The city of Austin can be an ideal destination when you’re in Texas. In today’s post will talk about this destination and what to expect in terms of attractions.

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Attractions in Austin:

SxSW Congress:

SxSW Congress has three main branches, a film festival that lasts two weeks, a music festival that lasts a week and a half and a technology conference that lasts a week. In this way for almost two weeks together in Austin every year the most important (basically the U.S. level) technology, music and film. Last year was counted with the presence of Quentin Tarantino, Evan Williams (CEO and founder of Twitter) and heavy metal group Motorhead among others. The truth is that there are so many things in parallel that it is impossible to enjoy all the events and parties that are competing in Austin during those weeks. (más…)

Amritsar is located in the northwestern region of Punjab, a prolific green valley surrounded by rice fields, and in which not long ago was rampant the Maharajas, extending his glittering reign to beyond present-day Pakistan, where today in a small artificial village that serves as called Attari border.

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The Golden Temple:

India is a country that never ceases to amaze. In the least expected corner of this country is Amritsar, which is hardly frequented by Western tourism, but where the traveler can find an artistic jewel as impressive as the Golden Temple or (Golden Temple – named after speaking tourists English), this is a palace that represents the ultimate symbol of Sikhism in India, architecture is a mixture of Islamic and Hindu, can be seen in a great building that will leave you breathless, this job is no less than 750 kilograms of gold since the reign of Maharaja Anjit Singh. (más…)

Stress-free travel tips – Part II

- Bring your ID and passport, provided. It is important to take these two forms of identity if we leave the country, although not compulsory to have both (if you travel by the European Economic Community), because the key is to bring several documents. In addition, we must always keep in different places. For example, we can leave the ID at the hotel and carry a passport, or carry your passport in your backpack and ID in my wallet. The idea is to relieve the stress knowing that if we lose our purse or wallet stolen, at least we have somewhere else you need to identify and return home as soon as possible. Another practice that reduces stress is to take the portfolio as sheltered and close to the body as possible. Thus, with only a little rozarnos the area in question already know that all is well. (más…)

Stress-free travel tips – Part I

I acknowledge that the title of this post is somewhat tricky, since it is virtually impossible to travel without some stress. And this is normal, this is a new experience, given the uncertainty of what will happen in the coming days. First, it is rare that all in one trip goes as planned. In fact, it often happens that the unexpected leads after some of the best stories of our trips, those situations that challenge us, they became mini adventures and solve knew so well. Second, not all stress is bad, because it also keeps us alert at a time when we have no margin for error.

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Therefore, a minimum desirable level of stress, (más…)

A weekend in La Rioja is too short to enjoy it but it is a snack to encourage you to continue discovering more trips in the three Riojas: High, Low and Alava. 

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Vineyard La Rioja:

La Rioja is an autonomous fascinating. If you go down the road from Burgos (A1) is recommended to exit at giving Pancorbo, to start small transformation of your mind and have a weekend of aromas, flavors and learn a language that begins to envelop the exciting world of wine. A first stop might be Casalarreina where one can stay for example in a guesthouse. This an old sixteenth-century monastery has completed 500 years and every room (only 15 rooms) is different and tastefully decorated with a mix of period furnishings and modern touches. It costs us € 129incluyendo breakfast. (más…)

It has a popular saying that God created the world but the Dutch created Holland. And that statement seems not far from reality, this ancient proverb reflects a metaphor for the authenticity of a culture like that of the Netherlands, where since the wildest coast to the most renowned painters were attracted world one day for these unique lands of northern Europe.

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Beyond the famous and beautiful canals of Amsterdam and the acclaimed paintings by great masters such as Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Vermeer and Bosch, the Netherlands there is still an unknown and rarely visited by masses of tourists, where wildness and adventure still mixed with the romantic and idyllic scenery endless. (más…)

The world’s largest mausoleum is in the Japanese city of Sakai, southeast of Osaka. Most tourists who come to Japan through Kansai International Airport go directly to Kyoto or Osaka, unaware that very near the airport there is an interesting city rich in history and culture: Sakai.

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In Sakai are preserved almost a hundred burial mounds shows that Japan was ruled by powerful kings and emperors in early AD. These great lords appear referenced in the old history books in China and in the chronicles Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, but are also attached to their magnificent tombs many small mound tombs of nobles who once formed the elite of medieval society Japanese. (más…)