Things to see on your next Torrevieja and Alicante holiday

Written by Robert Carlton


Torrevieja is one ofrepparttar most important summer holiday spots inrepparttar 146978 province of Alicante, about 50 kilometres fromrepparttar 146979 city of Alicante and making up what is known asrepparttar 146980 Costa Blanca or The White Coast. Torrevieja andrepparttar 146981 town of Pilar de la Horadada are inrepparttar 146982 southern tip,repparttar 146983 last towns before you head intorepparttar 146984 province of Murcia. When making holiday plans, if you are to arrive there by plane,repparttar 146985 closest airport would berepparttar 146986 one in Alicante calledrepparttar 146987 Altet. It has great flight combinations withrepparttar 146988 rest of Europe, especially when flying in from England. It would only take you about half an hour atrepparttar 146989 most to get safely to your hotel if you have thought about a car hire. Look forrepparttar 146990 highway marked N-332 heading south and you are set. There are some bus companies connecting Torrevieja with Alicante, Elche, Murcia and other towns and cities. There are even hotels which haverepparttar 146991 convenient service of picking up its guests. And if you are in a hurry or do not want to be bothered driving and wish to take inrepparttar 146992 lovely scenery, then a taxi would do you well.

Salt and Habaneras from Torrevieja

In order to give directions, everyone referred to this town as whererepparttar 146993 old tower is and therefore in Spanish - Torrevieja, which when translated to English means ‘ an old tower’. This swampy marsh area has been known for its high quality production of salt and one ofrepparttar 146994 places frquently used to storerepparttar 146995 dried salt was in towers. There was one particular tower which was knocked down when this area was hit by an earthquake in 1829. Even nowadays, this whole area is constantly being shaken by earthquakes, one ofrepparttar 146996 last ones was just a few months ago. Although it is visited thanks to its beautiful beaches such asrepparttar 146997 Cura,repparttar 146998 Locos orrepparttar 146999 Mata, it is also visited because it has become popular for its habaneras, Cuban music. One might think that it is quite strange that such far away music has planted its roots so strongly in a little salt mining town in Spain. But there is a very reasonable explanation. Torrevieja carried on a constant flow of salt trading with Cuba andrepparttar 147000 sailors who did this route were spellbound by this lively music and wanted to share it with their home folks and brought it back here. As we can well see, its has been happily transmitted from one generation to another. There is a fantastic international music festival of habaneras held annually atrepparttar 147001 end of July orrepparttar 147002 beginning of August. If you are inrepparttar 147003 area at this time ofrepparttar 147004 year and wish further details,repparttar 147005 Patronizer ofrepparttar 147006 Competition ( Patronato Municipal del Certamen International de Habaneras ) can help you or look inrepparttar 147007 web.



How To Find Fine Luggage Set?

Written by Rose Anne


Do you likerepparttar moment where people staring at you because you bring something that look adorable? Prepare yourself forrepparttar 146977 unforgettable moment! You will see that people will probably looking at you when you have your luggage set along. You not going to leave your luggage set behind.

Although you have one set, you probably wants more because one set is not enough for your belonging when traveling out of states. Sure that you want to have more luggage with good quality, but do you know how to find best luggage set? Well, here are some check lists you might want to consider:

- There are a lot of luggage sets onrepparttar 146978 market, so you must be careful when choosing. It can be difficult to choose with so many luggage makers all striving for your business.

- Look for good dealers offer since cost is often main concern. It is known that dealers compete voraciously in their business, and this will effect their pricing too. It can be very aggressive, so keep a lookout for deals that come around.

- Your luggage sets will include several pieces, including large wheeled baggage and wheeled carry-on; wheeled backpacks in some sets as well as smaller toiletry bags. There going to be about five up to a dozen different cases can come inrepparttar 146979 best sets.

- Better to buy entire luggage sets than just pick on piece here and there. It will save almost 50% of your expense. Since dealers and manufacturers like to keep their shelves vacant and ready for new products, they price their sets less than forrepparttar 146980 cost ofrepparttar 146981 pieces individually.

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