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Italy – Land of Beauty and Historic Treasure

Travel in italy, a popular culinary destination, and find some of the world's best acclaimed foods, wines and pastries. And you won't be able to resist experiencing every bit of Old World Europe's legacies known all over the world.italy is only partly a Mediterranean country - 3/5ths of it is Alpine too, with the Alps and Dolomites in the North and the Apennines running down the spine. The beautiful city of Torino hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics of course and it reached -30c in Friuli last year. italy also has several active volcanoes generating geothermal events. Etna, on the eastern tip of the island of Sicily, has been erupting intermittently since 2000.Rome, the capital city of italy, is full of places of historical significance from the Forum and the Collosseum of the Roman Empire to St. Other popular destinations for backpackers include, but are not limited to, the art rich .. more»

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Travel Argentina And See The Marvel Of The South

If you love Hollywood, you surely would associate Argentina with Madonna's portrayal in Evita. If you know your history and geography, you would recognize Argentina as the passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific. And if you like to travel, you would recognize Argentina as one of the more favored tourism spots in South America.Argentina has a total area of 3.761-million squire km and 99% of which is land. After Brazil, Argentina is the second largest land mass in South America and 8th in the world. Its bordering nations are Chile in the east, Bolivia and Paraguay in the north, and Brazil and Uraguay in the west. The Atlantic Ocean is in the eastern and southern part of the country.With its size and location, Argentina is home to several tourist attractions that would boldly define the uniqueness of the country.The Iguazu Falls, part of the Iguazu National Park in the .. more»

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Bed and Breakfast Marketing – Grab That Visitor!

Your bed and breakfast marketing should do two things. It should attract new guests and it should do all it can to retain existing guests and get them to return to you again and again. It's much easier and much more profitable to deal with someone who has stayed with you before than it is to keep finding new ones!There's a limit to how well this can be done - and it will never be 100% of course - but there are things you can do to increase your chances.Off line - out there in the "real world" - this means that every time you do any kind of bed and breakfast promotion you should mail existing clients. Always give them the option to tell you they don't want any more mailings but don't be shy in giving it a go. We all get too much junk mail, and much .. more»

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The History of Bed & Breakfasts From the 1800′s Till Now

One of the many ways to enjoy a weekend relaxing at an interesting location is to book an accommodation at a unique Bed and Breakfast. B&B's as they are commonly called, have a long and wonderful history. While the B&B type of arrangement has been around for ages, the B&B that we are familiar with today can be traced back over 100 years ago.The usual set up for a B&B is a pension type of home in which there are rooms that can accommodate between 2 and 12 guests- usually 1 to 6 rooms. Most early B&B's usually targeted travelers that were passing through. Locations that were popular for B&B's were mountain regions of the Northwest such as California and Colorado, as well as other regions, specifically the New England States.The majority of travelers that frequented B&B's in the 1800's were pioneers, miners, 49'ers seeking gold or professionals traveling from .. more»
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