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Tunisia Travel Guide ?

APG — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:38:07 +0000

Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, Carthage is easily accessed from here and the souq is one of the most authentic
The ruins of Carthage
Sidi Bou Said, seaside town of white houses with blue doors
Bizerte, beautiful forests, beaches and scenery
Kairoua, the Medina quarter and the souk, the Great Mosque of Sidi-Uqba
El Kef, the old town
Gabes, the mountain, the sea, the oasis and the desert
La Goulette, the port of Tunis
Nefta, oasis and pilgrimage center
Hammamet, a popular destination for its beaches
Sfax, an economic center
Sousse, many resorts and fine sandy beaches
Tozeur, a large oasis, from Tozeur one can make trips on a camel, explore the Sahara Desert
Monastir, a major tourist resort
Port El Kantaoui, a popular tourist destination
Djerba, a popular tourist destination on a Mediterranean island
Douz, tourist town on the edge of the Sahara
Jugurtha’s Table with a moon like surface and deep crevasses
El Jem one of the best preserved Roman amphitheaters in the world
Dougga, impressive ruins of a Roman city
Kerkouane, one of the most important Punic cities
Matmata where Star Wars’s Tatooine was filmed
Sbeitla, a well preserved Roman settlement
Skanes, holiday resort
Metlaoui, with the Red Lizard train

The Waxwork Museum in Paris ?

APG — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:33:27 +0000

The Musée Grévin is a waxwork museum in Paris located on the Grands Boulevards in the IXe arrondissement on the right bank of the Seine, at 10, Boulevard Montmartre. The Musée Grévin now contains some 300 characters arranged in scenes from the history of France and modern life, including a panorama of French history from Charlemagne to Napoleon III, bloody scenes of the French Revolution, movie stars, and international figures such as Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, and Pope John Paul II.
Budget hotels near Grévin Museum ? Best price guaranteed

How many continents ?

APG — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:10:22 +0000

The seven-continent model is usually taught in most English-speaking countries and China. From largest in size to smallest: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. The six-continent combined-Eurasia model is preferred by the geographic community, Russia, the former states of the USSR, and Japan. The six-continent combined-America model is taught in Latin America, and most parts of Europe.

Morocco travel guide ?

APG — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:16:34 +0000

Rabat, capital of Morocco
Casablanca, a modern city by the sea, the medina and the contemporary mosque
Fez, the former capital of Morocco, a medieval city
Marrakech, souks and ruins in the medina, plaza of Djeema El Fna
Meknes, an imperial city
Volubilis, an archaeological site
Ouarzazate , the Capital of the South and the gate of desert
Kasbah of Aït Benhaddou
Tangier has historically attracted numerous artists
Taroudannt, a southern market town.
Tetouan, nice beaches and the gateway to the Rif Mountains.
Agadir, best-known for its beaches
Chefchaouen, a mountain town with white-washed winding alleys and blue doors
Essaouira, an ancient sea-side town newly rediscovered by tourists
Merzouga at the edge of the Sahara
Tinerhir, point of access to the stunning Todra Gorge

Paris Travel Guide ?

APG — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:47:36 +0000

La tour Eiffel et le Champ-de-Mars.
Les Champs-Elysées.
Le musée du Louvre, le jardin des Tuileries.
Notre-Dame de Paris, l’Île de la Cité.
Le Quartier Latin.
L’Opéra Garnier, les grands magasins.
Le musée d’Orsay.
Montmartre, la place du Tertre, le Sacré-Cœur.
Beaubourg.
La place des Vosges, le musée Picasso.

Seven Wonders of the Modern World ?

APG — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:17:33 +0000

The American Society of Civil Engineers compiled a list of wonders of the modern world:
Channel Tunnel (between the United Kingdom and France)
CN Tower (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Empire State Building (New York, NY, U.S.)
Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, California, U.S.)
Itaipu Dam (Paraná River, between Brazil and Paraguay)
Delta Works/ Zuiderzee Works (Netherlands)
Panama Canal (Isthmus of Panama)

20 Largest Cities in Mexico ?

APG — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:16:17 +0000

1 Mexico City 8,841,916 (2009)
2 Ecatepec de Morelos 1,734,701
3 Tijuana 1,590,420
4 Puebla 1,590,256
5 Guadalajara 1,564,514
6 Ciudad Juárez 1,407,849
7 León 1,397,446 8 Zapopan 1,260,381
9 Monterrey Nuevo León 1,138,711
10 Nezahualcóyotl 1,086,720 11 Mexicali 926,042
12 Mérida 825,328 13 Culiacán 815,688
14 Toluca 815,068 15 Chihuahua 812,490
16 Naucalpan 799,889 17 Querétaro 790,416
18 Aguascalientes 776,495 19 San Luis Potosí 775,759
20 Hermosillo 768,954

The highest point in Paris ?

APG — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:36:36 +0000

Montmartre is known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur, located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in Paris. Many artists had studios or worked around the community of Montmartre such as Salvador Dalí, Modigliani, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh… Downhill to the southwest is the red-light district of Pigalle. That area is, today, largely known for a wide variety of sex shops and prostitutes. It also contains a great number of stores specializing in instruments for rock music. There are also several concert halls, also used for rock music.
Budget hotels near Montmartre Area ? Best price guaranteed

Regions of France ?

APG — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:40:51 +0000

France is administratively divided into 26 regions, of which 22 are on mainland France, and four are overseas.
Alsace (Strasbourg)
Aquitaine (Bordeaux)
Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand)
Bourgogne (Dijon)
Bretagne (Rennes)
Centre (Orléans)
Champagne-Ardennes (Châlons-en-Champagne)
Corse (Ajaccio)
Franche-Comté (Besançon)
Ile de France (Paris)
Languedoc-Roussillon (Montpellier)
Limousin (Limoges)
Lorraine (Metz)
Midi-Pyrénées (Toulouse)
Nord-Pas-de-Calais (Lille)
Basse-Normandie (Caen)
Haute-Normandie (Rouen)
Pays de La Loire (Nantes)
Picardie (Amiens)
Poitou-Charentes (Poitiers)
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (Marseille)
Rhône-Alpes (Lyon)

Guyane (Cayenne)
Guadeloupe (Basse-Terre)
Martinique (Fort-de-France)
Reunion (Saint-Denis)

Southern Asia Capitals and Countries ?

APG — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:22:54 +0000

Afghanistan (Kabul)
Bangladesh (Dhaka)
Bhutan (Thimphu)
India (New Delhi)
Maldives (Malé)
Nepal (Kathmandu)
Pakistan (Islamabad)
Sri Lanka (Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte)