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Where is Ibiza located?

Hellas — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:58:36 +0000

Summer, heat, sun, seaside, vacation, party have definitely one thing in comment: Ibiza!!!
Everyone probably knows that Ibiza is one of the most popular tourist destinations. But, does every one of us know where Ibiza really is?

Ibiza (native name: Eivissa) is one of the most visited islands in the whole world. It is located in the Mediterranean Sea and it is part of community Baleares islands in Spain. 80km far from the coast and the city of Valencia and surrounded with over fifty other islands, belongs to the Pine islands along with Formentera. The biggest cities are Ibiza town and Sant Antonio.

Beside the great climate and interesting historical data, Ibiza offers a very rich nightlife. That is the main reason for the popularity of Ibiza. Five star hotels, nightclubs, club sunrises, famous DJs, various type of music and artists…all these facts brought the popularity of Ibiza. The best parties are, naturally at the city of Ibiza, which is the center of a good summer life. The most popular clubs are Privilege, Eden, Amnesia, Underground, Gala night and many others. Many DJs are using these club parties to promote their music and new albums.

One of the things that are one the list “must see” is watching the sunset from the well known bar Café del mar.

Beside the popular nightlife, Ibiza was inspiration for many writers, singers and directors. There are many novels and screenplays inspired with the peculiarity of Ibiza. Interesting information about Ibiza: there is a musical genre that has been forged from a special atmosphere in Ibiza: puts together the sound of waves, mandolins, guitars.

So if you still haven t made your decision about visiting Ibiza or not, we definitely say YES, you won t regret it.

Gran Canaria Panoramas

Hellas — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:09:19 +0000

Some Gran Canaria panoramas by Bermudez

Mauritius

Hellas — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:43:28 +0000

Mauritius is one of the best places to spend honeymoon or luxury holiday. Mauritius is island in Indian Ocean east of Madagascar with 1.2 million people. Capital city is Port Louis. Mauritius has very rich history. Since it was Dutch then French then English colony and in the end independent republic. Mauritius is the place where only French victory over British happened – famous Battle of Grand Port. Mauritius is Tropical Island and such it have only two seasons, winter and summer. However there are no much differences in temperatures as winter is dry and summer is wet. As most tropical islands it is very attractive tourist destinations because of beautiful sceneries, magnificent beaches and attractive scuba diving locations… Most popular places to stay are hotels Le Saint Geran and Le Touessrok. People of Mauritius are proud and ethnical very mixed. You have white Mauritians, Indian Mauritians, black Mauritians and Mauritians of different religions… People from most western countries do not need visa to enter Mauritius and Mauritius government promotes Mauritius as a great place to live especially if you have overseas business.

Tahiti

Hellas — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:57:13 +0000

This post will be maybe sound little to usual because everybody wants to go to Tahiti.
It is favorite travel locations for many people. Why? It is hard to say, but exotic earth paradise dont look like a bad explanations. Tahiti is largest island on French Polynesia archipelago (in South Pacific) which consists of 118 islands and atolls. However name Tahiti is not used only as name of one island it also identifies whole group of French Polynesia islands. Majority people are Polynesian ancestry. Tahitian and French languages are in common use, and people are French citizens with all rights. Also in tourist areas english will be good enough. Tourism is most important industry mostly on islands of Bora Bora and Moorea. Tahitians are honest and generous and they are very produd with their philosophy ‘not to worry’. On visit people usualy go to Tahiti and Bora Bora but there is also bunch of other islands which you should definitely give a chance: Moorea, Tetiaroa, Tikehau, Raitea, Taha’a, Fakarava, Huahine, Rangiroa, Manihi, Nuku Hiva… Climate is ideal tropical, with average temperature at 27 c and average water temperature at 26 c. Summer there is from November to April and winter from May to October. Climate at winter is little cooler and drier so some people preffer to go in that period. Popular tourist activites are surfing, canyoning, scuba diving, shark feedings, and various water sport activites. Hotels are great in good conditions with nice people, for a start you can take a look here for a Tahiti hotels. Hotels Bora Bora can be checked here. Also as Tahiti travel is very popular term you can try googling it here. For the end, here are few pictures of this paradise: mostly Tahiti, Bora Bora and some other islands!

Palagruža – adriatic heart

Hellas — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:06:22 +0000

Palagruža is a small Croatian archipelag in the middle of the Adriatic Sea. It consists of one bigger main island, named Velika Palagruža and one smaller island named Mala Palagruža. Velika Palagruža is 1400 m long and 300 m wide. Also there is about twenty rocks or reefs around. Palagruža is located 123 km south of Split (Croatia) and 160 km east of Pescara (Italy). Palagruža is closer to Italy mainland then Croatian. It is about 42 km from Monte Gargano. Many states controlled Palagruza during history. Austro Hungary empire built lighthouse in 1875. Lighthouse is located on cliff in the middle of the island 90 m above sea level, and it is also site of meteorological station. Palagruža is surrounded with dangerous waters, and landing can be difficult. Island is uninhabited, except lighthous workers and summer tourists, who can stay in two units of residential accommodation. There is only one sand beach. On Velika Palagruža exists archeological site. Waters of Palagruža are ideal for divers, however individual diving is forbidden.
Transfer to the Palagruža is organized from the port in the town of Korčula, on the island of Korčula, everyday at 7 am with speed boat. Getting to Korčula is very easy by ferry line from Split. Since there is no any shop on Palagruža it good idea to get groceries on time.
For more information check this link:

http://www.adriatica.net/lighthouses/det__5ji3ih4ji3k3l3o3h___en.htm

It is interesting that Palagruža lighthouse is bigest on the adriatic seas.

Pictures by Zeljan Nonkovic and Laszlo Borli from photocroatia.com