10 of the Most Beautiful Beaches Around the World!

Blue crystal clear waters, white sand, unique setting...

We have found and we present you some of the most beautiful beaches around the world!

1. Grande Anse Beach, Seychelles

2. Calabria Tropea, Southern Italy

3. Tahiti Beach, Abaco, Bahamas

4. Whitehaven,Whitsunday Island, Australia

5. Wineglass Bay, Tasmania, Australia

6. Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos

7. Puerto Valarta, Mexico

8. Navagio Beach, Zakynthos, Greece

9. Cinnamon Bay, St John, Virgin Islands

10. La Concha Beach, San Sebastian, Spain

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10 of the Most Popular Shopping Cities

 ''Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping'', Bo Derek said once. Even that we do not agree with this quote, we believe shopping is a really magnificent experience and we present you 10 of the most popular shopping cities.

1. London Luxury shops like Harrods and Selfridges, quirky retail outlets like Dover Street Market, to bargain fashions! Also huge shopping malls such as Westfield and lots of vintage/alternative shops around Camden town where you can buy anything! 

1. New YorkLuxury boutiques to department stores to fashionable SoHo destinations to vintage to Times Square shopping. Definetely one of the most popular towns in the world for shopping!

2. MilanArmani, Balenciaga, Dolce and Gabbana, Roberto Cavalli, Gianfranco Ferre, Valentino, Versace are some of the most known luxury Italian fashion brands! 

3. ParisAfter museums and monuments, shopping in Paris attracts millions of visitors each year! A town that attracts discount-hunters, designer divas, window shoppers and fashion victims!

4. DubaiLuxury shops and luxury brands, atmospheric bazaars and huge shopping centers  Dubai is the king in United Emirates, regarding shopping!

5. TokyoFrom cutting edge electronics to colorful anime goods, traditional crafts, trendy fashion and branded goods,Tokyo has a shop for practically anything one could ever want to buy! 

6. Singapore 
A really popular city for shopping. What is more, is known to be one of the best places for someone to shop and well-known for its...sales!

7. Berlin '
Lots of shops and stores, department houses, shopping malls and lots of shopping areas!

8. Amsterdam 
A mix of trendy, antique, modern, luxury, cheap, second-hand, lavish and everything in between!

9. Barcelona Lots of shopping opportunities and more than 35000 shops! With no doubt, a place for all kind of shoppers!

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Festive Party theme time in Portsmouth

The Maritime city of Portsmouth in southern England is fast becoming a cruise ship passenger and general visitors attraction. The 170 metre tall Spinnaker Tower is the icon of the city these days and only recently visitors overlooking the historical Portsmouth harbour and Solent, caught an unexpected glimpse of the world's largest cruise ship "Oasis of the Seas" passing by.

In the next few days the city is celebrating a Victorian Festival of Christmas, which was a highlight of feature at the WTM event in London recently.

The celebration will occur on November 27th until November 29th with a Dickensian theme of snowy white streets, a festive fairground and seasonal carols.

In a Christmas and outdoor continental market, guests can expect a variety of activities throughout the dockyard including a parlour athletic competition, Punch and Judy shows, a bawdy music hall, a nativity farm and a classical "green" Santa.

Also featured are characters such as Queen Victoria, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Scrooge, Sherlock Holmes, Sweeney Todd and Fagin was on the Christmas streets.

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SKIING IN ANDORRA

It may not have the highest mountains in all Europe, but those who have tried it would say that skiing in Andorra has it all.
In the last ten years, over €50m has gone into staggering improvements in ski facilities and many times that into Andorra’s tourist infrastructure. When the sun shines – and it shines a lot in winter, so don’t forget the sun cream – literally thousands of the latest snow-cannons ensure that the resorts have excellent snow cover from Dec 1st to the end of April.
There are now two macro-resorts in Andorra, grouping the five original stations, both with skiing at between 2.500m and 1.750.
GrandValira (comprising Pas de la Casa, Grau Roig and Soldeu/ElTarter) has the biggest skiing area in the whole of the Pyrenees. Dedicated skiers will probably go for this option and their whole holiday will probably cost them about 70% of what it would cost in the Alps for the same quality of facilities and some pretty challenging skiing. As for après-ski fun, it might lack St Moritz chic but instead of platinum prices, read bronze.
On the other side of the country, Vallnord (comprising Pal-Arinsal and Arcalís) centres on La Massana and Arinsal and Ordino. Vallnord is a much more intimate resort and ski holiday prices are even more reasonable. Families with young children tend to prefer being in Arinsal which, despite having slightly more limited skiing, is Andorra’s premier all-year-round holiday village, partly because 90% of Andorra’s international community live within a five km radius of Pal-Arinsal and it is only 15mins by car to the capital’s outstanding tax-free shopping facilities and spa centre. The Vallnord area has recently seen vigorous growth in the summer as well, due to the growing demand for biking and hiking holidays.
In 2009, Vallnord hosts the World Mountain-Bike Championships for the second year running and the Copa Catalana 2008 was also held there.
On both sides of the country, despite a whole range of excellent hotels offering 33.000 beds (one for every 2,5 residents) there is steady demand in the high seasons, from Andorra’s 11m visitors a year, for affordable accommodation in private apartments and chalets.
Servissim, established for nearly 20 years, is the largest English-speaking services company in Andorra and via its www.andorra-holidays.com division, is the leading country-wide organisation dealing with the direct-selling private of holiday accommodation owned by its foreign-based clients.
In many years, clients have seen spectacular growth in their investments, but Andorra has always been better-known for its solid growth in the long-term. Even with the property shocks of the last year, returns (income and capital appreciation) have hardly wavered from 9% per annum, cumulative, in all of those 20 years and taxes on foreign-owned property held long-term are negligible. Because of this – and a natural flight to quality – prices are already beginning to stabilise and Andorra, with its overall lower price advantage, should do better than most other destinations in weathering the current recessionary tendency. Bookings, if anything, are slightly up over the same period last year.
However, much of the interest in having a holiday property in Andorra is not just in the investment itself, but in the owners being able to pick and choose their own dates to visit Andorra, one of the safest, most-enjoyable, places to live in the whole of Europe.
Our best recommendation is to go and see the opportunities there for yourself.

By Simon Binsted

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