Niseko is a town located in Abuta District, Shiribeshi, Hokkaid, Japan. To the Japanese people, Niseko principally refers to a mountain range and a municipal area. However, overseas the name has come to refer to a wider area of ski resorts encompassing Hokkaido’s Mount Ytei, often referred to as the “Mt. Fuji of Hokkaido”, and […]
Detail InformationEdit Itsukushima Shrine is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima) in the city of Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. The shrine complex is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the Japanese government has designated several buildings and possessions as National Treasures. The shrine is dedicated […]
Jimbaran is a fishing village and tourist resort in Bali, Indonesia. Located south of Ngurah Rai International Airport, the beach has seafood restaurants and luxury hotels, including the five-star Kayumanis Private Estate & Spa, Intercontinental Hotel Bali, Ayana Resort and Spa, Four Seasons and Jimbaran Puri Bali and the casual dinning restaurant Cuca, helmed by […]
Detail InformationEdit Ubud is a town on the Indonesian island of Bali in Ubud District, located amongst rice paddies and steep ravines in the central foothills of the Gianyar regency. One of Bali’s major arts and culture centres, it has developed a large tourism industry. Ubud has a population of about 30,000 people. Recently, it […]
Detail InformationEdit The Basilica of Guadalupe or Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, is a Roman Catholic church located in the metropolitan area of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Lying in the neighborhood of Colonia Independencia, just outside of the city’s downtown area, the temple is one of the larger Church edifices in northern Mexico. It […]
India /Kerala /Pathanamthitta /Thiruvalla Thiruvalla is the largest town in the district of Pathanamthitta in the state of Kerala. Also known widely as the temple town, Thiruvalla is famous for its many religious establishments and temples, as Thiruvalla mainly serves as the gateway to Sabarimala. For this reason, many devotees, pilgrims and tourists swarm to […]
Detail InformationEdit The aim is to conserve and disseminate the archaeological remains that illustrate evolution throughout history, from prehistoric times through to the Medieval period. Currently, the MAC comprises the archaeology museums of Barcelona and Girona, the Greco-Roman city of Empuries, the historic site of Olèrdola, the Iberian archaeological site of Ullastret, and the Catalonia […]
India /Andhra Pradesh /Guntur /Nagarjunakonda Nagarjunakonda is a historical Buddhist town, now an island located near Nagarjuna Sagar in Guntur districtin the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.A city flourished around 1,800 years ago at Nagarjunakonda, the Hill of Nagarjuna. A great religious and educational center of Brahmanism and Buddhism, one of the names it had […]
India /Madhya Pradesh /Sheopur /Palpur Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary Palpur-Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary, with an area of 344.686 sq km, is located in the Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh, amidst the Vindhaya hill range, close to Rajasthan. The Kuno river which flows almost through the middle of the park is the main source of water for wild […]
Lopburi is the capital city of Lopburi Province in Thailand. It is located about 150 km north-east of Bangkok. As of 2006 it has a population of 26,500. The town (thesaban mueang) covers the whole tambon Tha Hin and parts of Thale Chup Son of Mueang Lopburi district, a total area of 6.85 km².The city […]