Etihad Airways announced that it will begin flights from the UAE capital to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport starting on 2 September 2009. The flights will initially be three times a week on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday but will increase to daily flights from 1 October 2009. The Wednesday, Friday, Sunday flights will depart from Abu Dhabi at 10:20 am and arrive in Chicago at 4:40 pm US time.
Previously Etihad’s sole US destination was New York. The airline also provides flights to Canada.
For horse lovers this is the place to go. This four hundred acre farm houses the Emir’s mares and stallions. These beautiful animals are worth looking at. Tourists will be dazzled by the grooming and dressage of these horses, and have the opportunity to take jumping lessons as well. Timings: Daily Admission: Free Address: Al Shaqab Stud Farm, P.O. Box 90055, 15 kilometers from Doha ...
Montmartre, located in the 18th arrondissement, is one of Paris’ most famous neighborhoods and its tallest point. At the summit of the hill are two famous churches: the Sacre-Coeur Basilica and Saint Pierre de Montmarte. The former is a popular landmark, and the latter is allegedly the birthplace of the Jesuit order. Sacre-Coeur is relatively new, consecrated in 1918.&...
The Beirut National Museum can be traced back to Raymond Weill, a French officer stationed in Lebanon during World War II. During his time here, he began collecting ancient artifacts. In 1923, a committee was created to create a permanent museum to house these and other antiquities. Construction began in 1930 and was completed in 1937. By the time the civil war began, the museum had assembled ...
The museum contains a series of exhibits of classic cars, steam engines, ships and the marvels of the 1900s. Inaugurated in 1789, the museum has preserved the history of the development of all such vehicles. Telephone: 32 54 02 27 ...