The City of Acapulco

Acapulco harbor arises when Cort้s arranges that the ship San Miguel and San Marcos, in Diego Hurtado de Mendoza’s authority, they go to explore the coasts of the Pacific Ocean. The villa or village that arises in consequence of this exploration, Acapulco did not have a similar birth to other populations.The municipality of Acapulco de Juแrez includes 237 localities, which are distributed mainly of 1 to 99 inhabitants, (49%), secondly it was of 100 to 499 inhabitants (26,6%), and of 500 to 999 inhabitants with 13,5%. The greater concentration of population was in the segment of 500.000 to 999.999 inhabitants, whom the 0,4% of the localities and the 86,2% of the population.The fort of San Diego is the most excellent historical monument of the Acapulco harbor and the more important fort all along the Pacific Ocean, is an essential part of the appearance of the port appearance and it is interesting by its singular geometric form of turtle. This important building lodges to the Historical Museum of Acapulco (Tues-Sun 9.30am-6.30pm; US$2.50, free on Sun), under the administration of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), that includes 13 rooms of exhibition through which the museum tries to identify to the inhabitants of the State of Guerrero with the most important moments of its history and to foment the culture.The Centro Acapulco, along the Costera (Mon-Sat 10am-8pm) is crowded with expensive shops, costly places to eat and an ultramodern disco. Here is also the Centro Cultural which has a beautiful art gallery, a crafts store and a theatre and also hosts a regular agenda of cultural events with a regional influence. Check out you time to visit and to enjoy it.A good place waiting for your kinds is the Parque Papagayo, placed on Costera at Playa Hornos, it has service as: boating, roller skating and fairground rides. Towards east around the bay near the Centro Acapulco, the Centro Infantil CiCi (daily 10am-6pm; US$6) has water-based rides and puts on dolphin shows.

Cuernavaca Travel Guide

Cuernavaca is situated about 85 km. (50 miles) south of Mexico City on the M-95 highway and is truly in the heart of Mexico, and is surrounded by some of the most beautiful and culturally rich regions of the country. Cuernavaca is the capital city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. It is the municipal seat of the municipality of Cuernavaca.Morelos joins numberless traditions and millenarian legends, on which the past joins with in practices religious and pagan rituals. The magical mountainous landscape receives Morelos visitors, it is the introducing of a town that lives intensely its roots in mystical populations that with indigenous communities and traditions astonish to the tourist at their celebrations; carnivals, crafts and the extraordinary capacities of traditional medicine and their temascales.From always, Morelos has been recognized like one of the States with better environmental conditions, with a temperature average of between 18ฐ and 23ฐ during the year. Not in vain Cuernavaca, located in the extreme northwest of the state of Morelos, has consolidated as a resort destiny of first class for the visitors who coming from the Mexico city and the States of Mexico, Puebla and Guerrero mainly, just because the proximity of all these markets with the capital of the Country and getting the national and international recognition like the "City of the eternal spring".

Cancun Travel Guide

Cancun occupies an area of about 50,000 square kilometers that can best be described in two words: jungle and sea. Their white smooth sandy beaches and the infinite scales of blue give a wonderful landscape. And the natural beauties of Quintana Roo donดt end here, because the calm of the water on its surface becomes nonstop movement underwater, with its intricate coral forests are home to inestimable aquatic species.In the walls of the archaeological sites one can almost hear the voices of those who built the history of one of the most significant Pre Hispanic cultures: the Mayans. Amongst the Mayan cities are Kohunlich, it host more than two hundred buildings; Tulum, the walled city of the Mayans; the imposing Coba (meaning: water shaken by the wind), that is one of the bigger Mayan cities of the region.

Mexico Travel Guide

Mexico is a great destination, and has a lot to offer to travellers. Whether you decide to visit the beautiful beaches famous around the world, historical cities from the time of the Spanish colony and archeological sites of cultures such as the Maya, Olmeca and Azteca among others, beautiful national parks in deserts, mountains and forests, or just hang out in one of the modern cities, you will enjoy it. Highlights in Mexico are the capital city of Mexico City, Monterrey, with its beautiful colonial buildings and Guadalajara. For colonial cities one should visit Oaxaca, Morelia, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Merida in the Yucatan peninsula, among others.

Toulouse travel guide

Toulouse is located 705km (438 miles) southwest of Paris, 245km (152 miles) southeast of Bordeaux, 97km (60 miles) west of Carcassonne, is the fourth-largest city in France and is the gateway to the Pyrenees mountain range, is an agricultural market center and an aero-research center and one of the great cities of French art (it has seven fine museums). The food in Toulouse and in the rest of the Midi Pyrenees region, could be among France's most memorable. This city is situated half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea and has a population of about 1.1 million inhabitants in 2006. Toulouse is well known because of it's the high-tech center of the aerospace industry in Europe, it hosts the headquarters of Airbus S.A.S. and the National Center for Space Research has been headquartered here for more than 3 decades. Toulouse is a very beautiful city, has a lot of architectural buildings, gardens and squares and also is a culture venue, this is the result of being the centre of Europe’s aerospace industry and space programme. Once Toulouse was the capital of the Visigoths and later the center of the comtes de Toulouse (counts of Toulouse).

Kenya Travel Guide

Kenya is the jewel of East Africa, revered as the "cradle of humanity", Kenya is a land with amazing landscapes: sand beaches, emerald water, and coral reefs in the coast; desert areas in the north, memorable mountainscapes such as the snow-capped peaks of Mt. Kenya (the second highest peak in Africa). There are also many brilliant lakes, including lake Victoria and Lake Naivasha. In Kenya you will enjoy a wide range of activities such as safaris, bird watching, mountaineering, climbing and many more. A safari in its more than 40 national parks and reserves is a unique opportunity to explore the most magnificent wildlife in Africa. just like Ernest Hemingway did some time ago.

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