Archive for October, 2009
Staten Island Options For New York Visitors
Budgetconscious travellers to New York could make significant savings on their hotel bills by choosing to stay at nearby Staten Island and taking advantage of the free Staten Island Ferry to go sightseeing in Manhattan and the other Big Apple boroughs. With hotels in Manhattan amongst the most expensive in the world it makes perfect economic sense to stay just over the Hudson on Staten Island where hotel accommodation is significantly cheaper.
Although nearer to New Jersey than the other four boroughs Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City with a population of almost half a million. The Staten Island Ferry takes only 25 minutes to travel the five miles from the St. George Ferry Terminal to Battery Park Manhattan and runs regularly throughout the day. But best of all its free; there is no charge for foot passengers who use the service. There is room for 4440 foot passengers on each ferry and with over 50 weekday roundtrips you should have no trouble getting a place on board although try to avoid the rush hour periods when many residents of Staten Island make their way to jobs in Manhattan and back to their homes in the evening. At the weekend there are less services but still a significant amount enabling you to make the most of your big city vacation.
With all the major sights in New York City such as the Empire State Building Times Square Central Park and Grand Central Station all easily accessible from the southern tip of Manhattan via the subway and bus it makes great financial sense to stay in Staten Island. Both uptown and upstate New York can be conveniently reached using the excellent transportation system throughout the five boroughs and beyond.
Also while you travel on the ferry you will get excellent views of the Lower Manhattan skyline and youll steam past Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty although if you wish to visit the latter two attractions you will need to embark on a separate Liberty ferry that travels from Battery Park.
From your hotel in Staten Island you can be in central Manhattan in less than 45 minutes; while benefiting from the much lower room prices easily saving 100 per night per room money you will save on your accommodation during a one week stay could pay for all your sightseeing activity and may even fund other entertainment options and for all your daytoday dining!
About the writer: Adam Singleton is an online freelance journalist and keen gardener. He lives in Scotland with his two dogs.
St Petersburg Hotels Make Your Stay Memorable
In fact St Petersburg never fails to mesmerize its visitors with its natural grandeur and everlasting places. No matter what you are looking for such as:
Excitement or thrills
Prehistoric to contemporary architectural designs
Natural as well as manmade parks and gardens
Beauty of nature
This Historical city brings a lot for you that are the center of construction heritage as well as rich culture. Moreover this is not the closing stage of its features. The city hosts to hundreds and thousands of tourists annually by making admirable accommodations. St Petersburg has supreme choice of accommodation ranging from 5 star hotels to budget hotels.
There is really a wide range of hotels in St Petersburg and some of the most renowned hotels are:
Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club
Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay
Grand Hotel Emerald
Corinthia Nevskij Palace
However the list does not end here there are a number of other hotels that offer you stateoftheart facilities and luxurious accommodation at reasonable prices. One of the main advantages of staying in these hotels is that they are close to historical monuments of St Petersburg such as:
St Isaac’s Cathedral
The Blue Bridge
The Peter amp; Paul Fortress
The Cabin of Peter the Great
The Hermitage
Palace Square and the Alexander Column
The Bronze Horseman
Central Navy Museum
St Petersburg hotels are not only places for accommodating but they also promoting tourism by providing all stateoftheart facilities at reasonable prices. However spacious rooms of these luxury hotels beautifully designed with luxurious furnishings are centre of attraction in them.
St Petersburg hotels make every effort to offer something unique this is why and these hotels are equipped with an assortment of facilities and services such as gyms beauty parlours ultramodern bathrooms internet connectivity and many more to allure guests. Hotels in St Petersburg also offer more to their corporate clients such as smart meeting and conference facilities with all modern amenities like multimedia work station with internet as well as secretarial services fax photocopier and many more. When it comes to book a hotel in this historical city you can book it online by selecting an online booking site; all you have to do is only filling up a simple online form.
About the writer: Destinationrussia.com is the best place to book your Moscow hotels St Petersburg Hotels and also provides travel services world widely. You can select the best Hotels in St Petersburg with complete accommodations at special discount rates.
Sozopol Bulgaria What To See And Do
Sozopol is one of the most attractive spots on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Along with Nessebar about 60 km to the north Sozopol offers a combination of oldstyle architecture cobblestone streets lines with picturesque houses and numerous restaurants and coffee shops. All of this is set on a relatively small area high on the rocks above the sea.
The old town of Sozopol is declared an architectural and archaeological preserve. There are facts showing that the town dates back to ancient times the end of the 5th millennium b.c. The town was restored in 610 b.c. and was named Apolonia. It was developed as a trades and harbor center. The visitors can enjoy the cultural and historical heritage from the antiquity and the medieval times. In the old town of Sozopol there are preserved churches chapels typical wooden houses and a fort wall.
One can enjoy:
A walk in the Old town of Sozopol to see the authentic churches and small ancient chapels; an antique fortress wall which surrounds the town; numerous archaeological finds and medieval houses made out of wood and stone;
A walk to the Diunite resort near the marsh area Arkutino which has 62 hectares covered with waterlilies irises and creeping lianas. You can also enjoy the Ropotamo River which is several kilometers south of the Arkutino area. You can ride a boat on the river and into the sea;
A walk by a panorama ship to the St. Anastasia island St. Ivan island or to the mouth of the Ropotamo River;
Numerous art galleries and shops with collections of paintings graphics souvenirs;
Plenty of bars and cafes along the coast with beautiful views on the sea;
Many restaurants with traditional Bulgarian and local cuisine. You will love the traditional dishes of Sozopol like mussels and dried mackerels;
The children can enjoy numerous attractions including inflatable castles drawing on plaster figures pony riding etc.;
Trips to Sunny Beach Nessebar Primorsko and Burgas.
The Apolonia arts festival which is visited by many famous musicians artists actors. The festival offers the participants 10 days of music dance theatre performances cinema exhibitions etc.;
The holidays of Neptune which are devoted to the sea;
National openair sculptures;
Sozopol is located about 40 km south of the international airport of Bourgas.
Once can find numerous hotels and apartments for rent in Sozopol at:Sozopol Bulgaria or if you want to practice your Cyrillic.
About the writer: Stefan Valev writes regular columns and provides advice on Bulgarian tourism.