Hampi Festival: 500 years of great Hindu empire

The century-old temples in this village south of India celebrate the anniversary of the Vijayanagar Empire with a folklore festival of elephants and brimming with color and life. Is held each year in November, invariably between 3 and 5, but this time the Hampi Hampi Utsav and Festival has been postponed to January 2010 to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the enthronement of Sri Krishnadevaraya, King more splendid than ever had the Vijaya… Continue reading

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Istanbul Cultural Capital 2010

Neither is a capital or even considered being left Europe, but has been designated European Capital of Culture 2010 by the EU itself. Under the guise of understanding the riddle, do not resist the gorgeous big year in this megalopolis. Although Ankara is real, nobody doubts that the unofficial capital of Turkey is Istanbul: Byzantium ancient Greeks, Persians and Macedonians in Constantinople to resist the Eastern Roman Empire and, until into th… Continue reading

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Do you dare to cross the Atlantic under sail?

0 € / day for the common fund for food and fuel and mooring costs, not including air travel. The return trip can be done entirely from the British Virgin Islands with a stop in the Azores, to Torrevieja (between 7 and 30 May 2010, € 2,500 plus the amount of the pool), or by installments: Virgin Islands-Azores (between 7 and 21 May for € 2,000) and Azores-Torrevieja (between 30 May and 6 June, € 800). … Continue reading

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Your Destination Should Not Miss In 2011

… starts on January 9 to 10 miles City of Valencia and ten days after the appointment is Athletics Championships in Spain. They’ll be adding the Formula 1 Grand Prix from 24 to 26 July, the 500 Open Tennis, October 29 to November 6, or the Grand Prix in the first days of November. Norwegian Polar Adventure Norway celebrated in style in 2011 Nansen Amundsen year, when we celebrate the 150 anniversary of the famous polar explorer Fridtjof Nans… Continue reading

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Your guide in the Galapagos Islands is called Darwin

…anniversary of his essential work, The Origin of Species, the archipelago will host a handful of special cruises, among which the expedition led by conservationist Randal Kenya , great-grandson of Darwin, from 22 October to 1 November, inboard these Pacific lunar landscapes accompanied by fully fifty just lucky that, regardless of the price of the cruise, each donated $ 1,000 to the Charles Darwin and the Galapagos Conservation Trust, to support … Continue reading

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