2009-01-09

Peru ranks as one of the most important tourist destinations in the world  

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Peru ranks as one of the most important tourist destinations in the world thanks to the continuing international recognition it receives, including four awards presented by the Latin American Travel Association (CAN), said today the Commission for the Promotion of Peru's Export and Tourism (Promperú).

Peru took four of the ten prizes awarded to the CAN in the UK where Promperú won the award for best tourist office in Latin America.

"This recognition, coupled with the Country Brand Index, Peru positioned as one of the most important tourist destinations in the world and also demonstrates that when the public and private sectors work together, success is assured," said the director of promotion Tourism Promperú, Mara Seminar.

The hotel also Inkaterra Reserva Amazon won the prize for best Jungle Lodge, which is located opposite the Tambopata National Reserve, in the Madre de Dios region.

For its part, Aqua Expeditions received the award for best luxury cruise, cruise for his part in Iquitos (Loreto) on the Amazon River and enters the Marañón River, to visit the nature reserve, Pacaya Samiria in that region.

Also, the chain Orient Express Hotels, Trains and Cruises, with the hotels Lima (Miraflores Park Hotel), Cusco (Hotel Monasterio), Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge) and the Colca Canyon in Arequipa (Colca The Pocitas) won as the best hotel chain.

The prizes were awarded in London in the largest tourism fair in the world, the World Travel Market (WTM), representatives of Promperú and tourism companies, thanks to winning the votes of operators, airlines, newspapers and chambers of tourism world.

CAN is a trade association that works in the UK and was founded to promote travel to Latin America. It brings together 200 businesses, including tourism offices, tour operators, hotels, wholesalers, media, airlines and other members at the international level.

Seminar held that these awards are received in an edition of the WTM particularly successful, as the participation of Peru has generated many positive responses.

He also said that the opinion leader Simon Calder, editor of The Independent, received a massive response from the press and public in his seminar "The Amazon and the top ten places to visit in Peru."

For its part, the show "The Secret Life of the Peruvian Amazon," displayed on the stand and opened by the Peruvian Embassy in London from Peru, was one of the most visited attractions at the fair.

Similarly, in Peru WTM is one of the country today to give an award in the Sustainable Tourism Awards, organized by Virgin Holidays, the WTM, The Daily Telegraph, the BBC and Geographical Magazine.

On this occasion, the Peruvian government, through Promperú deliver the prize to the best destination for poverty reduction among the countries contestants

2009-01-03

Miami: The Big Glamor  

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Beach, shopping, luxury, beauty and celebrities: In Florida Fun holiday metropolis, everything is bigger and brighter: Party and almost everywhere around the clock ..

On Ocean Drive, at night eleven to three clock, the expression "to drift" his own importance. Especially on weekends then stroll to the thousands of pastel-colored Art Deco buildings along from bar to bar, from club to club. The gardens are crowded restaurant, the hotel "Cardozo (Owner: Gloria Estefan) booms Latin-pop, two houses continue to play a Cuban band, on the Boulevard mixes the music to a wild Soundbrei. It often happens to people congestion, what all great find: Blessed are they smile at each other, pushing each other forward. It is a friendly, fresh and perfumed, above all, very cheerful mass. Each of these people are driving three wishes, which are at this moment are all met: Party! Party! Party!

2008-12-21

Havana, Your Eternal City  

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The Cuban city of two million has much more to offer than their dusty Buena Vista Social Club romance. The bustling metropolis of music is now the party center in the Caribbean.

Lightning Blanke Chevrolet Impala in front of historic colonial buildings: At first glance, the socialist Caribbean metropolis for 60 years to stand still, especially if obtained by Habana Vieja, the old city of Havana, touches. The images are described as often, they actually agree to this day: In the gray-haired men play bars and Son cumbia classics that are still a little older than themselves, to the counters are refreshing Mojitos served, and is constantly smoked. But Havana has more to offer. Tired of Salsa sound, Cuba's young people dance to funky today Reggaeton and Caribbean House in the clubs. PRINZ readers discovered the young, new Havana.

RESTAURANTS
The Caribbean cuisine can be found in many fine restaurants enjoy much popularity and atmospheric are the "Paladares" small private restaurants, often in ordinary residential houses and cozy charm with their enthusiasm.

CAFES / BARS
An absolute must is to visit various bars in the Cuban capital, where they necessarily the three National Beverage should try: Cuba Libre, Mojito and Daiquiri.

CLUBS
The nightlife of Havana offers lots of variety and far more than the legendary vaudeville Tropicana, which until now everyone is really any travel guide.

SHOPPING
Havana is not a shopping center, already are in socialist Cuba, very few shops. The proposed locations of us but we should absolutely look.

2008-09-19

O'ahu, melting pot in a sauce hawaiiana  

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The combination of Polynesian yenkee-O'ahu, the island in the archipelago hawaiiano which is also the capital, Honolulu, reproduces small-scale melting pot the United States. Who has never been in America, can not fail to move from the capital to admire squares, churches, parks and skyscrapers. About instead of the western metropolis has already seen in abundance, always in Honolulu may choose to cross chinatown to breathe a little 'of authentic Asian atmosphere.

Even outside the capital, areas to be explored are many. That is why it is advisable to rent a car and decide their itineraries. Staying in a resort or in one of the many luxury hotels of Waikiki beach and nottambula can be a good way to enjoy life hawaiiana. On the promenade of Waikiki, the boutiques of big names alternate with markets that sell objects of various kinds: shells, bracelets of wood or bamboo, handbags shaped coconuts, as well as the traditional shirts fiorate. Even the rooms are always full. The discopub students to sing karaoke. The clubs of fans of hip hop music. The beach, however, is not the best. Tight and crowded, hinders both relaxation and snorkelling.

Moreover, it is doubtful Waikiki paradise for bathers hawaiiani. Whether along the east coast that close to the western one another a series of wide white sandy beaches. The only difference is the type of attendance. The eastern part of O'ahu is generally richer, so full of villas and parks such as Hanauma Bay, often cited, rightly, as it is heaven for snorkelling. Or, always on the east coast there are a number of small cliffs beaten by surfers always ready to refine your own style on the table.

The west coast is much less opulent, but from the point of view of the beaches is not burdened by competition from anyone. Distese white sand, in fact, open in the middle of a thick vegetation of bushes and palm trees. In addition, only along the highway leading west are bisteccherie and fishmongers to take away preparing meat dishes or po'ke delicious. For those who have not known, po'ke the dish is typical of Hawaii. It can be a basis of tuna, squid or octopus, strictly raw and mixed with onions, red algae and, if it pleases, a little 'of chilli. Apparently not very inviting, is decidedly good, in each version. The second specialty in the islands is "granita rainbow", or a giant mountain of crushed ice first and then colored with fruit syrups.

But the only restaurant where you need real food is local Ono. Open from 5 to 8, customers usually choose what to order while they are lined up outside the local economy. The specialties are the Kalua pork, laulau, a involtino pork, fish, rice and spices cooked in the leaves of taro, soup and fish eggs lomi, or all'insalata, with tomatoes and onions. Everything always accompanied by a puree of taro, a plant that hawaiiana, cooked, it becomes brown. Not particularly inviting but unproven, and certainly healthy.

2008-09-18

Viva Las Vegas  

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Immediately put his hands forward saying that I am not suggesting you leave Italy for a vacation in Las Vegas. I just say, that if you're planning a tour of the U.S., not snobbatela a priori, let us a jump. One day, not more, you will not regret it.

The Las Vegas we all know thanks to American films is actually a long boulevard, the Las Vegas Boulevard, known as The Strip. Here are concentrated the most important hotel-casino and all major attractions of the city, or rather, the amusement park. Because this is Las Vegas: a huge amusement park. The hotel-casino have nothing to envy the areas theme of a Disney park. You can start walking through the streets of the Forum Shops of Caesar's Palace which reproduce the streets of ancient Rome with a lot of palaces, statues, fountains and a sky that simulates over an hour a day of 24 hours with dawn, clear sky, cloudy, thunderstorm, sunset and night. Here, if as in my case will be in the company of your companion, do his joy: the Forum shops include more than 160 shops. Calculate at least 2 hours to visit them without too many stops.

From here you should make a leap to New York, New York, where you can admire the skyline of Manhattan, the statue of liberty and make a turn on a roller coaster that develop around the skyscrapers. Inside the hotel-casino instead await the streets of New York for a walk and some excellent Italian restaurants such as Il Fornaio. Here the sky-ceiling curtains always at night.
Another leg is the Venetian, the hotel-casino that plays Venice with its canals, bridges, squares, sanpietrini by wet, gondolas, the gondoliers and of course the Grand Canal Shoppes with its 50 thousand square metres of shops . In this case Venice (much more clean as the original) stimuli your romantic side, you might decide to organise the wedding in a gondola. For 800 U.S. dollars the Venetian will organise the ceremony on board the special gondola white, reserved their marriages, with custom bouquets, master of ceremonies on board and messicanofintoitaliano gondolier singing "O sole mio" with shades from tenor. At this point I suggest to stop here for an extraordinary dinner at the Italian restaurant Valentino. Recommended the reservation.
Finally you can conclude the evening with two great attractions: the volcano of Mirage and the Bellagio fountains. Two performances of water and lights nothing short of wonderful. Snobbate quietly the naval battle of Treasure Island, time lost.

As for the night, I and my girlfriend we slept with only 129 U.S. dollars (pay per room, not per person) in a gigantic suite Venetian with king-size bed, Jacuzzi and every kind of comfort.
The only regret this turn-around and escape to Las Vegas, it failed to cross Elvis.

2008-09-17

Hawaii, between the black sands of Isola Grande  

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The ideal to explore fully the Big Island or island of Hawaii and not remain trapped in the haze coming from the volcano that envelops every day throughout the eastern part of the island is that of land in Hilo and then move independently to Kailua-Kona. In this way, you can enjoy the beach all day without having the impression that he neglected the most beautiful and traditional of the island.

Once landed at Hilo, with a car rental should move immediately to the waterfalls rainbow. Even for a little freshen up ': after a few metres of dense vegetation, near the waterfall opens a clearing sunny, ideal for picnics or even organize races swimming or diving from rocks.

After the break the waterfall, it resumed the highway towards the south: a vialone immersed in a luxuriant vegetation in which the only intruders are the asphalt and cars. With a little 'luck, this tour can be arranged at the weekend in order to allow a second stop to Maku'u Craft & Farmers Market, open only on Sunday morning. This market is none other than the weekly meeting point for all islanders, who meet not only to sell or buy fruit, vegetables, clothes, books, plants or tools and appliances for the home, but also to listen all together a little 'Country Music live, enjoying some of speciality chicken and pork that scoppiettano on girarrosto.

After lunch, again southward. Approaching increasingly the volcano, the landscape begins to change. It crosses the first park of lava trees, or trees were petrified as a result of subsequent flows of magma, which svettano as giant stone vegetation rigogliosissima. More we approached the coast, plus the Green dirada and leaves room for genuine lava fields. These stretches of magma solidificate, reminiscent satellite images of the moon or Mars, and on which both tourists who love the hawaiiani draw your name with white pebbles, hoping perhaps that someone can read from above. Near the ocean, however, the lava fields turn into black sand beaches: Items meeting of hippy community on the island.

Finally, before beginning the ascent to the stretches of white sand, with a little 'luck may even be possible to observe from afar the lava flow that ends in the ocean. The vantage point is located exactly at the end of the paved road that crosses the south coast, at the village of Kalapana. To the naked eye you can see a huge white hat and gray smoke. With binoculars the lapilli seem a few inches away. But to see the fire is necessary to organize around the crater by helicopter.

Florida, in amusement parks to return children  

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The fun is insured, for small and large. To say it is not only brochures but the number of tickets sprung every month. The entertainment parks in Florida in the United States as well as being, in fact, a business ascertained for years continue to attract thousands of visitors every day. The pleasant climate of Florida surely play a decisive role but even more crucial are the many attractions offered by various parks, always updated with the latest news in the sector.

Aquatica, recently inaugurated, is an amusement park dedicated entirely to water, in all its forms and shapes and colors. Slides of all kinds offer varied paths that all conclude with a nice dip in the pool where enormous fun even swim with dolphins. Inspired to the islands in the peaceful park offers unique attractions as exceptional waves that reach more than one meter and a half and the beauty of 6 swimming pools and many fiumiciattoli. The Lazy River is one of the most fun. You can go on board tyre giants from which you can launch at the end for a swim.


For fans, instead of the latest green is the Jungala park, an area of Bush Gardens entirely reserved for children from 8 to 13 years, a nearly perfect copy of a forest of Africa. In this protected animals can be observed of all types, dall'orangotango to tigre of Bengal. There is onto the house, actually a real labyrinth of tunnels, bridges and network suspended and the great attraction of the moment is that Wilde The Surge, an elevator that stops suddenly in higher levels of the forest.

Intramontabile Instead, the park remains completely made in Walt Disney. In Hollywood studios daily at 15 eyes are focused on the Block Party Bash, the parade that brings together all the characters of Pixar, the great study of Disney animation. The protagonists of Toy Story than Life of an insect. But the most curious, scheduled in the coming months, is to offer a fake casting to all visitors. Those who wish may, thus, sing and perform like a true American show.