Sicily has attracted visitors throughout her history. Although always famous for its volcanic activity due to the Etna, Stromboli, etc, colonizers (before) and tourists of today have always found it fascinating.

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HotelSearch would like to inform about a special place within the Pyrenees, a perfect spot for sightseeing, walking and feeling Nature and rural history, a place the people of Andorra praise as one of their Natural Treasures, the Valley of Madriú.

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Most Visited Cities in 2009

1. Paris: The capital of France is once again the absolute number one in 2009 with 14.8 millions of international visitors according to World Tourist Organization. The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, The Sácre Coeur, The Place de la Concorde and specially the Typical Parisian architecture have been the main reasons of this result. We can’t do anything but kneel towards the French capital. (more…)

In southwestern France, Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River, with an estimated population of 250.000 (2008). It is the prefecture of the Gironde department, as well as the capital of the Aquitaine region. Its inhabitants are called Bordelais.

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A couple of weeks before your trip, you go to the bookshop to buy a top-quality travel guide of the city or country you are planning to visit. What do you find? Bookshelves crammed with a huge variety of travel guides. A shop assistant recommends you a guidebook. A random customer recommends you a different one. No matter which one you decide to buy: in the end you will leave the shop thinking you have not bought the right book. Let’s see which guidebook might suit you.
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Ferrero Rocher chocolates, the Holy Shroud, the movie museum, cocktails by the Po River, Egiptian pharaohs, Renaissance architecture, university parties… A little bit of everything for everyone: the top ten secrets from one of the most charming, lively and festive cities in Italy.
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Before enjoying your well-deserved holidays, there is a grueling procedure you must face: the airport. Rush, nervousness, suitcases heavier than allowed, never-ending queues, delays…, sometimes airports seem to be designed to act as a deterrent for people not to travel. The following are eight tips of airport self-help for the time in the airport to fly by, literally.
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In few cities Christmas time is celebrated so fervently and with such respect for tradition as in Rome. Luckily this same tradition states that in New Year’s Eve one must have a hell of a lot of fun. With great pleasure, the Romans take it literally and the city turns into a mayhem of party time, music in the streets and fireworks worth seeing and participating in.
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