠΟΔΙΑ ΣΑΣ!!</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"></div>ΣΥΝΕΧΙΖΟΝΤΑΣ ΘΑ ΒΡΕΙΤΕ ΜΙΚΡΕΣ ΠΛΑΤΕΙΕΣ ΜΕ ΔΙΑΦΟΡΕΣ ΠΡΟΤΟΜΕΣ, ΜΕΡΙΚΕΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΙΣ ΟΠΟΙΕΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΤΟΥ ΔΗΜΑΡΧΟΥ ΑΝΩ ΣΥΡΑΣ ΔΑΝΕΖΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΥ ΒΕΛΙΣΑΡΙΟΥ ΦΡΕΡΗ. ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΟΥΝ ΟΙ ΔΙΑΦΟΡΕΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΕΣ ΠΟΥ ΠΡΟ-ΑΝΑΦΕΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΦΤΑΝΟΥΜΕ ΣΤΗ <u>«ΚΑΜΑΡΑ».</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Η ΚΑΜΑΡΑ ΑΥΤΗ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΓΝΩΣΤΗ ΩΣ «Η ΠΥΛΗ»<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ή «Η ΠΟΡΤΑΡΑ»<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ΚΑΙ ΕΙΝΑΙ Η ΠΑΛΑΙΟΤΕΡΗ ΕΙΣΟΔΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΟΙΚΙΣΜΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΑΝΩ ΣΥΡΑΣ. ΤΟ ΔΡΟΜΑΚΙ ΣΤΟ ΟΠΟΙΟ ΒΡΙΣΚΕΤΑΙ Η ΚΑΜΑΡΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ Ο ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΟΣ ΔΡΟΜΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΝΩ ΣΥΡΟΥ ΜΕ <u>ΤΟ ΠΝΕΥΜΑΤΙΚΟ ΚΕΝΤΡΟ, ΤΟ ΜΟΥΣΕΙΟ ΤΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΒΑΜΒΑΚΑΡΗ ΚΑΙ ΤΗ ΠΛΑΤΕΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΒΑΜΒΑΚΑΡΗ. </u><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΣΤΗ ΠΛΑΤΕΙΑ ΜΕ ΤΗ ΠΡΟΤΟΜΗ ΤΟΥ, Η ΞΕΚΟΥΡΑΣΗ ΠΡΙΝ ΤΗΝ ΑΡΧΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΘΟΔΟΥ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΗΝ ΕΡΜΟΥΠΟΛΗ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΔΙΠΛΑ ΑΠΟΛΑΥΣΤΙΚΗ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ΛΟΓΩ ΤΗΣ ΠΟΛΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΥ ΛΙΜΑΝΙΟΥ ΠΟΥ ΑΠΛΩΝΕΤΕ ΜΠΡΟΣΤΑ ΣΑΣ….<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ΜΑΓΙΑ… </b></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΕΠΙΣΗΣ ΣΤΟΝ ΙΔΙΟ ΔΡΟΜΟ ΒΡΙΣΚΕΤΕ <u>Η ΤΑΒΕΡΝΑ ΤΟΥ «ΛΙΛΗ»</u> Η ΟΠΟΙΑ ΣΕΡΒΙΡΕΙ ΥΠΕΡΟΧΑ ΕΔΕΣΜΑΤΑ ΜΕ ΜΟΝΑΔΙΚΗ ΘΕΑ. ΤΗΛ: 22810.88087. ΣΤΟ ΚΑΤΩΓΙ ΤΗΣ ΤΑΒΕΡΝΑΣ Ο ΜΑΡΚΟΣ ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΟΥΣΕ ΜΕΧΡΙ ΠΡΩΙΑΣ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΜΠΟΥΖΟΥΚΑΚΙ ΤΟΥ, ΠΑΡΕΑ ΜΕ ΤΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΥΣ ΤΟΥ. ΑΝ ΠΕΤΥΧΕΤΕ ΣΤΑ ΔΡΟΜΑΚΙΑ ΤΟΝ ΚΥΡΙΟ ΛΙΛΗ ΘΑ ΣΑΣ ΑΝΟΙΞΕΙ ΜΕ ΧΑΡΑ ΤΗ «ΚΑΤΟΓΑ» ΚΑΙ ΘΑ ΣΑΣ ΔΙΗΓΗΘΕΙ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΕΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΠΟΥ Ο ΦΙΛΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΟΣ ΖΟΥΣΕ ΣΤΗ ΣΥΡΟ. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ΑΝ Η ΚΑΡΔΙΑ ΣΑΣ ΚΤΥΠΑ ΣΤΟΥΣ ΗΧΟΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΡΕΜΠΕΤΙΚΗΣ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗΣ ΘΑ ΖΗΣΕΤΕ ΕΝΑ ΟΝΕΙΡΟ…..</b></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΚΑΤΩ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΡΜΟΥΠΟΛΗ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΛΙ, ΣΑΣ ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΕΙ <u>ΤΟ ΝΗΣΑΚΙ.</u> Η ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΠΡΟΕΚΤΑΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΛΙΜΑΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙΖΕΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΞΕΝΟΔΟΧΕΙΟ ΕΡΜΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΕΛΕΙΩΝΕΙ ΣΤΟ ΜΟΛΟ. ΜΠΡΟΣΤΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΞΕΝΟΔΟΧΕΙΟ ΕΙΝΑΙ Η <u>ΠΡΟΤΟΜΗ ΤΟΥ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ ΚΑΝΑΡΗ</u>.</div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΕΔΩ ΕΠΙΣΗΣ ΒΡΙΣΚΟΝΤΑΙ Η ΣΧΟΛΗ ΕΜΠΟΡΟΠΛΟΙΑΡΧΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΛΙΜΕΝΑΡΧΕΙΟ ΣΥΡΟΥ ΣΕ ΕΝΑ ΥΠΕΡΟΧΟ ΚΤΙΣΜΑ. </div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΣΤΗ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ΜΙΚΡΗ ΠΛΑΤΕΙΑ, ΥΠΑΡΧΕΙ ΕΝΑ ΜΝΗΜΕΙΟ ΚΑΙ ΣΥΝΕΧΙΖΟΥΜΕ ΕΝΑ ΩΡΑΙΟ, ΡΟΜΑΝΤΙΚΟ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΟ ΣΤΟ ΜΟΛΟ ΜΕ ΤΑ ΚΥΜΑΤΑ ΝΑ ΚΤΥΠΑΝΕ ΣΤΑ ΒΡΑΧΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΣΧΕΔΟΝ ΠΑΝΤΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΣΑΣ!</div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΟΤΑΝ Η ΜΕΡΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΚΑΘΑΡΗ ΦΑΙΝΟΝΤΑΙ ΔΥΟ ΝΗΣΙΑ ΑΠΕΝΑΝΤΙ, Η ΤΙΝΟΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΜΥΚΟΝΟΣ. ΤΑ ΒΡΑΔΙΑ ΜΠΟΡΕΙΤΕ ΕΥΚΟΛΑ ΝΑ ΞΕΧΩΡΙΣΕΤΕ ΤΑ ΦΩΤΑ ΤΟΥΣ. ΕΠΙΣΗΣ ΟΡΑΤΑ ΤΑ ΔΥΟ ΑΥΤΑ ΝΗΣΙΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΤΕΡΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗΣ ΒΑΠΟΡΙΑ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟ ΧΩΡΙΟ ΔΟΞΑ.</div><br />
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</div><div>Η ΒΡΑΧΟΝΗΣΙΔΑ ΑΠΕΝΑΝΤΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΜΟΛΟ ΛΕΓΕΤΕ <u>«ΦΑΝΑΡΙ»</u> <u>Ή «ΓΑΙΔΑΡΟΣ»</u> , ΕΙΝΑΙ Η ΑΡΧΑΙΑ «ΔΙΔΥΜΗ» ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΕΙ ΤΟ ΠΡΩΤΟ ΦΑΡΟ ΠΟΥ ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΑΣΤΗΚΕ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ (1834). ΣΤΑ ΝΟΤΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΝΗΣΙΟΥ ΥΠΑΡΧΕΙ ΜΙΑ ΟΜΟΡΦΗ ΚΡΥΦΗ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΑ.</div><br />
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</div>ΟΙ ΣΥΝΟΙΚΙΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΡΜΟΥΠΟΛΗΣ ΠΛΑΚΕΣ, ΒΡΥΣΑΡΑΚΙΑ ΨΑΡΙΑΝΑ, ΜΕΤΑΜΟΡΦΩΣΗ, ΒΡΟΝΤΑΔΟ, ΜΕ ΤΑ ΣΤΕΝΑ ΔΡΟΜΑΚΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΣΚΑΛΑΚΙΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΚΡΥΒΟΥΝ ΠΟΛΛΑ ΤΑΒΕΡΝΑΚΙΑ ΜΕ ΠΑΡΑΔΟΣΙΑΚΑ ΕΔΕΣΜΑΤΑ. ΤΑ ΠΙΟ ΩΡΑΙΑ ΤΑΒΕΡΝΑΚΙΑ ΟΜΩΣ ΒΡΙΣΚΟΝΤΑΙ ΣΤΑ ΣΤΕΝΑ ΓΥΡΩ ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΠΛΑΤΕΙΑ ΜΙΑΟΥΛΗ, ΤΑ ΣΤΕΝΑ ΠΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΠΛΗΜΜΥΡΙΣΜΕΝΑ ΜΕ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑΚΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΟΜΟΡΦΕΣ ΒΟΥΚΑΜΒΙΛΙΕΣ. <br />
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</div><div>ΜΕΡΙΚΑ ΠΟΥ ΞΕΧΩΡΙΖΩ ΕΓΩ ΕΙΝΑΙ: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>ΑΡΧΟΝΤΑΡΙΚΙ</u> ΤΗΛ: 22810.86771, <u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">M</span>ΑΣΑ – ΣΟΥΡΑ</u> (ΤΟ ΙΔΙΟ ΤΗΛ.) ΣΤΟ ΟΠΟΙΟ ΘΑ ΑΠΟΛΑΥΣΕΤΕ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΙΟΤΙΚΗ ΡΕΜΠΕΤΙΚΗ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗ. Η ΨΑΡΟΤΑΒΕΡΝΑ <u>ΤΟ ΘΑΛΑΜΙ</u> ΕΧΕΙ ΜΑΓΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΘΕΑ ΣΤΗ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΑ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΕΓΑΖΕΤΑΙ ΣΤΟ ΩΡΑΙΟΤΕΡΟ ΑΡΧΟΝΤΙΚΟ ΤΟΥ ΝΗΣΙΟΥ, (ΑΥΤΟ ΠΟΥ ΣΤΑ ΟΝΕΙΡΑ ΜΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΔΙΚΟ ΜΟΥ!!!!!!), ΤΗΛ: 22810.85331.ΤΟ ΤΑΒΕΡΝΑΚΙ – ΨΗΤΟΠΩΛΕΙΟ <u>ΓΙΑΝΝΕΝΑ </u>(ΤΟ ΤΕΛΕΥΤΑΙΟ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΑ, ΣΧΕΔΟΝ ΜΠΡΟΣΤΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΞΕΝΟΔΟΧΕΙΟ ΕΡΜΗΣ). ΣΤΗΝ ΑΠΕΝΑΝΤΙ ΠΛΕΥΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΛΙΜΑΝΙΟΥ ΘΑ ΒΡΕΙΤΕ ΤΟ ΚΑΛΥΤΕΡΟ ΣΟΥΒΛΑΤΖΙΔΙΚΟ (ΤΟ ΟΠΟΙΟ ΔΕΝ ΘΥΜΑΜΑΙ ΤΟ ΟΝΟΜΑ ΑΛΛΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΔΙΠΛΑ ΑΠΟ ΜΙΑ ΠΑΓΩΤΑΡΕΙΑ), Η ΟΠΟΙΑ ΠΑΓΩΤΑΡΕΙΑ ΠΡΟΣΦΕΡΕΙ ΤΟ ΚΑΛΥΤΕΡΟ ΠΑΓΩΤΟ ΤΟΥ ΝΗΣΙΟΥ. ΣΤΗΝ ΑΓΟΡΑ (ΟΔΟΣ ΧΙΟΥ) ΥΠΑΡΧΕΙ ΕΝΑ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΑΡΤΟΠΟΙΟ <u>Ο ΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΙΟΣ </u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΟΠΟΙΟ ΘΑ ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΥΤΕΙΤΕ ΤΙΣ ΩΡΑΙΟΤΕΡΕΣ ΤΥΡΟΠΙΤΤΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΠΟΥΓΑΤΣΕΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΚΟΛΑΤΣΙΟ ΣΑΣ.</div></div><div><br />
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</div><u>ΤΟ ΝΕΩΡΙΟ</u> ΒΡΙΣΚΕΤΑΙ ΠΕΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΛΙΜΑΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΑ ΠΡΩΤΑ ΝΑΥΠΗΓΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΧΩΡΑΣ. ΣΗΜΕΡΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΕΝΑ ΜΕΓΑΛΟ ΚΑΙ ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΟ ΝΑΥΠΗΓΙΟ.<br />
<div>ΔΙΠΛΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΤΟ <u>ΚΑΡΝΑΓΙΟ</u>, ΤΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΛΙΜΑΝΑΚΙ ΜΕ ΤΑ ΠΟΛΥΧΡΩΜΑ ΨΑΡΟΚΑΙΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΕΙ Η <u>ΛΑΖΑΡΕΤΑ</u>, ΤΟ ΟΠΟΙΟ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΤΟ ΠΑΛΙΟ ΛΟΙΜΟΚΑΘΑΡΤΗΡΙΟ Ή ΚΑΛΥΤΕΡΑ ΟΤΙ ΕΧΕΙ ΑΠΟΜΕΙΝΕΙ ΑΠΟ ΑΥΤΟ! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipzTd_P_c21OcuB3crQHfm51ubkD7IIi2B5IwbVpronrn-fZLuPcMYZJXUMXd8r6rTK7z6b6IC-VLeXU1-tOky-bGKHX46yp74_tY7RFoby5SUQolrNQ-3gORJynPbfiwHkh3cGSpF3vs4/s1600/023_23.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipzTd_P_c21OcuB3crQHfm51ubkD7IIi2B5IwbVpronrn-fZLuPcMYZJXUMXd8r6rTK7z6b6IC-VLeXU1-tOky-bGKHX46yp74_tY7RFoby5SUQolrNQ-3gORJynPbfiwHkh3cGSpF3vs4/s320/023_23.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Ο ΔΡΟΜΟΣ ΜΕΤΑ ΤΗ ΛΑΖΑΡΕΤΑ ΜΑΣ ΒΓΑΖΕΙ ΣΤΙΣ ΕΞΟΧΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΣΥΡΟΥ, ΣΤΙΣ ΠΟΛΥ-ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΙΣΜΕΝΕΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΟΝ ΒΑΜΒΑΚΑΡΗ <u>ΦΟΙΝΙΚΑ, ΠΑΡΑΚΟΠΗ, ΓΑΛΙΣΑ ΚΑΙ ΝΤΕΛΑΚΡΑΤΣΙΑ</u> ΚΑΙ ΑΣ ΜΟΥ’ ΡΘΕΙ ΣΥΓΚΟΠΗ….. </div><br />
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</div>ΤΟ ΠΡΩΤΟ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΑΚΟ ΧΩΡΙΟ ΠΟΥ ΣΥΝΑΝΤΑΜΕ ΕΙΝΑΙ Ο <u>ΑΖΟΛΙΜΝΟΣ </u>, ΜΕΤΑ Η <u>ΒΑΡΗ</u> ΚΑΙ Ο <u>ΜΕΓΑ ΓΙΑΛΟΣ</u>. ΑΝΑΜΕΣΑ ΣΤΙΣ ΔΥΟ ΤΕΛΕΥΤΑΙΕΣ ΒΡΙΣΚΕΤΑΙ Η ΜΙΚΡΗ ΚΡΥΜΜΕΝΗ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΑ <u>ΑΧΛΑΔΙ</u> ΣΤΗΝ ΟΠΟΙΑ Η ΠΡΟΣΒΑΣΗ ΓΙΝΕΤΑΙ ΜΟΝΟ ΜΕ ΙΔΙΩΤΙΚΟ ΟΧΗΜΑ Η ΜΕ ΤΑ ΠΟΔΙΑ. ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΕΙ Η <u>ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝΙΑ</u> Η ΟΠΩΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΓΝΩΣΤΗ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΙ ΓΛΥΚΙΑ ΜΟΥ ΦΡΑΓΚΟΣΥΡΙΑΝΗ, <u>«ΝΤΕΛΑΚΡΑΤΣΙΑ».</u> <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Η ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝΙΑ ΗΤΑΝ Η ΑΓΑΠΗΜΕΝΗ ΕΞΟΧΗ ΤΩΝ ΠΛΟΥΣΙΩΝ ΣΥΡΙΑΝΩΝ, ΓΙ’ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΘΑ ΔΟΥΜΕ ΠΟΛΛΕΣ ΜΙΚΡΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΕΣ ΕΠΑΥΛΕΙΣ ΣΚΟΡΠΙΣΜΕΝΕΣ ΣΤΟ ΧΩΡΙΟ.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Η ΠΙΟ ΓΝΩΣΤΗ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝΙΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΟΙ <u>ΑΓΚΑΘΟΠΕΣ</u> ΚΑΙ ΤΟ <u>ΚΟΜΙΤΟ</u>.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1HbP5K5J2W2wEA0Ja3Yks5UoYw079w8FVTAMX_1sf9hIqy69xXuCuect4oTkigUZAKfTfXZz2TTD8M8KwomMwUjYlcV2Sus1BnFkEGn1Nsmoid-RNIckNg5f6QRwRx72-DIZSMa_etIgy/s1600/CIMG2319.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1HbP5K5J2W2wEA0Ja3Yks5UoYw079w8FVTAMX_1sf9hIqy69xXuCuect4oTkigUZAKfTfXZz2TTD8M8KwomMwUjYlcV2Sus1BnFkEGn1Nsmoid-RNIckNg5f6QRwRx72-DIZSMa_etIgy/s320/CIMG2319.JPG" width="320" /></a>ΠΡΟΧΩΡΩΝΤΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΝΤΟΥΜΕ ΤΟ <u>ΦΟΙΝΙΚΑ </u>ΜΕ ΤΟ ΟΜΟΡΦΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ, ΠΟΛΥ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΛΙΜΑΝΑΚΙ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΑ <u>ΚΟΚΚΙΝΑ </u>(ΕΠΙΣΗΣ Η ΠΡΟΣΒΑΣΗ ΜΟΝΟ ΜΕ ΙΔΙΩΤΙΚΟ ΑΥΤΟΚΙΝΗΤΟ Ή ΜΕ ΤΑ ΠΟΔΙΑ). <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΣΕ ΜΙΚΡΗ ΑΠΟΣΤΑΣΗ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΦΟΙΝΙΚΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ Ο <u>ΓΑΛΗΣΣΑΣ</u> ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΥΤΕΡΗ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΣΥΡΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΙΣΩΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΝ ΠΙΟ ΑΓΑΠΗΜΕΝΗ ΑΠΟ ΟΛΟΥΣ. </div><br />
Ο ΔΡΟΜΟΣ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟ <u>ΚΙΝΙ</u> ΕΙΝΑΙ ΜΕ ΠΟΛΛΕΣ ΣΤΡΟΦΕΣ ΑΛΛΑ Η ΘΕΑ ΤΟΥ ΧΩΡΙΟΥ ΠΛΗΣΙΑΖΟΝΤΑΣ ΤΟ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΕΞΑΙΡΕΤΙΚΗ! <br />
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<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBi-YwMdYdUxcpTDREIuHtRdfGpMVxqlOV-EO20Ox_TVgAMrK896kUsok06un5e5H7mXIqy56czbu-fdwXWmkttISWvdpVAcqJrM-CH2qG4ADXRKXpbf8_rjuBEq3Q2VVPgJlMW8vqoRX/s1600/CIMG2307.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBi-YwMdYdUxcpTDREIuHtRdfGpMVxqlOV-EO20Ox_TVgAMrK896kUsok06un5e5H7mXIqy56czbu-fdwXWmkttISWvdpVAcqJrM-CH2qG4ADXRKXpbf8_rjuBEq3Q2VVPgJlMW8vqoRX/s320/CIMG2307.JPG" width="320" /></a>ΤΟ ΚΙΝΙ ΘΑ ΣΑΣ ΚΑΛΩΣΟΡΙΣΕΙ ΜΕ <u>ΤΟ ΑΓΑΛΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΧΑΡΟΚΑΜΕΝΗΣ</u> <u>ΑΠΟ ΠΝΙΓΜΟΥΣ ΜΑΝΑΣ</u>, ΜΠΡΟΣΤΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΗ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΑ - ΑΠΟ ΤΙΣ ΚΑΘΑΡΟΤΕΡΕΣ ΣΤΗ ΣΥΡΟ. ΣΤΗΝ ΔΥΤΙΚΗ ΜΕΡΙΑ ΒΡΙΣΚΕΤΑΙ Η ΠΑΡΑΛΙΑ <u>ΛΩΤΟΣ</u> ΜΕ ΤΑ ΔΕΝΤΡΑ ΝΑ ΦΤΑΝΟΥΝ ΣΧΕΔΟΝ ΣΤΟ ΝΕΡΟ! ΣΤΗΝ ΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΚΗ ΜΕΡΙΑ ΘΑ ΒΡΕΙΤΕ ΚΑΡΑΒΑΚΙΑ ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΣΑΣ ΤΑΞΙΔΕΨΟΥΝ ΣΤΙΣ ΒΟΡΕΙΕΣ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΕΣ <u>ΒΑΡΒΑΡΟΥΣΑ, ΑΕΤΟΣ, ΑΥΛΑΚΙ, ΛΕΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ</u> ΓΙΑ ΜΙΑ ΑΞΕΧΑΣΤΗ ΜΕΡΑ ΞΕΓΝΟΙΑΣΙΑΣ ΣΤΙΣ ΠΑΡΘΕΝΕΣ ΑΥΤΕΣ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΣΥΡΟΥ. </div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΕΠΙΣΗΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΚΙΝΙ (ΜΕ ΤΑ ΠΟΔΙΑ) ΘΑ ΒΡΕΙΤΕ ΤΗΝ ΟΜΟΡΦΗ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΑ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΟΝΟΜΑ <u>ΔΕΛΦΙΝΙ.</u></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">ΦΥΣΙΚΑ ΣΕ ΟΛΕΣ ΤΙΣ ΠΙΟ ΠΑΝΩ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΕΣ (ΕΚΤΟΣ ΑΠΟ ΑΥΤΕΣ ΠΟΥ Η ΠΡΟΣΒΑΣΗ ΤΟΥΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΚΑΠΩΣ ΔΥΣΚΟΛΗ) ΒΡΙΣΚΟΝΤΑΙ ΠΟΛΛΕΣ ΤΑΒΕΡΝΟΥΛΕΣ ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΚΑΛΟ ΓΕΥΜΑ ΚΑΙ ΓΙΑ ΞΕΚΟΥΡΑΣΗ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΕΡΙΗΓΗΣΗ.</div><br />
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</div>ΕΝΑ ΕΠΙΣΗΣ ΠΟΛΥ ΟΜΟΡΦΟ ΧΩΡΙΟ ΕΙΝΑΙ Ο <u>ΣΑ-ΜΙΧΑΛΗΣ</u>.. ΤΟ ΧΩΡΙΟ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΒΟΥΝΙΣΙΟ ΚΑΙ Η ΘΕΑ ΣΤΟ ΑΙΓΑΙΟ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΑ ΑΠΕΝΑΝΤΙ ΝΗΣΙΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΜΑΓΕΥΤΙΚΗ. ΜΗΝ ΧΑΣΕΤΕ ΤΟΥΣ ΥΠΕΡΟΧΟΥΣ ΜΕΖΕΔΕΣ ΣΤΑ ΔΥΟ ΜΙΚΡΑ ΤΑΒΕΡΝΑΚΙΑ (ΝΤΟΠΙΟ ΠΡΟΙΟΝ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΤΟ ΝΟΣΤΙΜΟ ΤΥΡΙ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΙΔΙΟ ΟΝΟΜΑ) ΚΑΙ ΕΝΑ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΟ ΣΤΟ ΜΙΚΡΟΥΤΣΙΚΟ ΠΑΛΙΟ ΧΩΡΙΟ. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">IS</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MUST</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">…</span></b><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #002060;">Η</span><span style="color: #002060; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: #002060;">ΑΡΧΟΝΤΙΣΣΑ</span><span style="color: #002060; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: #002060;">ΤΩΝ</span><span style="color: #002060; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: #002060;">ΚΥΚΛΑΔΩΝ</span><span style="color: #002060; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">HAS A LOT TO OFFER….<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u> ENJOY</u></b></span></div><br />
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