Auckland

Nature has created countless destinations with full of beauty. Auckland is one urban area New Zealand located near North Island. Auckland is biggest and most populous urban area in the country. It has heavily populated area with approx 1,400,000 residents, though its 32 % of the New Zealand populace. However, the Auckland is most populated but still people are friendly and local administration is maintaining the city for tourism as well.

Attaining to Auckland is beneficial as visitors can also enjoy the Waiwera tourist place located in north side, Kumeu in northwest direction, and Runciman in south side of Auckland. The city lies among the Pacific Ocean’s Hauraki Gulf in east, Hunua Ranges in south-east, Manukau Harbor in south-west, and Waitakere Ranges in west to north-west directions of Auckland. The harbor and Ocean Pacific areas are close to Auckland so travelers can enjoy the chilled sea beaches by reaching closest locations.

A list provided by MQLS (Mercer Quality of Living Survey) center expresses the value of Auckland as the city is placed on 3^rd position of world quality living.

Auckland is full of holiday destinations like water events, cruising, Marine Park (Hauraki Gulf), and many islands.

Major attraction spots of Auckland:

Spending time on cruise or luxury yacht could be a best time for anybody. Auckland is having yacht and cruise journey to dissimilar places near city. Charter yacht is best for those who know sailing. Meeting marine mammals could be diverse experience for visitors. People love watching bottlenose dolphins, whales and orca should reach Auckland as their Dolphin Explorer is world famous.

Auckland Central: the area is popular as modern city located within the range of natural volcanoes. This is must visit place as there are countless small islands, bush and beaches.

Great Barrier Island: next is popular Barrier Island turned as most demanding place of Auckland. This is the large island with average populace. Best to watch on island is forests, bays and beaches.

Helensville: nature itself develops different and amazing places and Helensville is one of them. Here travelers can enjoy hot swim. Refreshing self is possible at Helensville.

The same way there are countless places like Kawau Island, Orewa, Piha, Pukekohe, Waiheke Island, Warkworth, Rotoroa Island, Auckland's volcanic cones, Long Bay - Okura Marine Reserve, Devonport and North Head, West Coast Beaches, Shakespeare Regional Park, coast to coast walk, Wenderholm Park, Tamaki Drive & Beaches, Hunua Ranges, Auckland Domain, Miranda foreshore, Te Matuku Marine Reserve, Waitakere Ranges, North Shore beaches, Botanic Gardens, MMMR (Motu Manawa Marine Reserve), Waitemata Harbor, OPMR (Okakari Point Marine Reserve), Muriwai Gannet Colony, Parnell Historic Walk, Awhitu Peninsula, Long Bay Regional Park, Tawharanui Regional Park, Waiheke Island, Kawau Island, Mangawhai, Great Barrier Island, Motuihe Island, Rangitoto Island, Tiritiri Matangi, Kelly Tarlton’s SEA LIFE Aquarium, SkyWalk, Rainbow’s End Theme Park Ltd, Amazing Maze ‘n Maize, Auckland Ghost Tours, Cuesta Alpacas, Fullers Rangitoto Volcanic Explorer, Crystal Mountain Limited, and many more.

Auckland is full of adventurous spots which mean travelers can make their vacations special by attending such spots. Here voyagers can do adventure, rappelling / abseiling, Bungee jump, Canyoning, Caving, Climbing, Hunting, Jet boating, Off-road driving, hang gliding and Paragliding, Parasailing, Rafting, and Skydiving.

The air activities of Auckland are also popular such as Glider planes, Hot air ballooning, and Scenic flights. People love art and culture can go to Arts & crafts centers, and Galleries. Heritage lovers can refer to Literature & films areas, Maori culture, Museums, Performing art stadiums, Photography and events.

New Zealand is most prominent for wine and food. Visitors must not miss Food and wine in Auckland. As there are forests in Auckland nature lovers can visit the wildlife areas to enjoy bird watching, dolphin shows, Farms, Gardens, Horse riding, Penguins watching, Seals, and Whale watching.

Few world heritage sites in Auckland are geothermal and Volcano, zoos and safari parks. For sports there are Cycling, Golf, Motorcycling, Mountain biking, Rugby, and some more events conducted by administration.

Auckland is close to Ocean Pacific so travelers can enjoy snow activities like Heli Skiing  Skiing, Snowboarding, and Snowshoeing. Water activities in Auckland include Boat cruises, Diving, Fishing, Kayaking, Sailing, Surfing, Wind Surfing, and Kite Surfing.

Few more activities that voyagers entertainment are Casinos, Hot pools, health spas, Shopping malls, Theme and leisure parks, Urban and Scenic attractions.

Journey to Auckland is possible through various ways. Local people are mostly using their private vehicles as main transport though rental vehicles are available for visitors. State buses are limited so visitors must check the transportation methods before planning to any place in Auckland. City is having only 2% trains and a ferry for different places, hence preplanning is important for Auckland visitors. Bus services are limited in Auckland due to isthmus even the late night bus services are also less.

However, trains for south, west and south-east direction of Auckland are available in frequent level. Few big projects were started in 2007 to improve the transportation of Auckland but still the city is facing problem with public transportation.

Other modes: journey to Auckland through water is more convenient because of largest ports of the country are located at Auckland. Outbound and Inbound New Zealand trade transports are through Auckland ports. The largest port is located at northeast side of Auckland. Freight usually arrives at or is distributed from the port via road, though the port facilities also have rail access.

Attaining to Auckland By Air:

Auckland International Airport is linked to many big cities, though airport is smaller in size but still all terminals of airport are all time busy. Flights for Australia are available from Auckland though South Pacific airport is directly connected to USA, Asia and Santiago.

Venice

Venice is Italy’s best tourist destination having lots of stunning and wonderful romantic spots. The list of various attractions in Venice makes it more favorite destination for travelers. This small city is traffic free having winding canals to walk. The outstanding structured churches and tourist places in Venice are special to visit.

Approximately land 117 bodies are connected through 400+ bridges through 150 canals in the whole city. The major inland waterway is main street road allow visitors to cross from the middle part of the city. Venice is the city of Italy having 117 small islands, which makes it special watery tourist destination of the world. Venice is also popular for natural beauty and architecture designs with artworks. Because of such reason Venice is listed in World Heritage Tourist destinations.

As per survey the population of Venice in 2009 was around 270,098. However, the population of Venice is increased every year.

Favorite tourist destinations of Venice:

Loads of holiday destinations in Venice allow visitors to enjoy the every moment of their trip. The stunning museums, though the walk on canals in Venice is the best thing to do.

Saint Mark's Piazza: - this square is world famous recognized as San Marco too. This main square is surrounded by stylish cafes and shopping malls. Walking through Venice canals could be dissimilar experience for traveler’s scenery and people. Tourist must know that they have to pay to sit on the outdoor table. Listening to live music in the evening is another best experience of Venice. However, taking photos is absolutely free so taking camera is of course a beneficial deal. 

Saint Mark's Basilica: - this is another wonder place for tourist. Here they can visit to church combination of east and west architecture designs. 

Palace of Doge: - this very impressive edifice of Venice is properly maintained and one of the finest tourist place of Venice. This fortress was linked to prisons through famous Sighs Bridge. 

Grand Canal: - this is the canal having all types of boating facilities so visitors can take pleasure of boating in Venice. 

Bridge of Rialto (also known as Ponte di Rialto): - this is the major bridge of Venice used to cross over the Grand Canal. This bridge is older than 400 years so tourist must not miss this spot. Next to this spot there is Rialto Market which is best place to buy stuff in Venice. The little shops with food market is diverse feeling so visitor should go to such spot as well. 

Galleria dell' Accademia: - people who want to learn about the culture of Italy should visit this Academia. This best art museum is having 24 rooms in 3 buildings. Travelers must reach the spot early to keep self protected from huge crowd reach every day. 

Venice's Islands: - once you reach the Venice, you should not miss the islands of Venice. The local tourist firms are having packages for one or more island visits in one or two day trip. Experts say 2 most beautiful islands of Venice are Murano and Burano as both islands are amazing tourist spots.

Attaining to Venice:

By Air: The closest and best airport to reach Venice is Marco Polo Airport. It is close to Mestre city where tourist will get the local city buses to reach Venice. Some more known airports to reach Venice are Treviso and San Nicolo.

By Boat: Venice is watery city so reaching the spot through boat is another best transport method. Alilaguna water boats are available at affordable cost so tourist can enjoy the boating while traveling to their favorite world tourist spot. Boat from Murano is also available for Venice city. The best part of Venice is tourist will get the water bus from Mestre city that means people have the option to get boat from the place near to airport.

By train: the closest big railway station to reach Venice is Mestre. From this spot tourist can hire water taxis or buses to attain the destination.

Spain

Spain has turned as the biggest state of tourism in Europe. Today it is the 2nd largest tourism spot where people are reaching from every corner of the world. Spain was urbanized all through the final years of dictatorship of Francisco Franco. Sooner Spain becomes the famous tourist place, especially for summer vacations. The large amount of people from British Isles, Central Europe, France and Scandinavia are reaching Spain to make their holidays special. As per records, Spain becomes the 2nd most visited nation in 2007 following France. Approximately, 60 million tourists from different countries visited Spain at such period. The data was provided by WTO (World Tourism Organization). However, the visitor list was reduced in 2010, and Spain becomes the 4th country for tourism. USA and China got the place with approximately 53 million tourists in one year.

The major attraction spots in Spain are resorts and beaches open for throughout the year whereas the TNP (Teide National Park) is one of the most visited parks of Spain. The major economy of Spain is generated by this park. The finest beaches and the beautiful Islands such as Balearic and Canary are attracting visitors throughout the world. The moderate climate of Spain allows people to enjoy the beach's whole year. Mediterranean beaches are more popular comparing to other beaches of Spain. Resorts for summer in Spain are famous too.

The coasts of Spanish are correct spots for summer holidays:

The Costa areas of Brava, Daurada and Del Maresme of Catalonia are famous for a tourist, especially from Spain and France. Salou resort of Barcelona is another favorite tourist place for local as well as outsiders. Here tourist will watch the largest harbor of Spain.

De Valencia Costa and the Blanca Costa are another two most developed and famous coastal areas. Both spots are awfully famous for tourism, particularly from UK and Germany. The leading summer holiday spot of Spain is Benidorm of Valencian Society.

Spain is full of tourism spots so discussing about the single place is not possible. The Cálida Costa of Murcia, Coasts of Mediterranean and the Small Sea (Mar Menor) are best examples of best Tourist Spots of Spain.

There are two archipelagoes in Spain one is the volcanic Island Canary situated in the Atlantic, and the other is Balearic Islands situated in Mediterranean. Both archipelagoes are famous with foreigners as well as Spaniards.

The list of tourist spots in Spain is longer so discussing each spot require lots of Time. The other spots of Spain will be discussed in other posts on this blog.