Route for the Castles of the Loire

To do a route for the castles of the Loire is one of the best forms of knowing this area of France, of a big beauty and of a very rich past as for art and history. The truth is that it is worth discovering this area of France, in which in addition to enjoying the castles, you will be able to enjoy a few exceptional sceneries.

From the trips blog, some of the points tell you that you cannot get lost:

• Angers: you her will find along with the river Maine, a tributary of the Loire. He is worth visiting his castle, in which there is a collection of carpets of the Middle Age with scenes of the Apocalypse, and the Romanesque cathedral, which has a few shop windows of big artistic value, which date of the XIIth century.
• The Usé castle is worth it a visit, not in vain it is the one that, apparently, inspired Perrault to write his story The beautiful sleeping one.
• There are great the castles concerning which we will find beautiful gardens, but that of Villandry stands out because theirs are of geometric design. It is worth stopping in the coffee of the building, which is of Renaissance and very nice style.
• Also he emphasizes the Castle of six checkers, in Chenonceau, one of most visited of this area, which is along with the river Cher. One of the galleries of the castle exitiende on the river, an almost magic place.
• The Blois castle is other of the most curious, since it is formed by four wings and each of them has a different architectural style. It is worth approaching to the city and going for a walk for the ancient historical helmet.
• That of Cheverny is other of the curious castles, since it was the one that served as I shape Hergé to create the Castle of Molinsart in The Clink adventures.

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Air companies and cheap flights in Australia

Australia is an enormous country, and there is a big distance between his most important cities. If you are of tourism in this country, you have that knowledge that the trips in train are very expensive, and in bus it is taken very much. The best option is to fly but: how to do it and what are the companies of flights that operate in Australia?

First of all you have the company Tiger Airways, perhaps the cheapest of all. There are flights for less than 50 dollars of Melbourne to Sidney, or of Sidney to the Gold Coast. Nevertheless, sometimes, if you are succeeded in finding, there are discounts, and the flights go out for you for less than 30 dollars. Of course, you must bear in mind the expenses for 6 dollars in valuations for reserving for Internet.

The baggage limit with Tiger Airways is a handbag of not more than seven kilos. The baggage can be invoiced, but if they overcome more than 15 kilos, you will have to pay 15 dollars at the moment of the reservation. If you invoice in the counter, perhaps the enclosed price raises something more.

Other one of the companies áereas in Australia is Jetstar. This company allows free hand luggages up to 10 kilos. The invoiced baggage of more than twenty kilos will have to pay ten dollars at the moment of doing the reservation, and slightly more in the counter, cost that can come up to 80 dollars, for what better knowledge is what baggage you are going to take the day of the reservation.

Jetstar offers the Friday Tariff, with a series of very cheap national and international routes. The routes promise to be on the same Friday, and can be reserved by Internet between the 16.00 and 20.00 hours of this day. There are offers that go from 79 dollars of Adelaide to Perth, or 19 dollars up to Tasmania.

Another company that operates in Australia is Virgin Blue. It is not so cheap as Tiger, but nevertheless it has the best tariffs between the 12.00 and 13.00 hours, in a species of happy hour of the flights. During this hour it is possible to reserve for Internet the cheapest flights of Australia with this line.

Finally we have Qantas, the national airline of Australia excellently. Of course, it has the most expensive prices, although at the time of invoicing, it allows free baggage up to 23 kilos. Ademñás, in the long flights offers sandwiches, movies and other free services in the plane. Perhaps cost a little the sorrow to pay a little more, especially if the flight is long.

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The Palace of Kensington in London, living history of England

It is true that it is necessary to try to have time to visit London. There are so many things for seeing … Nevertheless, today we stop in the famous Palace of Kensington, a very remembered place, especially if we approach the history of sadly missing person Lady I Gave.

The Palace of Kensington is located in Chelsea, along with Bayswater Road, in the door of entry of the famous Notting Hill.

The history of this palace begins at the end of the XVIIth century, when king Guillermo III and the queen Maria II want to escape of the cold that reigns in the Palace of Whitehall, placed along with the Thames. They decide to buy Nottingham House in Kensington Village, which for the epoch was withdrawn enough from London.

They decorate it and turn it into an authentic palace. Nevertheless, it would be king Jorge I who really dedicates his time to the Palace of Kensington, dedicating his efforts to him and extending it, hiring big artists of the epoch to decorate his walls.

Really he had left so well that, to his death, Jorge II, his successor, turned the Palace of Kensington into his principal residence, settling there with his wife, the queen Carolina. Nevertheless, with the premature death of Carolina, king Jorge could not see in him any more than the memories of his wife, and he neglected the palace.

The palace did not recover his heyday again up to the arrival of the queen Victoria, who precisely was born in Kensington. Today even it is possible to visit the room where he was born and the room where it was baptized. Also, in your trip you will know the place where Victory slept like princess and got up like queen, since the dawn of June 20, 1837, his uncle was dying, and llea he was inheriting the crown of England.

It was the moment in which the queen Victoria left Kensington to go to live to the Buckingham Palace. Nevertheless, he never forgot the place where he was born, and the day of his 80 birthdays, the queen Victoria wanted to open to the public the palace.

In the last decades, who gave him fame again to the Palace of Kensington was Lady Di, the princess Diana Welsh, who lived there during the marriage with Prince Carlos, and just before his death. His children, Guillermo and Enrique, also were living with her in Kensington.

It is sure that you still will remember the thousands of branches of flowers that, days after the death of Diana, the Englishmen and persons come from all the corners of the world, they deposited in the doors of the Palace of Kensington, in memory of Diana. Precisely, from Kensington it divided the funeral procession of the princess up to the religious office in the Abbey of Westminster.

Nowadays, in the Palace of Kensington there live three cousins of the queen Elizabeth II, and the persons who work so much for the queen as for Prince Carlos have apartments in Kensington. There can be done visits guided to the palace, which last one hour and a half, or simply walk along his gardens. Nevertheless, do visit this living history of England.

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Essential visits in Salamanca

Salamanca is a city full of history. The truth is that if you have time it is worth it that you stop to contemplate everything what it has to offer you, but if you go with the just time, there is a series of visits that are really essential.

From the trips blog, we tell you what you must not get lost in your visit to Salamanca:

• Two cathedrals: the old Cathedral, of the XII - XIIIth century and the New Cathedral, of the XVIIth they give us idea of the importance that had this city. If you want, you can realize a holding a permit itinerary that will take you for the cloister, the towers and the museum. Especially nice in the night, with the illuminated fronts.
• The House of the Conches is one of the signs of identity of Salamanca, a Gothic palace decorated with plateresque elements. It is called this way because in his front there are approximately 300 conches of Santiago.
• The University, through which a flourishing stage lived, stands out for his fronts, and it is different of the visits that we cannot allow doing.
• The Biggest Square is different of the essential visits. She is one of the nicest of the whole Castile designed by Alberto de Churriguera, she relies on with 88 semicircular arches. It is one of the principal centers of social life of the city, and also it is advisable to sit down in one of his patios (if it is nice) and to enjoy the conference.
• The Orchard of Calisto and Melibea is an essential visit for the lovers of the literature, since he remembers us to the literary work. It is an urban park of Arab inspiration that opens every day of free form.
• San Esteban and Santa Maria of the Proprietors are two of the most significant temples of the city. In the convent of San Esteban we see elements of the late Gothic and Renaissance men and in the church of the Proprietors, of 1419, see clear examples of plateresque Spanish.

Certainly, that in the convent of the Proprietors can buy to themselves sweets prepared by the nuns: very advisable.

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Roman ruins in Croatia

It is sure that you know cities as Split and Dubrovnik, on the beach of Croatia, tourist destinations of the first level. Nevertheless, there are other jewels in this country where to be able to contemplate wonderful Roman ruins.

Croatia is a country that mixes beautiful beaches and fascinating historical destinations. We move to the north of Croatia, for example, to visit Polish. There you will see a Roman Circus, very similar to the Coliseum of Rome, dominating the outskirts of the city. This ancient building is surrounded with modern constructions. In this amphitheater concerts are celebrated during the summer.

You can come to Pula perfectly both in bus and in car, and it is possible to cover in one day. In addition to visiting the Roman Circus, we recommend to you to walk along his shops or to sit down in a patio to taste the wonderful wine of Croatia. If you decide for staying at Pula, you will have time to see other monuments, in addition to beaches and beautiful coves.

Polish it is in the Istria region. To the south-west of this region we find the Channel of Fazana, between the continent and the Islands Brijuni. There is a brief sail from the continent across Fazana. From the ship you can see the National park, which lodges a series of Roman ruins in the Bay of Verige and a fortitude of the Age of the Bronze in Kolci.

In this national park also you have the opportunity to stay, to make excursions for the whole archipelago, senderismo, contemplate birds and do even up to a child safari to see the most ancient olive trees of the Mediterranean.

Also you will see a small museum in the island, which lodges an exhibition of photos of the ancient Yugoslavian president Tito. From the decade from 1940 to 1970, Tito lived in the island. The photos gather the testimony of his life in the islands of Brijuni, in addition to the famous visitors who have been his guests.

Croatia is one of the countries that in the last years tourist has experienced a major heyday. Thanks to God, the worst times they have already happened, and thousands are the tourists who approach up to his beaches. Nevertheless, as véis, the Croatian coast also has other big attractions. From his excellent gastronomy, his wines, his impressive scenery, the national parks, lakes as those of Plitvice and Krka, and the Roman ruins … Croatia is to know it.

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Guidebook of Turin

Turin is a city that is located on the banks of the river Po, with really nice sceneries and that is worth knowing. One of the nicest corners of Italy, which has great that to offer to the visitors.

How to come?

The airport of Turin receives direct flights from Spain, for example, from Madrid and Girona. From the airport it is easy to come to the center of the city, since there is very good combination in train and in bus.

What to see?

The delight of Turin is countless. Of the city it is possible to obtain one of the best conference from the Mount of the Capuchins, which is in the Southeast. From the lookout an ideal place one can contemplate a sight of the whole city, undoubtedly, for the lovers of the photo.

The tower of the Mass Antonelliana, one of the symbols of Turin, stands out in this sight. It was constructed by the target that it was a synagog in the XIXth century and nowadays it is the head office of the National museum of the Movies, a visit that the lovers of the seventh art cannot allow doing.

It is worth knowing the ancient center of Turin and for it, the best option is to do it on foot. Along 18 kilometers of galleries porticadas, we will find theaters, museums and coffees in which to stop to do a rest and to be enjoyed of the Italian coffee.

He emphasizes the Cathedral, of the XVth century, or the church of the St Lawrence and the Palace Madama, from baroque style. In the Route Rome there are shop windows of the best international fashionable signatures, ideal for the lovers of the buys.

San Carlo is worth stopping also in the square, in that he emphasizes the emblematic coffee Torino, famous person for his chocolate and his 28 types of coffee of his letter. Also here we will find big candy stores quantity.

About the center grew Borgo Nuovo, that a visit is worth it he gives birth var to the impressive baroque mansions, many of them constructed when the Savoy they were supervised by the city.

Others of the visits that must not allow being done are the Bridge of Umberto I, on the river Po, which joins the Courthouse with the Park Valentino, ideal to contemplate the evening.

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Sap: trip to Vietnam in the center of Prague

We were in Prague and it turned out to be curious to us to begin seeing a series of Vietnamese walking along the city. Suddenly, we double a corner and meet Sapa, or what is the same, a kidling Hanoi in full heart of the Czech capital.

Sapa is a Vietnamese flea market to the south of Prague. Most of the articles that we will see here come from China. The best thing of everything is that they are very cheap, authentic bargains that, if you haggle good, can turn into the best memory of your trip.

In Sapa you will find a little of everything. Clothes, Vietnamese meal as rice, noodles, grasses, spices, meats and another series of products that you will not see on any other market of Prague, products done to hand to half of price with regard to the shops of Prague, Chinese toys, Vietnamese traditional music and much any more.

After seeing the flea market, Sapa also offers the possibility of penetrating into the quarter and of sitting down to eat in some of his bars. The noodles soups Vietnamese is usually the specialty of the house. There are many types of soups of noodles, although the most popular and the one that makes use in all the bars is the Pho.
Of all the bars and restaurants we want to recommend to you three of them. They talk each other of Hai Phong, Thang Long and Hue Xua, since in any of these three the meal is prepared to the Vietnamese traditional way. The noodles bowls are usually very cheap and tasty. Anyone would say that we are in full Prague …

Really, there is no loss to be able to come up to Sapa. The best thing is to take the red line of meter from Kacerov or the yellow line from Smichovske. Also it is possible to go in bus from Kacerov, which even works the weekends.

Also there is a very interesting tourist option, since the tourist buses 133 and 333 pass for Sapa. You can go down, throw a glance to the area, and then raise you in another tourist bus, since the ticket costs for the whole day.

Without a doubt that Sapa is an attraction more that it has for showing us the city of Prague. Unfortunately, it is not usually in the principal tourist routes of the city, is usually gathered in all the guidebooks of Prague. You will feel as if inside Prague hubiérais traveled round a few moments up to Vietnam.

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