Unveiled on 23 August 1913, The Little Mermaid statue was a gift from Danish brewer Carl Jacobsen, he of Carlsberg fame, to the city of Copenhagen. The sculpture, by artist Edvard Eriksen, is made of bronze and granite and was inspired by the Hans Christian...
Launched in 1998 with the opening of the W New York, W Hotels & Resorts have grown into a chain of some 50 luxury hotels in 24 countries worldwide. Owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, W hotels are generally marketed toward a younger crowd, sporting...
Kerala India’s Laid-Back State. The Best Place In India To Escape India Itself Chinese fishing nets, Fort Cochin, Kerala, India. September 19, 2012 ; Picked up as one of the 50 must-see destinations of a lifetime by the National Geographic Traveler, Kerala in...
Gwanghwamun is the main and largest gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace, the largest & most important of the Five Grand Palaces of the Korean Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897). The gate, marking the southern entrance to the palace grounds, is located at the top of Sejongno,...
Jeju Island is a small volcanic island in the East China Sea off the south coast of the Korean Peninsula. In 2011, & at the end of a 4-year initiative, the island was selected as one of the New7Wonders of Nature, a list voted on by the public through a global...
Kiyomizu-dera Temple One Of Japan’s Most Celebrated Temples & A New7Wonders Of The World Finalist Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Kyoto, Japan. November 20, 2007 ; As the imperial capital of Japan for more than a thousand years, Kyoto conjures up the classic images of...
The Bulguksa Temple (temple of the Buddha land) is the most famous temple in South Korea and home to seven of the country’s listed National treasures. A temple was first constructed on this site in 528, but, & like nearly every historic building in Korea,...
Ohrid, immortal Ohrid – a kingdom of light and water, a repository of ancient ruins from Macedonia’s earlier kingdoms – is the sublime lakeside town that for many represents the culmination of the Macedonian experience. The charming tourist friendly town of Ohrid is...
Vatican City, officially Vatican City State, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It achieved sovereignty from Italy & the wider city of Rome in 1929 when the then Fascist Italian leader...
There’s history, & then there’s the Italian capital of Rome. Founded, according to legend, by Romulus and Remus in 753 BC, this is where modern civilisation as we all know it was founded. Yep, right here. Rome was first the centre of the Roman...
