Riad Lamane, Draa Oasis, Morocco

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Riad Lamane is located in the heart of Draa Oasis, 1 km from Zagora; a typical Moroccan style, you will find standard rooms, suites, bungalows, all with air conditioning and an outdoor pool, all this surrounded by palm trees. There is a restaurant under a tent in the garden and another traditional restaurant as well as a terrace. There is accommodation in Berber or African tents with a lounge, shower and toilet and also rooms with balconies. A buffet breakfast is included each morning with your night. There is also a bar, solarium, parking, reception open 24 hours on 24, free wi-fi service and restaurant service with Moroccan dishes.

Tips

The riad is very well located, it is an ideal place to relax with friends or family but if you wish, you can go out and take a walk to visit the kasbah or city.
Remember to bring your sunscreen, sunglasses and swimwear.
You can arrive by car or plane to Casablanca and from there you have 2 weekly flights to Zagora (Monday and Thursday).

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Montreal, Quebec’s Metropolis and the largest French-speaking city of America, is the centre of culture and affairs of the province. It is the annual host of the World Film Festival, the International Festival of Jazz, the Just for Laughs Festival, Montreal high lights Festival and the Grand Prix of Formula 1 of Canada. Old Montreal is its historic quarter. The Montreal Canadiens hockey club elected home in the city since its creation in 1909. Famous for its underground city of more than 30 km with all what you need: restaurants, cafes, hotels, universities, shopping malls, etc. Montreal is a city with a lot of cultural life at any time, lots of free concerts throughout the year especially in summer during the festivals. To see: the Old Port with plenty of space to walk, many restaurants, cafes and shops. Jean Drapeau Park, the Biosphere, the Botanical Garden, the Casino of Montreal, the ‘Place des Arts’, Mont-Royal, among others.

Tips

Getting around by public transport is very easy and you can buy the card for a day or 3 consecutive days and you will have unlimited travel by subway or bus. You can use the same card to go to the airport.
You also have the option to buy a card in the museums that give you unlimited travel over the entrance to 38 different museums.
For the best view of the city, go to Mont-Royal, you could take beautiful photos from up there. If you have the chance to be on a Sunday, you will find ‘the tam-tam’, a community of musicians that will meet to make their music and people will dance; you will spend a very good time. You can also have another beautiful view from the Casino of Montreal, a building with lots of windows and terraces for smokers from where you can make beautiful pictures.
If you like shopping, you will find many shopping centres and stores everywhere.
The city has many terraces in summer and it is known by the wide variety of restaurants where almost all cuisines of the world are represented.

Bagnara Calabra, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy – 2nd part

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Bagnara Calabra has to many interesting places to visit. At Piazza Marconi, located in the central area of Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, we found the monument to Vincenzo Fondacaro a solo sailor, with the phrase Audere Semper meaning Always Dare. In the city center, we find the fountain of Garibaldi (1864). At Marinella, the historic district of fishermen, there is a tower dating from the fifteenth, sixteenth century, called Aragon Tower or Capo Rocchi or King Roger. It was once part of a system of towers that served viewpoints against Saracen incursions along the Tyrrhenian coast: it has also been designated as the 32nd tower of Calabria Ultra. Continuing along Route 18, you can admire Villa De Leo (Art Nouveau), which represents the first major project stately home with a seismic structure. The city also counts with several historic churches like the church of Maria SS. of Rosary which houses the remarkable marble statue called the Almighty. Talking about sweets, a characteristic production of Bagnara is the nougat.
Tips
The city is very nice for a summer vacation to enjoy the sea and the beach.
But if you want to participate in a tradition of the country, visit it during Easter week in particular, to see a typical religious festival in the country: the affruntata.
You will find different types of accommodation from bed & breakfast to 4 star hotels.
Reggio Calabria Airport is 27 km from the city.