Founded in 1070–72 by the Almoravids, Marrakesh remained a political, economic and cultural centre for a long period. Its influence was felt throughout the western Muslim world, from North Africa to Andalusia. It has several impressive monuments dating from that period: the Koutoubiya Mosque, the Kasbah, the battlements, monumental doors, gardens, etc. Later architectural jewels [...]
Budapest, the capital of Hungary, is one of Europe’s most delightful and enjoyable cities. With green-filled parks full of charming pleasures, museums that inspire, and a pulsating nightlife on par with its European counterparts, travelers are quickly recognising the appeal of Budapest. Tourism accounts for approximately 20 million visitors per year, coming for the city’s [...]
Your Paradise on Earth
The Palau island chain consists of about 200 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, 528 mi (650 km) southeast of the Philippines. Only eight of the islands are permanently inhabited. They vary geologically from the high mountainous largest island, Babelthuap, to low, coral islands usually fringed by large barrier reefs. Palau enjoys [...]
Mauritius is a beautiful tropical island, 500 miles off the east coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Its diverse landscape includes miles of unspoilt coastline, tropical forests and impressive mountains. There are safe beaches, gentle seas, mild tropical climate and a legendary Mauritian hospitality.
Mauritius, about 2400 kilometres off the South East Coast of Africa [...]
Macau, on the southeastern coast of China, comprises a peninsula and two islands in the Pearl River delta of Guangdong Province. Some 60 kms to the northeast, across the mouth of the river, is neighbouring HongKong.
The city of Macau is built on the peninsula: two bridges of 2.5 kms and 4.5 kms respectively link it [...]
by Lisa Coleman
Vacationers have been drawn to the Pacific Coast of Mexico for decades. From Mazatlan to Acapulco, the Mexican Riviera was the most famous stretch of beach in the country. However, in the late 1960’s things on the Mexican tourist scene began to change. The government began to take interest in a remote sandbar [...]
From ‘Paris of the Pacific’ to tranquil white beaches
New Caledonia–or Kanaky, as the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants call it–is unique. In Noumea, the capital, the fine French restaurants, designer boutiques and cosmopolitan crowds all proclaim that this is the Paris of the Pacific. Yet over on the east coast of the main island and on all [...]
Buzzing with a life of its own
For the past 15 years, Cambodia’s second city, Siem Reap, has been viewed simplistically as a place to sleep and eat when you are not crawling over sacred stones at the nearby temple complex of Angkor Wat.
But no longer. The modern visitor will find Siem Reap a bustling and [...]
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