Schönbrunn Palace (Schloss Schonbrunn) and its large park extends to the end of the Wienzeile, southwest of Vienna. Former residence of the Habsburgs, stands majestically in an area where previously erected three castles, which were devastated in two fires and sieges of Vienna, the last in 1683.

Photography by Ivan C

The beautiful fountain:

Emperor Matthias II after 1612 resided in the castle that his brother Rudolf II ordered its reconstruction in 1605, after a raid in Hungary. During a hunt, Matthias II found in the woods a beautiful fountain (Schoner Brunnen) that eventually gave its name to the place: Schönbrunn. But the fashion of the palace for the imperial family actually began with Eleanor of Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II (1619-1637). Italian princess castle expanded and renovated the garden to make it his summer residence, where he gave lavish parties. (más…)

The center of Prague concentrated and kept busy for most visitors for days, but if you stop going to the resorts in this city known alternatively you can go in some city breaks found in Prague, while less visited, no cease to be interesting places.

Photography by Jim Linwood

Vysehrad Castle:

We started doing a bit tricky, because ll Vysehrad Castle, the tenth century, it is a tourist attraction of the first order. What happens is that most tourists do not know. Vysehrad fortress is the oldest in the city, and is on the same side of the river Vltava and the Old City Jewish Quarter. (más…)

One of the most treasured photos of a trip is always a sunset. We offer a few tips and tricks to achieve the desired photo shoot, so you look as hard to get.

Photography by gailf548

A very important factor to consider for any photo is light, but in the case of the sunsets this factor becomes paramount. We get an image rich in saturated, capture the richness of colors that we face. Our job as photographers will be to show the camera what the area that really interests us shoot is. (más…)

An interesting trip to make at Easter, is a driving route for Ireland. The size of the island, nice people, its good roads and beautiful landscape make driving in this country will become a relaxing trip, enough to do for four or five days of Easter.

Photography by infomatique

In this post we will suggest a route to Ireland for five days, renting a car and departing from Shannon Airport, an airport where you get a lot of low cost airlines. Although there are many routes in Ireland, you can go from the west coast to the east coast, bound for Dublin, if you pass by the beautiful cities in the south of the island as Killarney, Cork, Waterford Greens discover places that you will fall in love with the island. (más…)

The mystery of the construction of the pyramids of Egypt

The pyramids of Egypt have fascinated humans for many centuries. At some point in history, long before the advent of Christ, he lost all knowledge of when built, who were the builders and the role they had, certainly surpassing the simple memorial. This information has been recovering with great patience and effort from the nineteenth century, but even today there is much to discover.

Photography by Jorge-11

The first large-scale buildings in ancient Egypt have been dated at 2,686 BC, during the reign of Pharaoh Khasekhemuwy (2709-2682). Pharaoh of Dynasty II was buried in Abydos, and important temples built brick in Hierakonpolis, a place where they wanted to see the origin of the great Egyptian stone buildings. On the other hand creates the first royal statues, as well as the first tile that identified the owner of the tombs, source of backdoors. (más…)

Bruges is one of the most tourist cities of Belgium and with good reason. While walking through Bruges one could move to the Middle Ages without much difficulty, if not for groups of visitors that pass back and forth in nationalities, colors and languages.

Photography by mararie

Bruges is a small town. We can reached by road, train or bus. Is very close to the North Sea, so it’s interesting approach to coastal communities and discovers the Belgian seaside resorts, such as totally opposed to the mass of cement buildings and the Mediterranean. The climate is perhaps one of the main causes of the Belgian coast has been preserved with some criterion, leaving rows and rows of dunes are constantly moving in front of the beach and more distant low buildings (except in a few urban core ), just three floors the highest, and most one-storey houses. (más…)

Who has not encountered the situation of losing a flight or a link at night, or have a link of aircraft with a few hours apart at an airport at night, or a flight is canceled by bad weather, and could not find a hotel the night before the next flight or, has traveled on a tight budget and wanted to save the last night in a hotel before dawn to take off.

Photography by Jack Brodus

So we recommend a number of essential items you should take with you if you bought a plane ticket, because you will be playing (insurance or by chance) to sleep in an airport. In addition, it appears that there are airports in the world who are more comfortable in them can sleep easier than others, so here are some useful tips. (más…)