Girona Tourism

If you decide to make a trip to northern Spain, You can make a visit to Girona. A city that has the merit of combining tradition and modernity, urban and classic, without the contrast is shocking. Get well, a very charismatic and particular.

Whenever you can, we recommend choosing a hotel in Girona within the city itself, in order to maximize the time that you have, however, if you want to save or just want a different style of travel around we also have many options regarding campsites, cottages, etc.. The accommodation in the city is large, certainly find the one that best fits both your means and your desires.

In Girona find whole neighborhoods that represent a wealth of monuments. For example, Sant Pere de Galligants, which retains many Romanesque buildings, many of them in perfect condition since the thirteenth century. The same applies to the Houses of Onyar, named for its proximity to the river of the same name. They built in stone and painted in vibrant colors and offer exceptional views of the cathedral, towering over them.

The church of Sant Feliu is one of the points of the city. Built in the fourteenth century, it houses the tombs of the patterns: San Felix and San Narciso. It also has the legacy of Roman sarcophagi in the form of eight well preserved.

As for the range of museums, you cannot let pass by the Museum of Jewish History and History of the City. Finally, you must mention, and in a more specific area have the Cinema Museum, perfect for fans of the Seventh Art, where you can go back to their source.

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Holidays in Asturias


Asturias, also known as Green Spain, is perhaps the most beautiful part of the country to the type of tourism that does not look crowded beaches wild and fun as that can be found in the Mediterranean. The serenity Asturias is the main attraction for thousands of tourists comes every year to enjoy the best that nature has in store for them.

Thanks to a healthy influx of tourist, the region offers plenty of villas, cottages, apartments and mountain lodges along its geography. In fact, vacation homes in the Principality are considered the most comprehensive, friendly and best price / value throughout the Spanish state, so it is not unusual to see so many people (usually elderly and pensioners) extend holiday in place for several months or even choose to set a permanent residence in idyllic village at the foot of a mountain or the sea.

Asturias has something for everyone. If you love the exotic beaches, go to the beach where apart from Ballota serenity, find things colorful as the local market, a unique cuisine based on cheese of all kinds and a vibrant nightlife with bars and cafes that vary from local Asturian typical contemporary design.

Somiedo Nature Park is a nature reserve that has an incredible variety of flora and fauna. In fact, this is one of the favorite places for bird watchers as Somiedo is in a prime location on the migratory route of birds flying from northern Europe to Africa for the winter. You can also see huge flocks of spring birds resting on the opposite route to fly north for the summer.

Asturias has something for sports enthusiasts and adventure. There are a variety of activities ranging from classic surfing and body boarding in the Cantabrian temperamental little publicized to allow diving and snorkeling to see a complete marine life including large mammals such as dolphins and whales on their migratory routes.

The sea offers a spectacular backdrop for paragliding and boating shorts which may include some fishing session if it is in season.

If you’re a golf fan, Asturias has that perfect balance of good weather and sufficient moisture to keep almost naturally excellent conditions for practicing the sport for most of the year. When the golf courses of world class UK and France are under the snow, the circuits in Asturias are in full bloom.

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Offers in December 2011

In December crave romantic getaways, quiet, where we can relax after working hard for several months after the summer. This year, both for the bridge in December to spend Christmas in a different place, we can find good deals in December 2011.

Want to know more desirable sites for this December in your next getaway to Spain? Indulge in some of these suggestions.

If you want a quiet trip to Spain, the best idea is to choose a bid on some of the many wineries in Valladolid. Offers and packages of accommodation and oil treatments and massages for you and your partner. An experience that will recharge the batteries.

Traveling to the coast of Spain in December, is it possible? If you travel to Huelva to enjoy tasting U Spa experience, or whatever it is, the tapas aesthetic. Aromatherapy massages and therapies are the proposals of this offer.

If you enjoy the royal treatment, just to travel to Gran Canaria to enjoy many of the thalassotherapy centers. His offers to travel in December include nights with breakfast, tasting menus, everything needed to enjoy the spa, water systems and whirlpools.

And if what you like is chocolate, not to be missed among the bids in December 2011, the supply of hotels and spas in Sotogrande in Cadiz. Chocolate Therapy with an impressive ending massage in a beautiful setting, where you’ll get ready for the start of the New Year.

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The zoo in Egypt

Today we invite you on a tour of the Giza Zoo, Egypt. A different output if you are in Cairo, and a chance to see some local and exotic animals. Believe it or not, the zoo in Egypt is one of the most fully populated with animals around the world and also one of the most beautiful.

A short distance from Cairo we found this lovely zoo more than 300,000 square meters with a wide variety of plants and animals. The idea of ​​opening a zoo began in the nineteenth century. Today is open and a different and colorful visit you can do during your holiday in Egypt.

The zoo has paved scenic walks where you can enjoy exotic plants brought from around the world, plus a collection of local flora very interesting.

The zoo is home to several species of birds and wildlife throughout Africa. Especially interesting is the collection of birds, many of them endangered. The idea is that there is play in a natural environment, then it can be released into their natural environments, which originally came from, thereby sharing in a larger project to protect African animals and plants.

The zoo serves as a research scientist studying wild animals, their behavior and best ways to preserve local fauna and flora.

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Vanuatu, Australian land of the Holy Spirit

The Republic of Vanuatu became independent in 1980 Franco-British condominium in 1906 and is located in the heart of Melanesia in the South Pacific, at 1,750 kilometers east of Australia. Its capital is Port Vila and has a population of 207,000 inhabitants. It has 83 islands and six provinces: Shefa, Tafea, Torba, Melampus and Penama and is in the latter province where we find the island of Pentecost, which every year holds a special ceremony.

The youth of the village of Bunlamp performed a ritual that will be considered and men and to claim the hand of his beloved to marry them.

Jump is the Nghol, when the boys are launched from a platform approximately 25 m. high, previously constructed with sticks. A few vines gird their ankles that they have made and the length must be measured very well. This is important and is part of the ritual transfer, since the launch of the tower to the base of it, the head can only skim the surface soft soil so because otherwise the shock may cause severe injuries.

This ceremony is performed on Pentecost Island is related to the religious festival of the same name which falls fifty days after Easter and celebrates the Holy Spirit came down from heaven, perhaps as an expression of religious and cultural syncretism.

James Cook Islands beat the New Hebrides name that was applied to the country’s independence in 1980 and from that year Vanautu took the name which means ‘Our Land’ in Bislama, the creole Melanesia language.

In the early twentieth century, France and Great Britain instituted in a colonial New Hebrides Condominium called, and unique colonial rule led him to create two policemen, two hospitals, two schools, two languages, for that reason the French and English are also official languages.

Sights and attractions that make Vanautu, a beautiful holiday destination.

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