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   Queen Elizabeth Park is a national treasure for Vancouver, an unique landmark that attracts thousands of visitors. The park started its life as a basalt quarry and for many years was the main  source of foundation rock for Vancouver’s roads. In 1911 the quarry was closed and the area was like a huge dead landscape. Only the children were playing here on the hills, in the caves surrounded anyway by a beautiful nature with blackberries and brush, looking more as a wild territory. In 1949 there already started the p...

   VanDusen Botanical Garden is a very attractive destination in the city of Vancouver, situated very close to Downtown of the city. It situated on a land that in 1960 belonged to Canadian Pacific Railway, and was a gulf club. In 1970 a group of citizens decided to develop the space and to transform it in a botanical garden. In 1975 it was opening to the public as a very beautiful botanical garden, named VanDusen, in the honor of the W.J Vandusen, who sponsored the project. It covers over 55 acres of land with 11 acres of wild...

   Coal Harbour is a very cute place situated between Stanley Park and Canada Place Pier in Vancouver. This is a new neighborhood with pitoresque places that attract visitor’s eyes. This place is lined by a very nice and quite walkway that makes its perfect for residents or for visitors to spend the time with pleasure. This residential area was initially a industrial one with railways that came to the waterfront making the connection between industrial areas and the rest part of Canada. This neighborhood was the home for...

   Mount Royal Park is the main attraction in the city of Montreal especially for those who love to spend the time in nature’s heart . This area was for a long time the home for residents who done a lot of activities in their free time. For the first time the park was opened in 1876 and meant to be a green area where the locals or visitors could practice a lot of interesting activities, taking a deep breath of fresh air. This park was designed also by the famous architect Frederick Law Olmsed, who had designed the New Yo...

   Basilica Notre-Dame of Montreal is a real spectacular landmars that dates from 19th century. The design for this art started in 1824, for creating this basilica was chosen an Irish American architect James O’Donnel, who completed the Christ Churh in Manhattan. It took about 2 years to raise up the walls of the building and the façade up to the base of the towers. In 1827 the framework was completed and the interior of basilica was completed in 1829. This sacred place is designed in an Neo Ghotic style with incr...

   Place D’Ármes is a very old square which dates since 17th century and relates the Canadian history for a period of 100 years. This place includes all the moments from the past in one unique place, a monument dedicated to those who have founded the city. The most significant thing is that the buildings that surround the Place d’Armes  are dating from diverse eras of time. The first skyscraper of the city was built in 1888, representing a 8 stories building with the first elevator. Then the architects ...

   Iguassu Fall is located in Brazil, in the river with the same name where Brazil boarders with Argentine. The fall consists of 275 falls on over 2.7 km. The highest part of this fall reaches 82 metres and is the most spectacular part. The wider fall and the most dramatic one is named “Devil’s Throat” which reaches 82 metres high, 150 metres wide, and 700 metres length. The name of this impressive fall comes from the “Guarani Indian” that means “Great Water”.   Thi...

   Christ the Redeemer is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is included in the Seven  Wonders of the World. The statue has 102 ft tall and weights 635 tones, situated on the Corcovado Mountain. The statue was designed by Heito da Silva Costa  and completed by the French sculptor Paul Landowski. Its construction took 5 years and was inaugurated in October 1931. The statue is made by reinforced concrete with soapstone that give  high resistence to the extreme weather.   To get to the statue you hav...

   Leblon beach is situated very close to Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, they are separated just by a channel. Upper from the beach is the  neighborhood of Leblon which is divided into 2 parts: Upper Leblon and lower Leblon. The upper Leblon  has rich residents with wonderful houses, but the lower Leblon is full of activities for nightlife, bars, restaurants, nightclubs, where people can spend  their free time.     The beach offer a lost of swimming and leisure activities f...

   Humayun’s Tomb is the first example of mughal architecture inspired from the Persian style. This tomb was built due to the order of Humayun’s widow, Hamida Banu Begum in 1562. It took over 8 years to see it like it appers today, and is made from red sandstone and the black and white marble is used only in the borders.   This tomb reperesents the earliest specimen of a garden tomb with causeways and a lot of channels. It situated in a classical garden that is devided in 4 parts by 2 water chan...

  India Gate is a very important monument in the city and was built to commemorate  more than 80,000 of indian solders who died in the First World War. The monument appears as a huge  42 metres arch hand that  was designed by the architector Edwin Lutyens. This arch is made from red stone and has inscripted  the name”India „on its both sides. The hole arch stands on a base of red stone .   This gate is a well known place and people come here usually to relax and ...

   The Bahai Temple is situated in the very heart of New Delhi. This spectacular masterpiece is considered  an architectural wonder . It is also named “Lotus Temple “because is built in the shape of a lotus, the lotus flower being the symbol of India. It took almost 10 years to build this unique piece of art and it was opened to visitors in December 1986. It appears as half opened lotus flower  made from sand,dolomite and marble.   This temple is surrounded by walkways with beautiful b...

   Sydney Harbor Bridge is a magnificent attraction for Sydney and can be seen from each side of the district The Rocks or from the centre of the city. This bridge is not a record for its length but  its structure is very impressive.   The famous Sydney Harbor Bridge lies on harbour at its narrowest point between Dawes and Milsons Points. It is a steel arch bridge with a reinforced concrete deck  and concrete pylons which at the time of its foundation was  considered the summary of modern bri...

    The Sydney Opera House is the symbol of Australia, and one of the most famous buildings in the world. It is situated on the top of the Bennelong Point  which reaches out into the harbour. The skyline of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the blue water of the harbour and the Sydney Opera House, viewed from a ferry or from the air, is unforgettable and magnific. This unique place was designed by a danish architect- Jorn Utzon,and was inaugurated in 1973.     The ideea for the construction o...

  Sydney Tower takes you to the highest point in Sydney that offers a great 360 degrees view over the city. Construction of the tower started in 1993 and became useful on Saturday 6 January 1996 and costs about 36 million Australian dollars. Is the most proeminent touristis attraction in the city, being visible for a long distance and is always open for the public.     It considers to be the tallest free-standing structure and the second  tallest observation tower in the whole southern &nbs...

  Each tourists has to have in his list “ The Empire State Building”or also named “New York’s Representative Building”. This bulding is the tallest from the city, and the 86th floor is the one where all  the tourists admire the unforgettable view of the city. There you can feel really “high”,  because the building is the third tallest skyscraper in the United States and 15th tallest in the world.   During the summer time the lines of tourist are pret...

   Times Square is considered the symbol of New York City. It is an amazing skyscraper that has a lot of neon signs,huge monitors,tickers and sparkling windows.    Times Square –the heart of nightlife in New York has the same fame like Las Vegas  in Nevada. This place is also famous for the day of 31st of December  when gathers millions of people to celebrate  the New Year. This  tradition was born for about one century ago, in 1904, when for the first time appeared the neon s...

   Central Park is a unique place that makes New York to seem  alive. The huge park is located in the center of Manhattan and holds about 843 acres. The park offers a lot of playgrounds,  baseball areas, tennis courts, ice rinks, a lot of lakes, theatres, also considers to be the home for Central Park Zoo and for The Metropolitan Museum of Art.   When the City of New York bought the place for Central Park in 1853 it was  far away from civilization. So they made a competition for all that want...

   With 8 million inhabitants, London is the largest European city, but also the most ethnically diverse one. Almost 200 languages are spoken in London and more than 30% of the population are represented by immigrants. Despite decentralization and local vanities, London dominates the horizon of all British citizens, as the most important events take place here, as well as the greatest business deals.    Londoners’ feeling of superiority often irritates or even causes enormous resentment, but Lond...

   Prague or "City of a thousand towers" is one of the most amazing European cities. Being one of the best preserved medieval centers throughout Europe, the town was included on UNESCO world heritage. Prague is an ideal city for lovers of castles, cathedrals and culture. For centuries, churches were built, residences and palaces, synagogues and Hebrew cemetery district and the majestic Charles Bridge on the River Vltava. Nowadays, Charles Bridge is a stage for musicians, flame swallowing and various artists, to ...

     New York is a city of superlatives. Besides being a world financial center, the island of Manhattan is dotted with world-renowned restaurants, architectural masterpieces and venerable art institutions that make New York the greatest cultural city in the world.    The phrase "If you succeed in New York, you will succeed anywhere else in the world" attracts visitors from around the world who come here searching for the American dream. New York has always been a city of the whole world, with it...