| 48 Hours In Sydney (Part 1) |
| Sydney is one of the most beautiful places in the world. A glimpse from the air reveals sparkling sails of the Opera House (Opera House), the Harbour Bridge and the channels create an incomparable Sydney. In this aerial beach picture, glasses and chromes fly high, marking the center business city (or CBD) of shopping area. |
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| 10 Trips To Consider. Hurry up! |
| Let use your walking shoes if you can. When the rains pour down your plan in June, you may have to wait all year to climb the high mountains. Let's sign up 8-day trip to Har Ki Dun in the western Garhwal to combine the emotion of walking and rafting in this season (fixed departure on May 6th and 9th). |
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| Fateh Sagar Lake: New Royalty |
| A few years ago, the idea of a new "palace hotel" at Udaipur would seem so audacious. For a city of history and affluent lifestyle, the POP roofs surely cannot compete. And Lake Palace, mobile scene of main real estate, right? Is it Genuine Heritage Royal Hotel, so who dares to bring down something like that? |
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| Madrid - Around Town : Chueca and Malasaña (part 1) |
| Two of Madrid’s most lively barrios lie just off the Gran Vía. Chueca was originally home to the city’s blacksmiths and tile makers. Run down for many years, it has enjoyed a renaissance after being adopted by Madrid’s gay community – the area puts on its glad rags every summer for the Gay Pride celebrations. |
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| Chinese Cities (Part 2) |
| In Kunshan, Yangcheng Lake, we went to the hotel that is built and owned by government in the large lake area. State hotel always has best location. |
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| Chinese Cities (Part 1) |
| This is a magnificent lady with China, Japan, France, Italy and India suites. As a cultural revolution of lifestyle, it has been added as a maid of the officials in the last century. Facing with the Gothic gate is a land with cabbage planted vertically. |
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| Far From The Madding Crowd |
| Sunlight glistened on the crisp, white snow and fluffy clouds raced across the blue sky. What a superb final day for my three-day cross-country skiing trip, I thought, as I looked out of the hotel window that morning. But Mother Nature had other plans. |
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| Chicago - Streetsmart - Luxury Hotels, Historic Hotels |
| The Ritz has it all – superior service, an award-winning dining room, spa, and state-of-the-art-business facilities. Impressive views complement the classic furnishings and fine art in its spacious guest rooms, but it’s the little things, like Bulgari toiletries and toys and cookies for the kids that puts it in a league of its own. |
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| Munich - Day Trips & Excursions : Baroque & Rococo in Pfaffenwinkel |
| Pfaffenwinkel is a classic alpine foothill region. Gently sloping hills and verdant pastures alternate with forests, fens, and small lakes. Geographically, the region is bounded by the Lech, Ammer, and Loisach rivers, and by the southern end of Ammersee and Starnberger |
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| Barcelona - Around Town - Gràcia, Tibidabo & Zona Alta (part 1) |
| The Zona Alta (Uptown) is an area covering several neighbourhoods that, as the name suggests, are in the hilly part of the city. From the moneyed streets of Pedralbes and Tibidabo to bohemian Gràcia, this entire northern area of the city offers stunning views and regal attractions. |
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| Toronto - Streetsmart - Shopping Tips, Accommodation & Dining Tips |
| In Ontario, accommodation is taxed with a 5 percent accommodation tax and a 7 percent GST (goods and services tax). An additional 3 percent destination tax is also levied on hotel rooms in the City of Toronto. You are entitled to a refund of the GST for hotel accommodation for short stays. |
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| Beautiful Pembrokeshire (Part 3) |
| Considering the county is mostly built around or near to water, there aren’t many consistently good locations for waterfall shoots apart from, that is, Cenarth Falls. Some could argue it’s only just inside Pembrokeshire thanks to its location sitting on the border with neighbouring Ceredigionshire, but this still doesn’t detract from the fact you can come away with some great images. |
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| Beautiful Pembrokeshire (Part 2) |
| Tenby is one of those places I absolutely adore and never get tired of visiting, even on the most rainy days! It’s absolutely packed in the summer months due it being a highly regarded holiday destination and the economy is mainly based around tourism. It’s also a mecca for artists and painters alike. |
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| Beautiful Pembrokeshire (Part 1) |
| Pembrokeshire, my home and where I’ve spent most of my life growing up. Famed for its stunning beaches, seaside villages and rugged coastline; it’s a holiday hotspot at any time of year. It also reveals a great amount of history with its vast number of castles, burial chambers and churches. |
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| 10 Best Winter PlayGrounds |
| Speed-riding is a mixture of paragliding and skiing. Around 2,000 metres up a mountain, with a small canopy (the ‘wing’) attached to your back and a pair of skis on your feet, the idea is to zoom down so the wing fills with air and plucks you a few feet off the slopes. Great fun but not to be tried unless you’re already competent on red pistes. |
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| Boston - Around Town : Kenmore & the Fenway (part 1) |
| On days when the Red Sox are playing a home baseball game at Fenway Park, Kenmore Square is packed with fans. By night, Kenmore becomes the jump-off point for a night of dancing, drinking, and socializing at clubs on or near Lansdowne Street. |
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| New York - Around Town : Union Square, Gramercy Park, and Flatiron (part 1) |
| Change is in the air in this flourishing section of Manhattan. Union Square, once a hangout for drug dealers and scene of protest rallies, has been renovated and transformed. A Greenmarket fills the square with fresh produce four times a week, drawing patrons from all over the city, and the neighborhood around the square is attracting an increasing number of new apartments, shops, and restaurants. |
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| Paris - Around Town : Champs-Elysées Quarter (part 1) |
| The Champs-Elysées is undoubtedly the most famous street in Paris and the quarter which lies around it is brimming with wealth and power. It is home to the president of France, great haute couture fashion houses, embassies and consulates, and the five-star hotels and fine restaurants frequented by the French and foreign élite. |
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| Maple Leaves Forever |
| Every Canadian garden should include at least one maple tree. After all, the maple leaf is our beloved national symbol. But more than that, it's our national symbol because maple trees (Acer species) grow so darned well in every part of the country. All they ask is sun to part shade, reasonably moist soil, and summer temperatures that are not blazing hot. |
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| Musical Midnights In Marid (Part 2) |
| While these were great, unplanned, fun evenings, I couldn't leave Madrid without an evening of flamenco music. Miguel had surprised me by saying, "Flamenco must be listened to in silence". The simplicity and absoluteness of his statement intrigued me. |
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| Musical Midnights In Marid (Part 1) |
| In Madrid, the rule of thumb is: the later the hour, the louder the nightlife. This is a city that doesn't seem to sleep. Taxi drivers told me there are more people on the streets at 3 a.m. than at 3 p.m., and it seemed to me to be true. |
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| Berlin - Around Town : Central Berlin: Scheunenviertel (part 1) |
| The Scheunenviertel, literally the “barn quarter”, Berlin’s former Jewish quarter, has experienced a unique revival in recent years. Originally, the thriving Jewish community lived in neighbouring Spandauer Vorstadt, beyond the city limits, while the Scheunenviertel was better known as a red-light district. |
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| San Francisco - Around Town : Oceanfront (part 1) |
| As with every segment of this city, the area that faces the Pacific Ocean is a study in contrasts. Surprisingly to many, it contains terrains of natural beauty that are just as untamed and craggy as they always have been, particularly the rocky, windswept micro-climates that make up the cliffs and hidden ravines of Land’s End. |
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| Rome - Around Town : The Spanish Steps and Villa Borghese (part 1) |
| Here is Rome at its most orderly and elegant, carefully laid out under 16th-century papal urban planning schemes. Baroque popes such as Leo X and Sixtus V redeveloped the all but abandoned area around the Corso, the extension of the ancient Via Flaminia from northern Italy, for their rapidly growing city. |
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| Hong Kong - Streetsmart : Shopping Tips, Tours |
| For dirt-cheap clothes, head to the markets at Lai Chi Kok and Sham Shui Po. The ubiquitous Giordano and Bossini chains offer decent, good value Gap-style wear. For deeply discounted clearance designer wear head to the shops on the 4th, 5th and 6th floors of the Pedder Building in Central or Joyce’s warehouse outlet on Ap Lei Chau . |
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