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UNESCO World Heritage Sites
UNESCO World Heritage Sites include such natural wonders as the Grand Canyon and man-made wonders such as Egypt's Pyramids. How to visit, protect, and support them.
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Victoria Falls - UNESCO World Heritage Site
One of the most spectacular sights in the world, the Victoria Falls and surrounding areas in Zambia provide the nature lover with amazing natural sights and plenty to do.
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Canada - Halifax and the Titanic
Nova Scotia's capital city Halifax and the Titanic are forever linked with the 1912 sinking of the Titanic. Most of the victims are buried in the city's main church yard.
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Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
Just a couple of hours from Prague, the UNESCO World Heritage site of Cesky Krumlov is a town well-known for its castle, beer, and unique jewelry.
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Cologne - Carnivals & Cathedrals
Cologne is a much underated city in guide books. Germany's oldest city has many attractions for the visitor including its famous cathedral, carnival and comedy festival.
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Cordoba Argentina - Rich in History & Atmosphere
Cordoba's rich historic heart, easily explored on foot, is both interesting and atmospheric. On the outskirts an historic route leads to 4 Jesuit Estancias.
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Crac des Chevaliers Syria World Heritage Site
The Crac des Chevaliers (Arabic Qal'at al-Hosn) in Syria, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the best-preserved examples of Crusader military architecture.
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Croatia's Plitvice Lakes
For me, Croatia's Plitvice Lakes National Park is the most beautiful place in the world. You must enjoy the lakes, waterfalls and forest of this UNESCO Heritage site.
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Guide to Travel in the Baltics
The three Baltic nations – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania –are just emerging from the shadow of their USSR past to become tourist destinations in their own right.
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Humberstone, Chile
Humberstone, Chile was one of the original nitrate towns during the nitrate boom of the late 1800's and early 1900's, now it's a spooky ghost town on the UNESCO list.
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Japan's Tourist Attractions
Although expensive and rarely visited by budget travellers, Japan's urban centres offer glitzy nightlife and a door through which to explore the country's history.
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Maritime Time in Greenwich, London
By the River Thames in London, Greenwich's major visitor attractions include the Cutty Sark, National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory and Old Royal Naval College
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Meknes: Morocco's Forgotten Jewel
Travelers to Morocco take heed: While the tour books may skip over Morocco's least known imperial capital, Meknes is worth the trip.
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Trogir, Unesco Heritage in Croatia
An ideal day trip from the major Dalmatian Coast city of Split, Croatia's Trogir is a village of Romanesque and Renaissance architecture settled onto a tiny island.
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Valparaíso, Chile
Valparaíso, Chile is an odd mix of architecture, coast, hills, and strange hedonistic culture that makes it one of the oddest and starngely wonderful cities on Earth.
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Explore Africa's Cameroon
Cameroon is often called Africa-all-in one. It has rainforests and mountains; beach resorts and big cities - but it is the arts and culture and you'll remember.
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Getting to Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Transportation to Lutherstadt Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, is easy allowing Reformation sights to be seen on a day trip from Leipzig and Berlin by train or car.
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Jesuit Missions Cordoba Argentina
Argentina's Cordoba Province owes much to the Jesuits who not only established the University of San Carlos in 1613 but successfully farmed the fertile land.
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Lutherstadt Wittenberg in Germany
Lutherstadt Wittenberg is closely associated with the Lutheran Reformation in Germany. Popular sights include the Lutherhaus Museum, Schlosskirche, and Cranach Workshop.
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Mont St-Michel
Mont St-Michel in Normandy is the most popular visitor attraction in France.
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Normandy Travel Facts & Trivia
Northern France: Information on the Museum for the Peace, the Charles De Gaulle Memorial, D-Day beaches, Mont St Michel, and Memorials at Pointe du Hoc & Omaha.
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Pacific Islands Update
There's lots happening around the Pacific on big islands and small, even on atolls.
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The Boyana Church Museum
Sometimes a museum is actually the exhibit. The medieval frescoes at Boyana Church National History Museum in Bulgaria, preserve the Veliko Turnovo School of Painting.
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Travel to Martin Luther Sights
Top sights in Germany associated with Protestant church reformer Martin Luther are Lutherstadt-Wittenberg, Eisenach, the Wartburg, Erfurt, Eisleben, Worms, and Coburg.
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The Philippines Travel Fact File
With 7107 islands to explore, the famous Boracay island, Baroque churches, historic Spanish colonies, indigenous tribes, what you need to know begins here.
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Cities to Visit in Eastern Europe: Mostar
Bombarded by the Serbian army during the Bosnian War and wracked by genocidal ethnic and religious conflict, Mostar combines historic beauty with modern horror.
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Cruising Moscow to St Petersburg
Exploring western Russia between Moscow and St Petersburg by cruise boat you'll visit Golden Ring towns like Yaroslavl on the Volga River or Kizhi Island near St Petes.
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History is Everywhere in Cyprus
Cyprus offers travelers serious substance -- from prehistoric sites to Roman mosaics -- along with beautiful land and seascapes, luxury resorts and Mediterranean beaches.
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Iquassu Falls Park in Brazil
Iguassu Falls National Park in Brazil features adventure tours, boat rides, a canyon walk and is located next to a bird park.
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Sight Seeing in Medieval Berne
With architecture and history reaching back to the middle ages, Berne is the place to see the storybook Switzerland of fairy tales and Heidi films.
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Spain's Alcalá de Henares.
Alcalá de Henares is a beautiful little Spanish town, with a famous Cervantes Museum, Plaza and University focused around this classic novelist.
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The Majestic Beauty of the Canadian Rockies
Highlighting the natural wonders of the Canadian Rockies.
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Vikings in North America: 1000 years
This week, after searching many hours for an article topic I have found one: the first Europeans to make it across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Visit Mamallapuram's Temples In South India
The Tamil Nadu town of Mamallapuram is an old temple town, a modern day stone carving center, and a cheap South Indian backpacker beach resort all in one.
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is wild, beautiful, full of wildlife, and threatened.

Ayutthaya and Sukhothai Thailand's Old Capitals
Old Siamese capitals of Ayutthaya and Sukhothai are UNESCO World Heritage Sites and within easy reach of Thailand's modern capital Bangkok.
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Cuenca - the Athens of Ecuador
Cuenca, the third largest city in Ecuador, is full of tradition, art, religion, and colonial charm.
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Iquazu Falls Park in Argentina
Iguazu Falls National Park in Argentina features good walking trails, train rides, boat rides and roaring waterfalls.
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Mini Guide to Aleppo, Syria
Things to see and do in the Middle East's friendliest city, including the Citadel, the Great Mosque, the souq, the Baron Hotel, and the Jdeide quarter.
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National Hiking Trails
Hungary is a little country, but it has a lots of interesting and beautiful regions, hills with deep forests, valleys with clear streams, plains with unique animals not to mention historical sites and local architects. National hiking trails lead you to the most beautiful regions.
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National Parks in Hungary
I would like to show you Hungarian National Parks, where you can discover lots of interesting and rare plants and animals. In National Parks make a possibility to take the colour coded and educational trails and the bicycle trail. I hope you will visit one or more of them when you visit Hungary.
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New Bruges Travel Guide Published
The pocket-sized Rough Guide Directions series has a new edition of their Bruges and Ghent travel guide, covering Bruges hotels, restaurants, and visitor attractions.
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Petra the City Carved in Sandstone
Petra, an ancient city carved out of red sandstone, shows the advanced culture of a civilization that lived there more than 2,000 years ago.
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Reasons to Visit Northern Ireland
Ten of the best things to do in Northern Ireland for 2008, from the Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Distillery to seeing Coldplay and Lee Evans live in Belfast.
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Rideau Canal, An Engineering Feat
Completed in 1832 by the bare hands of men with only rough tools, the Rideau Canal is an engineering achievement of glory. Locks permitted travel uphill and downhill.
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Rough Guides Dublin Travel Guide
Rough Guides brings out a new edition of its Dublin travel guide in their excellent pocket-sized Directions series of guidebooks. Or should that be pint-sized?
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Saltaire - World Heritage Site
Sir Titus Salt was a man with a vision and a social conscience. The West Yorkshire mill village of Saltaire is his enduring legacy.
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Seville, Spain’s Exotic City
Exotic, sensuous Seville wears its Moorish and Renaissance past in the Alcazar, Cathedral, Archivo de Indias and La Giralda tower, all close by for easy sightseeing.
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South India Temple Tour
The Hindu temples in South India's Tamil Nadu attract pilgrims and tourists. The most famous Tamil Nadu Hindu temple is the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai.
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Ten Best Things to Do in Bath
Bath on the River Avon is one of England's top tourist destinations, with Roman hot springs, Georgian buildings, elegant crescents, Bath Abbey, and Jane Austen links.
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