Buckingham Palace is the London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality BUCKINGHAM PALACE FROM HELICOPTER The state rooms, used for official and state entertaining, are open Continue Reading
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LONDON TOWER BRIDGE : FOREVER AN ICON
The London Adventure : Being on top of the Tower Bridge ! It is a great adventure to be on top of this bridge and be on the glass floor. It feels chilling to look down below the glass ! Like others I like The Tower Bridge so much ! Continue Reading
MACAO : THE CASINO CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
Macau or Macao (澳門) – Officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China is a special administrative region on the western side of the Pearl River estuary in southern China With a population of 667400 and an area of 32.9 km2 (12.7 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the Continue Reading
THE PARISIAN MACAO-PARIS & EIFFEL TOWER IN MACAO
The Parisian Macao (Chinese: 澳門巴黎人) is a luxury hotel in Macau – owned by Las Vegas Sands which has a half-scale Eiffel Tower as one its landmarks. The hotel officially opened on 13 September 2016 The Parisian is estimated to cost around $ 2.5 billion and is being funded by Las Vegas Sands Construction began in February 2013 Continue Reading
THE VENETIAN MACAO : THE WORLDS LARGEST CASINO
The Venetian Macao (Chinese : 澳門威尼斯人) is a luxury hotel & casino resort in Macau owned by the American Las Vegas Sands company. The Venetian is a 39-story casino hotel on the Cotai Strip in Macau. The 10500,000-square-foot (980000 m2) Venetian Macao is modeled on its sister casino resort The Venetian Las Vegas. The Venetian Macao is the largest casino in the world, Continue Reading
VENICE : LA FENICE – OPERA, MUSIC & CULTURE
Teatro La Fenice (“The Phoenix”) is an opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of “the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre” and in the history of opera as a whole. Especially in the 19th century, La Fenice became the site of many famous operatic premieres at which the works of several Continue Reading
VENICE : BRIDGES
Venice’s small islands were enhanced during the Middle Ages by the dredging of soil to raise the marshy ground above the tides. The resulting canals encouraged the flourishing of a nautical culture which proved central to the economy of the city. Today those canals still provide the means for transport Continue Reading
VENICE : BURANO MURANO & OTHER ISLANDS
Burano is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy, near Torcello at the northern end of the Lagoon, known for its lace work and brightly coloured homes. The primary economy is tourism. Burano is 7 kilometres (4 miles) from Venice, a 40-minute trip from St. Mark’s Square by a Venetian water bus, vaporetto. The island is linked to Mazzorbo by Continue Reading
VENICE : THE BUILDINGS & CHURCHES
Santa Maria della Salute (English: Saint Mary of Health), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy.It stands on the narrow finger of Punta della Dogana, between the Grand Canal and the Giudecca Canal, at the Bacino di San Marco, making the church visible when entering the Piazza Continue Reading
VENICE – DISCOVERING VENICE BY WALK !
Venice (Italian : Venezia, Venetian : Venesia or Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is situated on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges.The islands are located in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay that lies between the mouths of the Po and the Piave rivers Continue Reading