Featured Cities & Countries - Travel & Tourist Information

Bangkok - one of the most cosmopolitan, contrasting and compelling of Asian cities. A steamy, pulsating, yet smiling metropolis of more than ten million – intense at first, but addictive as anything. Thai people call their capital "Krung Thep" which means the city of angels. It was founded about 300 years ago to replace the old capital city, Thonburi. Most interesting tourist places in Bangkok are grand and splendid temples and palaces, canals and rivers. Furthermore, Bangkok is also a shopping center of all kinds of goods.

Barcelona - As the capital of Catalonia and Spain’s gateway to the Mediterranean, cosmopolitan Barcelona is also among focal points of European tourism, galvanized by the 1992 Olympic Games. Landmark buildings and world-class museums include architect Antoni Gaudí's La Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) Cathedral, Gaudi's unfinished masterpiece which is Barcelona's most famous landmark, the Picasso Museum, the Gothic Cathedral and Les Rambles, the tree-lined promenade running through the heart of the old Gothic Quarter. Plaza de Catalunya, considered to be the centre of the city. The plaza is known for its many fountains and statues.

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Portugal - Portugal has a rich seafaring past, superb beach resorts, wistful towns and a landscape wreathed in olive groves, vineyards and wheat fields. Littered with UNESCO World Heritage sites and graced by one of Europe's most relaxed and attractive capitals, it also remains refreshingly affordable. Savouring life slowly is a Portuguese passion, and much of the best is humble - traditional folk festivals; simple, honest food drowning in olive oil; music that pulls at the heart strings, recalling past love and glories; and markets overflowing with fish, fruit and flowers.
Lisbon is perhaps Europe’s most pleasant and affordable city. Its fantastic architecture, diverse population, delicious seafood, intriguing tile-work and non-stop night-life bring together the best elements of Portuguese life. Don’t miss an evening bar-hopping in the Bairro Alto listening to contemporany hip music and Portuguese blues-fado!

The USA offers a wonderful combination of large cities, smaller towns, farmlands, forests, deserts, mountains, prairies and much more. The climate ranges from tropical to Arctic, although most of the country is temperate, with four distinct seasons.
The East coast has many cities worth discovering, such as New York, a unique melting pot of cultures with the world's most famous skyline; Boston, also known as "Bean Town"; the capital city, Washington, D.C.
The West Coast, from the state of Washington to California, is well known for its relaxed atmosphere. Los Angeles is a micro universe. San Francisco, one of America's nicest cities; home of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz, the prison island.
Florida is popular with anyone looking for sunshine, beaches and hurricanes. Tampa, Orlando and Miami are ideal bases from which to explore the Sunshine State.

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And last but not least: some travel quotes

Man always travels along precipices... His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
--Pope John Paul II

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.
--Glenn Clark

I am one of those who never knows the direction of my journey until I have almost arrived.
--Anna Louise Strong

Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it.
--Eudora Welty

More lightly do his sorrows press upon a man, when to a friend or fellow traveller he tells his griefs.
--Callimachus

The rewards of the journey far outweigh the risk of leaving the harbor.
--Unknown

The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway.
--Henry Boye

Two great talkers will not travel far together.
--Spanish Proverb

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
--Confucius

I love to travel, But hate to arrive
--Albert Einstein

If you actually look like your passport photo, you aren't well enough to travel
--Sir Vivian Fuchs