Amazing Travel Fact Maldives

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 7, 2021. Posted in Amazing Facts.

Maldives:

If you love food and have plenty of money, would you like to dine at the most expensive restaurant in the world? It costs $2380 per person for a 20-course tasting menu. Amazing, right?

Do you know where we need to travel to in order to dine here?

Maldives is indeed a great contender, the Ithaa Undersea Restaurant. But the most expensive restaurant is on Ibiza.

The restaurant is only open for a few months a year in the Spanish summer, from June 1st to September 30th, and is run by Michelin two-star chef, Paco Roncero.

If you manage to reserve yourself a table during the summer season, you can expect a whole new level of dining experience and entertainment.

You’ll be waited on by a team of twenty-five professionals, that will present your 20-course tasting menu one by one, over the course of three hours.

Whilst you’re enjoying your food, you’ll experience laser light shows, virtual reality elements and projection mapping, to help enhance your experience.

The restaurant aims to offer the best culinary-entertainment experience in the world and was awarded the Best Innovation Food And Beverage Award in 2014.

Once you make a reservation, you’ll receive an edible ticket, but as tempting as it sounds, just make sure to eat it after you get in, and not before!

Amazing Travel Fact Antarctica

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 7, 2021. Posted in Amazing Facts.

Antarctica:

Did you know that there is an area of 1,610,000 km2 on earth that has not been claimed by anyone? It has one of the harshest climates on the planet. Amazing, right?

Do you know where we need to travel to in order so set foot on it?

Marie Byrd Land remains one of the harshest climates on the planet, so inaccessible and rough that no sovereign nation has laid claim to it. Some expeditions have forged further into the area, but the only way explorers have been able to map out Marie Byrd Land in the years since has been from the air.

Because of its remoteness, even by Antarctic standards, most of Marie Byrd Land (the portion east of 150°W) has not been claimed by any sovereign state.

It is by far the largest single unclaimed territory on Earth, with an area of 1,610,000 km2 (620,000 sq mi) (including Eights Coast, immediately east of Marie Byrd Land).

In 1939, United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt instructed members of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition to take steps to claim some of Antarctica as United States territory.

Although this appears to have been done by members of this and subsequent expeditions, these do not appear to have been formalized prior to 1959, when the Antarctic Treaty System was set up.

Some publications in the United States have shown this as a United States territory in the intervening period, and the United States Defence Department has stated that United States has a solid basis for a claim in Antarctica resulting from its activities prior to 1959.[2] The portion west of 150°W is part of Ross Dependency claimed by New Zealand.

Amazing Travel Fact Greece

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 7, 2021. Posted in Amazing Facts.

Greece:

Did you know that there is an island in the only inhabited Caldera (volcano hollow) in the world? Its towns and villages are built on the massive cliffs of this caldera.

Amazing, right?

Do you know where we need to travel in order to stay here?

Santorini is the only inhabited Caldera (volcano cauldron) in the world. Unlike other islands in Greece, the towns and villages sit densely on top of the massive cliffs of the Caldera and from a distance appear like snow capping the towering mountain tops. The coloured strata of the volcanic rock of these cliffs are spectacular in themselves: chocolate brown, rust red, yellow ochre, white and cream. The geological uniqueness however is not the only thing that makes Santorini a special holiday destination.

Everyone has read about the spectacular sunsets that occur on this island and the sceptic may question whether the setting sun can really appear differently here than from the neighbouring islands of Naxos or Ios. Nevertheless, the sunsets at Santorini, viewed from the Caldera, really are breathtakingly beautiful when seen as a backdrop to the volcano.

Amazing Travel Fact Russia

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 7, 2021. Posted in Amazing Facts.

Russia:

I am sure everyone has heard of the “Tour de France”, 3349 km of fantastic cycling and supporters cheering them on. But did you know that the longest bike race in the world is actually 9103 km and needs to be completed in just 25 days?

Amazing, right?

Do you know where we need to travel to in order to watch them compete?

It is the Trans-Siberian indeed.

The Trans-Siberian Extreme sees its competitors race across Russia, given the task of making it from one side of the world’s biggest country to the other in a little over three weeks. Riders begin in the country’s capital, Moscow, and finish in Vladivostok, near the border with North Korea on the Pacific coast. Using only pedal power, cyclists must ride 9,103km in just 25 days.

It may not have the relentless team tactics, sheer number of riders or hotly contested sprints as cycling’s grand tours, but it is a test of endurance in its purest form.

Amazing Travel Fact Switzerland

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 7, 2021. Posted in Amazing Facts.

Switzerland:

Did you know that the longest staircase in the world has 11674 stairs? It’s a two-mile staircase (slope is a 65-percent gradient). You can only climb it one day a year – 500 participants are allowed on that day. Amazing, right?

The Guinness Book of World Records recognized longest staircase can be found on Niesen Mountain with a whopping 11,674 stairs that’s more than three times as many as in the Burj Khalifa.

Mount Niesen is one of the Swiss Alps, located about forty miles south of the Swiss capital of Bern. At 7,700 feet, there are literally hundreds of higher mountains in Switzerland, but Niesen has been especially prized by Swiss painters like Ferdinand Hodler and Paul Klee for its shape, a pyramid of near-geometric perfection. Its name is the German word for “sneeze.”

In 1910, a funicular railway was completed from the village of Mülenen up to the peak. There are beautiful views of Lake Thun and the Simmen Valley from the lodge at its summit. Visitors can stay overnight in one of its eight cozy rooms, grab lunch at the glass-pavilion restaurant, or just enjoy drinks on the sunny terrace.

There is a two-mile staircase hat runs up the mountain right alongside it with a slope that gets up to a glute-grinding 65-percent gradient.

Every year, only five hundred visitors get to take the stairs.

For safety reasons, the stairs are just used for maintenance and not open to the public. But once a year, 500 lucky participants get to tackle the world’s longest staircase climb, the Niesen Treppenlauf. The event is held in June, but even so, it’s been cancelled several times in the past due to snow on the staircase. And the record for running up the equivalent of seven Empire State Buildings? A remarkable one hour and two minutes.

Amazing Travel Fact Oman

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 7, 2021. Posted in Amazing Facts.

Zanzibar / Oman:

Did you know that there is a country in the Middle East that once had their capital in Africa? Their ruler decided he liked it so much that he wanted to live there. Amazing, right?

Do you know where we need to travel in order to see this ancient capital?

It is indeed Oman and Zanzibar.

A bit more about it:

Muscat’s position as the centre of all things Omani was compromised in 1832. In fact, this was the year that the city endured a humiliating demotion.

Oman had clawed the east African island (which is now part of Tanzania) into its grasp in 1698. By the middle of the 19th century, the ruler of the time, Said bin Sultan, had decided that he loved his tropical outpost so much, he was going to live there – and moved his capital to Stone Town.

Much of the latter’s ambience – narrow souk-like streets, its defensive Old Fort, its House of Wonders (an ornate former royal palace built in the late 19th century) – is pinned to this epoch.

Amazing Travel Fact Jordan

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 7, 2021. Posted in Amazing Facts.

Jordan:

Did you know that there is an oddly shaped border between two countries that is referred to as “Winston’s Hiccup”? Rumor has it that Winston Churchill drew it with a stroke of a pen on a Sunday afternoon during a liquid lunch in Cairo. It is not true, by the way, but the name stuck. Amazing, right?

“I think I’ll write a book today,” the writer Georges Simenon was said to tell his wife at breakfast. “Fine,” she would reply, “but what will you do in the afternoon?” Winston Churchill was similarly prolific, and not just in the field of letters. In his later years, he liked to boast that in 1921 he created the British mandate of Trans-Jordan, the first incarnation of what still is the Kingdom of Jordan, “with the stroke of a pen, one Sunday afternoon in Cairo” .

Also like Simenon, Churchill wasn’t averse to the odd tipple, and according to some, that Sunday afternoon in Cairo followed a particularly liquid lunch. As a consequence, the then colonial secretary’s penmanship proved a bit unsteady, allegedly producing a particularly erratic borderline. The result is still visible on today’s maps: the curious zigzag of the border between Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

Starting at the Gulf of Aqaba, the Jordanian-Saudi border drifts northeastward as six relatively short, straight lines, manacled together into an unsteady chain gang that doesn’t quite know which direction to take. Then, in a single, 90-mile stretch, the border suddenly and spectacularly lurches northwest, aiming for the southern Lebanese coast. But finally, it seems to regain its footing, continuing the 130 miles northeast toward the Iraqi border in a near-straight line, as if running away from all those twists and turns.

The resultant Saudi triangle sticking into Jordan’s side is one of the more remarkable features on the map of the Middle East. Its northern tip is less than 70 miles removed from the Jordanian capital of Amman. At just over 100 miles, it also represents the shortest distance between Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem.

Those facts might have geopolitical resonance today, but according to the legend of its creation, the border owes its strange shape to nothing more significant than Churchill’s propensity for champagne, brandy and whisky. This stretch of border is still, and in retrospect rather euphemistically, referred to as Winston’s Hiccup, or Churchill’s Sneeze.

Amazing Travel Fact Bhutan

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 6, 2021. Posted in Amazing Facts.

Bhutan:

Did you know that there is an airport in the world where only 8 pilots in the world are qualified to land? In the midst of mountains and houses, the runway is just 2 km long and only day-time landings are possible. The views are breathtaking though. Amazing, right?

It is indeed Bhutan airport. A bit more about it:

Passengers flying to this remote region may have to take something to steady their nerves.

The tiny airport nestled among the steep mountains of the Himalayas is said to be the most dangerous in the world.

Paro Airport in Bhutan is 1.5 miles above sea level and surrounded by sharp peaks of up to 18,000ft tall.

So treacherous is the landing that only eight pilots in the world are qualified to land there. Until July 2011, just one airline, Druk Air, was allowed to use the

facility.

The runway is just 6,500 feet long – one of the few in the world shorter than their elevation above sea level.

Planes have to weave through the dozens of houses that are scattered across the mountainside – coming within feet of clipping the roofs.

Strong winds whip through the valleys, often resulting in severe turbulence. Passengers who have been on flights to the airport have described the landing as ‘terrifying’. Boeing has said that Paro airport is ‘one of the world’s most difficult for takeoffs and landings’.

Flights are only allowed during the daytime and under visual meteorological conditions – strict light allowances in which the pilot must make his judgements by eye rather than rely on instruments as is the case in nighttime flights.

Despite the perilous conditions, the views over the clear blue waters over the Paro river and the lush green foliage of the Himalayas are breathtaking.

An estimated 30,000 tourists use the airport each year, often for holidays in Bhutan.

Buddha Air is the only international airline to use the airport. Anybody flying to Paro must first land in neighbouring countries then catch a connecting flight.

Amazing Travel Fact Italy

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 6, 2021. Posted in Amazing Facts.

Italy:

How we all love a great labyrinth, don’t we? But did you know that the largest maze of the world is made of 17 acres of tunnels? Made from green bamboo, it still lives and grows till this day.

Amazing, right?

The Labrinto della Masone in Italy. This maze was created with various species of bamboo making it quite unique compared to other hedge mazes that many are used to. Rather than being able to jump a bit to maybe catch a glimpse over the top of the average maze, the Masone Labyrinth makes maze-goers feel as though they’re completely encompassed within walls of green bamboo. This makes for quite the intense and authentic maze-like experience as they attempt to work their way through all 17 acres of these tunnels.

The maze was created by mastermind Franco Maria Ricci – a publisher, bibliophile, and art collector – in Fontanelllato, Italy, back in the 1980s and is still living and growing to this day.

Amazing Travel Fact India

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 6, 2021. Posted in Amazing Facts.

India:

Did you know that there is a railway route in the world which is very dangerous? Built in 1914, it crosses more than 2000 meters over the sea. The worst part of riding it is on the fragile bridge during a storm, when the train wobbles over the turbulent sea underneath. Amazing, right?

Not too far from the southeast coast of India lies Ramesvaram island, which can be reached by motor boat or by ferry. But it can also be done in a more extreme way – by Chennai-Ramesveram railroad, the road over the sea. The tiny island is of great interest to tourists, and local residents consider this place to be the holiest in India.

The island presents unique religious and architectural sights, that’s why Ramesvaram is visited by a huge number of people from all over the world. It was in the 14th century that the native residents began to think of the construction of a bridge, linking the mainland of India with the island.

The thing is, the boat trip has been and remains the riskiest event, the sea is very rough here, and a storm comes almost every day.

The railway bridge to Ramesvaram island was constructed in 1914 and has 1,4 kilometres in length. Experienced tourists say that worst of all is to cross the bridge in a storm, since it just seems like the fragile bridge construction wobbles with the train over the raging sea. Humming wind never dies down and this also complicates the movement of the train.

Plans for a bridge to connect to mainland was suggested in 1870] as the British Administration sought ways to increase trade with Ceylon. The construction began in August 1911 and was opened on 24 February 1914. The adjacent road bridge was opened in 1988.As of 5 December 2018, the bridge was closed due to a crack in the bridge and the maintenance work is going on. The Indian Railway Minister Piyush Goyal announced that a new railway bridge will be constructed near the old Pamban Bridge at a cost of Rs. 250 crores. This new dual track bridge is planned to be constructed in automotive mode, allowing two ships to pass this bridge at the same time.

Amazing Travel Fact Czech Republic

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 6, 2021. Posted in Amazing Facts.

Czech Republic:

For decades, spelunkers have flocked to the flooded caverns of the Czech Republic’s Hranice Abyss, which stretches farther below ground than any other freshwater cave system.

Now, a scientific campaign to the cave has revealed it is 1 kilometer deep, more than twice as deep as previously thought. The researchers also say the abyss formed as groundwater seeped down from the surface, not as water percolated up, as previously believed—a finding that could call into question the origin of other deep caves.

The abyss sits in karst, a Swiss cheese–like terrain formed when soluble rock such as limestone is slowly dissolved by water. Most caves form from the surface downward, when water from rain or melted snow—slightly acidic from dissolved carbon dioxide—makes its way underground, eating into rock and creating cracks that widen over time.

However, deep caves can also form from the bottom up, when acidic groundwater heated by Earth’s mantle burbles up. Researchers believed the Hranice Abyss was in this second category because its waters contain carbon and helium isotopes that come from deep inside Earth.

Amazing Travel Fact Bahrain

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 6, 2021. Posted in Amazing Facts.

Bahrain:

Did you know that the largest underwater theme park in the world is 100.000 square meters and has a complete sunken Boeing 747 in it? It also has artificial coral reefs and has created a sustainable habitat for marine life. Amazing, right?

Dive Bahrain, the world’s largest underwater theme park spanning an area of 100,000 square metres – complete with a sunken Boeing 747 – is was opened in 2019 to diving enthusiasts.

The site, in close proximity to Bahrain International Airport, has a 70 metre-long decommissioned Boeing 747 as its centerpiece, the largest aircraft ever to be intentionally submerged. he world-class project was developed in close cooperation between the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA) and the Supreme Council for Environment (SCE).

In addition to the Boeing 747, the underwater theme park features a replica of a traditional Bahraini pearl merchant’s house, which is being overseen by Diyar Al Muharraq, artificial coral reefs and other sculptures that will be fabricated and submerged to provide a safe haven for coral reef growth and to ensure a sustainable habitat for marine life.

It is accessible only through local licensed dive operators.

As a protected area, the park is intended to provide a haven for coral and marine life.

Amazing Travel Fact Mexico

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 6, 2021. Posted in Amazing Facts.

Mexico:

Did you know that the world’s largest pyramid (and the largest monument ever constructed) is 55 meters tall and its base covers an area of nearly 45 acres?

The world’s largest pyramid can be found not in Egypt, but hidden beneath a hill in a small town in the central Mexican state of Puebla.

Known variously as the Great Pyramid of Cholula, Pirámide Tepanapa, or, in the indigenous Nahuatl language, Tlachihualtepetl, or ‘artificial mountain’, the structure measures 400 by 400 metres and has a total volume of 4.45 million cubic metres, almost twice that of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

It was first constructed around 200 BC and expanded or rebuilt several times over the following centuries by different civilisations, including the Olmecs and the Toltecs.

According to Aztec mythology, it was built by Xelhua, a giant whose edifice so upset the gods that they hurled fire down upon it. At its height over 100,000 people lived around the pyramid, although by the time the Spanish arrived in 1520 it had become covered by dirt and was hidden from view, with newer temples constructed on its outskirts.

The pyramid was re-discovered in the late 19th century and since then archaeologists have begun to excavate the network of tunnels that run through its base.

Amazing Travel Fact Australia

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 6, 2021. Posted in Amazing Facts.

Australia:

Did you know that there is a beach that is made up of billions of tiny shells up to 10 meters deep and stretching over 70 kilometers? No sand, only shells. The shells are all Shark Bay cockles, which makes the beach truly unique.

Amazing, right?

Only a short 45-kilometer drive southeast of Denham on Australia’s western coast located in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Shark Bay is Shell Beach. The 70 miles that make up this beach are covered in cockle shells making it one of the most unique beaches in the world.

What is most amazing about Shell Beach is that the shells that cover it are all from the Fragum cockle. The bay’s climate and a seagrass bank that blocks tidal flow means the water is twice as high in salinity. This, in turn, means that the Fragum cockle faces no real natural predators and so thrives in abundance.

The result is deposits of shells that in some parts are 10 meters deep and water, that like the dead sea, is particularly buoyant.

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Amazing Travel Fact Brazil

Written by Traveltalksteam on June 24, 2021. Posted in Amazing Facts.

Brazil:

Did you know that the Royal Library of Portugal was moved to another country in 1807? The Royal family fled Portugal to escape Napoleon. They traveled in 14 big ships and took the Royal Library and its 60.000 items with them. And not only that, a famous city in this country became the new capital of Portugal at the same time. Pretty amazing, right? Do you know where we can find these Portuguese books and a beautiful Portuguese Reading Room to go with it?

It was November 1807, and the Royal Family of Portugal had to make a tough decision – To run to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to escape Napoleon and his troops.

The departure was well organised: about 15,000 people among family members and servants traveled to Brazil in 14 ships. With them, came one of Portugal’s most important riches: the Royal Library and its 60,000 items. In fact, one of the first acts of Dom João VI, the Portuguese Prince Regent, in Brazil was to establish the National Library, which went on to become the eighth biggest library in the world, with more than 15 million items.

Recognised as one of the most beautiful libraries in the world by TIME, the Royal Portuguese Reading Room in Rio de Janeiro (known as Real Gabinete Português da Leitura in Portuguese) is a hidden treasure in the city centre and an absolute must-visit. The plain exterior masks the inside which is breathtakingly beautiful with its lavish decorations and historical settings. Although founded in 1837, the construction only started in 1880 by Portuguese architect Rafael da Silva. The idea of creating the library came from a group of 43 Portuguese immigrants who wanted to spread culture and literature among the Portuguese communities living in Brazil. It was built in neo-manueline style with a limestone exterior displaying statues of past Portuguese explorers – Pedro Alvares Cabral, Luis de Camoes, Infante D. Henrique, and Vasco da Gama. It has a showcase collection of books – some 350,000 volumes of both foreign and national books and continues to receive about 6,000 new titles each year from Portugal. It houses some rare editions dating back nearly 500 years

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