2 Travel 2 Italy
Citalia exclusive hotel collection includes 7 night at Hotel Romazzino in a deluxe double room whith balcony or terrace, based on 2 people sharing. The price includes flight and private travels. I guess it’s worth to use the chance to get perfect sunny beach with a luxury comfort to spend wonderful summer days with someone you love.
Stunningly private and unspoilt, the setting of this deluxe retreat on the exclusive Costa Smeralda is perfect for those long leisurely aftenoon under clear, Sardinian skies.
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Add comment November 15, 2009
Green Be Back
If you are a green traveler you can find a lot of online places offering images, news, green vacation planning, green lodging, green travel gear and packing tips highlighting responsible green travel around the world, where you can choose the most suitable green vacations that would become memorable, luxurious, adventurous, and full of the spirit of any diverse and beautiful.
What you have to do preparing to green travel?
Purchase electronic-tickets for airline travel whenever possible. Less waste. If paper tickets are lost, they may cost $75-100 to have replaced.
Enjoy walking tours. Walk where sensible.
Use public transportation when available.
Use the hotel van instead of renting a car. Use the bus or local transit system. Share taxis. Less pollution, and you can leave the driving to others.
If you’re driving, turn your motor off when idling. Encourage tour/bus drivers to turn the motor off when idling.
Don’t allow anything to be thrown out of your car windows–ever.
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Finaly every time you get green travel it connects you to new places and people who are thinking like you prefering the way of green. The fact is today more and more people are looking for ways to conserve energy and non-renewable resources at home. Being traveling we can also plan to go green while visiting someone else’s home. Traveling green takes some research and advance planning, but no doubt it will have both a positive effect on the physical and social environment unforgetable vacations combined the unspoiled beauty of the regions with the best new experiences and adventures.
Add comment November 13, 2009
France Vacation
There are many beautiful places in Fhance must be visited. So, we tried this summer to visit some of them including in our travel plan one of the most beautiful one – Chateau de Villandry, famous The Castle of Villandry. Its rich history started in far 1189 when Philippe II August (“the Conqueror”) who was a brilliant warrior and a master strategist, demanded to meet the king of England, Henri II Plantagenet, after having defeated him at the battle of Azay-le-Rideau earlier that year.
Philippe II August informed him of the terms of the peace treaty that would require him to relinquish part of his land holdings in France. Legend has it that the king of France was so moved by the English sovereign’s poor state of health during their meeting that he offered him a seat, but Henri II refused and kept standing, held up by his guardsmen.
His fragile and already angry condition was no doubt exacerbated by the wrath incurred at the sight of his son, then Count of Poitou (and future Richard Lionhearted), who had fought at the king of France’s side. King Henri II had vowed to avenge this slight in blood, but died 3 days later, damning the son who had betrayed him.
Jean le Breton (“the Briton”) was Minister of Finances under king François I. He had the castle of Villandry built in the early 16th century, on the foundations of a medieval fortress on the left bank of the river Cher. His trade may have been business, but he also had exceptional architectural experience: he had been the construction manager for the castle of Chambord for many years and had also been the French Ambassador to Italy, where he had studied landscape design. Originally, the village and the estate were together known as the “Colombiers” (“Dove Roosts”) but the minister found it too common a name. As he was in the good graces of the royal family, he was allowed to change not only the name of the village and castle, but also his own. Jean le Breton soon became “Monsieur de Villandry”.
This castle, just like the one at Azay-le-Rideau, was a means for its owner to acquire important social standing, so Jean le Breton and his family didn’t hesitate to invest their entire fortune to improve the castle and its park. Whether it was due to his honesty or his cleverness, Jean Le Breton was never dishonored or dispossessed of his belongings as were the owners of Azay-le-Rideau and Chenonceau. In 1619, Jean le Breton’s grandson, Balthazar, was even conferred a title of nobility and became the “Marquis de Villandry”.
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Add comment September 25, 2009
Make Your Travel Greener
Best Carbon Offset Companies is a very common way to make your travels greener. Actually there are great number of carbon offset companies providing different prices and offering different projects. How to choose the right one?
First of als what is carbon offset? This is an emission reduction credit from another organization’s project that results in less carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere than would otherwise occur. Carbon offsets are typically measured in tons of CO2-equivalents (or ‘CO2e’) and are bought and sold through a number of international brokers, online retailers, and trading platforms.
For example, wind energy companies often sell carbon offsets. The wind energy company benefits because the carbon offsets it sells make such projects more economically viable. The buyers of the offsets benefit because they can claim that their purchase resulted in new non-polluting energy, which they can use to mitigate their own greenhouse gas emissions. The buyers may also save money as it may be less expensive for them to purchase offsets than to eliminate their own emissions.
All of us hear the terms “green travel” or “ecotourism” and picture someone sleeping in a treehouse in the jungles of Borneo or canoeing down the Amazon. But this type of eco-adventure is just one end of the green travel spectrum. You don’t need to sacrifice creature comforts or go off into the middle of nowhere to be a green traveler; you can visit big cities or small villages, and stay in small ecolodges or luxury hotels. All that’s required is an effort to preserve and protect the environment of the place you’re visiting — and it’s easier than you might think.
These companies are both for profit and non profit and based in a range of countries. Checking out websites you can learn more about what sort of carbon offsetting project they do and prices for offsetting your trip.
Best Carbon Offset Companies
Ag Cert / Driving Green (Based in Ireland)
Atmosfair (Based in Germany)
CarbonNeutral Company (Based in UK)
Climate Care (Based in UK)
Climate Friendly (Based in Australia)
Climate Trust (Based in US)
Co2balance (Based in UK)
My Climate (Based in Switzerland)
Native Energy (Based in US)
SustainableTravel (Based in US)
These recommendations for the best carbon offset companies are based on data and recommendations from the Guide to Offset Emissions and from Tufts University Climate Change Initiative.
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2 Trav 2 Green
What does green travel mean? The main goal is your travel must be ecologically concerned whether away for business or pleasure, from green hotels and public transportation to local food and eco-tours. The main goal is “less waste”. Waste less water, paper, gas and so on. Take as minimum as you might need but no more. You can save the environment with reusable water bottles, carbon offsets, reducing the amount of water for bathing or showering, using the hotel van instead of renting a car, walking tours and public transportation, with purchasing electronic-tickets for airline travel whenever possible, take only the necessary and letting hotel management know, that you want them to conserve and that you want to participate.
There is “Green” Hotels Association which is encouraging all travelers to green up their travel. Patricia Griffin, the President of Hotels Association, suggests “encourage businesses to think as you do by choosing where to spend your travel dollars. Spend your dollars with travel businesses that are interested in protecting the beautiful destinations we all love to visit”.
And Man created the plastic bag and the tin and aluminum can and the cellophane wrapper and the paper plate, and this was good because Man could then take his automobile and buy all his food in one place and He could save that which was good to eat in the refrigerator and throw away that which had no further use. And soon the earth was covered with plastic bags and aluminum cans and paper plates and disposable bottles and there was nowhere to sit down or walk, and Man shook his head and cried: “Look at this Godawful mess.” ~Art Buchwald, 1970
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Welcome to Ukraine
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Add comment July 19, 2009
2 Trav 2 Estonia
What might be better than 2 travel 2 Estonia to take part in one of the most exciting European annual musical events as a Song and Dance Celebration. I dream about then plan my July vacations with this wonderful festival of Estonian traditional singing. Tickets available yeat!
The Song Celebration tradition started in the middle of the 19th century and it has survived all of the twists and turns in Estonia’ s history.
It has defied the hardest of times like a frail plant that pushes its way through concrete with its inner strength and then bursts into bloom. Preceded by some local Song Celebrations, the first nationwide Song Celebration was held in Tartu in 1869.
At the time this was seen as the first attempt at national self-determination, manifested before the Baltic-German rulers: See, we can do something too! Fifty choirs and musical ensembles from all over Estonia performed before an audience of thousands, who experienced a blissful sense of belonging, enhanced by the beauty of the music and the songs.
This celebration evolved into a tradition that still flourishes today. The small nation which started the tradition has had to prove to foreign authorities, even in the 20th century, that they are a fully fledged nation with its own rights and resolves.
Song and Dance Celebrations were not just big festivals of singing and music but a way to demonstrate the national spirit and to strengthen the sense of belonging.
The age of foreign rulers is past but Song and Dance Celebrations are still alive – both local and nationwide.
And this proves how deep and strong is the core, spirit and meaning of Song and Dance Celebrations. It is definitely not only the spirit of protest and resistance that brings hundreds of thousands of Estonians – and an increasing number of guests from around the world – every five years to Tallinn. The total number of performers in the last Song and Dance Celebration in 2004 was 34 000 and they performed before an audience of 200 000.
Rather, it is the unique combination of the sublimity of music and human warmth that a rather distrustful northern nation dares to show during Song Celebrations, much to the surprise of others and its self..
Song and Dance Celebration – this is a joy. Because Song Festivals are irreplacable and unique, they can only be experienced on site.
Many thanks to all who have contributed to this Celebration!
Do not be sad, the next Youth Celebration of Song and Dance is in 2007 and nationwide Song and Dance Celebration in 2009!
Estonian Song and Dance Celebration Foundation
July 2-5, 2009
Programme
2 July, Thursday
at 15 – Folk Music Celebration on Town Hall Square
3 July, Friday
at 19 – First Concert of Dance Celebration – on Kalev Stadium
4 July, Saturday
at 11 – Second Concert of Dance Celebration – on Kalev Stadium
at 14 Festive Parade of Song and Dance Celebration
at 19 – First Concert of Song Celebration – on Song Celebration Grounds
5 July, Sunday
at 11 – Third Concert of Dance Celebration – on Kalev Stadium
at 14 – Second Concert of Song Celebration – on Song Celebration Grounds
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Add comment June 28, 2009
Gay Tourism in Israel
Gay tour director Russell Lord, who has traveled extensively in the Middle East, to Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and the Gulf regions, says Israel, particularly Tel Aviv, is a different world. The closest semi-progressive city, still far away in attitude, would be Beirut. In March 2005, Russell and his partner were married on a trip to Toronto, and upon returning to Tel Aviv they went to get the status on their official identification cards changed from “single” to “married” and were denied. With four other couples they went to court and won, so in December 2006, Russell was the first citizen of Israel to receive official identification labeling him as married to a partner of the same sex. It was a Supreme Court case of such importance that it was ruled on by seven judges as opposed to the traditional three (another case requiring seven judges was the decision to withdraw from the Gaza Strip). The five couples won 6-to-1 in a decision handed down to a packed courthouse. “Every faggot in Israel wanted to be there,” quips Lord, “It was the place to be seen.” Since then there has been no backlash at all, not one crank call. “Some of the most religious people I met told me ‘Mazel Tov.’” Lord’s work with inbound international gay tourists has given him plenty of perspective on what GLBT tourists look for, and what they can find in Tel Aviv.
Personal safety is a concern for many, and Russell is quick to calm fears. “There’s never been a real problem with hate crimes,” he assures, the worst crime against a gay man he has heard of in years was a tourist having his pocket picked. The city’s acceptance of everyone is his favorite quality about which to boast, “You have to remember, Dana International [trans star and Israel’s most visible Eurovision entrant, winning the international contest in 1998] was sent on a promotion tour by the government to many countries to represent Israel. Who else can say a transsexual was the spokesperson for an entire country?” Tel Aviv’s openness makes it gayer than people believe until they arrive. Lord says the incoming gay tourists he books are about 85% gay males, but he loves all the “great groups organized by lesbian rabbis.” Mostly he loves being able to be himself anywhere in the city along with his partner, Avi. Being out and active as a gay man and as part of a committed couple is a priority he takes very seriously.
via Passport Magazine
Add comment June 25, 2009
2 Trav 2 Vietnam
It’s easy now! I’m seriously. Despite political control in this country is still in the Communist Party hands Vietnam’s tourist facilities are established well enough already in such places as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, some beach and mountain resorts as well. Today this is fast developing, mainly agrarian country in the process of moving from a centrally planned to a market economy and might be highly interesting for visiting with its deep history and cultural traditions. Here is the list of places recommended to visit by most of travel services.
1 Sapa
Swoon at the valley views from this rugged mountain retreat, a home to a wealth of minority peoples and a base for exploring the Tonkinese Alps.
2 Halong Bay
Experience nature at its outrageous best, where hundreds of limestone peaks tower above the shimmering seas, a karst system with a difference
3 Hanoi
Steeped in history, pulsating with life, bubbling with commerce, buzzing with motorbikes and rich in exotic scents, this is a captivating capital
4 Mai Chau
Go native with an overnight stay in a traditional Thai stilt house, amid the lush valleys
5 Ninh Binh
Encounter rural life from this country town, surrounded by ancient temples, limestone crags, nature reserves and endless paddies
6 Hué
Intellectual, cultural and spiritual heartbeat of Vietnam, the old imperial capital offers historical, spiritual and culinary stimulation
7 Hoi An
Spared from wartime devastation, Hoi An’s cobbled lanes and historic buildings make for a magical and memorable stop
8 Quy Nhon
Access beautiful beaches and amazing Cham architecture from one of the coast’s less touristy cities
9 Nha Trang
Beach culture to the max, this is the place to chill out, party hard or dive into the turquoise depths
10 Dalat
A completely different view of Vietnam, this mountain town combines the French Alps with plenty of Bohemian cool
11 Cat Tien National Park
Lush refuge for city dwellers with ample hiking and bird-watching opportunities, plus elephants, crocodiles and the endangered Javan rhino
12 Mui Ne
Action or inertia, take your pick, this place is made for surfing (wind, board or kite) or blobbing on the beach
13 Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam’s commercial heart, a riverside metropolis of old and new with world-class restaurants and bars, and buzzing, seductive energy
14 Mekong Delta
Watery world of bustling river towns and sleepy villages, floating markets and tasty fish served by uber-friendly locals
15 Phu Quoc
White-sand beaches and little development make for a magical tropical getaway on this forested island gem
Add comment June 20, 2009
2 Trav 2 NY
Traveling to NY don’t forget to put your finger on the New Museum, opened in New York’s Bowery district, which is the city’s first such space devoted to contemporary art. The $64 million Japanese-designed building (clad in aluminum so it glitters during the day and glows at night) conceived to look like a tower of seven unevenly placed building blocks, is an art form in itself.
Each floor is set slightly in front of or behind the other, the overlaps providing space for skylights that flood the rooms with light.
The once distinctly seedy Bowery – New York’s original Skid Row – is on the up and up these days. A few doors down from the museum is the Bowery Hotel where the bars and lobby spill over with fashionable types, while in the rooms upstairs, enormous picture windows have views over the skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan.
Add comment June 15, 2009
