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Aficionados of Mexico proclaim it to be the destination to end all destinations: a land of contrasts and wonder, offering beaches, mountains and fascinating Indian ruins inexpensive, colorful the …
The bullfights are a major pan of the Mexican entertainment scene, part sport, part ritual, a place to vent primitive passions. For some the bullfight is an art-form; for …
The Alhambra, on the outskirts of Granada, is seventy-seven miles from Malaga, one of the international gateways to Spain. It also has direct flights from Madrid. The Alhambra suggests …
The name Scandinavia evokes images of Vikings, the midnight sun, blue water, and redcheeked maidens. The five nations of Northern Europe Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland collectively call …
ON THE BOSPHORUS No stay in Istanbul can be considered complete without an excursion by boat along the magical and legendary Bosphorus, the fabled and renowned winding strait that …
SIGHTS London possesses a large number of splendid buildings, squares, museums, beautiful parks and exciting, lively streets like no other city in the world. This is why we can …
TRAVEL TO HISTORY The name of the city originates from the Slav word “gradetz” or “gradec” meaning “castle” and referring to the fortress which was built on the site …
DUBLIN Ireland’s largest city (pop. Greater Dublin 1 million, Dublin City 502,000), the capital of the Republic, is situated on the east coast of Ireland, bounded to the north …
The Golden City, known for its hundred towers, lying in Central Bohemia on both sides of the river Moldau or to be quite exact at the confluent of the …
The Mexican War of Independence and the Republic of Texas In 1810, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costillo and his followers seized the prison at Dolores, Mexico, beginning Mexico’s 11-year …