December 2013 ~ World Tourism

Sunday 29 December 2013

Palacio Real (Royal Palace) in Spain

Palacio Real (Royal Palace) in Spain

The Palacio Real Royal Palace of Madrid is the official residence of the King of Spain although it is only used for state ceremonies.It is located on the east of Madrid's historic center, within walking distance of the Plaza de Espana.There are 2000 luxuriously decorated rooms in Royal Palace.In Spain it's the largest and more inspiring place to visit.

Alhambra Spain

Alhambra Spain

(Islamic architecture)

Alhambra is the Spanish word meaning of Alhambra from Arabic ( Aa-ḥamra )

The red house. Alhambra is the Spanish Moors, the castle fortress was his last stand during the Reconquista led by the Christian monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella. The original fortress was constructed in 889, and a royal palace was added in 1333. The name is derived from Arabic words meaning the red one, which describes the citadel’s brilliant façade. The most well protected castles in Spain is one of the most visited historical places.

Lake como Italy

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Lake como Italy

Aspendos Theatre

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Aspendos Theatre

Aspendos boasts is the beautiful preserved ancient theatres of antiquity.Located in Antalya province of Turkey.Aspendos or Aspendus was an ancient Greco-Roman city Turkey. It is located 7 kilometres northeast of central Serik. it was repaired and maintained continuously.

Patara Beach Turkey

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Patara Beach Turkey

Patara Beach is one of the largest and beautiful beach in Turkey. The beach is an 12 kilometer-long strip of sand bordered on its ends by mountains, near the ancient Lycian city of Patara.it is the second most important turtle nesting beach in Turkey.

Pamukkale Turkey

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Pamukkale Turkey

Pamukkale, meaning “cotton castle” in Turkish.Travertine terrace formations at Pamukkale.It is 20 km away from valley in the town of Denizli and it can be seen hills on the opposite side of the Denizli valley.The ancient city of Hierapolis was built on top of white "castle". A total of about 2,700 m (8,860 ft) long, 600 meters (1.970 feet) wide and 160 meters high (525 feet).

Bodrum Castle Museum

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Bodrum Castle

Located in southwest Turkey in the city of Bodrum. The castle now coverted in The Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology. Castle was built by the Knights Hospitaller starting in 1402 as the Castle of St. Peter or Petronium. it now houses a one of the world's finest museums.

Magical entry in Bodrum Castle Museum.

Mount Nemrut

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Mount Nemrut, in southeastern Turkey, Nemrut is 2,134 m (7,001 ft high mountain.

The summit of Mount Nemrut provides a great view of the surrounding mountains.

Oludeniz Village in Turkey

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Oludeniz is a small village located on the southwest coast on the Aegean Sea Turkey.

Blue Mosque Turkey

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Blue Mosque Turkey

High ceiling that give the mosque its popular name of 20,000 blue tiles with different patterns are lined with.

Library of Celsus

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Library of Celsus

The ruins of Ephesus on the west coast is a popular tourist attraction. In the city of Ephesus in AD 401, once led by the Archbishop of Constantinople by a mob destroyed the Temple of Artemis which was, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

Göreme Fairy Chimneys

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Göreme Fairy Chimneys

Cappadocia this strange and amazing natural rock formations and is famous for the unique historical legacy. One of the beautiful place to see these wonderful formations is the town of Göreme, which is located among a large number of tuff cones, termed fairy chimneys.

Hagia Sophia

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Hagia Sophia

Located in Istanbul, the Hagia Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian in the sixth century Sophia 's Basilica was built in one . Masterwork of Roman engineering , large scale Dome (31 meters or 102 feet in diameter ) for more than 1000 years the largest enclosed space in the world was covered . In 1204 Church was looted by the fourth Crusaders Holy relics.The contains a large collection , and became a mosque when the Ottomans in the 15th century. The Hagia Sophia is a domed monument built as a cathedral and is now a museum in Istanbul.