Among so many of the lakes such as Lake Como, Lake Maggorie, Lake Ido, Lake Iseo and Lake Lugano to name a few that the European country of Italy has, the Lake Garda one of the most important one. It is the largest Lake of Italy covering over 370 square kilometers. Lake Garda is also the most popular of all the lakes in this country. It was formed in the last Ice Age. Lake Garda is perhaps the best way and also a romantic one to start your journey in this pretty European country of Italy. It is, in a way, an introduction to Italy. Location Lake Garda of Italy touches the foot of the Alps in Southern Europe. To its east is the Mont Baldo range with some of its highest peaks. It’s southern part, known as Sirmoine, houses hostels, thermal baths, shops and olive groves. Best time to visit The presence of large water bodies manages to balance  [...] 

Prague Castle is a castle that is located in Prague. The Czechoslovakia kings and the presidents and the holy roman emperors and also the Czech Republic have their offices located at the Prague Castle. The jewels of the Czech crown are also kepy in the castle. According to the records of the Guinness book, Prague castle is the biggest castle in the world. It is placed on the top of the ancient castles category in the book.. The length of the castle is about 570 meters where as the width is about 130 meters. The history of the castles has its start from the 9th century almost 870. The church of Our Lady was the first walled building. In the first half of the 10th century the Basilica of Saint George and St Vitus was been found. Near the church of St. George the first convent in Bohemia was found inside the castle.In the later 12th century a  [...] 

Persepolis also known as Takht-e Jamshid or Chehel Minar was the ceremonial capital of Persian Empire during Achaemenid regime. Persepolis is located at a distance of 70 km towards the northeast direction of the modern city of Shiraz which is located in the Fars Province of modern Iran. In present-day Persian, the site is also known as Takht-e Jamshid and also Throne of Jamshid as well as Parseh. The early remnants of Persepolis belong to nearly 515 BC. To the prehistoric Persians, the city was called Pārsa, it means “The City of Persians”.  Persepolis is the Greek word for the word “Persian city”. The citadel of Persepolis is been declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the year 1979. Archeological proofs have shown that the olden remnants belong to 515 BC. French archeologists, Andre Godard was the first  [...] 

Located on the banks of the Seine River, Paris has always meant different things to different people. Eloquent, culturally rich, and romantic, one cannot fall short of the superlatives used to describe this beautiful city.  It is a city which probably has more familiar landmarks than any other city in the world. Paris has always been a poet’s delight. Frequented by couples who walk hand along the Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower, it is perhaps not wrong to say that Paris is perhaps one of the most romantic places on earth. Located some 80 miles from Paris, on the border between the province of Normandy and the Île-de-France, is a quaint but equally beautiful village known as Giverny. This village became famous thanks to internationally acclaimed artist Claude Monet’s garden and home. Monet came to reside in Giverny way back in 1890.  [...] 

White sand and the blue sea amidst mountains with active and dormant volcanoes, deep jungles that a variety of birds and animals inhabit under the sunshine, agricultural, rice-producing lands stretching to the north and south of the volcanoes,  a culture, the roots of which go deep into the ancient times, a galore of temples and the elephant safari, fire dances and water sports in the Indian Ocean, delicacies like kaki lima, all this and more is what makes Bali one of the most coveted islands in the world. Location The island of Bali, to the south of the Equator by 8 to 9 degrees, spreads over 5,620 square kilometers in the east of Java. Bali belongs to the group of Sunda Islands in Indonesia and is the first among them. This island is situated between Java and Lambok. To its north is the Java Sea and to its south is the Indian Ocean. Bali  [...] 

Common Info Mountain Gorillas are the minor of the two subspecies of eastern Gorilla (the other being Eastern Lowland Gorilla). These gorillas mainly have two concentrations, namely the Virunga volacnic mountains in Uganda, Rwanda and Congo regions of Central Africa and in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. There are only 700 mountain gorillas that are remaining on the face of earth today. Uganda, Rwanda and Congo have signed an agreement for the conservation of these gorillas. Country Info Uganda (named after the Buganda kingdom in the south) is a small landlocked country (area: 2,36,040 square kilometres) in eastern Africa. To its east lies Kenya, Sudan in the north, Democratic Republic of Congo to the west, Rwanda to the southwest and Tanzania to the south. Lake Victoris lies in the south. National capital is Kampala. Bwindi  [...] 

Leptis Magna is commonly known as Lectis Magna or many times spelled as Lepcis Magna, it is also popular as Lpqy as well as the Neapolis, was an important city during the Roman Empire. The ruins of Leptis Magna city are located in Libya in the Al Khums which is located at a distance of nearly 130 km to the east of Tripoli. It is located on the coastal region of Wadi Lebda and its interjection with the sea. The site is also popular as one of the most impressive and untouched Roman ruins in the Mediterranean region. The city was been found around 1100 BC and is supposed to be found by the Phoenician colonists. The city gained the importance during the rule of Carthage in the Mediterranean Sea. Carthage ruled the region in the fourth century BC. Till the third Punic war which took place in 146 BC, Leptis Magna was the part of the Carthage’s  [...] 

Delphi has an honor of being a modern town in Greece as well as one of the most important as well as archeological site in Greece. Delphi is located in the valley of Phocis on the south-western slope of the Mount Parnassus. Delphi played the role of being the site of the Delpic oracle which is supposed to be the most important among the various oracles of the Greek world. It was supposed to be a major site for the worship of the god Apollo. He protected the navel of the Earth by slewing a python that lived there. Krisa was the ancient name of the site. The most scared place of god Apolla was a Panhellenic Sanctuary. Every four year Pythian Games take place here. For the Pythian Games athletes from various part of the Greek world come here to participate in the games. Pythian Games are the ancient look of the modern day Olympic Games. Throughout  [...] 

The San or the Basarwa locals of the Kalahari are mostly known as the Bushmen. The Kalahari is a huge desert that covers the various regions of Botswana, South Africa, and Namibia. The San lived on one of the most unreceptive land in the world, and they survived themselves by hunting wild animals and gathering tubers and the roots. Many people came to known about the life of the people living here and their click language through a very famous South African movie named “The Gods must be Crazy”. It is believed that the San has the oldest culture in the world. It dates back up till around a hundred thousand years ago. In southern Africa where the San lived excellent rock art is been witnessed. In South Africa the San’s lived as the hunter-gatherers. After 2000 years the San’s started living in the arid sand region. The San’s  [...] 

The Vanuatu Island, officially the Republic of Vanuatu or the Republic de Vanuatu as it is called in French is an archipelago, a land that originated from volcano, in the South Pacific Ocean. This island nation is about 500 kilometers north east of New Caledonia. This Nation Island was first inhabited by the Melanesian people. In the late 18th century, Europeans began settling here, followed by France in 1880s and the United Kingdom, claiming parts of this nation island of Vanuatu. They agreed on a joint framework in 1906 for managing the archipelago. After the struggle for independence that sparked off in the 1970s, the Island gained freedom and was declared a republic in 1980 and hence became the Republic de Vanuatu. Best time to visit The climate of Vanuatu Island is hot and rainy. In the north it is tropical while subtropical climate prevails  [...]