Boracay Island

Boracay offers a lot of interesting things to do, like hiking,  snorkeling, scuba diving, kite ride, climbing, windsurfing and even gokarts. Many restaurants offering various cuisines from almost every country food such as Germany, Denmark, Japan, Switzerland, Korea, Indonesia and China at an affordable price. Also many clubs and other entertainment places are close from the beach. Places like this are very good for tourist and honeymoon destination for couples.

The best and fastest way to get there via the airways. There are two airports around the Boracay island, Caticlan and Kalibo, are both located on the island of Panay. From Manila, you can use a regular flight. Caticlan Airport is only a few kilometers from the port of the ship and to get to Boracay from Kalibo takes only two hours from the port. Flights can be cheaper because the airport is quite large. To reach the port of Caticlan, Kalibo airport ahead there are many minivans that can be used as a means of transportation. Enjoy the beauty island of Boracay.

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Recommendations on what to do, what to see where to go and where to stay when visiting Barcelona.

This guide is for the first time visitor to Barcelona and includes “all” the tips you need for a successful Barcelona stay! You’d want to know how to find good value for money accommodation, tips on transportation, what are the most interesting sights and what trips out of town that are worth taking.

Arriving in Barcelona

Arriving in Barcelona by plane you’ll be landing at either Barcelona’s international airport El Prat, or if you have chosen a low-fare airline you’re likely to have Girona as your end destination. From El Prat there is a train, the station is quite a walk (depending on your terminal) and it only runs every 30 min. it is slow and unreliable at times to boot! You’re better off hopping on a bus just outside the terminals (every 10 min), or a cab that’ll take you to the city in 20 min. with a fare of 25-30 euros. From the Girona airport there is basically just one option, the bus which will take you to Estacio Nord. From here you’ll get anywhere in central Barcelona in a quick cab ride.

Accommodation in Barcelona

Choosing where to stay in Barcelona there are three options: hotels, hostels or Barcelona holiday apartments. When traveling in a group (3 or more) the third option is easy to recommend. This accommodation choice will provide you with a memorable stay in a central location with all the comforts of home. Choosing Barcelona vacation rentals will also mean choosing the cheaper alternative, and even couples can find good deals for smaller apartments.

Top 10 sights in Barcelona

1.La Sagrada Familia – The unfinished temple of Antoni Gaudi a site for controversy and fascination for more than 125 years. There is nothing like it anywhere else in the world! In Eixample 2.Camp Nou - Home to the mighty FC Barcelona, seating almost 100.000 spectators, the stadium is the biggest in Europe and watching a match here is a thrill, even if you are not the biggest football (soccer) fan. In Les Corts 3.Las Ramblas – The street that is the “heart of the city”, a stroll down this former river is obligatory for all visitors. 4.Museu Picasso – The Andalucian genius Pablo Picasso spent many formative years in Barcelona and donated a large bulk of his early works to this fascinating museum.in El Born. 5.Parc Güell – Another of Gaudi’s phantasmagorical creations, a park like no other park, just like Sagrada Familia is like no other “church”. 6.Passeig de Grácia – One of the most stunning shopping avenues in the world. Brimming with high-end designer shops and beautiful buildings including several “modernisme” classics. 7. “Modernisme” architecture – Casa Batllo, Casa Mila, Casa Amatller and Casa Fuster are all buildings by Gaudi and his compatriots of the famous Cataln “modernisme” style that can all be found along the Passeig de Gracia street! The “Modernsim walk” is an itiniary that’ll take you through all the buildings that gave Barcelona its standing in the history of architecture. 8. Magic Fountain – Colors and cascading water, what’s not to like? At Plaza Espanya. 9. Miro Museum – One of many Catalan art legends, this museum is the best place the experience the playful and original art of Miro. At Montjuic. 10. Barcelona Aquarium – This one is a must for families, as kids love to” walk among the sharks” and exotic aquatic life here. in Port Vell

Trips out of Town

Tarragona – The city was the Roman seat of power when Barcelona was a mere insignificant village in the north. Worth visiting for the Roman village, and the amusement park Port Aventura close by is a treat for the kids. Distance: 95 km

Girona – Worth visiting for the cathedral, the Jewish quarter, the old town.Distance: 102 km

Montserrat – The sacred, saw-tooth mountain in Catalonia interior is well worth a visit for its, unusual landscape and fascinating history and fabulous monastary. Distance: 65 km

Sitges – Worth visiting for : beaches, modernisme architcture, movie festival, carnival. Distance: 86 km

Tossa de Mar – A pictoresque village to the north in the Girona region. Worth visiting for the clean water and the medieval town with a church and a lighthouse. Distance: 42 km

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Patmos island

We stood in a candle lit cave, our usually sceptical, rational selves already feeling vaguely challenged by the possibility that supernatural phenomena might, after all, exist. The darkness and coolness was a stark contrast to the dazzling brightness and heat of the midday sun we had left to descend into this underworld of prophecies and priests.

The silence of the grotto was suddenly interrupted by a heavily accented voice, speaking in English. “Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six.”

Half expecting a beast with 666 stamped on its forehead, we turned to see a bearded man, dressed in the priesthood robes of Greek orthodoxy. He was not looking in our direction and at first it seemed that the biblical quotation had been a soliloquy. But the puzzle of why a Greek would talk to himself in English was solved seconds later, when the first of a party of Americans came into view. As soon as they began to fill the limited space of the cave, we recognised them as being a group of “Christian Tourists” we had seen earlier that day. The spell had been broken; the cave had lost its supernatural feeling, replaced by something as mundane as an evangelical meeting. It was time for us to go back up to the world of dazzling sunlight.

Our visit to the Sacred Grotto of the Revelation, where John the Divine is supposed to have foreseen and written of the Apocalypse, was part of a wonderful day we spent exploring the beautiful island of Patmos.

Above the cave is the Byzantine monastery of Saint John and the wonderful medieval village of Hora. Laying fifteen to twenty minutes walk below Hora is the island’s capital, Skala. This charming little port is the largest settlement on Patmos island. Scooters wiz noisily around narrow, street corners where men sit at pavement cafés on rickety chairs playing backgammon games. Pickup trucks, pull up to unload fruit and vegetables without paying any heed to the honking horns of other motorists who shout and gesticulate that their way has been blocked. Yet somehow, in a quintessential, Greek Island way, the noise and bustle blends seamlessly into an atmosphere that is totally laid back and relaxing.

Patmos island has other several other pretty villages that are worth exploring but its most attractive feature is its convoluted coastline. A new vista of wonderful beaches appears from around every headland. Some are sandy and some are adorned in pretty white pebbles. Several are fringed by lush vegetation whilst others are found amongst rocky, yet no less attractive, settings. Some have sun beds and parasols but none have overdone this concession to modern tourism.

Many of the beaches are lapped by very calm, shallow seas, ideal for small children to paddle in but the prettiest beach of all, Psili Ammos, is washed with sometimes, huge waves and is surrounded by wild, beautiful scenery. Psili Ammos is one of the most remote beaches on Patmos island and is twenty minutes walk from Diakofti, the nearest village over a mountain footpath. If you prefer a less energetic way of reaching Psili Ammos, you can hop aboard one of the regular boats from the main port.

Nearly every Greek island offers glorious holiday destinations.< Each one has its own special charm and beauty but even by Greek island standards, Patmos is very special. Our short visit was enough to tell us that we just had to come back and spend a full vacation there. We didn’t need to believe the dreams of Saint John to realise that Patmos is a dream island, just perfect for dreamers like ourselves. But the kind of dreams Patmos island inspires are far more likely to be those of an earthly paradise rather than the hellish world of the Apocalypse.

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