Latest Chedi property under development at El Gouna in Egypt

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 16, 2021. Posted in Destination news, Hotel.

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Egypt:

GHM has signed an agreement to unveil another Chedi hotel, this time on the Red Sea at El Gouna in Egypt.

The new hotel – the Chedi El Gouna, Red Sea, Egypt – is to be developed on the foundation of an existing, 86-key charming beachfront property.

The Chedi El Gouna marks the third collaboration between the Singapore-based hotel group, GHM, and Switzerland-based Orascom Hotels Management.

The two groups came together on an initial effort that resulted in the Chedi Andermatt, which in five years has established itself as one of Switzerland’s most sophisticated resort experiences.

Orascom and GHM then teamed up to launch the Chedi Luštica Bay on the coast of Montenegro in 2016.

“When you’ve built the kind of momentum we have in Andermatt and Montenegro, it was only a matter of time before a third effort was going to have to come off the ground,” said GHM chief executive, Tommy Lai.

“Given Orascom’s deep roots in Egypt and in El Gouna, a place on the Red Sea was all but inevitable.”

El Gouna is Orascom Development’s flagship town.

Stretching over ten kilometres of pristine shoreline on the beautiful Red Sea coast, the town is home to some of the world’s most reputable brands in the tourism and leisure arena.

It boasts world-class infrastructure, premium services and is famed for its unique lifestyle and growing multinational community.

Its architecture pays homage to the aesthetics of the Nubian village and Egyptian countryside.

Some eighteen hotels, boasting from three to five stars, and two golf courses form the hospitality backbone of a destination otherwise known for its watersports, beaches and boating.

These voyages also include a partial transit of the Panama Canal, giving guests an opportunity to visit this modern marvel in true luxury.

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Seabourn Ovation to sail from Miami this winter

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 16, 2021. Posted in Destination news, Cruise.

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Miami:

Seabourn has opened for sale a series of new itineraries for Seabourn Ovation operated out of Miami between November and April next year.

The ship will arrive in the United States for the first time on November 18th.

Seabourn Ovation will cruise the Caribbean, starting with three 11-day voyages roundtrip from Miami in November and December.

The ship will depart Miami and visit Caribbean destinations, including San Juan, the hidden harbours of Guadeloupe and Jost Van Dyke, St. Kitts & Nevis, Antigua and more.

Departure dates include November 18th and 29th, and December 10th.

Following the Caribbean voyages, the ship will explore the Panama Canal and Central America between December and March next year.

On December 21st, the ship will sail on a 21-Day Holiday Panama Canal voyage from Miami to Los Angeles, followed by a 19-day voyage back to Miami.

Both of these voyages will include a full transit of the Panama Canal.

Beginning January, Seabourn Ovation will set sail to Central America with four voyages roundtrip from Miami, offering opportunities for guests to discover remnants of ancient Mayan civilizations, vibrant cultures and amazing tropical destinations in Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize and Panama.

These voyages also include a partial transit of the Panama Canal, giving guests an opportunity to visit this modern marvel in true luxury.

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Madeira launches new tourism campaign in London

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 12, 2021. Posted in Destination news.

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Portugal:

Madeira Promotion Bureau has launched an eight-week London taxi campaign as tourism to the islands reopens starting in July 2021.

The work comes alongside partners Ubiqtaxis and British Airways.

This London campaign, with advertising on 100 taxis around the capital, comes further to the launch of the new brand identity for the destination in April.

The campaign reinforces the feeling of belonging and shows the diversity that exists in this region, which offers experiences, landscapes, culture, gastronomy and memories for an unparalleled trip.

Nuno Vale, director of Madeira Promotion Bureau, said: “In a year of great challenges for the tourism sector, and especially after being added to the green list in the UK recently, we felt that London taxis were the perfect opportunity to increase destination awareness and thus a great match to the co-branding campaigns already in place with our main partners and stakeholders in the UK.

“Most of our business-to-business and business-to-consumer communication is digital at the moment, so this was the perfect timing to launch an out of home campaign, which we haven’t done in a while with the London taxis.

“It was critical that we included a more call to action approach, so we teamed up with British Airways to include a QR on the overall creatives, exterior, tip seats and receipts.

“This will allow us to measure the impact of the campaign and hopefully generate short term bookings.”

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Explorar Hotels & Resorts to launch in Thailand

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 12, 2021. Posted in Destination news, Hotel, MICE.

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Thailand:

The Pavilions Hotels & Resorts has launched brand, Explorar Hotels & Resorts.

The first resort, Explorar Pawapi Koh Mook, will open its doors at the start of October 2021.

The inaugural 24-key resort sits on an unspoilt stretch of private sandy beach on the peninsula of Koh Mook Island in the secluded province of Trang, Thailand.

The name, meaning ‘explore’ in Spanish, was inspired by the heritage of one of the world’s first great explorers, Christopher Colombus, who first started traversing and uncovering new lands in the 15th century.

Explorar Hotels & Resorts is aimed at the millennial traveller looking for a light-hearted space in which to socialise, make local connections, and enjoy easy, fun living whilst enjoying a meaningful experience that provides value to the community.

Focused on creating a community and engaging socially with guests and the world through the website and social media platforms, Explorar hotels’ online exchange will be an organic forum that will allow guests to interact, gather information and ask questions, from recommendations on other hotels in the group to local restaurants.

Explorar Pawapi Koh Mook will provide guests with a genuinely untouched, quintessentially Thai island paradise experience.

Bungalows and villas are located directly on the white sandy beach, with an open-air restaurant offering authentic Thai cuisine alongside creative culinary experiences.

Explorar Hotels & Resorts is looking to develop within Asia and Europe both into urban and resort’s locations and offers four innovative themes on the hotels’ location and unique experiences in Thailand.

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Hilton Rijeka Costabella Beach Resort opens in Croatia

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 9, 2021. Posted in Destination news, Hotel, MICE.

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Croatia:

The leisure resort is located between the charming town of Opatija and the vibrant city of Rijeka, surrounded by soaring mountains and cobalt-blue waters.

The hotel enjoys one of Croatia’s best beach front locations, with 200 meters of private beach with mooring spots.

The hotel features 132 rooms and 62 villas and suites, ranging from superior doubles to three-bedroom duplex apartments all with sea views and most with spacious terraces.

The resort boasts the first eforea spa and health club in Croatia where guests can indulge in the ultimate world of wellness, with 3,700 sqm of facilities ranging from Finnish saunas and hydrothermal pools to a Himalayan salt room.

Guests can also keep up with their fitness regimes during their stay at the hotel’s state-of-the-art 24-hour fitness centre.

“We’re excited to open another stunning property in Croatia that will appeal to a whole range of guests seeking a calm retreat on the Adriatic coast,” said David Kelly, Hilton senior vice president, Europe.

“Croatia’s prominence as an international leisure destination is growing and we’re looking forward to welcoming guests at Hilton Rijeka Costabella Beach Resort and Spa, one of nearly 40 new openings planned this year in Europe.”

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Atlantis, Dubai prepares for Shark Week

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 8, 2021. Posted in Destination news, Activity.

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Dubai:

This Shark Week, Atlantis, Dubai is running a number of shark-themed educational programmes for guests prepared to take the plunge – and discover everything they’ve ever wanted to know about this fascinating species, while also enjoying a once in a lifetime experience and giving back to the environment.

Home to 11 species of sharks, including the Blacktip shark, Arabian carpetshark and Zebra shark, from July 11-18 guests can tick off an array of jaw-some bucket list experiences including the exhilarating ten-metre-deep Predator Dive, where guests can take part in feeding time, and the world’s deepest aquarium walk, AquaTrek Xtreme.

Budding conservationists from children to teens, can also take part in Atlantis Dubai’s new Marine Biologist programmes to get closer to sharks (Mini Marine, Junior Marine, and Master Marine) at the AZA-accredited, the Lost Chambers Aquarium.

These experiences aim to nurture and develop a passion in youngsters to protect marine life and understand why the wellbeing of every single animal is always the key priority of Atlantis, Dubai’s dedicated team of marine animal specialists.

Both underwater adventurers and marine life lovers who prefer to keep their heads above water can go back of house on a Fish Tales Tour at the Lost Chambers Aquarium to learn more about shark species native to local Arabian Gulf waters such as the Arabian carpetshark.

Guests can also learn more about Atlantis, Dubai’s shark breeding and release programmes – even taking a closer look at their eggs, which expert aquarists monitor all the way through to babies hatching, juveniles developing, and adult sharks being released into the wild.

Now in its 33rd year, Discovery Channel’s annual Shark Week bonanza shines a spotlight on one of the world’s most fascinating species with a number of themed documentaries, films and events.

Atlantis Dubai joins this week of exploration and education as part of the resort’s mission is to raise awareness about sharks and marine life under Atlantis Atlas Project, the destination’s commitment to conservation and sustainability.

For every marine animal experience booked throughout 2021, US$1 will be donated to conservation, sustainability and environmental education initiatives, that will be selected twice annually as part of Atlantis Atlas Project to make a measurable impact to the natural world.

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Amazing Travel Fact Bhutan

Written by Leandro Agostini on July 8, 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 breath-taking 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 Vietnam

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

Vietnam:

Did you know there is a street in the world where the train almost touches the houses? The train track has been here for over 100 years. In fact, the government even closed it for a while, as it was overrun by tourists taking selfies. Amazing, right?

Do you know where we need to travel in order to see Train Street?

AROUND 3 P.M. and 7 p.m every day, a train hurtles through a series of narrow streets in Hanoi’s bustling, maze-like Old Quarter.

Drying clothes are carried inside, children ushered indoors, and bikes pulled to the side of the road just before the train speeds past, with a couple feet of clearance at most on each side. In some places the train is mere inches from the buildings.

The street’s residents press tight to the walls or duck into nearby doorways with a startling nonchalance and go right back to walking across or sitting on the tracks as soon as the train has passed.

The railroad tracks take up nearly the entirety of the “train street,” as it’s been dubbed by the increasing trickle of tourists that come to glimpse the startling sight. The train passes the narrow road early in the route that connects Vietnam’s capital to Ho Chi Minh city in the south.

In 2019, the Hanoi municipal government and its local transit authority had ordered cafes strewn alongside the train tracks to close. They have since reopened.

Amazing Travel Fact Iceland

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

Iceland:

Did you know that there is a place in the world where you can swim between two tectonic plates? Some of the openings between the two continents are so small you can touch both sides at once.

Amazing, right?

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

Iceland’s Silfra fissure is the only place in the world where you can swim between two tectonic plates. It is a crack between continents formed because of the tectonic plates pulling apart. Some of the openings are so narrow that you can touch both sides at once, i.e. you can be touching the North American and Eurasian continents at the same time.

Not only that, but it’s also where you’ll find some of the clearest water in the world. The Silfra fissure is located in Thingvellir National Park, in southwestern Iceland, and it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.

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:

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.

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.

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