Amsterdam is known worldwide for its waterways. The travel virtually all over the city. Today is a major tourist attraction. Now, a UNESCO designated prize channels as a World Heritage Site.
Along with the typical windmills that populate almost the entire country, and the famous tulips, Holland enjoys incredible landscapes. To reward such beauty and in recognition of the conservation of the channels that touch the heart of the capital, the UNESCO designation will enable their protection and above all, promote more tourism if it is already important in this country.
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They say that the traveler who sleeps in the shade of a Baobab remains enamored of the African continent is left with no choice but to spend the rest of his life there. So they say, but the fact is that hundreds of Africans desperate to flee the land they were born with the hope of finding the promised land that gives them a better future. Those Africans are converted into pieces of Africa, forced passengers who have no hesitation in telling what life is enigmatic in that land to those who give ear to listen.
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Each year, from 8 to 12 August, the festival of Moors and Christians flooded the city of Elche, Alicante. These festivities recreate the storming of the city of Elche by Jaume I in 1265.
Every year, various troupes perform the parades of Moors and Christians entrance, spectacular displays of strength or fire with musketry and the representation of Moorish and Christian embassy. In addition also occur Moor’s baptism and an offering of flowers to the Virgen de la Asunción.
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13,000 years ago glaciers formed valleys Scandinavian in its depths. When the ice melted after the last glaciation, the North Sea water entered the interior of the country through these valleys, forming what we now know as the Norwegian fjords.
So the Norwegian coast between Bergen and North Cape is one of the most beautiful locations in the world.
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This medieval city of Romania is one of the most beautiful in the country, hardly known for the legend of the Count’s most feared of all time: Dracula.
The old town is a World Heritage Site and its structure remains intact. Cobbled streets with names of the guild of trade, defense towers Period original medieval and sixteenth-century houses. Among the labyrinth of alleys, the clock tower overlooking the city hall and the church of the colony.
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Budapest is one of the jewels of Central Europe, a compulsory stop for the bucolic past. The city stands on the banks of the Danube: Buda and Obuda in the west bank of the river and historical origins of the city and Pest on the eastern margin expanded more during the industrialization of the late nineteenth century.
The Royal Palace, perfect for romantic walks around the plaza Disz, Mathias Church (where the Hungarian kings crowned), the old Council, the Royal Palace and the Church of the Capuchins (during the Turkish invasion was transformed into a mosque for luge again become church) are some of the places out of the Buddha.
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Peru is one of the richest countries in history and culture of South America. The nation’s capital city, Lima, has some of the religious monuments of the continent’s most beautiful, which deserve a special visit. Among them are:
Church and Convent of San Francisco: Built in 1542, consists of a temple, monastery, chapels La Soledad and El Milagro, and a small square outside. In addition, under the premises lies a series of tunnels and caves converted into catacombs, which served as a cemetery during times of plague in Lima.
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Berlin is the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is a city located northeast of the country, only about 70 kilometers from the border with Poland. It’s a really interesting place to visit, as it has many tourist attractions and historical monuments worth knowing, like the Berlin Wall, the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, the Victory Column, the church Kaiser-Wilhelm-Memorial, Potsdamer Platz, Unter den Linden Boulevard and the commercial and cultural center of the city, called Friedrichstrasse.
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The city of Salzburg can not be understood without following the steps in the life of his favorite son and the length and breadth of its streets you can hear the shouts of his scores. The figure of Mozart is the main source of income for the city. You can find their mark in museums, plazas, restaurants, bars, liquor, chocolates ….
An enchanting city has been able to safeguard because a harmony between the architecture of its buildings and streets of the baroque Old Town. So can boast the title of Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It is surrounded by mountains and close to the frontrera with Germany.
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Tallinn is the capital of Estonia, the smallest country in the Baltic. Until recently the incredible beauty of its historic center had not been recognized as World Heritage and tourism was considered curiosity of a few.
The first printing of Vanalinn and called the old center, is the uniformity of their red roofs, the multitude of pointed cone-shaped towers, the strokes of Russian architecture, the cleanliness of the streets and the sobriety of the facades.
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