Easter in Villarrica Park Lake Hotel

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During the days of Holy Week, 10 to 12 April, in addition to rest, the more adventurous can hire the services of a travel agency, advised by the hotel. This will enable them to carry out various activities outdoors, such as, canopy, rafting and climbing the volcano, among others.

Three holidays are approaching in April and five-star hotel, located at kilometer 13 of the Villarrica-Pucón road again has everything ready to welcome guests who may arriveby car, plane or helicopter, and the hotel has the only heliport in the area.

Easter Program:

The hotel offers an unforgettable Easter Program, which can be 4 days and 3 nights or 3 days and 2 nights. This includes welcome drink at Bar Vertigo, safe, American buffet breakfast served in Aguas Verdes Restaurant, half board at lunch or dinner, depending on the choice of host, which includes appetizer, entrée, dessert, half a bottle of wine or two drinks.

“The idea is that our guests will delight in the magnificent view of Lake Villarrica with each of the rooms, with unique units, the excellent services offered, as well as the wonderful landscapes that characterize the south of our country, “says Wilfredo Fleming, general manager for Villarrica Park Lake Hotel. Meanwhile, the executive chef Andrew Yurjevic said that tourists can enjoy the delicious cuisine offered, dominated Mediterranean recipes, which are ideal to take advantage of the wonderful products of the region.
 Spa, massage and sauna Finnish:

In addition to this, passengers can make unlimited use of the spectacular 1700 m2 Aquarius Spa, with steam room, sauna with chromotherapy tepidarium, Finnish sauna, sensation showers, hot seats, heated indoor pool with whirlpool and gym.

Likewise, those who want to take some therapy, which is not included in the program’s value, they can do during these three days, booking directly at the spa or from the room. “We have in our letter, from a traditional massage relaxation, highlighted as paravertebral, hot stone, Thai, aromatherapy, and many more. Everyone responds to different needs. For a person with chronic tensions recommend the Thai massage, which applies throughout the body with stretching techniques, resulting in the release of contractures in the muscles, “says Gabriela Vallejos, Aquarius Spa manager, detailing the sessions are between 50 and 90 minutes.

Moreover, the paths of the hotel enable travelers hiking, walking or jogging, watching the beautiful scenery.

The value of the program 4 days and 3 nights per person based on double occupancy is $ 252,000 including VAT, and the 3 days and 2 nights is $ 168,000 including VAT. Children up to ten years are $ 171,000 for each additional bed for three nights including VAT, while the two nights will cost $ 114,000 including VAT. This entitles each child to have breakfast in the restaurant Aguas Verdes, as well as a lunch or dinner, consisting of appetizer, entrée, dessert and two drinks. In turn, parents can opt not to pay an additional bed and stay with the child the same way in the room. This has a cost of $ 36,000 with taxes, the three nights and $ 24,000, the two nights, including breakfast and a special menu for either lunch or dinner, with appetizer, entrée, dessert and two drinks.

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Enjoy your holiday!

Arequipa: The White City

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The name comes from the Quechua Arequipa Ari-quepay, “Yes, stay”, words which, according to legend, the Incan Emperor gave permission to his soldiers to establish a colony on the site.

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The “white city”, so named because its historic buildings are built with volcanic stones, a very white stone, is the capital of southern Peru. Its colonial buildings sparkling in the upper valley of the River Chili, are dominated by the perfect cone, threatening at times, the volcano Misti.
The department of Arequipa has an area of 63.528km2 and is situated between southern Peru, between the Pacific Ocean and the continental watershed, represented by the peaks of the Cordillera Occidental. It limits the north with the departments of Ica, Ayacucho, Apurimac and Cuzco. To the east with Puno and Moquegua, and south and west by the Pacific Ocean.

Arequipa: Peru’s southern capital:

After the Inca emperor gave permission to his soldiers to settle in Arequipa, in 1540 the city was conquered by the Spanish. They renamed it the name of Our Lady of the Assumption of Valle Hermoso.

It is a strategic passage between the mountains and the coast. The city, situated at 2,300 m altitude in a volcanic valley arid climate, but watered by the river Chili grew quickly becoming the natural capital of the southern region of Peru.

Between 1836 and 1839, the creation of the Peruvian-Bolivian Confederation, was inaugurated as South Peru’s capital. It was one of the three republics that comprised the transient state.

Arequipa was a prominent conservative stronghold and it came numerous rebellions and pronouncements in the nineteenth century and first half of XX.

Archiepiscopal and university:

Arequipa is the capital of the department and province of that name, archiepiscopal and university. It is linked to Lake Titicaca and Cuzco by the roads that traverse the valley. It is served by the Southern Railway and a branch of the Pan American Highway. It has, also a major airport, shopping, textiles, leather, food (milk and beer).

Its streets paved with cobblestones, the main square and web, we fall back to bygone times too, which is complemented by a visit to the convent of Santa Catalina, a true monument of the city, built in 1580 and persists today in perfect architectural conditions.

Volcanic stones:

Arequipa’s historic buildings are built with volcanic stones, lightweight and very white. Are characteristic thick walls and vaults equipped with heavy buttresses to prevent the effects of earthquakes are very common in southern Peru. The facades of the buildings are made with hard work and beauty.

The Convent of Santa Catalina, is itself a small monastic town. The seventeenth-century cathedral (it has been rebuilt), the church and cloister of the Society of Jesus, located off the main square, all the chapels and colonial houses of the square of San Francisco and various patriarchal churches and houses, as the Goyeneche and Ricketts Irriberry are all the eighteenth century.

The University of San Agustin has a fine collection of pre-Columbian ceramics and mummies.

Three major regions:

The lands of the Peruvian department of Arequipa rise from the parched shores of the Pacific to the eternal snows of the volcanoes of the Western Cordillera of the Andes.

Both physically and in the human and economic development can be distinguished in the territory three major regions: the coast, narrow strip of arid and temperate. It is characterized by low-altitude desert landscape and a half; the plain, which is an area between one thousand and three thousand feet, where rainfall is low and seasonal, and the mountains, where the plateau extends from cold and dry climate, is the area in which rise the snowy peaks of the Andes.

Rivers and volcanic cones:

Rivers Acari, Yauca, Ocoña, Majes, Sihuas, Vitor and Tambo, who descend to the Pacific, are short and torrential. Their feeding channels of scarce water and snow in the mountains, carving deep canyons and fertilizing in irrigated areas and coastal plain.

Also an abundance of high-altitude volcanic cones, three of which, Misti, Nevado Chachani and Picchu Picchu overlooking the valley where the capital is located.

The area is sparsely populated department and most of its inhabitants are concentrated in the capital in fact.

Photography by wallygrom

Agriculture:

This is irrigated, and focuses mainly on the coast and in the Vitor River basin, regulated by the reservoir of El Fraile. It is grown industrially, cotton, sugar cane and rice. There is also a Mediterranean plantations as vines, olives and beef cattle are raised, llamas and alpacas. Industry, mainly food, wool and leather goods are in the capital, Arequipa, while the processed fish is in Mollendo. In Acari has deposits of iron.

The Southern Railway crosses the department communicating ports of Mollendo and Matarani, located on the Pacific, through the valley of Arequipa, Puno port on Lake Titicaca and Cuzco.

The area is rich in agriculture, animal breeding and harness work. Tourism is growing every day, leaving visitors ecstatic contemplation of its wonderful stonework buildings in well preserved, the convent of Santa Catalina, his place with the portals of the sixteenth century, its beautiful cobbled streets and friendly people. Arequipa, the “white city” of Peru is an unforgettable place where you always try to return. The most important thing is that the city looks like 400 years ago, a rare find today. So remember his name in Quechua-quepay ari, “Yes, stay” as a success. It is a city where you really want to stay and settle.

Photography by Xtremizta

Enjoy your trip!

Sightseeing Nalón Valley in Asturias

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Asturias offers many attractions for a tourist trip, but some of them are little known. If you have traveled to the most popular places in Asturias, such as Gijón, the coast of Llanes and the Picos de Europa, you can ask to discover a different and more recondite Asturias.

Photography by Eric Caballero

Geographical aspects:

The Nalón Valley, located in the southeastern part of Asturias, you’ll be amazed by the combination of cultural attractions and the very beautiful natural scenery of mountains. And when I refer to cultural attractions, think not of great architectural monuments, but in the concept of culture as a way of life.

History:

The history of the Valle del Nalón the last century and a half has been marked by the economic development of the steel industry in the coalfields. Rather, this development became a major drawback to attract tourists, but the urban landscape that prevailed in the soot of the facades, the result of the dirty emissions of that industry, are only the past. Indeed, following the demise of the steel industry in the 80s of last century, Nalón Valley is conducting a recovery of the industrial legacy as an exponent of a way of life.

Views:

Your sightseeing Nalón Valley of Asturias offers, above all, the great contrast between this industrial heritage and a jewel of nature, as is the natural park of Networks, declared a World Biosphere Reserve, which is far away from the conurbation of Langreo.

Then I advise you what to see and visit on your sightseeing trip to the Valley of Nalón in Asturias, which I have visited recently, and whose information I will expand in the coming weeks, these places are:

1 .- Steel Museum in La Felguera:

The steel factory Felguera, in the city of Oviedo, built in the mid-nineteenth century by Pedro Drive, made history with the conversion of steel 80. But his former high cooling tower, now decorated with bright colors, is the headquarters of the Steel Museum of La Felguera, where through guided tours you can learn the history of this industry in the Valley Nalón and, above all, working conditions and lives of workers who lived in that development.

2 .- Museum of Mining and Industry

The steel industry was installed in the Valle del Nalón by the proximity of the coal mines. Now you have the opportunity to visit the Museum of Mining and Industry, in The Entrego, where especially impressed you called Mina Image. This is a replica of a full-scale mine where you have feelings of the miners themselves, and explore the gallery, learn how at various times was carried out the extraction of coal.

3 .- Eco museun – Samuño Valley mining:

In this process of recovery of industrial heritage Nalón Valley, is currently conducting a project to create the Ecomuseum Samuño Valley Mining. This project, no specific date of completion, will be very attractive on a train journey that will lead to mining an interior gallery to finally climb the wire basket derrick tower of the old San Luis Pozo.

4 .- Entralgo:

In the village of Entralgo, and natural park road networks, you can discover the traces of the novel “The Lost Village” of Asturian writer Palacio Valdés, walking through places that were the protagonist of the same.

5 .- Natural Park Network:

World Biosphere Reserve, Natural Park Network is the best reflection of the distinctive and lush landscapes of the mountains of Asturias. With the ability to stay in cottages, Networks is a clear invitation to go hiking and enjoy the beauty of the large and thick forests of beech and chestnut trees. The most popular spot is called Vega Brañagallones, but you can also go to other places like the Hill of INCOSE, will have the opportunity to spot wildlife such as ibex, deer and birds of prey.

Photography by acebal

6 .- Cheese madreñas Casino and Workshop:

Your visit to the Valley of Nalón not be complete without enjoying the most typical Asturian cuisine in restaurants and winches in the area. But you can also find specialties according to the area of Asturias, as Casín cheese, or habits like making crafts madreñas.

Photography by antecessor

Good luck!

Brazil: Wine Route in Rio Grande do Sul and Pernambuco

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The best time to visit the region during the months of January and February, when performing the Harvest. It’s harvest time and the tourists can follow the entire production process of the beverage.

Photography by Jeff Belmonte

Destination: Wine Tourism:

In Sierra Gaucho in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, the mountains and the valleys make the beauty of the valley’s vineyards in the municipality of Bento Gonçalves, ideal destination for those who appreciate wine tourism. In an area of ??82 km2, representing over 50% of the country’s wine production, vineyards and small farms share the space with renowned wine.

Over recent years, producing outstanding achievements in the national and international market for quality and personality of their wines. Since 1996, Brazilian wines have been receiving international awards, including Gold Medal of the French competition “Vinalies Internationales 2005″. Among the winners were Aurora Reserve Sparkling Chardonnay Brut 2004 and Menegotto.

Flavors, juices and jams:

Venturing into the region is to discover flavors, not just wine, but also for juices and jams, specially prepared in the wine. Besides the food, visitors enjoy the charm of the colonial architecture of the region, inspired by constructions of Veneto and Calabria, Italy.

The municipalities of Caxias do Sul (Trentino Valley), Cotiporã, Garibaldi, Nova Prata, Protásio Alves, Veranópolis, Vila Flores and Bento Gonçalves, are part of the wine route.

Production data in the Region

Region: Sierra Gaucha
Red varieties: Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Carmenere, Tannat, Cabernet Franc, Pinotage, Ancelot, Gamay Beaujolais white varieties: Chardonnay, Moscato Bianco, Malvasia, Prosecco, Gewurztraminer, Malvasia Bianca, Semillon, Flora, Trebiano.

Photography by Velo Steve

Varieties of Bureau:
Falls, Couderc 13, Seyve, Villard, York Wood, Elizabeth, Concord, Seibel, Hebermont, Bordeaux.

San Francisco River Valley:

The Valley of San Francisco in Pernambuco presents growing consolidation in the Brazilian winemaking. Responsible for 95% of table grapes grown in Brazil and the production of five million liters of wine per year, the state is standing out as a development model for the Northeast. Pernambuco Viticulture and covers 15% of the domestic market and employs 30 000 people directly in the Valley of San Francisco, only region that produces two crops a year and a half.

Santa Maria de Boa Vista:

Despite the short time of political emancipation, the town of Laguna Grande and holds a promising story. The town, which in 1997 ceased to be a district of Santa Maria de Boa Vista to be elevated to city status, today is one of the attractions of Wine Country Polo Pernambuco. The town has an annual production of 20.5 million kg, grapes and seven million liters of wine, part of this volume exported to other countries and various Brazilian states.

Feast of the Grape and Wine:

In Lagoa Grande, known in Brazil as the capital of the grape and wine of the Northeast, there are about ten vines, responsible for generating 10 500 jobs. The Feast of the Grape and Wine offers visitors and residents of Lago Grande various attractions. In addition to taste the grapes and wines of the city, event participants can learn some properties of the region to walk among the vines and witness all stages of wine production, from growing the grapes to wine packaging.

Photography by Jeff Belmonte

Data:

Red varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah
White varieties: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Muscat, Muskadel, Silvaner, Moscato Canelli
Wine grapes Area: 500.00 hectares
Common Grapes Area: 7.000,00 hectares.

Vineyards that produce in the region of Valle de San Francisco:
Botticelli, Garza, Bianchetti, Lagoa Grande, Miolo – Hacienda Ouro Verde Vinibrasil

Cheers!

Kunza Hotel: an oasis in the Atacama Desert – Chile

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Kunza Hotel Spa is the only hotel in Chile awarded the prestigious international magazine Condé Nast Traveller Hot List in the World’s Top New Hotels 2009. The new Kunza Hotel in San Pedro de Atacama, has changed the way we see the desert. Custody Licancabur, the shadow of Chan and layout of the water there is a great citadel. This maintains the sensitivity of the native peoples, without leaving the comfort of a luxury five star premises. Live is the key, the rest takes care Kunza.

Location:

The Hotel is located in the Ayllu Yaye a mile from the famous village of San Pedro de Atacama, released by the Archaeological Museum Padre Le Peige, a couple of decades. It is the only five-star place. This remote spot, high amplitude and silence, invites you to relax your body and soul.

Meeting and connecting with nature:

Kunza, Atacama people’s native language which is translated into Spanish as “ours” is the continuation of the existing and the rescue of the old traditions. And his name honors them, the Lican-Antai, and gregarious former inhabitants of this arid area, who today reveal their dialect through this new refuge of the senses, installed spaces that invite you to find and connect to the nature.

Cordillera de la Sal:

This oasis is the culmination of an ambitious project led by outstanding professionals. 5,600 m2 are built in a unique environment in the area: wide open plains, permanent visibility Licancabur and Cordillera de la Sal, evidence gathered by the architect Cristian Boza, who ordered space significantly by geographic area.

Made under the concept of ayllu, Kunza integrates the site as an element of chañares vegetation, alfalfa and peppers. Under the motto “Live the experience Kunza” Kunze is a hotel in San Pedro de Atacama 5 stars, designed to offer an all inclusive service, so that guests can enjoy the full experience offered by the Atacama Desert from the comfort the hotel.

Rooms in the Kunza Hotel:

Mystical and magical, Kunze is the culmination of a unique blend of luxury with the wildness of the area. It has 60 rooms, 6 suites and 54 deluxe suites, all of 52 m2 have air conditioning and heating, private terrace, minibar, flat screen TV, Internet access, digital safe, laundry service, security system cameras and national and international telephony.

Spa and Hot Tubs:

After a day of sightseeing, guests can return to the hotel and enjoy three heated pools and two outdoor jacuzzis. Within the complex there are 2 saunas and 2 wet dry saunas, massage room, gym equipment and even a hairdresser. It’s worth taking an hour for massage, reflexology and Reiki. Is being developed with essential oils of the area to leverage resources and medicinal herbs.

Excursions in the Atacama:

Kunza has created a 32 different tours that provide insight and experience much of the desert, its oases, the highlands and their culture. Every night the guest meets with the leaders in the Chasqui Tambo to discuss the next day rides where you can choose from a menu of up to 8 alternatives classified according to the length, difficulty and mode of transportation.

The tours are designed for ordinary urban people, who need no special training and skills. The team Kunza guides are highly trained in the knowledge of the area, becoming not only unforgettable traveling companions but in different environments translators of historical, geological, geographical, climatic, archaeological, cultural and wildlife. Note that the 32 trips are aimed at Kunza sustainability and community work.

During the tour you can see attractions of unique beauty, starting with the view Licancabur and Lascar volcanoes to reach the town of Toconao, built from stones Liparita, and continues to the salt flat, ending at the lake Chaxa. A large number of migratory birds fly over the place, sharing the experience with visitors.

South of San Pedro is accessed impressive Salar de Atacama, insert a huge lake in the desert with three species of flamingos. The picture is pristine in the eyes of visitors, over 100 kms. long by 80 kms. wide will appreciate the cobalt-rich salt and minerals caused by the evaporation of groundwater upwelling.

Tatio Geyser – Termas de Puritama:

Located 95 kilometers from the village of San Pedro de Atacama within the Reserva Nacional Los Flamingos, and is one of the highest geothermal fields in the world,located above 4,000 meters. Each morning at this natural wonder crop violent jets of water vapor, highlighting its majesty against the ground color and the blue sky. An unforgettable sight as beautiful columns wet morning.

Everything seems unreal. The water flowing from the geyser can reach up to 30 meters in height, and its temperature reaches 85°C, making it possible to boil an egg in a few seconds. Also, the hot springs that are formed in the near posones they let you enjoy a refreshing bath while watching the sunrise, surrounded by herbaceous vegetation by herds of llamas guarded and various species of birds.

Atacama culture: past, present and future

Guarded by the high peaks of the Cordillera de los Andes San Pedro de Atacama is presented as a small oasis immersed in the highlands of Region II. Ancestral lineage, its roots are firmly rooted to the people Atacama-founders of the “San Pedro Culture” – who are strategically located in the Loa River basin. Sons of the Desert, they were the first farmers and sedentary peoples of the country, making their settlement 11,000 years ago in the first structure of the now well-considered archaeological capital of Chile.

It is a time where the minutes stop the slow pace of its 2,500 inhabitants, living reflection of the tranquility that inhabits this mystical place. Among its streets and adobe houses, San Pedro hide the reasons why visitors love: excellent gastronomy, handicraft center, the Archaeological Museum Padre Le Paige and a church. Pure simplicity.
  
Important changes in atmospheric pressure:

It is necessary to warn travelers that will be exposed to significant change in atmospheric pressure, which can cause them discomfort. Travel is the plateau, so that over 4,000 meters above sea level. San Pedro de Atacama is at 2,450 on this point.

All this makes it necessary to take precautions to tourists traveling to the task, such as not eating heavy foods, not drinking alcohol excessively, drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration.

San Pedro de Atacama is a mixture of past, present and future!

Railway of Peru the most notable in the world

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Railway is the highest in Latin America, reaching 4.8235 m above the sea level. Travels a distance of 346 km, between Lima and Huancayo journey takes 12 hours. The train crosses 41 bridges, 60 tunnels, including 13 switchbacks.

Photography by wallygrom

The Central Railway of Peru may be considered among the most notable railways of the world overcome the technical difficulties and the high level that comes up through the Andes. Starting from Callao up to the picturesque city of Huancayo in the central Andean region of Peru. The train is at 4781 meters over sea level.

Aspects of the trail:

It is the only train in South America, among the standard gauge of 1.435 m, which reaches a height above sea level of approximately 4781 m in the tunnel of Galera. The highest point is La Cima, 4835 m which is located in the mining branch Ticlio to Morococha. To reach such a height the train crosses 41 bridges, 60 tunnels, and about 13 zig-zags. It employs nearly 12 hours to travel the distance of 346 km between Lima from Huancayo. The line was opened in 1908 after 38 years of work.

For many years this was the railroad that reached greater height above sea level. Only recently (2007) was exceeded by the Qinghai-Tibet Railway reaches the height 5072 m.

Photography by robennals

Tours:

The trips were suspended in 1999 and resumed in May 2007. The transfer of the season resort Homeless in Lima, located behind the Government Palace. San Bartolomé is reached and begins a steady climb for 117 km with a slope of about 3.3% while traces the Rimac River valley.

Cross the bridge then Carrión, who is the longest of the course. Given the steepness of the slopes landslides often occur so to protect the passenger close the blinds on the windows in some sections. Later we cross the bridge Champichaca where one can see the bottom of a steam locomotive cliff fall in 1909, accident that killed 200 people.

After passing through Ticlio (4758 m) tunnel through the galley with a single route and the route the maximum altitude (4781 m). From Ticlio out a branch to the Top (4830 m) that was (until the opening of the Tibet train) the highest railway in the world, exceeding 11 m height of Mont Blanc.

Photography by Jorge Lascar

The train starts after the descent along the Mantaro River valley, after passing through La Oroya (3726 m) where there is a metallurgical operation. They wade into several stations including Jauja (3552 m) and finally to Huancayo (3261 m) distant 346 km from Lima.

Good trip to the highlands of Peru!

Hotel Cabañas del Lago in Puerto Varas – Chile

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Hotel Cabañas del Lago in Puerto Varas breathe the authentic southern Chile, have all designed to offer guests the low temperatures and rain in winter. A new feature is the hydrotherapy shower, a bath tub 45 minutes in hot water staff, essence of lemon balm and hail of distilled water. After that, what better than to enjoy a good breakfast, taking a hot chocolate in the hotel bar with fireplace.

 

Photography by www.cabanasdellago.cl

Rain Program:

Rain is life, yes, because thanks to it, among other things, the plants grow, the heavens were cleaned and fed rivers and lakes flow. Hotel Cabañas del Lago in Puerto Varas in her honor this winter devised the “rain program: for the love of the rain”, valid until August 31, which invites “For the love of flavors” to enjoy the warm and better winter dishes in its Restaurant Mirador del Lago and “For the love of relaxation” to novel therapies in Natura Spa.

Rainwater Soap:

The program is 3 days and 2 nights, with a value of $ 84,600 + VAT per person, based on standard double room overlooking the stunning Lake Llanquihue, which is waiting with a bottle of pure water and a nice memory of the hotel Manila is a tray with a mild rain water, natural salt plus a poem by the rain. The breakfast buffet offers considered typical of the area in the Restaurant Mirador del Lago and craft liquor as welcome drink. It also includes unlimited use of the heated pool and Jacuzzi Spa Natura family.

Photography by www.puertovarascabañas.cl

Scented massage with a friend:

Moreover, this program entitles you to a massage with essence of winter night in the spa (50 minutes to share between the couple), which is an aromatherapy massage is done with sweet almond extract and night winter. This produces a complete relaxation of both body and nervous system, eliminating stress and softening the skin. In addition, the program considers a sauna, and a natural juice to enjoy the heated pool.

Hydrotherapy shower:

For an additional charge of $ 55 + VAT you can access a hydrotherapy shower, a bath 45 minutes personal Jacuzzi with hot water, lemon balm and hail essence of distilled water. With her skin achieve a clean, smooth and soft, and a total mess nervous and mental level, because the water along with the essence stimulates the circulatory system. Natura Spa treatments are performed by expert therapists and Omar Alfredo Rafael Asenjo Kaschel.

On the other hand, the program lets you enjoy a delicious soup of the day chef with a glass of wine or drink, and a tasting calzones and sopaipillas, taking a rich hot chocolate in the hotel bar with fireplace.

If the passenger is decided by a superior room, you must pay $ 25,000 + VAT per pair. This allows you to share with two children under 10 years at no cost, including breakfast. And if you want to extend your stay, additional night based on double standard room has a value of $ 40,000 + VAT for two people.

Rooms overlooking the lake:

The Lake Hotel Cabins in operation since 1980 and has 130 fully equipped rooms with views of Lake Llanquihue and the volcanoes. It has all the amenities such as heating, cable TV, wi-fi, safe, IDD and minibar. In the lobby of the hotel is located a Business Center equipped with all technological requirements. It has also baby sitting service, laundry and gift shop.

Photography by http://www.puertovarascabañas.cl

The Mirador del Lago:

It has an excellent restaurant, El Mirador in the lake with a breathtaking view of Llanquihue. Located on the seventh floor, allowing you a panoramic view of beautiful surroundings. The food is regional. Another Tronador bar one floor below, which offers delicious artisanal spirits in the area. The privileged location of Hotel Cabañas del Lago ensures full contact with nature. You can play sports, like fly fishing, rafting, trekking, canopy and sky.

City of Roses:

In terms of activities that can develop in the area, is the first comprehensive visit to the beautiful city of Puerto Varas, called the “City of Roses” by the large number of roses found throughout the environment. For people who want more adrenaline activities night, the town offers excellent modern casino.

Other nearby towns in the area are Osorno, Frutillar, Petrohué, Puerto Montt, Chiloe and Puerto Octay, among others. Also you can make the Andean Crossing, Route salmon and surf Lake Llanquihue and Todos los Santos.

Enjoy the countryside!

The Huanchaca Ruins

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Huanchaca Ruins are administered by the Foundation Huanchaca Ruins in Antofagasta, Chile. It is an entity formed by the Catholic University of the North and Enjoy, largest casino operators, gaming in the country.

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Conservation aims Ruins National Monument Huanchaca and promote historical and heritage value, in addition to making the Desert Museum in the main center for educational, cultural and historical northern Chile.

Museum Features:

This museum will rescue the heritage and culture of northern Chile, making it a tourist attraction in the area. It will become the modern museum in the region of Antofagasta with the latest technology equipment.

This unique museum is the only one built as part of a national monument and will have an astronomical sample of the European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, ESO, the date does not exist in the regional market. Occupy an important place in the circuits that perform Enjoy the tour operator.

Architecture: Project Huanchaca

The “Project Huanchaca Ruins National Monument,” a name in Quechua means “bridge sentences” is the draft national winner in 1996 called architecture, architects Ramon Coz, Marco and Ignacio Polidura Volante, proposing the creation of a cultural center for the city of Antofagasta. His model, along with pictures that illustrate its projection, is on display until August 30, 2001 in the 2nd floor of the MAC.

Ruins Huanchaca a milestone in the city of Antofagasta, Region II capital, as are the structural foundations on which the machinery was installed in a silver refinery would be the largest in South America and play a role in equipping the city.

Photography by pingui_kathy

National Monument:

The importance of Ruin, declared a national monument in 1974 and abandoned, prompted the Universidad Católica del Norte, Regional Municipality, Provincial Government, City of Antofagasta and bow, to organize and convene a national competition for architecture in 1996 which led to winning the team draft architects Coz, Polidura and Volante.

Permanent exhibitions:

Historical Exhibition Smelter Ruins Huanchaca and history associated with the establishment Metallurgical Playa Blanca.

Photography by pingui_kathy

Dynamic exhibitions:

In this type of display will show the geology of the area, consisting of a first time in the initial collection, which includes rocks, fossils, minerals, images and texts.

Archaeology and Anthropology: the initial collection includes objects, pictures, models and remnants of mining and post-Hispanic Hispanic, as well as explanatory text.

Astronomy: the initial sample covers topics of current interest as extrasolar planets, black holes and dark energy and materials.

Other units:

The other units of the foundation, including an auditorium, a shop, cafeteria and administration offices and the work of researchers.

Huanchaca Ruins, are undoubtedly an unforgettable experience!

Coffee, a reason to travel to Colombia

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Many foreigners who have visited Colombia, the association with coffee, thanks to advocacy work in the world for many decades has made Juan Valdez and his mule Conchita Colombian creativity has soared to present the world’s coffee different ways and cause a whole culture and a way to publicize Colombia.

Photography by CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture

Coffee farms of the Coffee:

So the grain-producing farms in the Coffee, a region comprising the departments of Quindio, Caldas and Risaralda, with its traditional architecture, currently serving and hosting environment for visitors to learn all about the work agricultural and grain processing.

In the coffee farms, counted by hundreds, coffee has been a key driver in economic development and strong reasons for the traveler went into the mountains and meet a range of tourism options through which you make the most of the benefits of coffee landscape. In this vein, reaching that area of the country is to find a dense landscape of coffee, surrounded by good people, rivers, forests, picturesque villages and scenery suitable for walking and adventure sports like rafting, canopy and horseback riding, and more. Coffee in the Triangle, in every corner and at all times is a tribute to this fruit.

Photography by Mario Carvajal

Quindío:

One example may be the National Coffee Park, a clever play with rides and architectural means that many of the reasons why coffee is so important for Colombians. The park is a summary physical, natural and historic coffee culture, but there is growing interest in finding out the mountain villages and all the attractions that surround, including Salento and Filandia. In the same region of Quindio Panaca is located, a theme park where the animals are the stars and the mountains everyday coffee the main attraction.

Caldas:

In the department of Caldas, along with the colors and courtesy coffee towns as Chinchiná and Salamis, harmony is seen in the architecture of the city of Manizales, its cathedral, the historical and international significance of events like the Theatre Festival and Fair of Manizales. Close by is the Nevado del Ruiz, the most important and most easily accessible of the peaks that make up the Los Nevados National Park.

Risaralda:

In the third of the three departments of the Coffee, Risaralda, the abundance of fruit on the coffee farms is complemented by urban development and diversity of the zoo in the city of Pereira, the benefits of the thermal waters of Santa Rosa de Cabal The colonial architecture of Marseille and countless wealth of fauna and flora that is found in natural reserves and Laguna Ucumarí Otún.

Coffee in other regions of Colombia:

In addition to the Coffee, in many parts of the country excellent coffee is grown: in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the Giant Mountains and San Agustin in Huila department, and even in the Eastern Plains. Arguments for and, indeed, every day will come again to say that coffee is one of the objectives of travel to Colombia. Colombian ingenuity knows no bounds, as the good news that soon the national cyclists, the famous “Beetle”, roll on the roads of the world, bringing back into his chest and his back just this name: Café de Colombia.

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Enjoy the Colombian coffee!

Experience the Magic of Villa Santiago Mexico

Posted by Unknown at 20:27

Villa of Santiago, is a municipality located in the heart of Nuevo Leon, Mexico has become a major tourist destination due to its many attractions.

Aspects of the city:

Santiago, has a romantic side, sprinkled with exquisite colonial architecture and is full of places where tourists can feel the adrenaline pumping multiple sports. It is a people over time and despite modernity, has managed to preserve value and protect historical and cultural heritage.

Photography by rutlo

History of Villa Santiago:

When the Spanish came to these lands in the late sixteenth century, the region was dominated by Indian chiefs “Cayacuapa”, “Fang” and “Guaxuco.” So to this day settled in Santiago Canyon is known as “Huajaco Canyon.” Santiago was founded by Captain Diego Rodríguez de Montemayor and by 1700 there were already eight large estates. Some of these retain their original names. The former, were San Javier, San Antonio, San Diego Labor, Trinidad, San Pedro, Los Prieto, San Nicolas and San Miguel Fencing or “Hacienda Vieja”.

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In 1721, it creates its first town hall and rises to the rank of Valle. In March 1831, the municipal category is high given the title of Villa de Santiago, effective today.  In 2006, James received the title of “Magic Town” by the Federal Government, the name given by its natural beauty, traditional architecture and gastronomy.

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Old Town:

For Villa de Santiago, you can not miss the Old Town. In 1745 construction began on St. James Temple, which is now the parish of the same name. This consists of two towers and Baroque, with its unique atrium with staircases and beautiful finishes. Around her some neighbors soon began to build their homes. This is the first settlement and the origin of urban development in the city.  With its cobbled streets is very interesting to note the similarity to the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela. In both cases, the beginning arise from the construction of a temple.

In the historical district, that during the American invasion was briefly the capital of Nuevo Leon, the old houses stand pastor Joseph A. Arizpe, who was the first house built in the town of Santiago and is now part of the House of Culture. On the other hand, the pastor’s house Stanislaus Cantu of Don Gabriel de Cardenas and Jose M. pastor’s Nuin.

At present, taking as a framework for a roof colonial architecture and a blanket of stars, the Historic gives life to various artistic and cultural shows which color fill more than 200 years of existence.  On Saturdays and Sundays are particularly attractive to the many tourists who come to buy beautiful handicrafts exhibiting artists. These two days are filled with colorful town of Santiago, and sees thousands of visitors from all over the racing on the streets in search of a desired object.

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Bats and Dinosaurs:

The Bat Cave known as the Grotto of the Immaculate Conception or the cave of Agapito Trevino, is located 7 minutes from the entrance to Los Cavazos. It is an ecological reserve and it houses hundreds of thousands of migratory bats, whose natural spectacle can be admired from 18:00 to 19:00 pm and dawn.

In the House of Culture presents a legendary Sabinosaurio, herbivore that lived in the land in the Late Cretaceous, 70 million years ago. This species grew to be about 70 meters long and 15 tall. The fossil remains of this species were found in 2001 in the municipality of Sabinas, Coahuila.
Apart from these tourist attractions is the Museum of History opened in 2007. It houses important documents and relics. It is located opposite the St. James Church and is open to visitors Monday through Friday.  Then there is the Waterfall “Cola de Caballo” with 25 meters high and with the splendor of its natural beauty. It is today the most famous of northern Mexico.

Its cuisine is exquisite and varied as the rest of the Aztec nation. One of its restaurants enigmatic is “Las Palomas” for the variety of dishes, its colorful and unique decoration, its water sources within a cobbled courtyard, surrounded by beautiful ferns and a variety of plants.

Visit Villa de Santiago, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, will not be disappointed!

Aviles 9 places to discover in the historic center

Posted by Unknown at 20:25

I recognize so far not had any interest in visiting Oviedo, in Asturias. But you may also have happened to you, as we all have in mind the image of a city where the industrial development of the steel has darkened their environment and the facades of houses and monuments. However, after the disappearance in the past 80 years steel plants as a result of industrial restructuring, Avilés is now in a process of transformation.

Photography by alepheli

And in this respect, the Niemeyer Center under the project of the Island of Innovation, has relocated to Aviles on the map of attractions in Asturias.

The Niemeyer Center is to fulfill the role of cultural and tourist magnet, if indeed travel to Asturias, sure you have the curiosity to approach Aviles to see this great work of contemporary architecture.

But when you go to see Niemeyer, I recommend you take a stroll through the historic center of Ávila, the former Villa. Surely you soprenderá by the beauty of some streets with typical houses northern, with arcaded galleries and balconies, and terraces that give a great atmosphere. The wide pedestrian historical center only allows us to relive the past of a hostile Aviles for the visitor. But now wander Avilés is a delight, where you find beautiful places and you can see monuments that remind you that its history goes back to the tenth century, and the Villa was the interior of a medieval fortified.

Then I will indicate 9 places to discover in your sightseeing tour of Avilés.

1 .- Spain Plaza:

It is easiest to start your walk from the central square in Spain (it is advisable to leave the car in the underground pedestrian plaza).

This great hall is chaired by the City Hall of Avilés, in the late seventeenth century, and you find yourself in front of Palacio de Ferrera, of the same century and now houses the Hotel NH Palacio de Ferrera. Behind him stood a large park that once was the palace gardens.

2 .- Church of St. Nicholas of Bari:

Leaving the Plaza of Spain for the San Francisco Street, northeast side, beside the Palacio de Ferrera, you’ll see plenty of trees and, behind it, the Church of St. Nicholas of Bari, which was built by the Franciscans in the thirteenth century.

3 .- Old Grocery Store:

Just across from the church, under the portico, it is worth to come into the only major grocery store left in Avilés. These stores, where you can buy everything imaginable, is the history of supermarkets and traditional stores are where the locals of the Northern peoples were provided food and all kinds of products for the home.

4 .- Conservatory of Music:

Continuing along the street in San Francisco, certainly grabs your attention with its ornate decoration a corner building on the right. This is the Palace of Balsera, 1917, which now houses the Conservatory of Music in Avilés.

5 .- Galiana Street:

Then you get to the street Galiana. Houses with balconies and, above all, a long colonnade characterize this popular street of bars and restaurants are concentrated.

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6 .- House of Noceda Arias:

On the left side of the street Galiana discover the striking red facade of an old Indian house. This is the House of Noceda Arias, built in 1883, which contrasts with a high palm tree.

7. Church of the Franciscan Fathers:

After returning to the Plaza of Spain, going down the street from the Foundry, on the southeast side, you soon come to the church of the Franciscan Fathers. Its rustic Romanesque facade alerts you to its age (XII-XIII centuries).

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8 .- Palace of the Marquis de Camposagrado:

In the nearby square Camposagrado to the north, you find a large building with an imposing baroque facade of Asturian (late seventeenth century), more sober than usual. It is the Palacio del Marqués de Camposagrado, a former defensive building with two large side towers.

9 .- The House Street:

Nearby is The House Street, the great trade route of the historic center of Avilés. Start at the Plaza of Spain and reach the market square, near the port area of Sabugo.

Enjoy your trip!