Destination – Page 155 – Tips-and-Travel

Boracay is a small island in the Visayas archipelago, in the Philippines. It is located about 300 km south of Manila and less than a kilometre from the northern tip of the island of Panay, in the administrative region VI or Western Visayas. It is attached to the province of Aklan. Oriented north-north-west, the island measuring six kilometers long for one or two kilometers large. With several large white sand beaches, one of the most beautiful is ‘White Beach’, also the most visited by tourists. Since the 1970s, she became a popular tourist destination. It also has a golf course. It is accessible by boat from Panay, where the airport is, just across the strait that separates them. It is also famous for being one of best destinations for relax, elected in 2012 as the best island in the world by the international travel magazine ‘Travel + Leisure’. She is known both for its tranquillity than for its nightlife. White Beach, the main beach of tourism, has a good infrastructure to receive tourists, hotels, houses for rent are available even as restaurants and shops. The beach is about 4 km long. In the central part, about two kilometers, there is a trail known as the seaside path that separates the beach itself from the beachfront establishments. The 2nd Beach in popularity is Bulabog Beach, main area of windsurfing and kitesurfing.
Boracay is divided for the purpose of conservation and use of land, it has 400 hectares of pristine forest and 628,96 hectares of farmland.

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The island is so small that all activity is nearly done on the beach. There’s nothing to see inside. All traditional beach activities are present, from the jet – ski to the turn towed banana, you choose. You can also make snorkeling (mask, snorkel) but there are also clubs of diving which are divided among Japanese, Korean and European, you will find it a bit odd but this is how it works.
To move, you can do it on foot and along the beach it is always nice.
As Boracay is the island that is fashionable at this moment, it is the most expensive place in the Philippines.
If you do not want to party all the time, it’s better to choose other beaches to stay.

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The park of Villa Pallavicino, in Stresa, is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Superior Lake, an idyll of flora and fauna that gives the visitor a unique experience.
The original idea of the park is due to man of Neapolitan State Ruggero Bongos, who, fascinated by the Superior Lake, decided in 1855 to buy the land to build a small house. Subsequently, the family of the Marquis Pallavicino, who in 1862 took over the property, expanded it, constructed walkways, decorated the park with statues and simple home had become a beautiful neoclassical villa of the nineteenth century that stands still on the hill. It was the Marquise Louise in 1952, who completed the work by hosting animals from around the world to build an exceptional zoo.
In fact, thousands of tourists choose to visit this great park over 16 hectares. Open meadows, shady avenues and squares where the roses bloom, oleanders, magnolias, daffodils, azaleas, rhododendrons which perfectly combine the scrub forest with ancient monumental trees. The zoo, with over 40 species of animals from around the world, is the main attraction of the park: white swans, ducks, rare crested cranes, deer, silver pheasants, deer, goats, llamas, zebras, kangaroos Bennet , peacocks animate this real natural balcony overlooking Superior Lake and the surrounding mountains.

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The park can be visited on payment of the ticket, there is a restaurant, a bar, a souvenir shop, a playground and several picnic areas.
The visit is available from March to October, ideal to spend a beautiful day with the whole family.

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