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Greek Cruise Delights
Visit Europe and bask in the delight of the Greek cruises here. The Royal Caribbean gives the best chance to see the history, and is also a spectacular manner in which one should spend the holidays here. Greece is really blessed with a lot of lovely natural ambience and lovely history that shows some of the most interesting relics here. In a Royal Caribbean Greek cruise, you would get chance to explore the islands in Greece and you would also experience the beauty of not only the old but also the new Mediterranean immediately. Whether it is the ancient wonders of the Acropolis or the busy Theater of Dionysus the lovely experiences is something one likes to take back home to. There is the Santorini Island, which is striving to get the best of tourist delights, and so there is something for everyone [...]
Passport Requirement for Caribbean Cruises
Before going for a Caribbean cruise you must make sure that you have all the travel documents that you require to have as a citizen of United States. According to the rules of the region, different traveling situation calls for different requirements. USA issues both passport cards and passport books to their residents. Whether or not the Caribbean cruise will ask for your identity proof in form of passport card, passport book or any other document depends on what type of cruise it is, open loop or closed loop. Closed loop cruises are cruises that start from and come back in the same port of the United States. According to the regulations set by the Department of Homeland Security of United States, US residents traveling on closed loop cruises may need to present a certified or original [...]
2011 Hurricane Season Forecast
Along with sunshine, Caribbean Cruise season, BBQ’s and more, this year’s summer will also be marked by something much more unwelcome – the Atlantic hurricane season. The season starts from June 1st and goes on till Nov 30th every year. The yearly occurrence is however predicted to be much higher than above normal in the 2011 season, according to the annual preseason report issued by the Climate Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). To be more specific, what the NOAA is forecasting is twelve to eighteen named storms or winds that have velocities of more than thirty nine mi / hr or more. Of the storms, six to ten has a potential of becoming hurricanes or winds that have seventy four mi per hour or more velocity. Out of the hurricanes, 3 to 6 can [...]
Carnival Valor to start 6 and 8 day Cruises from Miami from 2012
Carnival Cruise Lines enjoys the distinction of being the leader of the cruise industry in the Caribbean region. The cruise line will build upon this distinction in 2012 and launch a number of voyages ranging from 6 to 8 days from Miami. Carnival Valor will set sail for the voyages. The cruise vessel has a capacity for 2, 974 passengers, and will operate right from mid January to October 2012. Carnival Valor will offer 6 and 8 day voyages that will give the passengers an opportunity to travel itineraries that are uniquely crafted. The voyages will feature combinations of destinations that are not featured typically. There are a number of islands that are not visited on a normal longer length cruise setting off from Florida. The 6 day cruises will depart on Sunday and will return on Saturday [...]
The top zenith of Best Caribbean Cruise Lines
Cruise trips, from times of Imperialism have hold of being thing of class, prestige, esteem and man’s epitome of being rich, wealthy and affluent. A place to put on your evening gowns, pearls, gems and furs, to wear tail coats for evening dinner and sultry bikini’s when lounging on desk. Though the Titanic has drowned, the luxury cruises have not go down, the holiday on cruise is must once in lifetime. Titanic movie rather gave that popular boost to the voyages and cruising which has led to many Cruises that have been built with such elegance and extraordinary designs for you take on marvelous holidays across the ocean and on to exotic islands. A holiday on cruise is best time, paramount of luxury and an extravagant holiday that no other thing can surpass this. The superlative Caribbean [...]
Dominica- Nature Isle Of The Caribbean
The Commonwealth of Dominica is an island nation in Caribbean Sea to the northwest of Guadeloupe and towards the southeast of Martinique. Morne Diablotins is the highest point in this country. The beauty of this island is striking and this island is the youngest island in Lesser Antilles and formed by geothermal volcanic activity followed by world’s second largest boiling lake. There are many rare species of animals, plants, and bird species and island is well known for luxuriant mountains and forests. The conflicts of this place are very huge and in the year 1838 it became the first British Caribbean colony controlled by African majority. In 1962 it became the province of West Indies Federation. It became an independent nation in the year 1978. It is listed in UNESCO’s World Heritage site [...]
Shopping Destination: Pointe-a-Pitre
Though Pointe-a-Pitre does not have charm of historical significance or much famous landmarks, but the beauty of such places is often hidden behind the closed doors. As Pointe-a-Pitre initially had swamp land so there is no much past settlement of human race except when British came here and settled on a hill nearby the swamp. It also faces many calamities which destroyed the any settlement made. But after a decade, the swamp dried away and now a large urban city exists on it, making Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe’s largest city. This city has a very unique combination of modern buildings and few colonial buildings which compliments each other. Shopping is what most visitors come here for. You will get everything from France imported perfumes to madras cotton, silver, watches and china made [...]
City Of Columns: Havana
Initially being the pirates’ regular target and founded by the Europeans, Havana has a long history for its existence. Havana has epithet as ‘Ciudad de las Columnas’ which means ‘City of Columns’. Being the capital city, main port and leading commercial center of Cuba, old Havana is full of magnificent Spanish colonial structural design and regarded as a UNESCO world Heritage Site. Havana is filled with richness of architectural buildings which came from its colonists in and through as it was the main transshipment point among the new world and old world met. The style of the buildings and fortress differ from Spanish, Moorish, Italian, Greek and Roman. So it’s like mixture of culture, tradition and custom at one place. The whole different styles bring out the uniqueness about this [...]
Best Vacation Cruise Around Caribbean: Puerto Plata
Puerto Plata, means Port Of Silver, is haven for tourist as it has very pulsating nightlife; attracting bands and salsa dancers from all over the Caribbean, inexpensive sea front beach hotels and adventurous water sports such as wind surfing, snorkeling, diving with free shows of whale watching. The Puerto Plata port is the money-making port of the north coast of Dominican Republic and was established in 1502. Dominican Republic has very unique culture; French dance and ballet can be seen in Cibao and Santiago, Victorian and English architecture can be seen in Puerto Plata and Jews who fled from Germany during Hitler rule still call Sosua their home. In Sosua you will get to see number of reefs, canyons, shipwrecks, and precincts. It just takes twenty minutes to reach Sosua. And about an hour [...]
Sail To The Wonderland Of Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands lie in the western Caribbean Sea and are actually a British overseas territory. This territory includes the islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman which lies towards the south of Cuba and also at the northwest of Jamaica. This territory is the main offshore financial hub in the Caribbean. The islands are the peaks of a major underwater ridge which is called as the Cayman Trench and has a height of about 8,000 feet above the sea level. Out of all the islands Grand Cayman is the largest by covering an area of about 76 square miles. Cayman Brac has an area of about 14 square miles and Little Cayman has 10 square miles of area. These two islands are usually called as ‘Sister Islands’ and the population of Cayman Islands are 52,000 who represent a mixture of over [...]