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Barcelona, Barcelona

Think of a city full of art, history, unusual architecture and other than these, romantic and totally fun! The city is a mixture of two cultures, Catalan and Spanish, which makes its unique architecture, delicious food, beautiful beaches and above all, its special character and culture.
In this article, you’re going to read what you can do in 24 hours in this masterpiece, Barcelona. To book online now: Galahotels.com/Barcelona

09:00 As you start early, we recommend you to open the day in a tapas restaurant. On Passeig de Gràcia you can find several tapas restaurants, and each one serves delicious and affordable tapas. Delicious and diverse types of sandwiches can be found easily, too. Baby squids are recommended. After the breakfast, take a walk on Passeig de Gràcia, a well known -after La Rambla- strret in which famous brands are located. 

10:00 As you continue your ride on Passeig de Gràcia, you can see Casa Battló and Casa Milà which are located close. These unique buildings by Gaudican look a bit freeky but they are a must-see in Barcelona. They are one of the most remarkable works of Antoni Gaudi and you can tour these with a small fee.

11:00 Take the metro and go to Parc Güell, one of the most beautiful icons of the city. This is not a usual park, built by Gaudi, full of gardens and colorful and unique architectural work. It has a perfect view of the city, and there are 2 buildings at the enterence which looks like made of sugar and you wanna eat them :) You can enjoy a fantastic green walk surrounded by a modernist works at Parc Güell.

12:00 Take off the metro at Sagrada Familia and now it’s time for the most popular icon of the city, designed by Antoni Gaudi again and the construction still continues. When you want to take a photo, the building doesn’t fit your pose since it is giant structure. Inside the church is naturalist, resembles of a forest. You can pay extra fee to tour the towers and enjoy a magnificent city view. For hotels near Sagrada Familia click Galahotels.com/SagradaFamilia

13:00 As you get hungry, take the metro again and go to Catalunya. Plaza Catalunya is the main and larges square of Barcelona and several main streets are connected to it. you can find well-known shop called El Corte Ingles around the square. You can connect the main street of Barcelona, La Rambla. You can eat at various restaurants on the street. La Poma is an option-Try Paella.

14:30 After lunch, take a walk down La Rambla (it gets hard to resist when it smells delicious waffles) and you’ll see Mercat-La Boquera on your right. This is a big marketplace where you can find various kinds of fresh meat, fish, pork, fruits etc. Connect to Carrer de Montcada to visit Picasso Museum. You pay a fee to enter the museum and there, original masterpieces of Pablo Picasso are exhibited. Taking photos are prohibited. 

16:00 You can plan a visit to Park de la Ciutadella which is no far from  Picasso. The park is enormous, there, you can see the Arc de Triomphe, take a walk around or visit the zoo.  

17:00 Take a taxi and visit Castell de Montjuic. This place is on a hill and has a view of the coastline and the city. You can tour the castle and take some photos. Drink a coffee while enjoying the landscape. 

18:00 Afterwards, visit the Marina; This place is totally peaceful, all you should do is walk across the bridges and sit on a bench to watch the sunset. There isL’aquarium Barcelona behind the marina, and you can visit the penguins, jaws, squids and more. 

19:30 Walk down to Av. Portal de L’Angel to visit Santa Maria del Mar church. Light a candle and make a wish. After your visit, you can tour the street since there are various shops on both sides. 

21:00 We strongly recommend you to make a reservation at Los Caracoles - a well-known fish and steakhouse. Prices are a bit high but it really worths! If you want some tapas, Mushroom salad is delicious. Order a good wine and enjoy your gourmet dinner.

22:30 As the night continues and you want to move on, visit Plaça Reial which is too close to Los Caracoles, at night it gets really crowded with people having fun, laughing talking and of course, drinking! Order something cool and enjoy the night. 

00:00 As you drink, you need more music and Sutton is the right place to go. So crowded and full of beautiful people, the Sutton club is located at posh Calle Tusset in the Gothic Quarter and is open from Thursday to Saturday from midnight until 5am. Or if you want a rooftop, visit W Hotel with its beautiful scene.

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5 Reasons to Visit São Paulo

São Paulo, the largest city of Brasil, is a metropol which has a population around 20 million. São Paulo is one of the richest cities in the southern hemisphere, though inequality between the classes typically observed in Brazil is obvious. The main airport of the metropol is Guarulhos Airport and every year Brasil attract an average of 5.6 million tourists. To book your rooms online now, Galahotels.com/São Paulo offers the best rates with 3D secure payments.We have determined top 5 reasons to travel to São Paulo and each one is even enough to visit the city. Reason #1: Shop till you drop: In the metropol, you can either shop at malls or fancy streets. The city is full of malls and shops which sell at really low prices. Especially shoes are very affordable. Fashionistas from all over the continent come to São Paulo for the clothes, shoes, and accessories.In Jardins, centering on Rua Oscar Freire, double-parked Mercedes-Benzes and BMWs point the way to the city’s fanciest stores, which sell leather, jewelry, antiques, and art. When you start shopping around the city, we bet you lose yourself and end up with penniless. Reason #2: Glorious Food: Along with Brazil’s well-known beer and coffee, we can tell you that there are approximately 12.500 restaurants in São Paulo and they serve wide rande of world cuisines, especially the most frequent ones are Portuguese and Japanese. If you want to try something national, head to a Brazilian restaurant and order for feijoada—the national dish of black beans and pork. Also on the streets and subways, you can easily find pão de queijo -something like cheesy bread balls- which is cheap and popular.

Reason #3: Live Music: The most popular Brazilian music are Samba and Bossa Nova, enjoy the music that flows through the streets and can be heard around every corner—dance, sing, or just take in the ambience. On weekends you’ll find MPB, samba, and pagode (similar to samba but with pop-music elements) in clubs throughout the city—many operating from early afternoon to early evening and served by feijoada or other meals. Reason #4: Hopping Night Life: São Paulo’s night life options are endless, bars of all styles are ready for the thirsty traveler—fulfill your thirst with a cold beer or strong caipirinha. The chic and wealthy clubs and bars are in the Vila Olímpia, Jardins, and Itaim. Pinheiros and Vila Madalena have a plenty of youthful clubs and bars. If you’re looking for gay and lesbian spots, Brasil is the right place, just visit Jardins and Centro. Reason #5: Football: The fame of Brasil in football is undeniable and in São Paulo, football is played everywhere. The four main teams—Corinthians, São Paulo, Palmeiras, and Santos—attract fans from other states. If you want to witness a real Brazilian football, just buy your tickets and enjoy the game. We bet these five reasons are enough to plan a travel to São Paulo, a travel which will satisfy you in many ways; The football, exciting night life, beautiful music, Brazilian food and affordable shopping. If you want to be a part of this joy, just book your rooms online at Galahotels.com/São Paulo with 3% member rewards and best rates!

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Takayama Autumn Festival

The Takayama Festival is a very popular event, visited by several hundred thousand 

people across Japan and the world. The date of first Takayama Festival goes back to 

16th century. The festival is held twice a year, one in Spring and one in Autumn. The 

next one will be on 9-10 October in old town of Takayama-Japan. Takayama Festival 

is also called Hachiman Festival and it has unique attractions and schedules. 

Main attractions of the Takayama Festival: 

Display of festival floats (9 a.m-4 p.m): In both festival days, between these hours

 the festival floats (yatai) are displayed in the streets of Takayama. 

Karakuri Performance (11 a.m-3 p.m): Several of the festival floats are decorated with 

“Karakuri Ningyo”, sophisticated mechanical dolls that can move and dance. Karakuri 

doll performances are held on both days of the festival.

Mikoshi Procession (6 p.m-9 p.m): A portable shrine (Mikoshi) is carried around the 

town in a parade during the two days of the festival, starting and ending at the 

respective festival’s shrine. The mikoshi contains the shrine’s kami (Shinto Deity). The 

festival is the only time of the year when the deity leaves the shrine to be carried around 

town.

Evening Festival (6 p.m-9 p.m): In the evening of the first day, the festival floats are

 pulled through the streets of Takayama's old town for about two to three hours. The 

evening festival (yomatsuri) is considered the festival's highlight by many visitors.  

Also, through the year, floats used in the festival are exhibited in Takayama Festival 

Floats Exhibition Hall. 

Since the city gets really crowded during and even before the festival, it might not be 

easy to find an available hotel room to stay. So hurry up and book your rooms online 

on Galahotels.com/Takayama 

Cairo's Orientalist Pleasures

Cairo has no boulevard, modern parks and skyscrapers this city’s buildings are centuries old. Cairo offers you old Cairo Temples, Christian, Jewish and Muslim Landmarks, modern art and sculpturing, Pharaoh Era ancient residential areas, Nile River and pyramids.

You can stay Marriott, Ramses Hilton, Talisman, Grand Hyatt which are very close to Cairo popular city centre.

" Cairo City View"

Cairo Tower in the centre of the Cairo where is in Nile River’s Gezira Island, in Zamalek region. This tower is 187 metres high and is higher than the Big Giza Pyramid. Panaromic Cairo City view is charming from Cairo Tower.

"Cairo Tower"

Egypt is known all around the world with its pyramid besides many of that pyramids had been around Cairo. Also, that time-honored magnificent buildings are in the southern part of The Nile Delta. The big pyramids of Giza the most famous buildings of the country. This architectural buildings are subsisted of the seven wonders of the World.

"Giza in Cairo"

"The Nile Delta Pyramids of Cairo"

Castle is the most visited place of Cairo. During 7 years, that place was hosting Egypt Crown which has 3 different type of mosque, palaces and terraces.

"Darb-al- Ahmar"

Cairo is known as Islamic Cairo. Because many Islamic art works are dense in that area Furthermore, Cairo is in Unesco World Heritage list. Mohammed Ali Mosque is the one of most visited places by tourists which is in Salahide Castle. Beit al-Suhaymi is the best example of Islamic Cairo which is in Gamalliyat. Thenceforward, Beit el-Suhaymi is consist of family hostels in the bargain its garden of inside is cute. Bab Zuweila is a magnificent place with its two doors with tower where is in Darb al Ahmar. In addition to Bab Zuweila was used as a southern door of the Cairo’s Kingdom when was in Fatimid period.

"Fatimid Period Work Art in Cairo"

Egypt Museum exhibited old Egypt antiques thereto it has wide collection. 136,000 pieces of that collection exhibition and its room used as depot are thousand of art Works. In Tahrir Square, Royal Mummy Room has 27 mummies which are relative to Pharaoh Era which also has neoclassical building. Hotels which is near Egypt Museums are Museum View, New Garden Palace, Pharaoh Palace, Ramses Hilton.

" Cairo Egypt Museum"

"Magnificent Mummy and Sculpture"

Cairo has a variety and colorful culture which is 7.000 years old. With its modern art, music,dance, theatre, cinema, gallery and so many cultural centres are pieces of Cairo’s rich culture.

" Ibn-i Tulun"

Gezira Art Centre hosts four gallery where is in Zamalak. In addition to, Gezira Art Centre has temporary exhibitions, a cinema saloon, a conference saloon and a open-air theatre. 10.000 tables and sculptures are in there besides it takes the place of Hussein el Me’mar Paha Street and third exhibition floored which is Townhouse Gallery is appealed public of city also it is a modern art center.

"Gezira Art Centre"

National Cultural Centre’s Cairo Opera House are the most important scene arts centre. Cairo Opera House in Gezira Island on the Nile River is a place of the most significant art centre which puts on the stage the best dance performance. All around the year, jazz, classic music, opera, Arabic music and ballet are arranged in this place. Hotels which is near Cairo Opera House are; Novotel Cairo El Borg, Sofitel El Gezirah, Four Seasons At Nile Plaza, Sheraton Cairo Towers.

"Cairo Opera House"

International Cairo Film Festival is firstly arranged in 1976 thenceforward this World renown cultural event are pieced together artistic and cultural elements who belonged to east and west.

"International Cairo Film Festival"

Traditional Cairo dance is pretty much popular. Oriantal dance and oriental dance training are educated all around Cairo. Riding a horse, going to pyramids with riding a camel, renting sailing boat for Cairo tour and going for a row on the Nile River are important touristic activities.

"Going to Pyramids With Riding a Camel"

"Cairo Belly Dance Festival"

"Nile River Tour"

If you want to live east pleasure, hear delight oriental music, watch oriental dance, taste spiced gourmet foods, see pyramids , museums and archaeological artworks: true address is actually Cairo.