2011 August travel tips and stories. Vacations ideas, cruises spa and resorts

Situated in the southernmost part of Brooklyn, just a stone’s throw away from Manhattan, Coney Island is a year-round entertainment destination full of fun things to do. Opened to the public in distant 1829, the Island became a favorite vacation spot for the rich and famous. The island is possibly best known as the site of amusement parks and a major resort that reached their peak during the first half of the 20th century. With nearly 3 miles of sandy beaches, Coney Island offers an ideal summer respite from the hectic and steamy city.
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Welcome to the greatest sports facility in the New York City - the Yankees Stadium! Located in the Bronx, Yankee Stadium is just over the bridge from Manhattan and is home to the New York Yankees baseball team. This is the “new” Yankee Stadium which looks similar to the original 1923 Yankee Stadium. Built on 97,000 m2 of public parkland, the new ballpark was opened in 2009, when the Yankees hosted a workout day in front of fans from the Bronx community. The project is part of a larger redevelopment plan that includes a hotel, conference center and high school for sports-related careers.
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New York is definitely the place to be for a hungry art lover and there are places that should not be missed out. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (colloquially The Met) is one of the largest and finest museums in the world. Its collections now contain more than three million works of art from all points of the compass, ancient through modern times. Located in New York City’s Central Park along Fifth Avenue it was founded in 1870. Every year nearly five million people visit the museum make it one of the most popular tourist attractions in NYC.
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Founded in the year 1860, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is a major museum located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The museum has a vast collection of Ancient Cultures, European Art, Canadian Art, Inuit and Amerindian Art, Contemporary Art and Decorative Arts. Every year around half a million visitors enjoy museum’s amazing collection and its original exhibition combine fine arts, music, film, fashion and innovative design.
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Howick Historical Village is an award winning heritage attraction situated in surrounding Auckland suburb of Howick. This is a living history museum shows the history and life as it was for Auckland’s early settlers in the period 1840-1880. It comprises thirty original buildings set in 7 acres of grounds and gardens. The streets, the pond with ducks and geese, and the village gardens are faithful reconstructions of Victorian fashion, and there’s a cafe with homemade goodies as well.
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This is one of the main points of interests when visiting Colombia. No other museum in Latin America holds a collection of gold as vast as the Museo del Oro or Museum of Gold in Bogota. With a permanent extraordinary collection of more than 55,000 ornaments, tools and art pieces made of gold by all the native pre-Hispanic cultures, this is one of the most representative museums in South America.
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Situated in the city of Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum or Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Niteroi – MAC is one of the city’s main landmarks. More than a simple museum, it is a cultural space. Designed by Oscar Niemeyer (one of the most famous architects on earth), the architectural complex might be better known for its fascinating building, which looks more like a UFO than a museum at first glance.
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Malba Museum or Latinamerican Museum of Art is one of the most impressive museums in Buenos Aires and throughout Latin America. Created in 2001 by Argentine businessman Eduardo Constantini, the museum displays artworks of Latin American art from the early 20th century to the present day. Its purpose is to collect, preserve and expand its selection of works from modern artists from across Latin America. The museum housed an ultra-modern glass on steel building designed by renowned Argentine architectural firm – AFT Architects.
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The Tareq Rajab Museum or Museum of Islamic Calligraphy is located at the main city area of Kuwait in one of the most beautiful buildings in the country. The Museum is the private collection of the Rajab family – Kuwait’s first minister of antiquities and his British wife. The collection was started in the early 1950s and after long tours of traveling and collecting articles, in 1980 they finally were able to open a museum for the public. The museum has the collection of above thirty thousand items, of which about ten thousand are permanently on for public display.
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Internationally recognized as one of the foremost art institutions in the Middle East, the National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman is a place to go. Located in a complex of two different buildings which are connected via a pleasant sculpture park, this impressive gallery is a wonderful place to gain an appreciation of contemporary Jordanian painting, sculpture and pottery.
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