Carlsbad travel tips and stories. Vacations ideas, cruises spa and resorts

Escape to this newly-renovated, top rated spa, golf and family resort nestled among 400 lush garden acres in the coastal foothills of North San Diego, near the beach in Carlsbad, CA. This first-class coastal California hotel is a haven of rejuvenation, comfort and escape where you can do it all or, if preferred, nothing at all. Whatever it is that you desire, it can all be found in one place – La Costa Resort.

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One of the greatest morning scenes in Texas, USA, is found just south of the Guadalupe Mountains, where the first rays of sun transform the dramatic eastern escarpment of El Capitan into a brilliant copper-orange curtain of light. The Guadalupe Mountains are part of one of the finest examples of an ancient marine fossil reef on Earth. Geologists come here from around the world to marvel at this extraordinary natural phenomenon, which formed approximately 250 million years ago in the geologic period know as the Permian. Today, El Capitan is the most distinct landmark within Guadalupe Mountains National Park, with trails around the base and near other mountains providing great views of the mountain.

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Karlovy Vary, also known as Carlsbad, is one of the most important spa towns in Central Europe.The water from the natural hot springs was highly valued for its curative powers, and the town maintains an old-worldly air, with the bathhouses and many of the town’s key buildings dating from that time.
The therapeutic effect of the Karlovy Vary springs has been utilized ever since the Middle Ages. The spa became a tryst of aristocracy in the 17th and 18th centuries. The town’s most valuable architecture has its origin in this period as well, the Baroque Church of St. Mary Magdalen, built by K. I. Dientzenhofer in 1727 - 1736. Though, the spa’s greatest upsurge occurred only in the 19th century when Karlovy Vary became world famous. The spa buildings, colonnades and pavilions were constructed in the mood of a sober Empirical and, later, Art Nouveau styles. The center of the present spa bustle in Karlovy Vary is a modern pavilion with the main Karlovy Vary spring, Vřídlo, and the Mlýnská Colonnade.

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Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Do you know this place? As you pass through the Chihuahuan Desert and Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico and west Texas you might never guess there are more than 300 known caves beneath the surface.

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