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Ilhabela, a beautiful island paradise in Brazil – photos, videos, hotels and hostels

May 12th, 2009

There, next to Caraguatatuba, just ahead of the edge of San Sebastian, is the only city-Brazilian archipelago. Islands to be formed by several islets, of course, but Ilhabela has a main island, which takes the name of the city, where you can find many beaches, great forests and, moreover, many waterfalls and trails. 

Ilhabela is a very rugged terrain, which makes the peak of St. Sebastian incredible reach 1379 meters in altitude, that an island with only 380km ², slightly lower than that of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis that houses.

The rugged terrain makes the island’s scenery is beautiful and inspiring, inviting both to a relaxation by the beach or next to waterfalls, on the trails and adventure in their walls.

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Bombinhas, Santa Catarina, Brazil – beautiful beaches – photos, video and tourist information

May 12th, 2009

Only 60km from Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Bombinhas is a majestic paradise with 29 beaches, many native forest, trails and place for diving. Bombinhas, in recent years has been one of the municipalities with higher growth in number of tourists, attracted by its good infrastructure and skills. 

As the city is a kind of “cable”, a protuberance into the sea, the beach is not lacking. Are miles and miles of beach, even for those who want to be in the best-known as Mariscal, Quatro Ilhas, Canto Grande, juniper and the most exciting of pumps and Bombinhas. 

There are controversies about the origin of the curious name of the city: a theory that would be inspired by the noise that is to tread in the sand, rich in quartz crystals, but today is no longer possible to hear it, another option is that is due to the noise made by the waves hitting the beach.

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Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: hotels, inns, photos and videos

May 12th, 2009

What a wonderful place Ilha Grande! This island, district of Angra dos Reis, is international attraction for its natural beauty and its sparsely populated territory.

Surrounded by beautiful beaches and full of mountains, which reach more than a thousand meters high, is also a place full of trails for good places for walking and climbing, along the beaches and beautiful waterfalls that houses. Learn more about the Big Island in Wikipedia.

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The beauty of Kerala in southern India

May 12th, 2009

You may be surprised, but this place with beautiful mountains and beaches paradise shown on slide below is one of the states with higher population density in India, with 32 million people are squeezing in only 39 thousand square kilometers, slightly larger than the state of Alagoas . 

However, most of the people of Kerala, a state that has its main activity in agriculture, live in rural areas. This means that there are disproportionately large cities as in other cities in India. The largest city is the metropolitan area of Kochi, which has 1.3 million. 

That does not mean that Kerala does not have an important tourist industry. Considered by National Geographic as one of the ten paradises on earth, Kerala is one of the most important tourist destinations of the world, which means that the hotel infrastructure is of good quality. 

Check out some photos:

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Fiji Islands, a paradise in the South Pacific

May 5th, 2009

If you think in practice diving, sea bathing and is isolated from civilization for a while, just enjoying life, a great place are the Fiji Islands, an archipelago of astonishing beauty, with the magic number of 333 islands beautiful beaches bathed by of crystalline waters and populated by a dense tropical forest. 

The Fiji Islands are a popular destination, attracting thousands of Europeans and Americans every year. The island’s main economic activity is tourism, so you’ll find world-class hotel facilities.

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China Beaches – excellent tropical beaches in Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan

May 5th, 2009

China not only has the largest population in the world. It is also a vast territory, which makes it the second largest country in the world. And in a territory so vast, the variety of terrain and climate is great, making the country has all kinds of tourist imaginable scenario of plateaus and mountains covered with snow to tropical beaches. 

Yes, southern China has excellent tropical beaches, particularly in the provinces of Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan. Millions of Chinese people (literally) go to them in every summer. Although the beaches are well organized, it is quite possible that you will find that, in high season:

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Malibu – meet some of the most beautiful scenery of California

May 5th, 2009

If you visit California, USA, be sure to visit Malibu, a spa there, near from Los Angeles. The city, with its 27 miles (about 40km) of coastline, offers some of the most beautiful scenery of California, which is squeezed between the Pacific and the Santa Monica Mountains. 

Needless to say, being in the heart of one of the richest regions of the world, the hotel infrastructure and tourism is amazing. Even more if we consider that wealthy Americans to consider one of the best destinations in the U.S.. Many of them even have homes of millions of dollars in the isolated mountains, facing the sea. 

Take a look at photos in slide below. Remember the movie Ironman, the “Iron Man”? Yeah, the mansion, they say, there is truth. But the scenario is appropriate: both in film and in comics, the hero Tony Stark lives in Malibu.

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