City Guides
Barbados Island Guide
Barbados – home to superstar Rihanna and rum. With its palm-fringed beaches, stunning landscape, and glorious sunshine, Barbados is a paradise on Earth. The Caribbean island located in the West Indies is a popular holiday destination for sun seekers, nature lovers and A-list stars and royalty. At 34 kilometres long and 23 kilometres wide Barbados may be small but it has so much to offer for holiday goers, from beaches and museums to flower-filled forests and rum distilleries. Continue reading
Los Angeles City Guide
The best part about Los Angeles is there's never an "off-season" here. Come in January or July and you'll be treated to awesome weather, exciting activities, and beautiful scenery. Diversity is apparent in LA - it's a melting pot of all races and backgrounds creating a very unique urban landscape. Here are 5 Can't Miss Activities in LA:
1) Take a Hike to the Hollywood Sign
There is nothing more iconic than the gigantic "HOLLYWOOD" sign at the top of the Hollywood Hills in LA. Overlooking both the valley and city side of Los Angeles, the Hollywood Sign is the #1 tourist hike in the world. In just about 45 minutes, you can walk top the peak of the Hollywood Hills and get within arm's reach of this iconic sign.
Continue readingYork City Guide
York frequently ties with Manchester as the second most-visited city in the United Kingdom after London, and with good reason. This charming northern city has for centuries been a seat of political and ecclesiastical power in the region, as well as a bustling centre for trade, industry, and education. Today the Yorkshire capital boasts a unique architectural heritage and loads of world-class attractions that make it well worth a visit on any tour of the UK. Continue reading
London City Guide
London. A city so big and vibrant that it is hard to sum it up in a single article. The capital is home to the biggest and most ethnically diverse population in Europe (over 8 million people and 270 nationalities) and there is simply so much to see and do that it would take weeks to explore all of the sights, landmarks, museums and galleries on offer. If you are a first-timer, this guide is for you, giving you the lowdown on the best places to begin your quest.
Continue readingBelgrade City Guide
"Beograd" in Serbian language means "White City" ("BEO" means white, "GRAD" means City). Belgrade is an ancient city whose history lasts for over 7000 years. It is located in South-eastern Europe on the Balkan Peninsula. It is also been named "Gate of Balkans" and "Doors of Central Europe", for it lies at the crossroads of Eastern and Western Europe, at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers. Belgrade is the capital of Serbia and with a population of around 1,6 million people, it is one of the largest cities in South-east Europe.
Continue readingThe Dolomites
The Dolomites mountain range is situated in the north-eastern Italian province of South Tyrol. The Dolomites are limited by the eastern Piave Valley and the western River Adige. Northwards the mountain range is terminated by the Puster and southwards by the Sugana Valley. Since 2009, the Dolomites belong to the World Heritage Sites of UNESCO.
From Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French mineralogist, who first described the carbonate mineral Dolomite in the second half of the 18th century, the name “Dolomites” is derived.
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