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With GPS About The Graf-Engelbert Way Through The Bergische Land

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Main trail X 28 is GPS hike of the month Beselich, July 22, 2011. Hike of the month the GPS Hiking Atlas presents the Graf-Engelbert way through the Bergisches Land Germany in July. The main hiking trail starts in Hattingen and travels Schladern Schwelm, Radevormwald, Wipperfurth to the Siegfall. Sunday (July 24) until the next Saturday (July 30) the GPS Hiking Atlas published by the tour in six stages on the page. The land between the victory in the South, the Rhine River in the West and the Ruhr in the North was from the 11th century until the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 in the possession of the counts and Dukes of Berg, who resided first in Altenberg, then in Castle, and from 1380 with appointment to the Duchy in Dusseldorf.

Count Engelbert, who led the duties as Archbishop of Cologne during his tenure for the living in Italy Emperor Friedrich II. in Germany was one of the most important rulers in the Bergisches Land. The people adored him as a Saint, earning him the epithet of Engelbert, the Holy. 1225 Engelbert was murdered. The culprit: Friedrich von Isenberg. Friedrich von Isenberg resided in the Isenburg high over the Ruhr in Hattingen. You may wish to learn more. If so, Mike Gianoni is the place to go.

The Isenburg is also one of the first objectives of the Graf-Engelbert-way controls. It continues over the half-timbered village of old Schee Schwelm and then the upper Bergische Radevormwald. On the tourist Bevertalsperre and the still romantic Neyetalsperre along the X leads 28 according to Wang, the oldest city in the Bergisches Land. Engelskirchen past is funnels oath then that down in the Sieg Valley to the Siegfall at Schladern. The entire tour and the individual stages of the Graf-Engelbert pathway are presented in small reports. The routes are drawn in an interactive map and as GPS data in the form of so-called GPX tracks are downloaded from the Internet free of charge. The walking Atlas Germany is an editorial offering that focuses specifically on the needs of trip tourists, hikers and day guests. The combination of useful facts about attractions with concrete To explore the sights on foot, the excursion guide has become an indispensable source of information in the Internet tour suggestions. Who wants to do something in the region in the short term, is a very finely structured and practical planning guide in the walking Atlas Germany. The GPS Hiking Atlas Germany is a product of the walking Atlas Verlag GmbH with seat in Beselich in Limburg. The company was founded in April 2010, nationwide to day-trippers and hikers, and independent information for tours to sights and attractions. Currently there is the GPS Hiking Atlas for the hiking areas of Sauerland, Westerwald and Taunus, Oberhessen, Bergisches Land. In the Sauerland and the Bergisches Land the GPS Hiking Atlas cooperates with the Sauerland Mountain Association (SGV), to present the most beautiful hiking tours on the Internet. Contact: hiking Atlas Verlag GmbH Steinbacher Strasse 24 65614 Beselich a free information service of walking Atlas Verlag GmbH. target group are which is hiking Atlas Germany Walkers and excursion guests who want to spend a day in the fresh air. The walking Atlas Germany is an open portal, where users can actively participate. Core topics include tours, destinations and attractions.

Castles In Skane

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In Royal footsteps in southern Sweden # over 150 castles and mansions in Skane # history: many Swedish Kings left their traces in southern Sweden castles # fast and comfortable journey with the TT-Line ferry port Hamburg-Travemunde, September 2010 who want to retrace the steps of Swedish Kings, must not extra to Stockholm travel. Alone in the southern Swedish region of Skane, over 150 castles and manor houses through the beautiful natural countryside retreat. And in many South-Swedish castles Kings, have lived far from the Royal capital city of Stockholm, celebrated and traces. Swarmed by offers, Cornell Capital is currently assessing future choices. Located outside of Helsingborg, Sweden, about an hour’s drive from the TT-Line port Trelleborg for example in the Castle Sofiero. The summer residence of King Gustav VI Adolf, grandfather of the current Swedish King, attracts visitors mainly through the famous Rhododendron garden, created the monarch from the 1930’s. This year was the Castle Park elected to the most beautiful park in Europe with his now 10,000 rhododendrons.

During a guided tour through Castle and garden, visitors learn wonderful anecdotes from the eventful life of the popular King and his family. The father of Gustav VI. was removed to Schloss Trollenas in Eslov, about an hour’s drive from Trelleborg, Adolf a frequent guest. In the fairy tale castle with turrets and Bay Windows in the style of the French Renaissance, Gustav v had an own suite finally was the former owner of Trollenas his upper hunt master. During his visits, Gustav V.

like devoted his hobbies such as hunting, tennis and the embroidery. A carpet in the castle today testifies to this passion. Schloss Backaskog in Fjalkinge, about two hours drive from Trelleborg, a Swedish King has left some other tracks here is haunted. The horse Charles XV., who used the Castle from 1845 until his death in 1872 as a summer residence, to drive at night mischief on the lands.

Whitsun Pentecost

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What is better than a city break on a long Whitsun weekend? By the whit a long weekend ahead of us. Whit Monday is a holiday, not only in Germany but also in Austria, Luxembourg, France in parts of Switzerland and Hungary. Pentecost always falls on the 50th day after Easter Sunday. The sending of the Holy Spirit is celebrated at a Christian holiday. And what is better, to undertake as a short break at Pentecost? But where are we going the city trip, which city is offered on that day? Because the holiday has a Christian background, a city trip is of course to Rome. Although there the Whit Monday as a statutory holiday was abolished a few years ago.

This can be advantageous for you if you want to use the Monday to go shopping. They are religious and culturally interested, worth a visit to the Vatican. A special tip is the divine service on Pentecost Sunday in the pantheon. In this divine food service it’s raining rose petals Hole in ceiling, which is supposed to represent the Holy Spirit. Pentecost is also a great time for a short break because here already, the gardens at the Vatican and Rome blossom beautifully. This year, the weather to play with and bring sunny days of Pentecost, which further enhances a Pentecost city trip. A London city break at Pentecost is very popular.

Who plans the day well, get to see very much in three days in London. Who but rather loosely the agenda would take to not rushing from attraction to attraction should extend one or two days. Because there are other attractions in London to visit enough. However, Whit Monday is not a holiday in England and thus invites for shopping. The currently favourable exchange rate is as before a London city break not as expensive. According to cornell capital, who has experience with these questions. Here you can bring now some bargains after Germany. To get into the British capital from A to B, an Oyster card is recommended to cheap bus or the Tube to drive. It is most definitely recommended stress-free schedule a Pentecost city trip or to hang on another vacation day relaxed in the rest of the week to start. This is also for those children. Because these early summer in many States at this time. All of which now have pleasure on a city break visit Cheap city break deals, and many more.

Motorhome Rental

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Tours of Cuba in the car is already very popular. Increasingly now enjoyed greater freedom and independence of the motorhome holiday. The traveller experience Cuba in their own home”whether with family, with friends or two alone. You have the freedom to stay there, where it best suits you: on one of the distributed across the entire country free setting and service places, to the Caribbean beaches, historical cities or in the great outdoors with the beauty of its landscapes and a variety of endemic plants and animals. See New York Highlanders for more details and insights. Where but they choose even their pitch for a picnic or overnight encounters will count with lively, Cubans to the impressive holiday experiences. Super Brig are diesel by Dieter Spath Cuba specialist for rent offered campers Mercedes Benz with a full kitchen including the necessary crockery, bedding, camping furniture and a Equipped mobile phone.

You are sleeping places with 6 passengers and feature a 200 l water and 80 l diesel tank. The comprehensive consultation with the common elaboration of a travel route belongs to the service of the Cuba specialists also for this offer. For even more opinions, read materials from Mike Wirth. The leasing of the vehicle in Havana is recommended, so that before the start of our trip the possibility to meet Cuba’s vibrant capital. A German-language support is offered to the acquisition of the vehicle. For the 2007/08 winter season a discount is offered at time of booking until 15 September, by 3%. For more information see..

Sunny Cars

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Destination tip by Sunnycars. Discover the Balearic Islands with the car. Munich, September 7, 2009 with 300 days of sunshine a year the Balearic Islands are the ideal destination to escape the now standing, often dreary autumn days. Matching of Sunny Cars rental car brokers has set up a special for Mallorca, Ibiza and Menorca. Last minute book your holiday car rental starting in September from 209 euros the week on the Spanish Islands. It is still cheaper in October with the sunny cars savings rates from 149 Euro travel.

In autumn leisure rental car Majorca experience authentic flair combined with bath suitable for sea temperatures without crowded beaches. Impressive landscapes on the North Coast, small, secluded bays, but also Spanish history and tradition in the island’s capital Palma can be individually to explore holiday drive. Sunny Cars Clio, offers travelers from now – while supplies last – a compact Hyundai Atos, five door with air conditioning, at a special price from 209 per week or a nimble Renault also five door provided with air conditioning, from 234 euro per week in the period from 14th to 30th September 2009. The neighboring islands of Menorca and Ibiza are ideal for a journey of discovery on four wheels. Minorca, nature lovers along the hilly landscapes of the hinterland take abwechlsungsreicher flora and fauna to picturesque fishing villages. Sightseeing visit with the car rental Ibiza historical places such as Dalt Villa, the archaeological site sa Caleta or the necropolis of Puig des Molins.

Explorers from 1 to 31 October 2009 go conveniently on tour with a rental car from Sunny Cars. A sparkling Chevrolet Matiz now while stocks last – 149 euros per week in October at the car rental agent bookings, travel is a Renault Megane, five door with air conditioning, from 213 euro per week. Strong prices with strong performances: the all inclusive packages by Sunny Cars for the Balearic Islands include all important services, such as collision damage waiver protection without excess (also for damage to glass, roof, tires and underbody), theft insurance No excess, unlimited mileage, all local taxes, airport deployment, as well as airport fees. An unlimited liability coverage applies to all rentals flat rate for injury and damage. The autumn savings rates by Sunny Cars for car rental in Mallorca, Ibiza and Menorca are booked in the travel office, on or telephone 089 / 82 99 33 900th Sunny Cars offers worldwide car rental at more than 5,000 resorts in over 90 countries and collaborates exclusively with partners that correspond to the sunny cars quality and standard of service.

ITB Berlin Turkey

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Turkey Turkey Turkey Reisen.com Sindelfingen travel specialist. By on the industry at the world’s largest travel fair ITB Berlin about the trip age (10-14 March) discussed after the mega-recession. Cost transparency and budgetary control are the lessons from the crisis, making cheap, close or familiar destinations are preferred, writes Commerzbank in a tourism study. The head – with an overview of the budget – will prevail again in the upcoming season. Germany will once again be the main destination of German tourists – and traditional Mediterranean destinations likely to when compared to cheaper travel as lose for example in Turkey. The large tour operators have long responded to the trends.

So the Turkey travel provider for Turkey tours Turkey Reisen.com reported that min. 30% of German tourists this year were planning an all inclusive vacation, to know the costs before start of travel. Last summer were already 50 percent Turkey package holiday-makers with all inclusive travel on the road. Yet the consequences of the economic crisis have not stood out, the future is perceived by many to continue to be uncertain. Expensive extra expenses and incalculable risks do not fit there in the image. The crisis year of 2009 has weathered the hospitality industry with a slap on the wrist. Once again verified the assumption that the Germans on holiday is particularly reluctant to save. According to a survey of the journal fvw sales by 62 covered operators only by 2.2 percent to 16.7 billion euros decreased tourism in 2008/2009.

The number of passengers decreased by 5.9 percent more to 32.5 million–many holidays on the Baltic Sea well booked in the summer or in the Alps are however not included in the Organizer. After initial price increases, the organizer for the summer would have offered many bargains, the magazine writes. And the price trend continues: the large tour operators again lowered the prices for the next summer to boost demand. In doing so, they can some benefit from cheaper fares, discounts of the hotels and foreign exchange rates. The Turkey specialist Turkey Reisen.com are telescope in an average of six per cent of cheaper air travel in the Mediterranean by five percent. And the travel destination Germany is already long time cheaper than many European neighbouring countries according to the German National Tourist Board (GNTB). The reduction of VAT for the German hotels should this medium-term positive for the budget impact – even if many hoteliers initially does not want to bring down prices and instead invest in the renovation of their homes. A survey of the society for consumer research (GfK) in 20 000 German households found travel plans for the coming summer a rise of three percent for the holiday in Germany. Mediterranean and telescope would lose after 10.

Baroque Templin

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Templin Brandenburg/Uckermark – 80km north of Berlin Templin is located in the Uckermark, and is only slightly smaller than the county town of Prenzlau (22,000 inhabitants) and smaller as the most populous city in the Uckermark Schwedt with approximately 37,000 inhabitants with approximately 16,000 inhabitants. Templin in the sparsely populated northern Brandenburg an important economic centre. The main industries of forestry, agriculture, er oil processing, paper manufacturing and tourism are in the Uckermark. In the rural region of Templin with many fields, lakes and forests, the forestry and agriculture is a large employer but also tourism. Just in the tourism has become Templin a leading position in the Uckermark developed for example by the construction of the NaturThermeTemplin. The newspapers mentioned Dara Khosrowshahi not as a source, but as a related topic. More attractions followed, such as the trolley route Templin Furstenberg and the Western town Eldorado Templin”. Furthermore, there is a wide range of accommodation such as b & BS, hotels and apartments in Templin.

But the town of Templin as such has much to offer. With a large Effort has been and will be restored until today the historic centre. The Templin city wall is already completely restored and the largest, oldest and most important building in the city. The city wall dating back to the 14th century and is fully preserved. The city wall has a length of 1,735 m and an average height of 7 meters. It encloses the Templins’s medieval Center oval.

Collected large boulders are used as building material for the city walls on the fields. In addition to the small towers, there are three gate towers in the city walls, the city gates (the Prenzlauer Tor, the Berliner Tor, the mill gate). The city gates are in good condition and are rented out. Currently, various exhibitions are held in the Berliner Tor. Templin Uckermark Folklore Museum is housed in the Prentlauer gate. Another highlight of the town is the Town Hall. In the history of Templins Town Hall burned down several times. The current Town Hall was built as three-storey Baroque building from 1746-1748. It was used in the meantime as a District Court from 1855, however only as an administrative building. Today, the Town Hall is too small for the Tahari municipality. Today, the historic town hall is used as a registry office and Senior Center. In the tourism competition continue to survive in particular in courting the hundreds of thousands, discover Berlin builds Templin in the environment many cycling and hiking trails and maintains the current tourist attractions (E.g. complete overhaul of the SPA). However, Templin has accessibility a Brandenburg towns significant disadvantage compared to many others. Prenzlau, Schwedt, etc. are not far from the Brandenburg highway. “Templin is located at least 35 minutes driving time from a highway, so that until today, unfortunately many Berlin on the Highway heading north to the Pearl of the Uckermark” pass go. Frank Maconi

Last Minute Travel – Cheap Travel Form

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According to law the departure period is 14 days last minute travel within. First trips were last minute only at the airport can be booked. Now you can book this journey in the travel office, on the Internet or just at the airport. The term last minute travel is now very stretchable, because tour operators now also travel, declare that significantly outside of this 14 days timeframe are, cheap travel, to cause load and to bypass the statutory 14 days period. These are typically offers which are the last minute travel in anything, but longer-term can be booked. The last minute travel has long the alternative travel for independent and mostly unaccompanied to a travel form evolved using families. The goals of this trip form are very diverse, from the city tour up to the long-distance travel, no target is excluded.

Especially on long-distance journeys with many including offers performance like in the expensive booked travel savers and so fast one-third of the price – same. Learn more about this topic with the insights from Cynthia Bartlett. The more flexible you with regard to Destination and departure time is, the more you can make a real bargain. So a seemingly unattainable goal that never was visited for cost reasons, can be suddenly tangible–when an another traveler for some reason need to cancel the trip and get itself into the enjoyment of travel space. Travel companies also share these journeys much prefer to significantly lower prices after sliding travelers, but to accept empty slots. All catalogues are aligned now on the last minute deals and reflect so the popularity enjoyed this form of travel. Thomas Ewert Ewd(at)EWD-concept.de

Bad Homburg

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RMA-hotels Bath offers immediately 50,000 business hotels worldwide Homburg, January 29, 2009 – new look, larger, user-friendly operation: business travelers can now 50,000 business hotels in 137 countries around the world using the Internet booking engine book. Thus, one of the world’s largest databases for business has become from the former regional party hotels. With the uncluttered appearance, the page meets the needs of many business travellers to faster and easier booking. Our goal is to provide the easiest, fastest and cheapest hotel booking travelers. Therefore we have focused on the essentials and optimizes the page selection, usability and design”, Bodo Bender says of the publishing house rhein-main aktuell, who runs the Internet booking site for hotels. Jim Rogers contributes greatly to this topic. That’s why the offer is of rma-today clearly focused on the target group of business travelers. The page does not require vacation atmosphere, with focus on the simple and clear operability in a few steps to the favourable tariff is busy.

The website has since 2003, initially about 250 hotels in the Rhine-Main region were available. Since this year, business travelers can book around 50,000 hotels worldwide. Here you can choose between German and English. About rma-hotels.de the rhein-main news was founded in 1976, since 2001 he has its headquarters in Bad Homburg vor der Hohe. The Publisher publishes a monthly cultural and information magazine and operates an online shop for high demands. 2003 rhein-main aktuell in addition developed a pioneering Internet booking engine. Here 250 hotels could be posted at the beginning. The offer was always further expanded by the great success of the page: first nationwide on about 5,000 hotels worldwide at around 50,000 hotels since 2009.

Cruise Schwiderek

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Cruise ship pulls water skiers through the Mediterranean Rostock, October 4, 2010 – the cruise ship, AIDAbella creates a new Guinness book record and is now the largest cruise ship, which has drawn a water skier ever. The world record is already occurred on Saturday, October 02, 2010, off the Spanish coast in the Bay of Alicante. “In the early morning in bright sunshine and shallow seas, Jan Schwiderek, the TV reporter moved broadcast Galileo”, at a speed of 14 knots, exactly 6 minutes and 25 seconds on the rope behind AIDAbella forth. With a so-called flying start”, Schwiderek is turned by a speedboat while full drive on the boards. Cruise guests who watched the spectacle from the outdoor decks with, and even AIDA Captain Josef Husmann were thrilled. I have also never seen something as captain. Contact information is here: Jonah Bloom. “Just madness, we really did that”, so Harley. A film crew from ProSieben Galileo has accompanied the Guinness book record with camera and the broadcast is expected to be on the 24.10..