Mada'in Saleh, A Historical Place In Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is a country that has a lot to offer. Most people don’t realize its worth in the tourism industry because the common concept about the country is that it’s a Muslim sacred place. No doubt Muslims travel from all over the world to visit Makah and Medina for pilgrimage but apart from these two cities there is a lot to do and see in Saudi Arabia. If you ever go to this country you can try some of the local recipes, visit fascinating resorts in deserts, shop in the large malls and also visit places that have some historical significance. One of these places is Mada'in Saleh.

Madain Saleh

Mada'in Saleh is considered one of the most important archaeological sites in Saudi Arabia and is also called “The Capital of Monument” because the site consists of numerous monuments.  The name “Mada'in Saleh” means the City of Saleh. So a common misconception among people is that the city is located on the land where the Prophet Saleh was sent to guide the people. The truth is this place has nothing to do with the God’s Prophet. Sheikh Hamad Aljaseer wrote an article for the Arab Magazine to correct this wrong concept. Moreover some old maps also prove that Prophet Saleh’s real city is located somewhere near Moghira. The real history of the city is that it was developed during the Nabataeans era. It was later ruled by Romanians, Ottomans and finally by the Saudi regime. The history of the place is quite rich and several monuments from the different eras could still be seen in the present day city.

Mada'in Saleh Historical place

If you are planning to take a vacation in the desert of Saudi Arabia then make sure you take out at least one day to visit this enchanting city. You can learn a great deal about the history and culture of the place. You can see the burial grounds of the people from bygone era which has been arranged in the order of the financial and social statuses of the families. If you get a guide then he can show you around and also tell you interesting facts about all the places you visit.

Mada'in Saleh

Uffizi Gallery, Great Art Gallery, In |Florence, Italy|

The Uffizi Gallery located in Florence, Italy, as the oldest and the most famous art museum of the western world. This building at glance is looks like a palace which is built by Giorgio Vasari in 1560. As a grand palace in form of museum, Uffizi is best place to spend vacation time in Italy. From the building and design interior, it will not make you regret after stepping your foot there. The ticket has already provided through online, the easiest system and fact access to this masterpiece building.
Inside this museum, save a plenty masterpiece that cannot be compared with another arts in the world. All the masterpiece collections here has deep exceptional value that not just anyone or ordinary artists can take their art here. But you will find or even feel the high value containing inside each of the arts displayed. Firstly, it’s the own idea is vasari to put the portrait of each artist with his biography, that Leonardo De’ Madici started the rich collection with the artist self portrait.

Uffizi Gallery Museum

Until nowday, Uffizi  is constitute a great art gallery, starting from the 13th century with Cimabue, to reach Tiepolo, Canaletto and Guard in the last hall. Inside the gallery, visitor can see a number of spectacular masterpiece of for example Tuscan Painting, Siniese Trecentists, Late Gothic Period, Filippo Lippi, Fiello Della Francesca and still many others. Beside, Italian paintings from 14th to 15th centuries  are also decor each wall of the rooms like Mantanega, Ballini and Carpacio. There is also Italian painting from 17th century, including Guido Reni, Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi.

Uffizi Gallery Interior view

Even not only about Italian painting, there you can find other Germany, French and also Dutch masterpiece just like Durer from Germany, Dutch painting from XVII century include Rubens, Van Dyck and Rembrant. While for French are Lorain and Le Brun. One marvelous painting left from Spanish also available include De Zubaran, El Graco, Velazquez and Goya.

Uffizi Gallery Inside attraction

It can be denied that Uffizi Gallery able to attract many visitor come, especially they who love with art painting. To get this outstanding palace, you can arrive in Florence by air, car or train. If you choose air way, then come at Florence’s Amerigo Vespucci airport. While you choose private car, so the parking location under the Santa Maria Novella train station. There of course provide train transportation if you want to get Uffizi Gallery by train.

Uffizi Gallery Great Art Gallery

St. Basil’s Cathedral, Church In |Russia Moscow|

St. Basil’s Cathedral is an spectacular building reflecting using castle as we usually seen in Ali Baba Movie. This is actually a church which also called as Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed. The building has interesting design with many various color and make it look far different from another church ever in the world. St. Basil’s Cathedral can be considerate as a nice place to visit which located at one end of Red Square, Moscow. Or if you are already around Kremlin, then you just across from the Passkaya Tower.

At first glace, St. Basil’s Cathedral looks like a candy castle. Very nice and unique which absolutely interest children attention. This spectacular church has one main big building and surrounded by four towers. Even it also has a garden in front of the building which stands a bronze of statue commemorating Dmitry Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin, who rallied Russia volunteer army against the Polish invaders during the time of troubles in the late 16th and early 17th century.

St. Basil’s Cathedral

 The building is shaped in a flame of a bonfire rising into the sky. Because the Cathedral has no analogues, it designed contemporary with medieval cultural tradition in general. The thing to do there is only walking around and enjoy its wonderful appearance as visitors usually do. Or the important to remember is that do not ever forget to bring camera then take a picture of this nice church. The color of Cathedral  present vivid color in several stages from the 1680’s to 1848. While the wall of the church itself mixed bared red brickwork's or painted imitation of the bricks with white ornament, so that make it whole appearance seems perfect.

St. Basil’s Cathedral, Church

After enjoy and indulging in a wonderful world in shaped of a church, then visitor need to fill their hungry stomach with good restaurant nearby. those restaurant are Twenty Two restaurant which provide European cuisines, Le Menus with its French cuisines. Any else idea of restaurant which provide both European and Russian cuisines, can you find in Petrovich that guarantees you will be back there again. Then finding a best hotel is also important to stay a night nearby St. Basil’s Cathedral location. You can choose which one of these recommended hotels that only has 1 km nearby the destination, as follow National Hotel, The Ritz Carlton, or Hotel Savoi Moscow.

St. Basil’s Cathedral Interior design wonderful

Seychelles An Exciting Tourists Place, In Indian Ocean

One of the best white sand beach with clear blue color of the water, so Seychelles is accepted idea. Seychelles including a group of 115 island country spanning an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of the island of Madagaskar. If you are going to spend a day here, then you must be a lucky person. Because Seychelles actually still uninhabited and also rare of visitor. Beside here you will find the real Mother Nature which everything are still fresh and absolutely spoiled you by nature.

Seychelles Islands

All features that you need are already served completely. Start with special spa and treatment, especially for you who include young couple, self catering that ready to serves you variety local food with special flavor, a charming Creole guesthouse similar it 5 start hotels and exclusive  retreat to offer memorable view, many type hotel start with small, medium and large size, even the villas there also exciting to be occupied.

Seychelles One of the best place for tourists

The main interest of Seychelles, of course, its white sand beach. Too beautiful to say in a word, except you can feel its real atmosphere yourself. The water is definitely clear and blue, so that fun to swim there, coupled with clarity water so you can see the natural beauty of underwater. Actually when you have a plan to visit Seychelles, all times of the year are good, but the best time is about April to October because its a period of calm between the trade produce fairly warm and wind-free condition.  Furthermore, they will held an interesting festival named SUBIOS Underwater in which one of Seychelles showcase.

Seychelles Beach attraction

Seychelles Honeymoon destination

Seychelles Hotels

There are other festival like Kreol Festival which only held every October. While for the even, you can join an international sailing event named The Seychelles Sailing Cup which held on January. All of those are really fun. But for simple activity that you can do there are include Bird-watching, which you see many various species of birds. Then try hiking/walks and trail in which require visitor to pleasantly explore Seychelles natural ecosystem. Meanwhile for the activities relate with the beach are include diving, fishing, sailing, snorkeling, surfing and windsurfing.

Seychelles Resorts

Westminster Abbey |Church Of England|

Have a trip in many place with a view of wonderful natural landscape is has been usual for us. But how about visiting one of the greatest church in the world that also has impressive con-structural building? This church named Westminster Abbey. A part of the church of England, Westminster Abbey precisely located just to west of palace of Westminster, London. This is a church where some palace member likes kings, queen, statements, aristocrats, poets, priests, heroes, and villain are gathering piecely here. Westminster Abbey is a must see living pageant of British history.

Westminster Abbey

This great church usually accept over one million visitor come to see and explore this wonderful 700 years buildings. To have a tour inside the church, they provide many languages audio guides so that make easy for visitor to understand every history and art meaning of the building. As the beginning fact, since Abbey is the heart of London, so Westminster Abbey has over 3000 buried people in the church and cloisters and there are also over 600 monuments and memorials. Now can you get a summary that it is important for you to visiting Westminster Abbey?

Westminster Abbey Night Attraction

If you have the ticket, then you will get many steps while exploring inside the church. Those steps are started with North Transept, High Altar, Quire, Shrine of St. Edward the confessor, Henry VII’s Lady Chapel, Poests Corner, St. Faith’s Chapel, Great Cloister, Chapter House, Pyx Chamber, Museum, Little Cloister, St. Chaterine’s Chapel Garden, College Garden, Nave and the last is shops. From those all, one of the most favored area by visitors is poets corner. It is not only because it are designs as the burial place for writers, playwrights, and poets, but the first poet in the world is buried here, Geoffrey Chaucer.

The museum here is the oldest are in Westminster in which the centerpiece of the exhibition of royal collections and other funeral effigies. At this part, visitor will amaze of what things placed on this area in the real things of British kingdom. Beside, the gardens here are quite beautiful in which each of them has special function relate with the church daily activity. After exploring those places, you surely needs food and drink which you can find it in cellarium cafe where the monks keep their stores of food and drink well.

Westminster Abbey Interior Design View