General Travel News
Dubai Summer Surprises Road show Launches
An extensive road-show was launched to promote Dubai’s Summer Surprises, one of the biggest shopping and entertainment events. The road show will cover Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
The 12th edition of Dubai Summer Surprises will run for sixty five days from 11 June to 15 August 2009. A press release said that the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing have cooperated to organize the extravaganza. The DSF delegation is being led by Ibrahim Saleh. Saleh said “The DSS road show across GCC is the result of close cooperation between government entities and a planned strategy to promote Dubai as a leading summer destination.
More General Travel News
Latest Travel News
Featured Sights To See
Jardin du Luxembourg
Paris, France
The second largest park in Paris has a long history. Marie de Médici, widow of Henry IV and mother of Louis XIII, wanted to build a palace similar to the Pitti Palace in her native Florence. The resulting Luxembourg Palace (constructed in the 1610s) is today the home of the French Senate, though it has undergone substantial renovations since. The garden surrounding the palace was...
What to do with Children in Makkah
Makkah, Saudi Arabia
It’s strenuous enough to be in Makkah on your own, to have to manage kids on such a trip is a herculean task. There is not much in the way of parks, or play grounds in this city. However there is plenty of road way for your kids to run around in and play areas can be found in the larger shopping malls. But why waste this opportunity on play zones? With the amount of history in this city, why...
St. Michan's Church
Dublin, Ireland
The original Saint Michan's Church was a Danish castle built in 1095, though the current building was built much more recently, in 1686. It is the only remaining churches in Ireland that was originally founded by Vikings. The exterior isn't particularly remarkable, but the interior features excellent woodwork, stained glass, and an organ dating to 1724. It was here that Handel su...
Baalbek
Beirut, Lebanon
Baalbek is perhaps Lebanon’s greatest treasure. During Greek and Roman times it was known as Heliopolis, or City of the Sun, though the area had been settled for thousands of years prior. It was made part of the Roman Empire in 64BC as General Pompey conquered the region. Construction of the Temple of Jupiter began shortly thereafter, and the city began to grow because of its location on import...