If you are in search of thrills or a relaxed beachside afternoon, then Sentosa Island is the right destination for you. It is Singapore’s favourite leisure destination. Sentosa Island includes long beach, Fort Siloso, two golf courses, the Merlion, 14 hotels, and the Resorts World Sentosa, featuring the theme park Universal Studios Singapore. Explore more….
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Being part of the Asian sub-continent, it was now time for us to indulge into the different flavours, cultures, religions of the south eastern countries apart from India.Singapore officially the Republic of Singapore, also referred to as the Lion City or the Garden City does look like little red dot on the world map, however, since its independence, it has become one of the world’s most prosperous countries and boasts the world’s busiest port…
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Moscow metro is one of the most beautiful metros we have ever visited. It can actually be listed as one of the must see attractions of Moscow. However navigating the metro is slightly tricky because of the lack of English knowledge and strict adherence to Russian.
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The much spoken about and much visited attraction of Saint Petersburg is the State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace. One of the largest and oldest museums in the world,it comprises over three million items (the numismatic collection accounts for about one third of them) including the largest collection of paintings in the world…
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Something which truly represents Russia is the Red square. Years’ worth of history has played out at this very location for the entire world to amaze at. This iconic landmark with the Kremlins red walls on one side and St Basil’s cathedral on the other is not something to be missed. And of course Moscow’s famous shopping centre – GUM….
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Well everyone who’s heard of Russia has definitely heard about the Kremlin – the seat of raw power. It is a fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River to the south, Saint Basil’s Cathedral and Red Square to the east, and the Alexander Garden to the west. The complex serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation….
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Reaching Kremlin and navigating it is quite confusing for the sheer size of this magnificent fortress and also for the way it’s organised into different sections and hence different tickets. I have trying making sense of all this chaos and hope you find this helpful…
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Once done visiting the beautiful city of Saint Petersburg – it was time to get into the heart of Russia –to its capital Moscow.Again the best option based on time and budget was to go for Train travel. There are 2 options with Train travel –the regular trains which take approx. 8 hours which usually run overnight with sleeper facilities and the Sapsan bullet trains which take half the time to reach Moscow….
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Decoding Train travel in the beautiful city of Saint Petersburg.The Saint Petersburg Metro entrances are marked with the Letter ‘M’ on top.To take the metro you will need to buy Tokens (zheton) which can be purchased from either the ticket windows labelled Kacca or from a new computerised machine with a touch screen – which allows you to select the number of tokens and also denomination and Yes its in English…..
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After an enthralling visit to Peterhof we made our way further exploring the beautiful Euro Russian city of Saint Petersburg. En-route we take in the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, St. Isaac’s Cathedral State Museum, Peter and Paul Fortress and much more exploring the city on foot…
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Peterhof – Laid out on the orders of Peter the Great it is actually a part of palaces and gardens. These Palaces and gardens are sometimes referred as the “Russian Versailles”. There are mainly 3 parts to your visit to Peterhof – The Palace itself, Lower Gardens and the Upper Gardens.These are one of the most impressive gardens I’ve been to with its memorable collection of fountains and fine views over the Baltic Sea…..
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Planning to visit Peterhof can be quite daunting especially given the lack of clear and concise information. So I have done all the legwork for this and here are my suggestions to make reaching Peterhof easy. Hope you find this helpful while you visit the beautiful “Russian Versaille” – Peterhof…
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The best and cheapest way to get to Meteora is to take a train to Meteora i.e.. From Athens to Kalambaka. We booked this train journey well in advance and cost us just 11 Euro for a 5 hour trip…
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Meteora which literally means “middle of the sky”, “suspended in the air” or “in the heavens above” is one of the hidden treasures of Greece. It is a formation of immense monolithic pillars and hills-like huge rounded boulders which dominate the local area.The thing that makes Meteora so special is the monasteries on the top of the rock towers….
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As I always say what better to explore any place to actually set out on foot. After our visit to the Athens we decided to take an evening stroll around the Acropolis mountain. We passed a locality with a lot of restaurants, a Coptic church with views of Temple of Hephaestus and the Acropolis atop the mountain and more flavors of people and culture….
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Greece – the cradle of western civilization was on both of our must see destinations. Though many people visit the famous Greek islands, we decided to stick with the mainland – Athens. Join us to unravel the beauty of this city visiting the famous Acropolis, Zeus temple, Hadrian’s Arch and much more….
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Reykjavik is the capital and the largest city in Iceland. It has a latitude of 64°08′ N, making it the world’s northernmost capital of a sovereign state, and with a population just over 130.000, is fast becoming a popular tourist destination. Travel with us to see this beautiful and remote capital…
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One needs to be quite prepared while planning a trip to Iceland. For most of us coming from tropical to sub-tropical areas, it’s not a regular trip. Here are few pointers to planning your Iceland trip…
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Iceland was part of our last leg of Europe trip and having munched our way through France, Belgium and Netherlands we were quite shocked to know Cheap Dining was not much of an option in Iceland.Well we had done our research beforehand and we were aware that spending almost 4-5 days in Iceland and eating out every single meal would empty our pockets . So we found a way….
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After spending the previous day exploring the Icelandic Golden circle , it was now time to see the south of Iceland to explore the famous black beaches and its waterfalls including the Skógafoss and Seljalandsfoss waterfall…
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