Tallinn

 WITH a capital city that combines the magic of a medieval Old Town with bustling nightlife, it would be easy to visit Tallinn and think you’ve seen the best of Estonia.

But outside the city you’ll find unspoiled nature, fantastic food and a wellness culture that won’t break the bank. Over half of the country is covered by forest, and stretches of coastline look out to the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, making for some of the most beautiful vistas you’ll ever see.

Discover dense forests, swimming spots and health-boosting saunas in Estonia Sweat the small stuff Enjoy a salt scrub or a 'whisking' for just £27Credit: Silver Gutmann

Enjoy a salt scrub or a “whisking” – being gently slapped with a bunch of tree twigs to improve your circulation – £27 per person

Estonians are sauna-mad, so most hotels boast impressive spa facilities, but the real gems are the rustic outdoor saunas.

In Võru County in the south, you’ll find Mooska Farm, where you can experience centuries-old smoke-sauna rituals (Mooska.Eu).

Owner Eda leads you out of a dimly lit cabin to jump into a chilly pond, while chanting mantras connected to the ancient history of the practice.

Enjoy a salt scrub or a “whisking” – being gently slapped with a bunch of tree twigs to improve your circulation – £27 per person.

Eat, beach, sleep, repeat Hire a bike to take in the parks and neoclassical buildings

Resort town Pärnu’s wide, sandy beach, shallow waters and promenade make it the place Estonians flock to in the summer.

Hire a bike to take in the parks and neoclassical buildings, finishing at Pastoraat Cafe to refuel with freshly baked sweet treats – the towering Napoleon cake, £3.50, is a standout (Rosenplanter.Ee/en/pastoraat-cafe).

The luxe Hedon Spa & Hotel offers a three-hour “silent spa” experience, with nine saunas and pools to work through, from £14.

Afterwards, head to the hotel’s Restaurant Raimond for a three-course locally sourced dinner that will set you back £43 but tastes as good as a Michelin-starred feast.

Bright, spacious rooms here cost from £92 B&B (Hedonspa.Com).

Bog standard Hire a bike to take in the parks and neoclassical buildings, finishing at Pastoraat Cafe to refuel with freshly baked sweet treats

Half an hour from Pärnu lies Soomaa National Park, where you can book a guided wilderness day trip for £64, combining canoeing and bog-shoeing – hiking across a peat bog in special shoes that stop you from sinking (Soomaa.Com).

You can even go for a swim in a bog pool if you’re feeling brave!

Afterwards, enjoy a delicious lunch of local speciality mulgipuder – barley porridge – and bread, before you launch your canoes for a relaxing hour-long paddle.

Medieval wonderland Marvel at the architecture in the old town of Tallinn

Tallinn is the best-preserved medieval city in northern Europe, so make time to roam its cobbled streets.

The Town Hall Square hosts an award-winning Christmas market in winter.

At night, head to the hip Telliskivi area, where industrial buildings decorated with street art are home to craft breweries, restaurants and a weekly flea market.

Then climb the 157 steps up to the Patkuli viewing platform for enchanting views of the Old Town – the perfect farewell to your trip.

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Bremen, Bremerhaven and Hamburg.

Visit And Explorer The Three Best Cities In Germany

 Hamburg

Hamburg is one of Germany’s most exciting cities. It has a fascinating World War Two legacy, memorialised by the bombed-out remains of the Church of St. Nicholas.

It is also famous for  Reeperbahn, one of the liveliest areas to enjoy a drink in the evening. Enjoy a cocktail, coffee or a meal at Bidges & Son, where they serve a subtle vegan menu, subtle in that they don’t tell you it’s vegan. They also sell t-shirts and hoodies made from bamboo and fair trade organic cotton.

Bremerhaven

Bremerhaven was founded in 1827, and by all accounts, is a small city with only 113,000 inhabitants (any place in Germany with more than 100,000 residents counts as a city).

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Bremerhaven’s “Big Church” 

From Hamburg airport, we took an electric minivan to our hotel located on Bremerhaven’s, Atlantic Hotel Sail City, which has pledged to “take the green path” with a focus on sustainability and reducing plastic waste – and they have beehives!

The harbour is a delightful spot to take a stroll, past dinky lighthouses overlooking the River Weser and old-fashioned sailing boats dotted along the waterway.

I went for a run along the harbour early one morning, accompanied only by the sound of my footsteps and the occasional friendly passerby – it was so peaceful. This was ideal time to admire the stunning neo-gothic church known affectionately by the locals as the “Big Church”, just across the main road from the harbour. The church has an ornate green copper roof typical of many old German churches.

Bremerhaven’s harbour is also home to one of northern Germany’s most popular museums: the Klimahaus, which opened in 2009 and has since had more than 9 million visitors.

Bremen

Bremen is a 35-minute train ride from Bremerhaven and is the largest city on the River Weser. It is an interesting juxtaposition of a commercial, industrial city with a historic and picturesque centre – the town hall in the market square was built in the 1400s and has UNESCO World Heritage Status.

Bremen also has many green spaces, is pleasingly flat, and has become the third most popular cycling city in Europe behind Amsterdam and Copenhagen. Around 25 per cent of the city’s residents choose cycling as their primary form of transport.

Cycling in Bremen

As a keen leisure cyclist myself, I was looking forward to exploring Bremen by bicycle – we were able to rent our bikes from our hotel, Dorint City Hotel Bremen.

We spent a delightful couple of hours cycling through Bremen’s parks, along the river Weser and through the historic town centre.

Things to look out for in the town centre include the smallest hotel in the world (with just three rooms), the oldest wine cellar in Germany (600 years old) and ornately embellished Secret Street, built by a wealthy coffee merchant.

The vegetable wharf in Bremen 

The city of Bremen yis leading Germany’s efforts in developing urban agriculture. The vegetable wharf (Gemüsewerft), located in one of Bremen’s most disadvantaged quarters, is a 300 square metre space producing vegetables, fruit, herbs and hops, located along the Weser and surrounded by industrial buildings.

Exquisite cuisine at Restaurant Canova Bremen

The socially conscious non-profit employs people who would otherwise struggle to get work, including drug abuse victims and those with psychiatric special needs.

We were able to book a tour of the wharf and learn more about the great work they were doing whilst enjoying a beer in their outdoor bar, surrounded by hops and herbs.

Incidentally, Gemüsewerft supplies their produce to Restaurant Canova Bremen, which serves seasonal, sustainable produce. We enjoyed a delicious meal in this classy restaurant, and the food was sensational.

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CURITIBA

 Take a tour of Curitiba by night to see the most significant sights in the capital of Brazil's Paraná region. After transport through this "Pine Nut Land," finish your evening with a traditional Italian dinner in the lively Santa Felicidade neighborhood.

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Myrtle Beach Vacation Rentals

 Myrtle Beach is filled with natural atactions, vacation spots and cultural sites so Myrtle Beach is a great deal to travellers and guests both historically and geographically. There is always a vacation rental solution for any trip. Simply look for vacation rentals and you will find vacation rentals, homes, condos, villas, cottages or honeymoon vacation rentals, beach vacation rentals, golf vacation rentals, ski vacation rentals, lake rentals, luxury vacation rentals with fully equipped kitchens, furniture, and all the amenities you could ever want.

Myrtle Beach is a coastal resort city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. It is the de facto hub of both the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area and the Grand Strand, a complex of beach towns and barrier islands stretching from Little River, South Carolina to Georgetown, South Carolina. Myrtle Beach has rapidly developed into a major tourist destination in the South-eastern United States in the late 20th century. This is 13th fastest-growing metropolitan area in the United States.

Myrtle Beach climate experiences are cool winters and hot, humid summers. Rainfall is plentiful throughout the whole year, but most concentrated during the summer months, where it is not uncommon for almost every day to have at least a 30% chance of rain. Snowfall is extremely more attractive for traveller in Myrtle Beach, In January 2011; snow blanketed the area for a short time with about 3 inches.

Myrtle Beach hosting over 14.6 million visitors annually, The Grand Strand is home to an array of tourist attractions, and the area receives a large influx of visitors during all seasons.

Myrtle Beach hosts a variety of special conventions, events, and musical concerts. The area's attractions include its beaches and many golf courses, as well as a number of amusement parks, an aquarium, an IMAX theatre, and retail developments and over 1,900 restaurants including seafood restaurants, and a number of shopping complexes. The area also has dinner theatres, nightclubs, and many tourist shops. Myrtle Beach has an estimated 460 hotels, with many on the beachfront, and approximately 89,000 accommodation rentals in total. Also in the city is Myrtle Waves, one of the largest water parks on the eastern seaboard.

The Carolina Opry is another highly-acclaimed attraction, which features various musical, comedy, dance, and entertainment shows, during the holiday season, the venue hosts The Carolina Opry Christmas Special. It is currently housed in a 2,200 seat theatre. Myrtle Beach State Park has just under a mile of Grand Strand beach and is a prime location for swimming, hiking and fishing.

The Myrtle Beach Convention Centre is a large facility that hosts an array of different meetings, conferences, exhibits, and special events every year. Each March since 1951 during Ontario's spring break, Myrtle Beach has hosted Canadian-American Days, also known as Can-Am Days. This is also home to Coastal Uncorked, a food and wine festival held in the late spring annually so come on Myrtle Beach and and enjoy your vacation Rentals.

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Italian Trip

 Smoothtrip offers you the chance to see the beautifully diversity which Italy offers in a single trip. Find out the must-see destinations to include in your tailor-made tour of Italy holiday.

What Italy offers

As one of the most beautiful countries in the world Italy offers an endless array of history, culture, art, vineyards, countryside and beaches. It is for this reason that tours of Italy are extremely popular; many want to see as much of Italy's beauty as possible in one trip.

Each region of Italy has its own history and cultural background, which affects all aspects of life, from cooking to language. This cultural and historical diversity derives in past from the influence of the different civilizations, which have held sway over different regions throughout history; Etruscans in Tuscany, Greeks in Calabria, Romans with their empire starting in Lazio and extending throughout Italy and beyond, and Normans in Sicily, to name but a few.

Today the country's very efficient railway and internal flight networks make it possible to combine almost any of the country's locations within a single tour of Italy. A tailor-made tour enables you to choose which destinations most appeal to you.

Places to visit on your tour of Italy

Rome, as a millennium-long centre of power, culture and religion, is one of the must-see destinations on a tour of Italy. Having been the centre of one of the globe's greatest civilizations ever, the city has exerted a huge influence over the world in its c. 2,500 years of existence.

Florence is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance and is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in the world due its impact on art, music, architecture and religion. The city is famed for its wide ranging collections of art and is regarded by many as the art capital of Italy, with Michelangelo's statue of David available to see at the Accademia Art Gallery.

Venice is known as "The Floating City". It is famous for its iconic canals and Gondola boats that are used by tourists to travel around the city. Today there are numerous attractions in Venice, such as San Marco Basilica, the Grand Canal and the Piazza San Marco.

Other popular destinations for those taking a tour of Italy include charming northern cities in Italy such as Genoa, Turin and Milan, and the intriguing cities in the southern island of Sicily such as Palermo, Catania and Agrigento. Other population destinations on a tour of Italy are Verona and Lake GardaFree Articles, the latter being famous for providing the setting of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet.

It is this diversity of destinations and wide varied influences that help to make Italy an amazing place to visit. A tour of Italy is by far the most effective way to see all what this stunning country offers.

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Beautiful Places In Portugal

 Witness the wonderful places in Portugal, mesmerizing nature and delicious dishes that cannot be ignored.

Most Visited Sites In Portugal:-

• Park and National Palace of Pena
• Belém Tower
• Castelo de S. Jorge  

Best Things To Do In Lisbon:-

Take a ride on the tram and enjoy the most majestic view along the route. The iconic Tram 28 which has been working its way for decades.

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Top Sightseeing Bus Tour In London

You Had Never Had a Bus Tour In London, It is the Most Exciting Experience For Tourists!

Open-Top Bus Tour

Breathtaking Views of London’s Landmarks

Awesome Panoramic Views of Big Ben, Harrods, the London Eye and Trafalgar Square

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Visit Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia)

World's largest salt flat

10,000 square kilometres in area

Transformations between several prehistoric lakes

Bolivia, locals burn luxury domes in world’s largest salt pan
Shortly after the publication of the 100 most beautiful destinations to visit in 2021 by Time magazine, which includes the Salar de Uyuni salt pan in Bolivia, eight luxury domes in this area were subjected to arson.

An extreme and public gesture carried out by the residents of Uyuni, Llica, Tahua and other regions in the south-west of Potosí, who, for decades, have been contending this part of the territory with the neighbouring municipality of Oruro. 

The domes, part of a luxurious tourist complex, the Kachi Lodge Hotel, were under the ownership of a bolivian and swiss group of enterpreneurs, the Amazing Escapes Bolivia SRL, a company that has  operated in the tourism sector for over 30 years both in Bolivia and abroad. 

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia is the world's largest salt flat at 12,000 square kilometers.

EXTREME These high-altitude saltpans are also perhaps the flattest place in the world. Stark, barren but weirdly beautiful, Salar de Uyuni is particularly stunning after rain, when surface water mirrors the clouds.

ALTERNATIVE The Dead Sea sandwiched between Israel, Palestine and Jordan is renowned for its buoyant salt water and is also another extreme - it's the lowest place on Earth (450 meters below sea level). Ein Bokek is a major resort town, but the Dead Sea can also be visited on an easy day trip from Jerusalem.

EVEN EASIER Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park in South Australia is our own vast below-sea-level salt lake, and sometimes takes on a spectacular pink hue as water evaporates. 4WD access is challenging, but Lake Eyre is easily admired on a scenic flight.

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