Wednesday 31 December 2008

Swiss Glacier Express- Teemed in All Elegant Comfort

The most celebrated train excursion of Switzerland is its Glacier Express. The prime means of excitement of Swiss travel and tour is the Glacier Express train, operating since 1930. The world's slowest express train" with an average speed of 36 km/h (22 mph) is the ultimate charm of Switzerland enchantment. This travel is wrapped with comfort and unspoilt with natural beauty; Glacier Express gives a soothing ambiance. The passing landscape of this luxurious express combines with a fragrant moun- tain forest, the peaceful Alpine meadows, rushing mountain streams and the mountain valleys soaked in tradition and centuries-old culture.

The Glacier Express travels in a beautiful route between the sights of the Graubunden holiday region and the sunny Valais region needs approximately 7½-hour trip journey on its most popular route, Zermatt to St. Moritz or vice versa. Along the glacier landscape, and the beautiful regions of the South, The glacier express will make tour to Switzerland a fascinating and stunning one. Passengers on Glacier Express Premium trains are lured to get meals served at seats and the dining cars. Meals are offered in the dining cars on this standard trains. All the train is festooned with Rail bar carts that sell box lunches, salads, hot and cold drinks to tantalize your taste buds.

Saturday 13 December 2008

Catch the Glorious Shopping Pleasure in Switzerland

Shopping in Switzerland is a majestic experience for tourist panning for a tour in the next vacation. The extraordinary travel destination of Europe, Switzerland is a highly liked Shopping place for travelers of the entire sphere. The moment we think about shopping abroad the name Switzerland instantly comes in our mind. Rich with a lot of travel option Switzerland is also blessed with the best shopping avenues. Switzerland Tourism department is also setting new horizons to come up with latest shopping regions while maintaining the old ones to the best of international standards. In Switzerland purchasing a souvenir/memoir representing the country is quite common amongst the tourists

Shopping areas are extensively scattered in all through out the tiny European state. A tourist of Switzerland is always inquisitive about the scope of shopping. Pottery, watches, crystal, embroidered items, wood carvings, clocks (including cuckoos), Swiss army knives, liquors are considered as excellent memoirs and souvenirs of the place. Cowbells, cheese, antiques, stainless-steel cutlery, ski equipment and clothing, leather goods, shoes and chocolates of Switzerland offers more excitement to your trip. The tourists are preferred to do shopping from the standard shops and showrooms of Switzerland. You can also go for inexpensive purchasing from the roadside vendors or small shops

Wednesday 3 December 2008

Step into the Arena of Marital Bliss- Switzerland Honeymoon


Switzerland or more aptly said, as honeymooner’s heaven is the dream destination for spending a holiday. Swiss Alps Mountains is pleasant place for biking and trekking. So, honeymoon couples can also indulge in mountain biking, hiking and skiing in Switzerland. Snow-covered peaks, Swiss chocolate or cheese, museums, lake cruises and meadows are the captivating features of this land of Europe.
Start a new chapter of your life while traveling in this magnetic land- Switzerland. Here you are lured with a plethora of activities that you can enjoy with your spouse for an unforgettable honeymoon. Romance is filled in every nook and corner of the state. Longing for a rest in the lavish hotel rooms while leaning on your partner’s chest and to enjoy with the sips of wine are the magnetic appeal of Switzerland. Gazing at the picturesque scenery outside and a delicious cuisine in dinner is the added feature of your tour.
Counted as the top most travel destination, Switzerland is a place where joy knows no limit. Its outstanding flora fauna, contrasting nature, beautiful scenery and snow-capped peaks makes your honeymoon an exciting and exotic one. The vacant nature of the Swiss landscape insists the lovers to lose themselves and to become one engrossed in other. In a nutshell, the couples of honeymoon in Switzerland tend to loose themselves and unite with nature.

Thursday 23 October 2008

Fantastic places for a majestic stay in Switzerland


Enjoy Switzerland’s spectacular scenery while roaming in some fantabulous spots of the world. Rich with chocolates, scenic glamour and entertainment objectives, Switzerland is surely going to gift you a vacation wrapped with care and ease. Geneva, Lugano, Locarno, Lucerne, St. Moritz, Lausanne, Zermatt are some renowned and highly visited destinations of Switzerland that make your travel to this tiny European land more worth while and attractive. Zurich an accurately magnificent place set among in some of the most beautiful scenic vistas on the shores of Lake Zurich is considered as the most enchanting place of Switzerland. Calm hills, pleasant woods, fresh lakes and blue rivers offer a perfect starting point for several excursions from Zurich. Being placed just a stone's throw from the Alps, Zurich is fixed with 50 museums and 100 galleries and thus a meaningful halt for travel and tour.

It’s not possible to elaborate Switzerland without mentioning Swiss Alps. Located in central Europe, Swiss Alps offers a rainy/snowy, cool and humid-temperate climate to its visitors. This favourite nature and adventure buffs are the only spot for ice skiing, skating, water surfing and other adventure sports. Lucerne, offers the highest quality of life in Switzerland wrapped with picturesque lake, lion monuments and other nearby attractions as Pilatus, the Rigi and the Stanserhorn mountains. Due to its majestic central location Lucerne is easily accessible through different significant halts of the city.

Whether you are here for honey moon or any other special vacation don’t forget to make your way to Interlaken. Jungfraujoch, Zermatt is all very close to Interlaken. Aletsch Glacier, the longest glacier in the Alps of the world is filled with all amenities to make your night more exciting that you ever think. Bern- the capital city of Switzerland, Basel the frequently visited tourist destinations is now the base for many of the international pharmaceutical companies. Chur- the oldest city, Neuchatel a city of art, museum and Swiss clocks are highly liked and regarded as the main tourist parts of the city for long.

Tuesday 16 September 2008

Swiss Chocolates- Always Delicious and fresh


Are you longing for chocolaty holiday in Switzerland? Then try some of the relish Swiss chocolate mixed with cheese, fondue and food. Chocolate is one of Switzerland’s main exports displayed with different taste and flavor. Nestle, the leading figure in chocolate market has originated from Switzerland. Fine quality hand made chocolates are the prime attractions of Switzerland that made the travelers way into its vicinity. Swiss people are huge chocolate lovers they often use chocolate as gift items on various celebratory occasions.

Only the best ingredients are chosen in making of Switzerland chocolates. World renowned for high quality, milk is the basic ingredients of Swiss chocolates. Even soldiers of Swiss army are provided with unique Swiss chocolate. As a matter of national concern the Swiss Chocolates is renowned for its own particular style of chocolate making. Chocolate making in Switzerland is obscurely bound up with numerous annual festivities. Easter bunny in spring, chocolate mushrooms and chestnuts are considered as autumn chocolates. This make inevitable visit to every traveler to make a soothe journey of this minute European popular tourist place.

Thursday 28 August 2008

Make Your Way to Switzerland


It’s a dream of every traveler to uncover this tiny majestic European state- Switzerland filled with the aroma of chocolates and cheeses. Travel opportunities of Switzerland are immense crammed with the places as Geneva, Berne or Lucerne. Switzerland trip will come with plenty of chances to taste the chocolates with unforgettable experience of relaxation, romance and adventure. Despite of its cultural assortment, Switzerland may be considered as the most established realm in Europe.

If it is the celebration time or honeymooners anniversary or family vacation just make your way to Switzerland. The cultural and lingual diversity enclosed in this hilly country is responsible in offering its unique identity. Swiss Alps, Zermatt, Interlaken, Montreux, Berne, Geneva, Zurich, Lucerne, Lugano are some most popular halts of Switzerland. The Special Tours to Switzerland comprises of travel to the tourist attractions or travel to the Glacier Express or in its peaks. Honeymooners specially like to visit the Glacier Express in winter to capture its majesty wrapped within fantasy or an excursion in the Peaks of the World.

Switzerland is a dream tour destination and thus accounted among one of the highly visited tourist places in the world. The impressive mountains, the amazing snow fields, parks, flowers, picture card cities set on crystal clear lakes and the elegant hotels has increased the importance of the spot among other European cities. The contented trains and welcoming people are successfully captivating the soul and memory of modern travelers. As a Skiing Paradise by the sporting celebrities, Switzerland is highly liked as a spot of cleanliness and orderliness.

Friday 1 August 2008

Serenity in an excellent figure




The cultural and lingual diversity of the landlocked hilly Switzerland are wrapped in financial institutions, fine cheeses and chocolates, watch making industry and stunning landscapes, make the place a renowned holiday destination of the world. It’s a paradise for newly wed couples thus offer some marvelous places to travel and tour as Berne, Geneva, Zurich, Lucerne, Lugano, Lausanne and St. Moritz. Swiss Alps resorts present an amazing range of holidays having most glorious scenery in the world. The majestic panorama of Switzerland ranging from mountain, lake, sunshine, snow-caps to peaceful traffic-free villages and demanding social vacations in cosmopolitan towns and cities. You can also enjoy the Swiss holidays while walking in its roads, which will etch a number of the world’s most striking sights in your memory.

Switzerland is extremely loved and visited among the global tourist for its offering an enormously adventurous spot. Switzerland provides masses of actions for every individual traveler starting from paragliding to hot air ballooning, water skiing to angling and snowboarding to snow rafting. This tiny European Country is the camping glory beside the amazing Swiss lakes. Music events as melody festivals in Montreux and Lucerne and the film festival in Locarno are successful in attracting worldwide tourist for cool drive to the place. The realm also gifts a few superb museums having a wide collection of national and international arts and paintings to its visitors. The sugary aroma of Swiss chocolates that fills the city makes the travelers visit to the place into a reality.

Tuesday 15 July 2008

A tranquil vacation in towers, fountains and edifices

Berne a highly gorgeous spot and an ultimate traveler halt of Switzerland sited on the majestic green river Aare. Eminent for its stately stonework edifices, historical towers and 11 magnificent fountains, Berne is one the most striking models of medieval town architecture in Europe. Berne claims itself as Switzerland's highest Gothic cathedral, the Münster-Cathedral, and the Heiliggeist-Kirche, the finest example of 18th century Protestant church architecture. The cheese chocolates of Berne are also engaged in tempting it visitors for a yummy trip to Switzerland.

Bern or Berne is regarded as the most charming place and contributes a significantly in making the spot a renowned traveler’s destination. Its quiet, paved lanes, lined with brickwork arcaded buildings spanning the pavement, have changed scarcely at all in over five hundred years but for the decoration of recent shop cipher and the odd car or tram clattering past. Berne has quite a few attractions and historic sites, as well as an active cultural life but tremendously successful in alluring the global tourist for a calm and tranquil jump to Switzerland.

Thursday 26 June 2008

Nature pride enfolds in chocolaty cheese- Switzerland

Switzerland- the tiny European country is the outstanding souvenir of nature, stylish cities and hassle free urban lifestyle. Switzerland is the ultimate spot renowned as the paradise on earth, the best known financial institution of the world, successful in alluring newly wed couples to experience its fine cheeses and chocolates, watch making industry, beautiful landscapes and the brilliant public network. It is the perfect place of adventure gifted with skiing, hiking, mountain trekking and lots more activities. Lucerne, Interlaken, Lausanne, Lugano, Locarno, St. Moritz, Basel, Engelberg and Geneva emerging like a magnet which attracts billions of travelers in every season.

Flourishing with chocolates, stunning holyday spots and lavish accommodation Switzerland is the decisive name of recreation. Description of Switzerland is incomplete without mentioning the name of Swiss Alps Resort. It offers an astounding range of holidays and some of the most eminent panorama of the world. From mountains to lakes, from sunshine to snowcaps, a peaceful traffic-free village to the busy social holidays in cosmopolitan towns is affordable within your imposing tour to Switzerland.

Thursday 19 June 2008

Lake Holidays in Switzerland

Switzerland is the wonderful souvenir of nature, rich with many fascinating places and sophisticated urban lifestyle. The high mountain peaks and the lakes in Switzerland provide every sorts of allurement to the traveler coming to this paradise on earth. It's an ultimate spot of adventure, which is gifted with mountain trekking, skiing, hiking, etc. to name only a few. The beautiful landscapes near to the vicinity of beautiful lakes in Switzerland have always been tourists’ spot from time endless. Tourist come to avail lake holidays in Switzerland where they can enjoy a hassle free life.

The Lake Geneva, Lake Thun, Lake Lucerne etc. are some lakes in Switzerland, where the tourists can find gentle hillsides covered in vineyards and gardens. While touring and enjoying lake holidays in Switzerland you will come across the glorious view of the Jungfrau near to the Lake Thun. The lakeside villages offer a delightful look to the area. Switzerland holiday tour also provides you an opportunity to enjoy a ride on steamer in Lake Lucerne. To enjoy and explore all these beautiful experiences of Lake Holiday tour in Switzerland, you also require a magnificent stay in a desired location. Almost all the hotels of Switzerland are centrally located that facilitate the tourists with outstanding accommodation service and guided tour package facilities to unfold the lake beauty in Switzerland.

Monday 9 June 2008

Stunning beauties of Geneva

Geneva is the smallest metropolitan city in Switzerland. This city was named after Lake Geneva and it possesses many interesting places to enjoy and see during your Geneva Switzerland Holiday tour. Admire the beautiful city, which is located between Lake Geneva and Mount Saleve. Geneva is the headquarters of many prominent organizations.

Geneva is blessed with unmatched natural splendor. The Jat d’ Eau is the world’s largest fountain is a beautiful that the tourist comes to admire in Geneva, Switzerland. Geneva Switzerland Holidays provides you an opportunity to witness museums, libraries, Opera to name only a few. The beautiful Rose Garden Park La Grange was an unfading place in Geneva and so this place has never failed to lure the tourists of the world. While availing Geneva Holiday tour in Switzerland, you will come across stunning River Rhone that bisects this beautiful city. A walk at the shore of Lake Geneva is famous that offers mental peace and reloads you with fresh energy. Come to Geneva tour to witness the panoramic view of the entire city from the summit of the tower, which is desire of every foreign tourist.

Saturday 12 April 2008

Lombok Tourism Information

Lombok

The island of Lombok nestled in the West Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia, falls to the East of Bali Island and due to its increasing popularity, Lombok is now becoming easier to access for tourists either by air or by sea. Lombok with its equatorial climate and colorful multi-ethnic cultural ambience and a wide variety of tourist sites and attractions nowadays is becoming a better choice for a holiday getaway compared to the other regular choices of tourist destinations.

Tourism in Lombok as one whole agency serves its guests to make their stay in Lombok a memorable affair. If you want to reach Lombok by air then the flights operating for this purpose are Merpati, Air Mark, Lion Air, Garuda, Silk Air, and the airport at your service are Selaparang Airport. These flights mostly operate from Mataram, Sumbawa, Surabaya, Jakarta and Yogyakarta, and the nearby hotels are Hotel Lombok, Raya, Mataram, Hotel Shahid Legi, Mataram. In case of reaching Lombok by sea one can comfortably avail of the ferry rides operating from Lombok’s Lembar Harbor.

The other regular ferries operate between Poto, Tano, Sumbawa, and Labuhan Lombok while the Modern passenger catamarans render a faster service from Bali. Mabua Express operates regularly between Benoa and Lembar harbor, while Bounty Cruises travel between Benoa Harbor, Senggigi and Gili Meno. One can contact Pelni agency for bookings on boat rides in Indonesia and Lombok etc.

The various tourist sites in Lombok consist of Senggigi, Gili Islands, Rinjani National Park, Kuta & South Lombok, Mataram, Tetabatu, Sukarara, Penujak, Kuta Lombok.

Senggigi the most developed area for promotion of tourism draws a good comparison with Bali’s Kuta, and set over numerous glamorous bays, this place offers its guests with the right ingredients of restaurants, bars, discotheques, and grand hotel accommodations for tourists to stay. Normally one finds all sorts of accommodation facilities in Senggigi starting from 5 star hotels to cheap and budget hotels.

Few of the prominent names in this realm are, The Mascot Beach Cottages, Raja’s Bungalows, Ray Hotel, Sonya Homestay, Lina Hotel, Hotel Elen, Batu Bolong Cottages, Atithi Sanggraha Beach Bungalows and lastly Pondok Stiti Hawa. These hotels mostly offer you with the regular amenities and room facilities Inclusive of all these most of these hotels come with restaurants serving the best international cuisine and also the regular local gourmets. Not only international cuisine, Senggigi equally specializes in restaurants offering local delectable.

Gili Islands being a popular destination in Indonesia is located to the northwestern part of Lombok features 3 mini coral-fringed islands namely Gili Air, Gili Meno, and Gili Trawangan. All these islands have splendid white sandy beaches, clear water and coral reefs displaying the playful colored fishes as a key source of attraction. They are just the perfect place for snorkeling and trying out other ventures and sports. Gili Trawangan being the largest among the 3 islands boasts of the most number of visitors and is reputed as the party island. Each island has shops, hotels and similar agencies to help you go for money change. The travel agency of Perama has its branch in Gili Trawangan and has minor outlets in Gili Air and Gili Meno. These islands have failed to initiate the facilities of police and patrolling. Crime reporting is made either in the Island of Kepala or in the police station of the mainland. The southwest hills of Trawangan offer a nice spot for sunset viewing, and Gili Meno’s Bird Park is for bird watchers. In Gili Trawangan you can try out the Blue Marlin agency & in Gili Air you can approach the Reefseekers.

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Friday 11 April 2008

Lombok Tourism Information

Rinjani National Park in the Mt Rinjani is a part of the forested slopes on Rinjani which is also the second largest volcano peak in Indonesia. The locals of Lombok mostly treat the volcanic site as a sacred place and Segara Anak is considered to be a pilgrimage and the hot springs here are famous. Around 20 villages surround Rinjani National Park while Senaru and Sembalun provide the main access to the national park from north and east. The community based activities are focused on the Rinjani trek center as it personifies the partnership of the national park, tourism industry, and the local communities amalgamated so as to maintain and protect the Rinjani environment. For bookings and information one can check out the travel agencies in Lombok.

Kuta Beach displays a splendid show of white sand and turquoise sea, and is still an under developed region despite the plans for 5star hotels and resorts. This beach mostly comes alive with Nyale fishing festival in February and March and August as well, and it remains quiet and marooned the rest of the year. Several hotels like Kuta Indah Hotel and Segara Anak Cottages provide with money changing facilities. Regarding budget hotels it’s customary to consider the safety and privacy issues. Share a nice leisurely time with your family as you go for surfing activities in the beaches of Kuta. In the postal agency of Wisma Segara Anak you can also book your tickets for Perama Shuttle Buses. For accommodations, check out the best hotels in the island like, Segara Anak, Anda Cottages, Sekar Kuning Bungalows, Putri Mandalika Homestay, Lamancha Homestay, MatahariInn. These hotels mostly provide the regular rooming and lodging facilities and in certain cases one can bargain for discount prices. You can try out the Rinjani Agung Beach Bungalows and Café Riviera for local cuisine and good quality sea food. Few other hotels in Kuta are, The Novotel Coralia, Tastura Boutique Resort, Kuta Indah Hotel and Restaurant, Cockato Kuta-Bungalows and Restaurants, Pondok Sekar Kuning Cottages & Restaurants.

Mataram in Lombok is the first town in the real sense of the term, which displays a tint of heavy traffic and is simultaneously an open city with lots of space. You can arrive at Mataram through Tiara Mas bus services dropping you off at Mandalika terminal for the rest of the journey you can avail of the Bemo. The hotels like Shanti Puri (JI make accommodation in Mataram easy. Maktal), JI Pancha Usha and JI Pejanggik. You will get post offices and Banks etc in Ampenan and Mataram. The banks of BCA Bank and Bank Danamon have branches on JI. Sriwijiya. You will find cheap Internet services at JI. Pancha Usaha. Mataram Mall is a large supermarket to go shopping. The Suharti Sate House on JI provides the taste of the land as you look for a place to eat. A bemo ride around the city is the best way of domestic conveyance in Mataram.

Tetebatu in Lombok is a town on the lower slopes of Mt Rinjani. Once you are headed from Mataram to JI. Penjanggik to Pomotong and finally a drive to Rungkang and Kotaraja and you are in Tetebatu. While in Tetebatu one need not look too much for accommodation as the hotels like, Soedjono, and Green Orry provide you with the best of the rooming amenities and grand restaurants, great food and the extra perks like swimming pool and superiorly spacious rooms. The restaurant in Soedjono offering quality food is always at your service as food service in Tetebatu is limited. Senaru on the Northern of Rinjani is a more popular base for trekking. The other attraction in Tetebatu is Air Tejun Jukat, which is a large waterfall. Tobacco hanging and drying houses and the ‘monkey forest’ are other two major attractions in the area.

Sukarara the home to Ikat weaving on Lombok has more traditional plain chequered styles being over thrown by more gorgeous creations. To get to Sukarara, one has to drive towards southeast out of Mataram along Jl. Tgh Faisal and drive up to Praya. About 2km before Praya is the small town of Payung. Drive up to the middle of the town and continue until you reach Sukarara.

Penujak is an important center of Lombok. To go to Penujak drive southeast out of Mataram along Jl. Tgh Faisal and drive up to Praya. At Praya drive through Batujai, and across the large steel bridge you can reach in to Penujak.

Kuta Lombok, about 60km south east of Mataram on the coast is a sleepy surfing resort. To get here, again drive southeast of Mataram along Jl. Tgh Faisal and off to Praya and drive through Penujak. The trip shouldn't take much more than an hour as the road is in excellent condition. A number of resorts along the beach offer bungalow style accommodation and more spacious rooms. Anda Cottages and Restaurant has a peaceful garden setting and clean rooms to offer. The restaurant has a good selection local and international cuisine and serves splendid pizza. The main beach at Kuta is nice place to be during a high tide. The best beaches are near Mawan and Selong Blanak, to get there you need your own car or rent a motorbike. One can take a drive by the loop road through Mawai, Keling, Mangkung, Sengkol and back to Kuta. Despite the road being rough and steep at places. Finally in while in Lombok, one shouldn’t miss out on the interesting artifacts featured in the Museum Nusa Tenggara Barat, Mayura Water Palace and Pura Meru making your Lombok trips a memorable affair.

Saturday 22 March 2008

Le Meridian Kota Kinabalu

I will post photo of Le Meridian Kota Kinabalu. Its a good hotel, so good I am sure I will be going there again.





Coffee house, living room and bedroom of the suite. Its called Le Royal Club by the way.