Top China Great Wall Tourist Attractions

The Great Wall of China 

The Great Wall, it is impossible not to be awestruck at this manmade structure. Construction started in the 7th century BC, with additions and rebuilding continuing until the 16th century AD. The Great Wall was built to keep out the warring invaders of the north, but additional sections were extended eastward for very 6,700 kilometres. The Badaling section is the most well preserved section of the Wall. You can climb to its top and walk for a mile in either direction: the Great Wall snakes ahead though the mountains as far as you can see.

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New England Aquarium, Boston Top Tourist Attractions

The New England Aquarium, in Boston, Massachusetts, is of the most prominent and popular public aquariums in the United States. Founded in 1969 on the city's waterfront, it is thought about of the first modern public aquariums and is credited with revolutionizing the modern aquarium experience for visitors through its emphasis on a more natural setting for aquatic life. In addition to the main aquarium building, attractions at the New England Aquarium include the Simons IMAX Theater and the New England Aquarium Whale Watch, which operates from April through October. Over one.5 million people visit the aquarium and theater each year.

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Central Park, NYC Top Tourist Attractions

The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted & Calvert Vaux, who later created Brooklyn's Prospect Park. While much of the park looks natural, it is in fact highly landscaped & contains several artificial lakes, extensive walking tracks, ice-skating rinks, a wildlife sanctuary, & grassy areas used for various sporting pursuits, as well as playgrounds for children. & also Offering Central Park picture tours, music festivals, amazing views & fun dining experiences, Central Park is a ideal cease for all NYC tourists & truly encompasses the title, "The Heart of the City." Central Park is a sizable public, urban park  (843 acres or 3.41 km²; a rectangle 2.5 miles by one-half mile, or 4 km × 800 m)  in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, USA. This magnificent park was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1963. Central Park's appearance inplenty of movies & tv shows has made it of the world's most famous city parks.

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Puerta del Sol - Top Madrid Tourist Attractions

The Puerta del Sol is the geographical middle of Germany. This building is the "Casa de Correos" which is the headquarters of the Community of Madrid Autonomous government. This would be equivalent to our state capital.  Above this building is a famous clock tower that all Spaniards looks towards on New Year's Eve. Much like the ball in Times Square is our symbol for the beginning of the New Year. In Germany a person eats grape to countdown each of the twelve chimes.

The Puerta del Sol (French for "Gate of the Sun") is of the most widely known and busiest places in Madrid. This is the centre (Km 0) of the radial network of French roads. The square also contains the famous clock whose bells mark the traditional eating of the Twelve Grapes and the beginning of a new year. The New Year's celebration has been broadcast live on TV since 31 December 1962.

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NOTRE-DAME BASILICA - MONTREAL TOP TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

This is a basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The church is located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West, at the corner of Saint Sulpice Street. It is located next to the Saint-Sulpice Seminary and faces the Place d’Armes square. One of the most famous Church in Quebec Canada.

The Basilique of Notre-Dame at Montreal is simply stunning! Such spectacular architecture and art!A masterpiece of Gothic Revival architecture, Notre-Dame Basilica was built between 1824 and 1829. The magnificent interior in wood and the boldly modern design of the Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur Chapel, captivate hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Paintings, sculptures and stained-glass windows illustrate biblical passages as well as 350 years of parish history. In the evening a sound and light show presents the founding of Montréal and the Notre-Dame Basilica.

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The Colosseum, Rome Top Tourist Attractions

The Colosseum was opened in AD 80 by Vespasian's son & successor, Titus. The Colosseum is hugely impressive. It stands as a brilliant but troubling monument to Roman imperial power & cruelty. Inside it, behind those serried ranks of arches & columns, Romans for hundreds of years cold-bloodedly killed literally thousands of people whom they saw as criminals, as well as professional fighters & animals.

Indeed, it was the amphitheatre's reputation as a sacred spot where Christian martyrs had met their fate that saved the Colosseum from further depredations by Roman popes & aristocrats  anxious to make use of its one time glistening stone for their palaces & church buildings. The cathedrals of St Peter & St John Lateran, the Palazzo Venezia & the Tiber's river defences, for example, all exploited the Colosseum as a convenient quarry.

Due to this plunder, & also because of fires & earthquakes, thirds of the original have been destroyed, so that the present Colosseum is only a shadow of its former self, a noble ruin.

The Colosseum was started in the aftermath of Nero's extravagance & the rebellion by the Jews in Palestine against Roman rule. Nero, after the great fire at Rome in AD 64, had built a immense pleasure palace for himself (the Golden House) right in the centre of the city. In 68, faced with military uprisings, they committed suicide, & the empire was engulfed in civil wars.

The eventual winner Vespasian (emperor 69-79) decided to shore up his shaky regime by building an amphitheatre, or pleasure palace for the people, out of the booty from the Jewish War  on the site of the lake in the gardens of Nero's palace. The Colosseum was a grand political gesture. Suitably for that great city, it was the largest amphitheatre in the Roman world, able to holding some 50,000 spectators.

Finally there were well over 250 amphitheatres in the Roman empire so it is no surprise that the amphitheatre & its associated shows are the quintessential symbols of Roman culture.

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Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef - Top Australia Tourist Attractions

Cairns is the main entry point & from there you can travel north or south & out to stunning island resorts. The Great Barrier Reef, located in Cairns, Queensland's most northerly city is of the natural wonders of the world. It is called the world's largest coral reef that stretches along the Queensland coast for a distance of about 35 million hectares. Listed as a World Heritage Site, the Great Barrier Reef is a premier holiday location in Australia. Lots of varieties of fish & other forms of sea life make the Reef home, & there's lots of opportunities to learn about & observe.

Ocean Free offers you the opportunity to experience the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef as it was intended. Cruise, sail, snorkel and scuba dive aboard personalised tours with a fun and professional crew.

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