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Cardiff is the capital city of Wales. It is also the largest city in Wales and the 14th largest in the United Kingdom. Situated in Europe’s most beautiful locale, Cardiff is the dream destination for a fun filled and memorable holiday. The weather all year round and the warm and welcoming locals ensure that your trip to Cardiff is worth all the money you set aside for the holiday. Cardiff welcomes tourists from every part of the world to enjoy a truly unforgettable vacation.

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Most of us want to spend our vacation at a place which is away from the hustle and bustle of mundane routine and takes us far away from the humdrum of regular activity. If you too are looking out for one such place, then you will be delighted to spend your next vacation at Cardiff. There are many hotels in Cardiff that are designed to offer you the much needed solitude you desire. Business professionals need not be disappointed because the hotels in Cardiff also offer adequate facilities for the corporate traveler.

Located in a very enviable location, Cardiff is a perfect recluse for nature lovers and the outgoing kinds who love to indulge to the fullest and make the most of the hard earned money saved and spent on the vacation. At Cardiff, you could just hang in any one of the luxury hotels and make the most of the in-house facilities or enjoy yourself shopping extensively.

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The city restaurants and hotels offer lip smacking cuisine that satisfies the oriental and occidental yearning. The Cardiff restaurants flaunt delicious food and friendly staff who will only add to your pleasant memories. You won’t feel away from the real world or within stress at Cardiff. The place is nature’s way of balancing the ‘is’ and the ‘wish to be’ in everyone’s life. The hotels ensure that they offer you all the modern amenities like the hi-fi Internet facilities to keep you connected. You can also simply freak out at the Pubs, Bars or lounges at the various hotels in Cardiff or enjoy a few laps in the swimming pools of some of the most relaxing accommodations.

The restaurants and hotels serve delicious sumptuous meals that will leave you asking for more. You can indulge in everything from breads, pancakes, fruits, sausage, jams, omelets, and more at any of the star rated and economic hotels in Cardiff. The coziness of the hotels in Cardiff is sure to leave you with a homely feel. The hotels have air conditioned superior guest rooms, some with private balconies and terraces. These enable you to enjoy your privacy to the fullest, being in the heart of Europe.

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The superior interiors of the rooms in the various Cardiff hotels are laid out in typical European style of architecture. The furniture of the rooms stands out as great examples of craftsmanship and the hotels in Cardiff are known for their being fully equipped with modern facilities. Depending on your requirement hotels in Cardiff offer special family connected rooms. So, now you don’t have to keep moving from one room to the other every time your child needs something. You can very well reach out to family members through the connecting doors between the family rooms. The hotels in Cardiff are known for the special care taken to ensure rooms and bathrooms that are always kept spotlessly clean.

The tour and travel desks of the various hotels in Cardiff also organize trips to view some breathtaking sights that will become memories for a lifetime. The travel desks also work in sync with your own travel agent online or offline to help you out with booking of national transport, coach, air and rail ticketing services.

This article was written by Robert who can be found at CardiffHotels.me.uk. For more options please visit: HotelsCardiff.org.uk | Hotel-Cardiff-Hotel.co.uk

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As the summer season in Spain finishes, and the beaches become deserted there is still plenty of action to be found in the beautiful cities of Spain, and the weather remains warm most of the year. The online hotel retailer Rooms To Stay gives the low down on what the Spanish cities have to offer.

Madrid, the capital, is certainly one of Europe’s finest cities. It possesses a wonderful combination of fascinating museums, impressive architecture and lively nightlife, to ensure that all tastes are catered for.

The three finest art galleries are the Museo del Prado, the Thyssen museum and the Reina Sofia. All three boast an incredible array of artefacts, ranging from Goya and El Greco, to Rembrandt and Botticelli. For a more historical look at the city, then visit the Museo Municipal and the Palacio Real, the latter also doubling up as a spectacular venue for open air theatre and music performances during the summer months.

Walking around the town, you will be able to take in such sights as the Puerta del Sol, the centre point of the city, the large number of cafes that surround the Plaza Mayor, and the 17th century town hall. You can also browse through the Rastro market, one of Europe’s largest flea markets, and soak up some true Spanish tradition at a flamenco show at Casa Patas.

The public gardens of the Parque del Buen Retiro are a pleasant retreat to relax and unwind, and it is possible to hire a boat to float out onto the lake. You will find there the Egyptian Fountain and Alfonso XII’s mausoleum. You will also be kept entertained by the variety of entertainers and buskers vying for your attention.

Other activities to enjoy in Madrid, providing the season is right, include a trip to the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, the famous home of the Real Madrid football team where David Beckham and Michael Owen now ply their trade, bullfighting, a hot air balloon ride over the city, or enjoy tapas in the numerous bars of the Chueca district.

Barcelona is another fabulous city to explore. La Rambla is a good place to start from, a collection of streets that stretch from the Placa de Catalunya to the waterfront. Along the way, make sure you stop off at La Boqueria, a great food market, and soak up the atmosphere of street entertainers. The fascinating architecture of Gaudi means that walking through the city is quite an experience.

You can check out Gaudi’s unfinished masterpiece La Sagrada Familia. The Picasso Museum near the Parc de la Ciutadella is worth a visit, and for more culture, the Musuem of Modern Art in the Parc de la Ciutadella and the Museum of Contemporary Art are both excellent.

You can even visit the home of Spain’s other top football side at the Nou Camp, with the chance of stadium tours and a look at the club museum. Further afield, Montserrat is proving an increasingly popular destination, and you can visit the Benedictine Monastery, a place steeped in Catalan history.

Valencia is the third largest city in Spain, and boasts delightful beaches on the Mediterranean. The old town houses the striking cathedral, while the river is traversed by three proud bridges, the Puente del Real, the Puente de la Trinidad and the Puente de Serranos.

One of the best attraction is the baroque Palacio del Marqus de Dos Aguas, as well as the Museo de Bellas Artes. Whilst in Valencia, you must take the opportunity to sample a local delicacy too, the paella Valenciana, a variation on the traditional Spanish dish, which includes chicken and snails

Granada, on the south coast, is a city with a large student presence, due to its popular university. The capital of Moorish Andalucia, the 11th century Alhambra is the jewel in the city’s crown. It is set against the picturequse Sierra Nevada, which in wintertime offers superb skiing. This incredible palace is breathtaking, with the Alcazaba, the Palacio Nazaries and beautiful gardens, and provides wonderful views across the city.

In contrast, Seville is a city that moves at a slower pace, which brings with it an individual charm. It is at the heart of Andalusian culture, the centre of bullfighting and Flamenco music. The city was the home of EXPO ‘92, and as a result combines a mixture of new and old, the latter perhaps most emphatically demonstrated by the Muslim Alcazar and the Christian cathedral.

This article was written by David Brice

David Brice was writing on behalf of online hotels and apartments website Rooms to Stay

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A short drive south of Brisbane is the Gold Coast, stretching for about 35 kilometres along the subtropical coast to the New South Wales border. With its many theme parks, entertainment venues, and surf-washed sandy beaches edged with high-rise holiday apartments it is the gateway to instant leisure.

Just north of Brisbane Iies the Sunshine Coast: Caloundra, Maroochydore, and Noosa Heads beckon with kilometres of golden sands and surf.

North of the Sunshine Coast is Hervey Bay, which has long been a popular holiday spot with locals, but in recent times has become the base for a fleet of boats carrying large numbers of visitors to watch whales off nearby Fraser Island.

The largest sand island on Earth and World Heritage Listed, Fraser Island attracts thousands of visitors annually who come to experience the beauty of its sub-tropical rainforests, freshwater lakes, and dunes that rise to heights of around 230 metres; others come for the great beach fishing. At the northern end of the island lies the Great Sandy National Park.

In the hills behind the Sunshine Coast the town of Nambour is surrounded by pineapple farms and is home to `The Big Pineapple’, a tourist attraction set on a pineapple farm. Some of the best scenery in this area is around Maleny, where there are wonderful views over the Glasshouse Mountains - a series of old volcanic plugs that rear over forests and farmlands. Named by Captain Cook in 1770, their strange shapes standing on the horizon were a reminder of the glass furnaces of industrial Yorkshire.

For nature-lovers and bush walkers, it is often a relief to leave the clamour of the coastal resorts and escape to the quiet wilderness of the hinterland’s national parks. Mount Tamborine, close to Brisbane, has some small but delightful parks. One of them, Witches Falls, was Queensland’s first national park in 1908; at that time, forestry officials declared it to be ‘unfit for any other purpose’.

The most popular park in Queensland is Lamington National Park, situated close to the New South Wales border. Edged with escarpments rising to 900 metres, the park protects an outstanding area of undisturbed rainforest on the Lamington Plateau, on the south side of the Scenic Rim - the crescent of mountains lying behind Brisbane and the Gold Coast. The park has the oldest stands of Antarctic Beech trees in the southern Hemisphere.

Another notable park on the border is Springbrook National Park. The Natural Bridge and waterfall, one of the park’s main features, lies close to the Numinbah Valley road; higher up in the park, near the village of Springbrook, the Best Of All Lookout offers aerial-like views over the ranges.

The capital of Queensland, Brisbane is built around the busiest commercial river in Australia, the Brisbane River. One of the best views of the river with a backdrop of the central business district is from a small park at Kangaroo Point. Further upstream there are more good views of the city from the South Bank Parklands, situated on the southern banks of the river. A ‘must’ for visitors to Brisbane, the 16 hectares of parks and tropical gardens feature restaurants and cafes, weekend markets and entertainers and an artificial beach.

Nearby, on the same side of the river, is the Queensland Cultural Centre, which incorporates the performing arts complex, the State Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the Queensland Art Gallery.

This article was written by John Hacking

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