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Holidays in the Dominican Republic are as varied and as colorful as the country’s history. Most revolve around religion and are celebrated with live music, festivities, and joyous parades.

February

The highlight of the Dominican Republic holidays falls on the second month of the year. It is called the ‘Carnival’, a celebration whose history dates as far back as 1867. Read the rest of this entry »

Venice is probably one of the best places any person could ever visit. This is because it a city that offers almost all the comforts of modern times but still keeps the atmosphere of the olden times. If you are planning to go on a vacation to Venice in Italy, one of the things that you need to pay attention to is getting there.

Getting to Venice

Depending on your location, Venice could be reached via plane, trains and cars. Once you arrive in Italy, there are many ways in which you can reach Venice and one of the easiest—not to mention the fastest—would be via plane from the Marco Polo Airport. Actually, the airport could be considered as an attraction itself because of its high-tech features and facilities. The airport system is very passenger friendly to avoid confusion especially on foreign visitors. It basically consists to two floors—the ground floor mainly reserved for various rental agencies, desks for water-taxi reservations, booths cruise agents, escorts and guides, area for public transportation and kiosks for tourist information while the first floor is where the gates for departure as well as the duty-free zone that offer various Italian products for easy and convenient shopping experience. Read the rest of this entry »

The United Nations has attributed Dubai as a fast growing tourist destination in the world. Dubai, United Arab Emirates’ capital, is situated in a desert and has towering edifices and eye-catching architectural designs that are now attracting more tourists than ever.

The Burj Al Arab Dubai in the city of Dubai, is a structure likened to New York’s Statue of Liberty, Egypt’s pyramids, and Paris’ Eiffel Tower. These are landmarks that proudly bear the name of these countries. Burj Al Arab Dubai located in Jumeirah Beach area is known as the grandest hotel in the world. The futuristic design of this hotel resembles a sail ready to run before the wind so stunning that the sight alone brings awe to tourists flocking the place. It is truly difficult for other designs to come close to such architectural masterpiece.

Burj Al Arab is the tallest hotel in the world that towers 321 meters from the ground and stands on an artificial island finely crafted to look like the real thing. This man-made island is already 280 meters above Jumeirah Beach. A curving bridge which was privately constructed is a remarkable piece as well. This connects the island and the hotel to the Read the rest of this entry »