1001 places to visit

Necker Island - best place to travel

admin — Sun, 03 May 2009 07:09:21 +0000

Sir Richard Branson purchased Necker Island in the 70s (back then, the island was unihabited) . He just wanted to build there a home for his family and friends for holidays.
Today, Necker Island is the favorite resort for royalty, rock stars, movie stars
and for very rich people in general. You can rent out the island as a luxury resort just for
US$46000 per night.
[Peles Castle]
Whats included:
- 74-acre island
- the Main House, both Balinese Houses
- multi-lingual staff (61 persons)
- eat whatever you like, whenever you like
- two beaches
- two swimming pools shaded by palms
- spa/massage
- babysitting
- hot Tub
- tennis Court
- library and more.

Conclusion:
If you want a hole island just for yourself or if want to spend luxury vacancies with your friends, then Necker Island is the perfect place for you

Getty Museum - Los Angeles , California

admin — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:05:06 +0000

Los Angeles will be the cultural capital of the millenium. This statement was recently made by LAs vice-president of cultural tourism who then went on to state that there are more majour musseums per head of population in LA than in other US city (300 to be precise), not to mention more artists, writers, film-maker, actors, dancers and musicians than in any other city in the history of civilisation. His conclusion? LA is the most fascinating cultural destiantion of America.

If LA can claim to be a cultural mecca, its because of the Getty Museum. This fine-art museum looks down from a Santa Monica hilltrop over the city, a monument to culture.
Three milion people visited the Getty in its first year.

The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center in Los Angeles houses European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European and American photographs. The Villa houses approximately 44,000 works of art from the Museums extensive collection of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities, of which over 1,200 are on view.
They come in the same coaches that take them to Disneyland and Beverly Hills.
Almost immediately it has become part of the LA tour-an art museum that rivals Universal Studios, Hollywood and the Baywatch beaches.

The Grand Canyon - Arizona, USA

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:51:57 +0000

One of Earth’s few landforms visible from space, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River slices through 277 miles of Northwestern Arizona. The Grand Canyon is considered one of the natural wonders of the world largely because of its natural features.

There are approximately 1,737 known species of vascular plants, 167 species of fungi, 64 species of moss and 195 species of lichen found in Grand Canyon National Park. Of the the 34 mammal species found along the Colorado River corridor, 15 are rodents and eight are bats.

Grand Canyon National Park is one of the worlds premier natural attractions, attracting about five million visitors per year.

The Forbidden City - located in the middle of Beijing, China

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:33:07 +0000

The Forbidden City is located in the middle of Beijing, China and is named like this because it was off-limits to commoners for 500 years, was the imperial court for twenty-four emperors from the early days of the Ming dynasty in the 15th century until the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911.

The Forbidden City is the world’s largest surviving palace complex and covers 72 ha. It is a rectangle 961 metres (3,150 ft) from north to south and 753 metres (2,470 ft) from east to west. It consists of 980 surviving buildings with 8,707 bays of rooms.

The main attractions are:
- Meridian Gate
- Gate of Supreme Harmony
- Hall of Supreme Harmony
- Hall of Central Harmony
- Hall of Preserving Harmony
- Huge Stone Carving
- Gate of Heavenly Purity
- Hall of Heavenly Purity
- Hall of Union and Peace
- Hall of Earthly Tranquility
- Hall of Mental Cultivation
- Six Western Palaces
- Hall for Ancestral Worship
- Six Eastern Palaces
- Nine Dragon Wall
- Palace of Tranquil Longevity
- Hall of Joyful Longevity
- Imperial Garden.

The Masai Mara - Kenyan Savanna

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:14:06 +0000

With an area of 1510 km the Masai Mara is not the largest game park in Kenya, but it is probably the most famous. Every year when the rainy season id over in May, hundreds of thousands of animals mass together, exploring greener vegetation and vital sustenance from the Serengeti in Tanzania north to the wide-open grasslands of Kenya’s Masai Mara, where they arrive in July and August.

The Masai Mara has a widespread reputation for its lions. The population of black rhinoceros is severely vulnerable, with a population of only 37 recorded in 2000. Hippopotami are living in large groups in the Masai Mara and Talek Rivers. Cheetah are also to be found, although their numbers are also threatened, chiefly due to tourist disruption of their day-time hunting.

British Museum London

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:37:48 +0000

Located in the Bloomsbury area of London,founded in 1753 by Act of Parliament, from the collections of Sir Hans Sloane, the British Museum is one of the great museums of the world. As with all other national museums and art galleries in Britain, the Museum charges no admission fee, although charges are levied for some temporary special exhibitions.

The British collections trace the history of Britain and cover prehistoric times, Roman Britain, medieval and later Britain, and Graphic Arts.

The Museum is open every day 10.0017.30. Open late Thursdays and Fridays . The British Museum is free to all visitors.