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Best Places to Travel in Barcelona

Barcelona is one of the Best Places to Travel in the world as Barcelona has a rich cultural heritage. Barcelona is also famous for its influence in fashion, commerce, education, entertainment, sports, science and arts and is among the world’s major global cities. Barcelona is also a port city and is located on the northeast [...]

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Best Places to Travel New York City

New York is one of the best attractive centres in the country and is also the most populated city in the United States. City has five boroughs, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. New York is also one of the world’s largest natural harbours. New York is also one of the most diverse [...]

Best Places to Travel Hanoi Vietnam

Hanoi is one of the most fascinating cities in Vietnam. Hanoi is also capital of Vietnam and is famous for green parks and tranquil lakes. Hanoi is located on the right bank of the Red River and is one of the Best Places to Travel in Vietnam. Hanoi features a warm humid subtropical climate with [...]

Best Places to Travel in Vancouver

Vancouver is a beautiful city surrounded by water on three sides and is nestled alongside the Coast Mountain Range. Vancouver has spectacular natural scenery and mild climate that make it one of the Best Places to Travel in Canada. Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada. Vancouver was named [...]

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Best Places to Travel Lake Louise

Lake Louise is located in the heart of beautiful Banff National Park and is one of the Best Places to Travel in Canadian Rockies. Lake Louise is full of spectacular scenery and uniquely beautiful terrain that is both vast and varied. Lake Louise is full of pristine wilderness and is inspirational. Lake Louise is around [...]

Best Places to Visit in Montreal

November 12th, 2012

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Montreal Quebec is a fascinating city and is an Island along the almighty St. Lawrence River and is one of the Best Places to Visit in Canada. Montreal is called “Canada’s Cultural Capital” and recently was named a UNESCO City of Design. Montreal is also an important centre of commerce, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, technology, culture, tourism, and film. The port of Montreal lies at one end of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, which is the river gateway that stretches from the Great Lakes into the Atlantic Ocean. Here are some of the Best Places to Visit in Montreal.

Botanical Garden

Visitors to Montreal Botanic Garden can enjoy color and fragrances from around the world in any season and is called one of the Best Places to Visit in Montreal. Here you can explore Chinese, Aquatic, Japanese, Rose, City, Lilac Collection, Peace garden and many more. Visitors can enjoy different flowers such as Lilacs, Lotus, Cacti and Succulents, Orchids, and Gesneriads.

Botanic Garden

Biosphere Environment Museum

Museum is a architectural masterpiece and spectacular structure and is among the Best Places to Visit in Montreal. Biosphere has two wind turbines that produce 13kwh per day. Biosphere also has a geothermal system that helps to save 30-40% energy savings.

Biosphere

La Ronde Theme Park

La Ronde Theme Park has more than 40 rides and attractions specifically designed to delight people of all ages and theme park is truly a complete family entertainment. Here visitors with kids going to enjoy and will spend time in a perfect family fun atmosphere.

La Ronde Theme Park

Notre-Dame Basillica

Notre-Dame Basillica is a historic building in old Montreal. The church’s Ghothic Revival architecture is among the most dramatic in the world and is one of the Best Places to Visit in Montreal. Its interior is colourful, its ceiling is deep blue and decorated with golden stars, and the rest of the sanctuary is a polychrome of blues, azures, reds, purples, silver, and gold.

Notre-Dame Basillica

Park Safari

Here families with kids going to have tremendous time as kids will enjoy to see animals as well as wild rides. Here kids can also explore the Nairobi game park and older children will enjoy playing mini-putt. Here visitors will see the wild animals from around the world and will witness why this is among the Best Places to Visit in Montreal.

International DE JAZZ DE MONTREAL

This festival is world’s largest Jazz festival and for the past 30 years Montreal is the venue for this festival. This festival hosts some 30 countries for 11 days.

Grand Prix Du Canada

Every summer Montreal hosts the Grand Prix Du Canada and thousands of race loving people come to see and enjoy the race.

Grand Prix

Old Montreal

Old Montreal has a history dating back to 1642 when settlers from France landed at the edge of the St. Lawrence River. Here you can see some of the oldest buildings dating back to the 1600’s.

Above is the only few places to visit in Montreal and there is much more to explore.

Best Places to Visit in Munich

October 14th, 2012

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Munich is the third largest city in Germany and is the capital of the State of Bavaria and is one of the Best Places to Visit in Germany. The city is renowned worldwide for its famous annual beer festival named the Oktoberfest. The Isar River cuts though the city and contains most of the attractions on its left bank. Modern Munich is a financial and publishing hub. There are so many tourist attractions in the city, here are few of them.

The Royal Castles Neuschwanstein

The Royal Castles is one of the Best Places to Visit in Munich and is one of the best tourist attractions in Munich. More than 1.3 million people visit the Royal Castle every year. Visitors can enjoy spectacular view from the Castle.

The English Garden

The English Garden is the largest park in Munich and is one of the Best Places to Visit in Munich. The English Garden stretches all the way from Munich’s city center to the north-eastern city limits. It is a beautiful place to explore, here you can rent a paddle boat or explore one of the four beer gardens in the English Garden.

English Garden

Olympic Stadium of Munich

Olympic Stadium was built as the main venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics and is one of the Best Places to Visit in Munich. The stadium also hosted many major football matches including the 1974 World Cup Final. The Stadium was designed by the German architect Gunther Behnisch and the engineer Frei Otto.

Olympic Stadium

Deutsches Museum

The Deutsches Museum is the world’s largest museum of technology and science and is the Best Place to Visit in Munich. Here you can explore the rocket planes, a planetarium, ships, satellites and a underground mine.

Museum

Odeonsplatz

Odeonsplatz is a large square in central Munich which was named after the former concert hall Odeon.

Odeonsplatz

BMW Headquarters

BMW Headquarters is a Munich landmark which has been serving as world headquarter for BMW. I was declared a protected historic building in 1999. The main tower consists of four vertical cylinders standing next to and across from each other. These cylinders do not stand on the ground, they are suspended on a central support tower.

BMW Tower

Nymphenburg Palace

The Palace was the main summer residence of the rulers of Bavaria. The Palace with its park, is now one of the most famous sights of Munich. Visitors can view the rooms in Palace that are decorated in their original Baroque Style.

Nymphenburg Palace

Munich Residenz

The Munich Residenz is the former royal palace of the Bavarian Monarchs in the center of the city of Munich. The Residenz is the largest city palace and is open to visitors for its architecture and room decorations, and displays from the former royal collection

Residenz

There is much more to see in Munich.

Best Places to Visit in Victoria

September 23rd, 2012

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Victoria is one of the Best Places to Visit in British Columbia and here you will find some of the Best Places to Visit in Victoria British Columbia. Victoria offers a very unique opportunity to visitors to explore the old world charm and at the same time to explore the new world. Vancouver Island is top island in Canada and one of the top ten islands in the world. Victoria offers some of the best scenery in the world and offers opportunity for golfers, hikers, bikers and fishers to enjoy. Victoria is also famous for its beautiful gardens and spectacular beaches and has mildest climates in Canada.

Craigdarroch Castle

Craiddarroch Castle was built between 1887-1890 on a hill. This beautiful castle is a must see attraction and is located a short walk from downtown harbour and is one of the Best Places to Visit in Victoria.

Craigdarroch Castle

Pacific Undersea Gardens

If you are visiting with kids Pacific Undersea Gardens is one of the Best Places to Visit in Victoria. The gardens is located in the beautiful inner harbour of downtown Victoria. Lower level of the aquarium is 5 meters beneath the ocean where visitors can watch a variety of marine plants and animals. Aquarium is house to more than 5,000 animals of different species.

Undersea Gardens

Butchart Gardens

You can explore one of the world’s premier floral gardens in Victoria. There is always something to see in the gardens. You can enjoy the heated greenhouses that change as the season changes. You can also explore the Rose Carousel which is the only carousel in Vancouver Island and have thirty animals such as bears, horses, ostriches and zebras.

Butchart Garden

Bacon Hill Park

Bacon Hill Park is located along the south shore and is one the Best Places to Visit in Victoria. Here in park you can enjoy walking and jogging, bird watching, beach related activities, and horse back riding. Park also have trails, a petting animal farm, wading pool, water fountain, picnic area and playgrounds.

Squirrel in Bacon Hill Park

Victoria Bug Zoo

Victoria Bug Zoo is one of the Best Places to Visit in Victoria and offers visitors an excellent opportunity to view multi-legged creatures from around the world in a safe, fun, and friendly environment. Here you can see some of the amazing bugs such as alien-eyed praying mantids, hairy tarantulas and glow-in-dark scorpions.

Victoria Bug Zoo

Willows Beach

Willows Beach is best sun-tanning and swimming beach and is one of the Best Places to Visit in Victoria. Here you will also find a large grassy playground and a tea house where you can enjoy tea and coffee.

Off Willows Beach

Victoria Butterfly Gardens

Victoria Butterfly Gardens is a true tropical jungle and is one of the Best Places to Visit in Victoria. Here you can see some of the Exotic Butterflies, Tropical Ducks, Flamingos, rare Tropical Birds, Chameleon, Geckos, Poison Dart Frogs, Tree Frogs, Sulcata and Red Footed Tortoises and Giant Koi. Gardens is located just 5 minutes from the Butchart Gardens.

Victoria Butterfly Gardens

Whale Watching

You can enjoy the cruise and can watch the Whales in the protected waters around the lower Vancouver Island.

Whales

Jasper National Park

September 8th, 2012

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Jasper National Park is full of places to visit and to explore the magnificent lakes, falls, walking and biking trails, and campsites and is one of the Best Places to Visit in Canadian Rockies. We started our journey to Jasper National Park from Banff and took the Highway 93 or Icefields Parkway from Trans Canada Highway near Lake Louise. It was a rainy morning in first week of September. As soon as we entered the Highway 93 we found ourselves driving through the forest and scenery was beautiful. It was our first driving on Highway 93 although we visit Jasper so many times but this time we decide to drive from Banff instead of driving from Edmonton and decide to explore the Rockies as much as we can. Here is some of the places we stopped and spend time to enjoy the natural beauty in the Rockies.

Mosquito Creek

Mosquito Creek is around 83 km from Banff and 24 km from Lake Louise. There is also a campground which offers picnic table and fire pits. Mosquito Creek is flowing from the top of the Majestic Cliffs of Mount Hector and water is so clean and refreshing that we decided to spend some time and enjoy this beautiful place. There were so many campers enjoying the rain and beautiful morning and some were setting up there barbeques and some were walking along the creek. Here you can setup a tent or you can bring you RV. Potable water, dry toilets and a sheltered camp kitchen are also available in the campground and no doubt it is one the Best Places to Visit along the Highway 93.

Mosquito Creek

Bow Lake

As we left Mosquito Creek we spotted a black bear along the highway and decided to stop and take some pictures. As we stopped and start taking pictures almost every vehicles start stopping and start taking pictures of this cub. After this we stop at Bow Lake which is right beside the road is fed by glacier. Bow Lake looks like more blue than green and it keep changing throughout the summer. You can also stay overnight at Num-Ti-Jah Lodge, which is located close the shoreline and enjoy one of the Best Places to Visit along the Icefields Parkway.

Black Bear along Icefields Parkway

Bow Lake

Tangle Falls

Tangle Falls are located right on the Icefields Parkway and there is a pullout for the falls. We spotted it as there were peoples standing on the side of Icefields Parkway and taking pictures. It has three tiers of cascades and is framed with orange tinted rocks and alpine firs. There is also tangle creek which you can explore if you like walking and hiking and enjoy one of the Best Places to Visit along Icefields Parkway.

Tangle Falls

Waterfowl Lake

We spotted this beautiful lake along the Icefields Parkway as we continued our journey towards Jasper. It was a rainy morning in early September and it started clearing as we continue towards Jasper. It was a little breezy and water was so clean that we were able to see the bottom of the lake. The Lake is surrounded by mountains and is one of the Best Places to Visit.

Waterfowl Lake

Columbia Icefields

We keep our journey towards Jasper and reach the Columbia Icefields. Columbia Icefields is located on Icefields Parkway and is one of the Best Places to Visit in Canadian Rockies. When we reached here at the station it was cold and wind was making it even more colder. Here you have chance to explore the one of the largest ice accumulations. The Columbia Icefields covers an area of nearly 325 square kilometres. Here you can take bus ride from the station to the glacier and can explore the different parts of the glacier.

Columbia Icefields

Sunwapta Falls

Sunwapta Falls is another beautiful falls along the Icefields Parkway and offers several great viewpoints. The falls are spectacular, with water surging down into a narrow gorge and pouring down into a pool. You can hike along the river if you like.

Sunwapta Falls

Athabasca Falls

Athabasca Falls is the most and most magnificent falls in the Jasper National Park and is one of the Best Places to Visit in Jasper and is located approximately 30 km from town. Athabasca Falls is known for its force due to the large quantity of water falling into the gorge. The falls can be viewed from various viewing platforms and walking trails around the falls.

Athabasca Falls

Jasper Tramway

Jasper Tramway is the longest and highest guided aerial tramway in Canada. You can enjoy the spectacular views of mountains, lakes, the Athabasca river and Jasper town. The upper station is 7472 ft above the sea level. You can walk on wooden pathway and explore the surrounding at upper station and can enjoy beautiful scenery and can see why this is one of the Best Places to Visit in Jasper National Park.

Jasper Tramway

Edith Lake

Edith Lake is a small lake fed by glaciers. Water is clean and refreshing. Here you can enjoy the beautiful scenery and can relax on the sandy beach and explore one of the Best Places to Visit in Jasper National Park.

Edith Lake

Annette Lake

Here you can enjoy swimming, sunbathing, and paddling during summer. It is another beautiful lake in Jasper National Park surrounded by mountain and is one the Best Places to Visit in Park.

Annette Lake

Banff

September 4th, 2012

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Banff is located approximately 126 km west of Calgary on Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National Park in Alberta Canada and is one of the Best Places to Visit in Canadian Rockies. Banff is a popular tourist destination and is known for its mountainous surroundings. Banff is also favourite destination for hiking, biking, horse riding, river rafting, and skiing. Banff is favourite tourist destination due to Cave and Basin hot springs. The most notable mountains around Banff are Mount Rundle, Sulphur Mountain, Mount Norquay, and Cascade Mountain. Here are some of the places to visit in and around Banff.

Gondola

Banff gondola is accessible by local bus service and it offers short ride to the summit of Sulphur Mountain in a modern four passenger closed cabin. You can view the surrounding breathtaking scenery from the top observation deck at the upper terminal or walk on the wooding pathway to the Cosmic Ray Station or you can sit in the comfortable environment in the restaurant and view the surrounding scenery. You can also see the compass on the top observation deck where you can see the distance and direction to different cities and countries of the world as well as the flags of different countries. Here you have chances to see the wildlife such as Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, golden mantled ground squirrels, and the Canada Gray jay. You can also explore the spectacular hiking and biking trails and can see why it is one of the Best Places to Visit in Banff.

Banff Gondola

Bow Falls
You can walk on the south shore of the river from downtown Banff and you can reach the bow falls in few minutes. Bow Falls is wide and short and can feel the mist from the water falls during summer time as we did during our recent visit during September. You can also enjoy the river rafting and can explore the beautiful and scenic surrounding and you will witness that it is one of the Best Places to Visit in Banff.

Bow Falls

Bow River

Banff Upper Hot Springs

You can bathe in soothing Hot Springs while watching the spectacular Canadian Rockies. You can also explore the indoor shops and can enjoy delicious food at out door cafeteria. You can rent towels, bathing suits and lockers. The Banff Hot Springs are open year round.

Banff Upper Hot Spring

Vermilion Lakes

Vermilion Lakes are a series of lakes located west of the Banff town. The three lakes are formed in the Bow River valley at the foot of Mount Norquay. There is also a hot spring at the third lake and is one the Best Places to Visit in Banff.

Vermilion Lakes

Tunnel Mountain

Tunnel Mountain is located in the Bow River valley. Tunnel Mountain is a very popular hike trail and is only 4.3 km round-trip. You can enjoy the panoramic view of the Banff town, the Bow Valley and the surrounding wilderness from the top and will witness one of the Best Places to Visit in Banff.