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Guinness Storehouse! Dublin’s top tourist spot is a beer brewery? 2007-07-01 13:13:00 It’s true. The most popular tourist
spot in Dublin
Ireland happens to be a storehouse and one time ago the fermentation processing centre for Guinness
! Dubliners consider Guinness Storehouse as the heart and soul of Dublin. It is a seven storey building located at the heart of St James’s Gate Brewery. It was commercialized for the tourism industry and opened to the public in November 2000 and by
Trinity College Dublin 2007-07-01 13:04:00 Trinity College
is also known as The University of Dublin
which was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I. It is as matter of fact the oldest learning institution in Ireland. This place has attracted at least half a million tourists or visitors each year and can be considered as Ireland’s top tourist attraction. The place itself has many magnificent buildings such as their Printing House and the Read more:Trinity
St Stephen's Green 2007-07-01 12:56:00 We are no expert on arts and culture but a lot of our Irish friends told us that St Stephen
’s Green
is Ireland’s best Victorian public park. It is a 22 acre green sanctuary packed with things you would normally see in any other Victorian parks in other parts of the world. The park is rectangular in shape as you can see from Google’s Interactive map that we have provided here. In the past, we were
St Patrick's Cathedral 2007-07-01 12:49:00 It is formally known as The National Cathedral
& Collegiate Church of St Patrick
. It is developed on a site believed to have been used by St Patrick to baptize local converts. It is the biggest church in Ireland and anything with that kind of hype should not be missed by tourists or visitors. Undoubtedly, St Patrick’s Cathedral’s attractions are their impressive medieval architectural features.
Phoenix Park 2007-07-01 12:40:00 Aha.. The Phoenix
Park. This attraction is totally out of this world! Just imagine, well over 11km of circumference and the whole area is a whopping 712 hectares. That’s mind boggling! It truly deserves its current title as Europe’s biggest urban enclosed park. Non-local visitors always associates the name to that mystical fire bird Phoenix but in actual sense the name originates from a spring
Dublin Castle 2007-07-01 12:32:00 This impressive castle was founded by the order of King John, the first Lord of Ireland in 1204. It is said that the castle has gone through many rebuilding and modifications that the only thing that is left untouched is the Norman Tower. The castle finally saw its full completion in the early 17th century. The famous theft of the Irish Crown Jewels took place here in 1907. Local Irish patriots Read more:Dublin
, Castle
Dublin, Ireland 2007-07-01 11:47:00 Somehow Dublin
happens to be one of our favourite destinations in the past few years. Known as Baile Atha Cliath by the locals, the city is Ireland
’s capital and their biggest city. The city itself has a very interesting history for one time ago were the centre of Viking settlement in ancient times. The earliest writing records on Dublin were perhaps provided by Ptolemy in AD 140. Then, Ptolemy
Wheel of Manchester 2007-07-01 11:23:00 Touted to be the world’s largest portable Ferris wheel, it is identical to its more illustrious big brother the London Eye. It was originally assembled in Paris and if you are wondering why it has one VIP carriage, the carriage itself was one time ago happens to be President Chirac’s favorite ride. Reported to cost a whopping 5 million Euros and was originally built in Holland. It is about 60m in
Manchester United Football Club@Old Trafford 2007-07-01 11:04:00 Undoubtedly well known among football fans worldwide, their official club is located and based at the Old Trafford
stadium. Their fan base alone is estimated to be well over 50 millions worldwide. Football
legends such as Bobby Charlton & George Best were all groomed here and their current set of players are just as exciting as well. The stadium itself is majestic in size and can well accommodate Read more:United
, Manchester United
, Old Trafford
Manchester City Football Club 2007-07-01 10:47:00 The club is nowhere as famous as Manchester United but it is well supported by the locals. Established in 1880, it was first known as St Marks. Renamed to Ardwick AFC in 1887 and finally known as what we all knew as Manchester City
FC in 1894. While Manchester United currently dominates the spotlight, Manchester City was quite successful in the 1960s to the 1970s era under the team management of Read more:Football
Affleck's Palace 2007-07-01 10:37:00 We can’t quite explain it but this place would always be prominently featured in anyone’s memories once they have been here. The whole place is actually an arcade with many unique stalls, chain shops and boutiques. It is much touted as the Manchester’s best shopping haven for alternative, punk and underground music genres. The place is a definite breeding platform for youth culture and every Read more:Palace
Manchester, England 2007-07-01 09:24:00 Manchester is one of our top haunts, mainly because there are those among us who are fans of that famous Manchester United football club. The city is located in North West England
. According to the British Tourist Association, Manchester happens to be England’s third hot tourism hotspot in 1997. The 2002 Commonwealth Games which was hosted by Manchester further develop the city’s tourism industry
Oregon Vortex. Natural optical illusion? Sorcery? Magic? 2007-07-01 08:42:00 Have you heard of people saying that we have a lot of invisible vortexes whirling around in the world today? This invisible vortexes can purportedly distorts space, size, vision and play havoc to Newton’s law of gravity. If you are an arrogant physicists or scientists, this is one of the places in this world that you should avoid at all costs! Skeptical?
Well, there is a place somewhere in the Read more:Oregon
, Vortex
, Natural
, illusion
, Magic
Sewers are one of Paris, France’s top tourist attractions? 2007-07-01 08:08:00 Yes, that’s right folks. One of Paris
’s top tourist
attractions are the sewers but please don’t get any funny ideas now. The French look at their sewers differently than us mainly due to their historical influence on the city of Paris to this very day.
I find it a bit hard to believe but Paris has opened their sewers to the public as part of their tourism attraction ever since 1867! It was so Read more:Sewers
, France
Blarney Castle. Ireland’s Top Tourist Trap? 2007-07-01 07:40:00 Reported built over 600 hundred years ago by Cormac MacCarthy, a legendary Irish nobleman. So far, millions of people have made pilgrimage to Blarney Castle
and eventually made Blarney one of the world’s top historical landmark and of course, one of many Irish wealthy tourism hot spot. It is situated in Blarney Village, a few kilometers from the city of Cork, south of Ireland
.
There is something
Wonder Works 2007-06-30 15:49:00 This place is probably one of the most easily recognizable spot in Orlando! It is practically upside down, literally. It is not that easy to foresee from the outside but it is actually a 3 storey building that housed well over 100 interactive games and displays that would be fun and quite educational as well. It is open from 9am to midnight daily and the Wonder Work’s operator claims that their Read more:Works
Universal Orlando Resort 2007-06-30 15:24:00 This is the second largest resort in Orlando
after the Walt Disney World Resort
, brought forward by a joint partnership between NBC Universal
and The Blackstone Group. To date, it has two theme parks, an entertainment centre and three hotels. The resort was first opened to the public through its first theme park Universal Studios Florida in 1990. In 1999, they added more attractions as most knew
SeaWorld 2007-06-30 15:09:00 SeaWorld is not exactly a water theme park, opened to the public in 1973 and operates all year round on a huge 200 acres of land. Their current main attractions are their rides and shows.
One of their rides named Kraken is quite unique for it is the tallest and the only floorless roller coaster in Orlando. Imagine having your legs dangling over 140 feet! Their Journey to Atlantis is a water
Walt Disney World Resort 2007-06-30 14:11:00 Oh my God! Where shall we start here? This is the ultimate and the hottest fun land on the planet!
The history of this amazing place starts with ground and construction works in 1967, that’s about a year before the death of its great creator and architect, Walt Disney
. It is officially opened in 1971 through its first theme park, the Magic Kingdom. Nowadays we also have Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios Read more:Resort
, World
, Walt Disney
Discovery Cove 2007-06-30 13:49:00 This little gem is often overlooked by visitors, mainly because the place is over shadowed by his big brother SeaWorld Orlando located just nearby. Unlike SeaWorld where you have little interaction with the animals there, Discovery
Cove offers you the opposite. Yes! You can actually interact whichever you like with the animals here. They have Bottlenose dolphins, exotic tropical birds, tropical
Orlando, Florida USA 2007-06-30 12:58:00 Ahh.. The magical fun land of Orlando
, Florida
. It is the sixth largest in the state of Florida and well known for their outrageously large number of theme parks making it one of the top tourist hotspots in USA! Among the top hotspots here are the well known Walt Disney World Resort, Universal Orlando Resort and Sea World. Such attractions attract more than 50 million tourists each year.
Dublinia & Viking World exhibitions 2007-07-02 12:28:00 Are you fascinated with past histories of the legendary Vikings? Have you ever wondered about how they might live their lives in the past? If your answers to both questions are yes, then this popular Dublin attraction would be of great interest to you.
The Dublinia & Viking World
exhibitions offers curious minds like you the opportunity to catch fascinating glimpses of the Viking world and their
Titanic – The Experience 2007-07-05 15:18:00 Do you love that Titanic
blockbuster movie featuring Kate Winslet and that short actor fella, Leornardo DiCaprio? If you do, do you know that there is an actual exhibition showcasing the real Titanic somewhere in Orlando Florida?
This attraction is the first and by far the largest permanent Titanic attraction in the world. Their effort in constructing full scale models of Titanic’s popular
Fota Wildlife Park 2007-07-10 16:38:00 To most Malaysians, Cork in Ireland does not have that many noteworthy tourist attractions. We have heard of Blarney Castle and that’s about it. There is however one little gem that not many Malaysians knew of about Cork. Fota Wildlife Park which is situated a few miles from the city is the little gem that I’m going to highlight today.
Fota Wildlife Park is touted to be one of Europe’s most
Titanic – The Experience 2007-07-05 15:18:00 Do you love that Titanic
blockbuster movie featuring Kate Winslet and that short actor fella, Leornardo DiCaprio? If you do, do you know that there is an actual exhibition showcasing the real Titanic somewhere in Orlando Florida?
This attraction is the first and by far the largest permanent Titanic attraction in the world. Their effort in constructing full scale models of Titanic’s popular
Dublinia & Viking World exhibitions 2007-07-02 12:28:00 Are you fascinated with past histories of the legendary Vikings? Have you ever wondered about how they might live their lives in the past? If your answers to both questions are yes, then this popular Dublin attraction would be of great interest to you.
The Dublinia & Viking World
exhibitions offers curious minds like you the opportunity to catch fascinating glimpses of the Viking world and their
Guinness Storehouse! Dublin’s top tourist spot is a beer brewery? 2007-07-01 13:13:00 It’s true. The most popular tourist
spot in Dublin
Ireland happens to be a storehouse and one time ago the fermentation processing centre for Guinness
! Dubliners consider Guinness Storehouse as the heart and soul of Dublin. It is a seven storey building located at the heart of St James’s Gate Brewery. It was commercialized for the tourism industry and opened to the public in November 2000 and by
Trinity College Dublin 2007-07-01 13:04:00 Trinity College
is also known as The University of Dublin
which was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I. It is as matter of fact the oldest learning institution in Ireland. This place has attracted at least half a million tourists or visitors each year and can be considered as Ireland’s top tourist attraction. The place itself has many magnificent buildings such as their Printing House and the Read more:Trinity
St Stephen's Green 2007-07-01 12:56:00 We are no expert on arts and culture but a lot of our Irish friends told us that St Stephen
’s Green
is Ireland’s best Victorian public park. It is a 22 acre green sanctuary packed with things you would normally see in any other Victorian parks in other parts of the world. The park is rectangular in shape as you can see from Google’s Interactive map that we have provided here. In the past, we were
St Patrick's Cathedral 2007-07-01 12:49:00 It is formally known as The National Cathedral
& Collegiate Church of St Patrick
. It is developed on a site believed to have been used by St Patrick to baptize local converts. It is the biggest church in Ireland and anything with that kind of hype should not be missed by tourists or visitors. Undoubtedly, St Patrick’s Cathedral’s attractions are their impressive medieval architectural features.
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