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                                                                  The Vatican City

The Vatican City situated  in the middle of Rome is the smallest official country in the world.Vatican City was established in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty, signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri, on behalf of the Holy See and by Prime Minister Benito Mussolini on behalf of the Kingdom of Italy. Vatican City State is distinct from the Holy See, which dates back to early Christianity and is the main episcopal see of 1.2 billion Latin and Eastern Catholic adherents around the globe.

The Vatican City is the world's smallest state, being only around 44 ha (110 acres).The Vatican climate is the same as Rome's; a temperate, Mediterranean climate with mild, rainy winters from September to mid-May and hot, dry summers from May to August. There are some local features, principally mists and dews, caused by the anomalous bulk of St Peter's Basilica, the elevation, the fountains and the size of the large paved square.

Vatican City is home to some of the most famous art in the world. St. Peter's Basilica, whose successive architects include Bramante, Michelangelo,Giacomo della Porta, Maderno and Bernini is a renowned work of Renaissance architecture. The Sistine Chapel is famous for its frescos, which include works by Perugino, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Botticelli as well as the ceiling and Last Judgement by Michelangelo. Artists who decorated the interiors of the Vatican include Raphael and Fra Angelico.The Vatican Library and the collections of the Vatican Museums are of the highest historical, and cultural importance. In 1984, the Vatican was added by UNESCO to the List of World Heritage Sites; it is the only one to consist of an entire state.Furthermore, it is the only site to date registered with the UNESCO as a centre containing monuments in the "International Register of Cultural Property under Special Protection" according to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.

                                                                                              
  

 Vatican City has a reasonably well developed transport network considering its size (consisting mostly of a plaza and walkways). As a country that is 1.05 kilometres (0.6 mi) long and 0.85 kilometres (0.5 mi) wide, it has a small transportation system with no airports or highways. There is one heliport and a standard gauge railway connected to Italy's network at Rome's Saint Peter's station by an 852-metre-long (932 yd) spur, only 300 metres (330 yd) of which is within Vatican territory.




Hours and tickets

Opening Hours : 

Open Monday to Saturday: the Ticket Office is open from 9 am to 4 pm. The Museums                                                   close at 6 pm 

Closed : 

Sunday (except the last Sunday of every month, free entrance from 9 am to 12.30 pm; the Museums close at 2 pm unless it coincides with Easter Sunday, the 29th of June (St. Peter and Paul), 25th and 26th of December (Christmas and St. Stephen). Free entrance also the 27th of September (World day of Tourism) January 1, 6 February 11 March 19 April 24 (Easter), 25 (Easter Monday) May 1 June 29 (St. Peter and Paul) August 14, 15 November 1 December 8 (Immaculate Conception), 25, 26 Online Tickets : http://biglietteriamusei.vatican.va/musei/tickets/do?action=booking

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                                       Killarney, Ireland 


Considered one of Ontario Parks' crown jewels, this majestic, mountainous wilderness of sapphire lakes and jack pine ridges so captivated artists - including The Group of Seven's A.Y. Jackson - that they persuaded the Ontario government to make it a park. Once higher than the Rocky Mountains, La Cloche's white quartzite cliffs gleam like snowy peaks from afar. Where paddlers, hikers, skiers and snowshoers now journey through in this craggy, imposing landscape, there is evidence that others passed thousands of years before.

http://www.killarney.ie/

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                                   Manhattan, New York

Manhattan offers something for everyone as one of the most popular tourist destinations and heavily populated places anywhere in the world including vast amounts beauty, irrelevant of what you consider to be beautiful.

 Manhattan is a major commercial, financial, and cultural center of both the United States and the world.Breathtaking view from the top of the Rockefeller Center to the iconic Statue of Liberty and the world famous yellow cabs, it would be difficult for anyone to visit Manhattan and not find part of it stunning.Manhattan has many famous landmarks, tourist attractions, museums, and universities.And home to the headquarters of the United Nations.

Manhattan is loosely divided into Downtown, Midtown, and Uptown, with Fifth Avenue dividing Manhattan's east and west sides. Manhattan Island is bounded by the Hudson River to the west and the East River to the east. To the north, the Harlem River divides Manhattan Island from The Bronx and the mainland United States. Several small islands are also part of the borough of Manhattan, including Randall's Island, Wards Island, and Roosevelt Island in the East River, and Governors Island and Liberty Island to the south in New York Harbor. Manhattan Island is 22.7 square miles (59 km2) in area, 13.4 miles (21.6 km) long and 2.3 miles (3.7 km) wide, at its widest (near 14th Street).New York County as a whole covers a total area of 33.77 square miles (87.5 km2), of which 22.96 square miles (59.5 km2) are land and 10.81 square miles (28.0 km2) are water.

On September 11, 2001, two of four hijacked planes were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. The towers collapsed, resulting in the eventual collapse of World Trade Center 7 due to fire damage.[citation needed] The other buildings of the World Trade Center complex were damaged beyond repair and soon after demolished. The collapse of the Twin Towers caused extensive damage to surrounding buildings and skyscrapers in Lower Manhattan, and resulted in the deaths of 2,606 people, plus those on the planes. Since September 11, most of Lower Manhattan has been restored; many rescue workers and residents of the area have developed several life threatening illnesses, and some have already died.A memorial at the site was opened to the public on September 11, 2011. A museum is currently under construction at the memorial and scheduled to open in September 2012. One World Trade Center, formerly known as the Freedom Tower, is also under construction, as well as the other planned buildings on the site.

Manhattan's many neighborhoods are not named according to any particular convention. Some are geographical (the Upper East Side), or ethnically descriptive (Little Italy). Others are acronyms, such as TriBeCa (for "TRIangle BElow CAnal Street") or SoHo ("SOuth of HOuston"), or the far more recent vintages NoLIta ("NOrth of Little ITAly") and NoMad ("NOrth of MADison Square Park "). Harlem is a name from the Dutch colonial era after Haarlem, a city in the Netherlands. Alphabet City comprises Avenues A, B, C and D, to which its name refers. 

Skyline of Midtown Manhattan, as seen from the observation deck of the GE Building

Skyline of Upper Manhattan and Midtown Manhattan as seen from Jersey City

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             St. Regis Bora Bora, French Polynesia

This resort has hosted some of Hollywood’s biggest superstars and was even the location for the romantic film Couples Retreat. The resort brought a new standard of luxury to Bora Bora with a 13,000sq ft spa located on a private island and a lagoonarium—a man-made saltwater lagoon—meant for snorkelling and swimming. St Regis was revamped to become even better (a seemingly impossible task) in 2010 after extensive hurricane damage.

Stay in the Royal Overwater Two Bedroom Pool Villa: Holiday like a royal in these 3,455sq sq ft villas, built on the edge of the lagoon. This villa packs two bedrooms, two private terraces, a private pool and butler service.

St. Regis Bora Bora, Motu Ome'e BP 506, Bora Bora, 98730 French Polynesia.

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London;hasfourWorldHeritageSites:theTowerofKewGardens;thesitecomprisingthePalaceofWestminster,WestminsterAbbeyandStMargaret'sChurch;andthehistoricsettlementofGreenwich(inwhichtheRoyalObservatorymarksthePrimeMeridian).OtherfamouslandmarksincludeBuckinghamPalace,theLondonEye,PiccadillyCircus,30StMaryAxe("TheGherkin"),StPaul'sCathedral,TowerBridgeandTrafalgarSquare.n