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  • Beautiful square inside yellow cube houses in Rotterdam, Netherlands
    Europe | Netherlands

    Visit the Cube Houses of Rotterdam

    ByJenny May 3, 2024

    The Netherlands has long been considered a forward-thinking country where imaginative ideas flourish. Many people consider Rotterdam to be the creative capital of the Netherlands. Rotterdam’s Cube Houses are a shining example of the city’s enthusiasm for all things avant-garde. In the late 1970s, city officials in Rotterdam were contemplating how to build a housing…

    🏷️ architecture, houses, museum, museums
  • Hawa Mahal palace (Palace of the Winds), Jaipur, Rajasthan
    Asia | India

    Explore the Highlights of India’s Golden Triangle

    ByIlya May 3, 2024

    A quintessential introduction to India’s rich history and culture, the treasures of the Golden Triangle are what many travellers dream of exploring. This mesmerising circuit allows tourists to experience three of India’s most visited cities, with each location stretching around 200km apart from the next.Β  The Indian sub-continent offers such a varied and unique landscape…

    🏷️ tour tips, tours, travel guide, travel tips
  • SEVILLE, SPAIN - APR, 25: people dressed in traditional costumes riding horse carriages and celebrating Seville's April Fair on April, 25, 2014 in Seville, Spain
    Europe | Spain

    Four of Spain’s Most Popular Festivals

    ByIlya May 3, 2024December 5, 2024

    A country with a cultural tapestry unlike any other, Spain’s towns and cities come alive throughout the year with celebrations and traditional festivals. With some festivals more unique than others, each festivity showcases the people of Spain’s zest for life and the importance the nation places on the continuation of tradition.Β  Many are rooted in…

    🏷️ festivals
  • Salento coastline, Puglia region. Seascape in Italy
    Europe | Italy

    Torre Sant’Andrea: Sunbathe Next to Stunning Sea Stacks on the “Heel” of Italy

    ByJenny April 30, 2024April 30, 2024

    Italy is home to countless stunning beaches, but locals will enthusiastically tell you that Torre Sant’Andrea—which is located in Puglia—ranks very high among Italy’s most breathtaking stretches of sand and sea. Situated in the turquoise waters of the Adriatic Sea on the “heel” of Italy’s “boot,” Torre Sant’Andrea features snow-white sea stacks that visitors can…

    🧠 Evergreen
    🏷️ beach, beaches, rock formation, rock formations
  • Female hands with Asian money and American hundred dollar bills. Suitcase with things on the floor
    Travel

    How to Protect Your Money When Traveling Abroad

    ByIlya April 30, 2024

    Although traveling abroad is an exciting adventure, you can be worried about the safety of your money and personal belongings while you’re not home. Unfortunately, Americans lost a record $10 billion to fraudsters in 2023, according to new Federal Trade Commission data. The last thing you want is to have to worry about your finances…

    🏷️ safety travel tips, travel tips
  • Aerial view of the Bailong Elevator, also known as the Hundred Dragons Elevator, in the Wulingyuan area of Zhangijiajie scenic spot in central China's Hunan province, 21 April 2016. China's Bailong Elevator takes visitors up 1,070ft in around a minute. The Bailong Elevator, also known as the Hundred Dragons Elevator, carries tourists 1,070ft (330m) up the side of a massive sandstone column in a mountain range in China's Hunan province. Riding the glass lift, which carries up to 50 people at a time or 1,380 an hour, offers jaw-dropping, not to say vertiginous, views down to the bottom of the rocky mountain range in the Wulingyuan area of Zhangijiajie. Work began on the lift, which cost 120m yuan in 1999 and finished in 2002. Bailong Elevator has set three Guinness world Records i.e. World's tallest full-exposure outdoor elevator, world's tallest double-deck sightseeing elevator and world's fastest passenger traffic elevator with biggest carrying capacity but due to the potential harm caused to the surrounding landscape, its future remains uncertain.
    Asia | China

    Bailong Elevator: Ride the World’s Tallest Elevator in China

    ByJenny April 28, 2024

    If you’re a fan of breathtaking mountain scenery but you’re not keen on hiking, the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in China should be at the top of your travel list because it is home to a roomy glass elevator—known as the Bailong Elevator—that zooms to the top of a towering quartz sandstone cliff and offers…

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    🏷️ elevator, filming locations, National Forest Park
  • A Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park
    California | North America | USA

    Experience Yosemite’s magical Horsetail Falls Firefall

    ByJenny April 26, 2024

    In the late 1800s, the proprietor of the Mountain House Hotel in what is now known as Yosemite National Park decided to fling red-hot embers off a cliff to create a spectacle for a group of tourists. Onlookers were so taken with the glowing cascade that the “Firefall” became a regular occurrence. The Firefall ceased…

    🏷️ National Park, National parks, waterfall, waterfalls
  • beautiful Greek islands - Milos, traditional Fyropotamos village
    Europe | Travel

    Discover the adventure that lies within Europe

    ByIlya April 26, 2024

    Are you in search of your next thrilling getaway? Europe is host to a huge variety of possibilities for an adventure vacation, no matter your preferred flavor of activity, so it’s no surprise that Americans are surging across the Atlantic in record numbers to discover it for themselves. With the opportunity to throw yourself into…

    🏷️ adventure travel, travel tips

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