Top 5 Paris Tours

April 20th, 2010 by admin No comments »

Paris can be an intimidating city, as there is so much to see. Since it’s one of the top destinations for travelers in the world, fortunately there are many Paris tours to show you the sights. Here is a list of some of the top Paris tours, including Paris neighborhood tours, Paris walking tours, Paris segway tours and Paris DaVinci Code tours.

1. Paris Pastry and Chocolate Tour. One of the best reasons to visit Paris is for the wonderful sweets to be had here. This fabulous pastry and chocolate tour is a must for any traveler with a sweet tooth. Instead of the typical tour guide, you get a culinary expert to lead the tour to at least four pastry shops, a bakery and two chocolate shops.

2. Paris Segway Tour

3. DaVinci Code Paris Walking Tour

4. Hop On, Hop Off Paris Bus Tour

5. Paris Latin Quarter Walking Tour

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Tokyo – Japan

January 23rd, 2010 by admin No comments »

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Tokyo is Japan’s capital and the country’s largest city.

Tokyo is also one of Japan’s 47 prefectures, but is called a metropolis (to) rather than a prefecture (ken). The metropolis of Tokyo consists of 23 city wards (ku), 26 cities, 5 towns and 8 villages, including the Izu and Ogasawara Islands, several small Pacific Islands in the south of Japan’s main island Honshu.
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The 23 city wards (ku) are the center of Tokyo and make up about one third of the metropolis’ area, while housing roughly eight of Tokyo’s approximately twelve million residents.

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Prior to 1868, Tokyo was known as Edo. A small castle town in the 16th century, Edo became Japan’s political center in 1603 when Tokugawa Ieyasu established his feudal government there. A few decades later, Edo had grown into one of the world’s most populous cities.
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To the west of the special wards, Tokyo Metropolis consists of cities, towns and villages that enjoy the same legal status as those elsewhere in Japan. While serving as “bed towns” for those working in central Tokyo, some of these also have a local commercial and industrial base. Collectively, these are often known as the Tama Area or Western Tokyo.

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New York City

September 7th, 2009 by admin No comments »

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View of Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge, New York.

New York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over global commerce, finance, media, culture, art, fashion, research, education, and entertainment. As host of the United Nations Headquarters, it is also an important center for international affairs. The city is often referred to as New York City or the City of New York to distinguish it from the state of New York, of which it is a part.

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Empty Brooklyn Bridge, New York.

Located on a large natural harbor on the Atlantic coast of the Northeastern United States, the city consists of five boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. The city’s 2008 estimated population exceeds 8.3 million, and with a land area of 305 square miles (790 km2), New York City is the most densely populated major city in the United States.

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Reflected skyscrapers of Manhattan, New York.

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View of Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge, New York

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Streaks of lights on the Broadway, Times Square, New York

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Night life of Broadway, New York

Many districts and landmarks in the city have become well known to outsiders. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Times Square, iconified as “The Crossroads of the World”, is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway theater district, one of the world’s busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world’s entertainment industry. Wall Street, in Lower Manhattan, has been a premier global financial center since World War II and is home to the New York Stock Exchange, the world’s largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies. The original Manhattan Chinatown attracts throngs of tourists to its bustling sidewalks and retail establishments. World-class research universities such as Columbia University and New York University also reside in New York City.

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