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Why Skiathos is perfect for a luxury holiday

Nearly all of us crave sunshine and a spot of indulgence from time to time, and a luxury holiday is the perfect way to get both. With its great weather and abundance of beaches, the Greek island of Skiathos is a particularly good option.

What’s really good about going to Skiathos is that you get a real choice of how to spend your getaway. Yes, sun and sand are pretty much a given if you’re travelling in the summer, but aside from that, you can choose between relaxation and exciting activities, lazy days on the beach and lively nights out. So, this really is one of those destinations that has something to offer most travellers – but what is it …

The man who cracked the mystery of Stonehenge

For Millenia, the massive monoliths of Stonehenge have baffled historians and engineers – both for the purpose and function of the curious formation, and perhaps more so for the sheer incomprehensibility of how, without modern technology, some distant ancestors of ours managed to move and arrange such heavy stones.

In the 12th century, Geoffrey of Monmouth postulated that the site was erected by Merlin with the help of a giant. In the 17th century, an architect argued that Stonehenge was a Roman temple dedicated to the God of the sky, Caelus. Folk tales from the middle-ages held the Devil accountable for the stones.

These theories offer no practical insight into how the heavy stones were moved and placed, however. Modern …

Churches in Barcelona

Barcelona is known for the artistic works of Gaudi. The most famous work of Gaudi is ´La Sagrada Familia´. At the same time it will probably also be the most famous building in Barcelona. It is the highlight of Barcelona. You can compare it to with Paris and the Eifel tower. Besides this church there are more beautiful churches. The one is more touristic than the other.

Sagrada Familia This is the most famous sight of Barcelona. The church is designed by Antoni Gaudi. The construction of the church began in 1882. After 130 years the church still isn´t finished. They think it will be completed around 2027. Gaudi died in 1926, another architect had to take it over. They …

Vienna was originally the ancient Celtic settlement of Vindomna or Vindomina, which the Romans seized and fortified about A. D. 14. Marcus Aurelius died here in 180. By the end of the third century the settlement had become a municipium or town, and the seat of the Roman civil and...

Prague - Czechish Praha - lies most picturesquely in a broad basin on both banks of the Moldau. Its foundation is ascribed to Libussa, the first Duchess of Bohemia (8th cent.?). From Ottokar II it received a municipal charter, and it attained to great prosperity under Emperor Charles IV (1346-78)...

Bucharest, the capital of Romania, lies in a monotonous plain, and is divided into two parts by the Dimbovitza. The principal streets are the Calea Victoriei, the Boulevards, and the Strada Lipscani (so called because the Bucharest merchants formerly bought their goods at the Leipzig Fair)...

Transylvania - The former principality of Transylvania, called Erdély by the Magyars, and Ardeal by the Roumanians (both meaning 'forest-land') is a mountainous district of about 21,000 sq. M. in extent. Its German name of Siebenbürgen has been derived from the first seven 'burgs', or fortresses...

Dalmatia extends from the Quarnerolo on the N. to the hills on the Lake of Scutari on the S., while on the E. it is commanded by the Velebit Mts., the Dinarian Alps, and the mountainous region of the Herzegovina and of Montenegro. The W. side of Dalmatia is washed by the Adriatic...

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Seasons - The best time for a visit to Vienna or Budapest is between the middle of April and the middle of June, and in autumn... For ascents in the German Alps, the Hohe Tatra, and the Transylvanian Carpathians the best time is from the middle of July till the middle of September...