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Dec 17th, 2018 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza visits Miltenberg, a town that looks like it should adorn a chocolate box or a Christmas card!
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Tags: Germany, Miltenberg
Nov 4th, 2018 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza visits Ottawa ad finds his visit coincides with Canada Day.
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Tags: Canada, Canada Day, Ottawa
Oct 15th, 2018 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Resa visits Kronberg Castle, today a hotel but with a past entwined with the German monarchy
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Tags: Germany, Hesse, Kronberg Castle
Aug 22nd, 2018 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza visits Frankfurt combining a visit to the Embankment Festival with some of the well-known sights of the city.
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Tags: Frankfurt, Germany, Main Tower, MainÄppelHaus, Old Opera House - Frankfurt, Romerberg, Seufzerbrücke
Aug 12th, 2018 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza begins the first part of his journey to Marrakesh and the Atlas mountains by exploring Marrakesh’s medina.
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Tags: Ben Youssef Medersa, Herboriste la Sagesse, Josephine Baker, Marrakech, Marrakech Museum, Morocco, Mosque of Ibn Yusuf, Orientalist Museum of Marrakech
Jun 9th, 2018 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza visits the Moroccan city of Fez to see one of the best preserved medinas in the world.
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Tags: Fez, Morocco
Apr 21st, 2018 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza visits Innsbruck and finds a city that was nurtured by the Holy Romans Emperor, Maximilian I
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Tags: Alpine Zoo, Austria, Bergiesel Ski Jump, Goldenes Dachl, Hafelekar, Hofburg Imperial Palace, Innsbruck, Innsbruck Giant Panoramic Painting, Kaiserjäger Museum, Tyrol, Tyrol Panorama Museum, Wilten Abbey Basilica, Witten Collegiate Church
Mar 16th, 2018 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza visits the Austrian city of Salzburg, a place forever linked with music and especially its most famous son – Mozart.
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Tags: Austria, Grosses Festspielhaus, Hagenauer Haus, Hellbrunn Palace, Hohensalzburg Castle, Kollegienkirche, Leopoldskron Palace, Mozart, Salzburg, Salzburg Cathedral, Salzburg Festival, Sazburg - Osterfestspiele
Feb 23rd, 2018 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza visits Sri Lanka in search of leopards that roam the Yala National Park
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Tags: Cinnamon Wild Hotel, Kataragama, Kirinda Temple, Sri Lanka, Weheragala Reservoir Dam, Yala National Park
Dec 29th, 2017 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza makes a fleeting visit to the Frankfurt Rhine-Main area of Germany to see some of the heritage sites that visitors should include when they holiday there.
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Tags: Darmstadt, Frankfurt Rhine Main, Kranichstein Castle, Mespelbrunn Castle, Messel Pit
Dec 7th, 2017 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza returns to Old Havana a place where Cuban cigars still reign supreme, the intoxicating sound of jazz reverberates in the streets and the revolutionary slogans on the walls and portraits of Che Guevara remain to watch over the city.
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Tags: Calle Obispo -Havana, Cuba, Havana, Old Havana, Parque Central -Havana
Nov 5th, 2017 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza visits the Gastein Valley in Austria, a place with spectacular views but the healing cave therapy is also a big tourist draw.
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Tags: Alpentherme, Austria, Bad Gastein, Bad Hofgastein, Böckstein, Gastein, Gasteiner Heilstollen, Graukogel, Hohe Tauern National Park, Radhausberg, radon therapy, wellness
Oct 8th, 2017 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza travels to the Philippines to seeing the diving there lives up to the reputation it has as one of the best places in the world to dive.
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Tags: Anileo, Buceo Anilao Beach & Dive Resort, Daryl Laut, Mabini, Maricaban Island, Philippines
Aug 24th, 2017 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Now that Tunis is open to British tourists again, Reza visits the old city of Medina as it undergoes regeneration to its former glory.
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Tags: ASM Tunis, Dar Ben Gacem, Leila Ben-Gacem, Medina, Palais Bayram, Tunis, Tunisia, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Zitouna Mosque, Zoubeir Mouhli
Jul 16th, 2017 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza travels to the the province of Ilocos Norte in the northernmost part of the Philippines, an area not usually on the tourist routes.
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Tags: Bantay, Cape Bojeador Lighthouse, Church of the Saint Augustine, Ilocos Norte, Kapurpurawan, Kapurpurawan Rock Formation, La Paz Sand Dunes, Laoag, Laoag Cathedral, Luzon, Paoay, Philippines, Sinking Bell Tower, Vigan
Jun 11th, 2017 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza visits Istanbul and Antalya in Turkey, assesses the security measures in place and sees tourism on the increase.
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Tags: Antalya, Arif Erdugan, Istanbul, Turkey
May 24th, 2017 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza returns to Cuba to see how tourism is changing the country and what plans the government has for the next few years.
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Tags: Cuba, FITCUBA 2017, FITCUBA 2018, Gibara, International Tourism Fair, Manuel Marrero Cruz
Mar 13th, 2017 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza visits Hangzhou in China, a city chosen to hold last years G20 summit.
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Tags: China, China National Silk Museum, Fei Lai Feng, Hangzhou, Huqingyu Tang Chinese Medicine Museum, Lingyin Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, West Lake, Xixi National Wetland Park
Feb 10th, 2017 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
As St Valentine’s day approaches, Reza, looks at Konya in Turkey – a city of love and a city of pilgrimage.
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Tags: Anatolia, Jalal al-din Balkhi Rumi, Konya, Mawlana Festival, Mawlana Museum, Rumi, Sufism, Turkey
Feb 7th, 2017 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
With the 67th Berlin International Festival about to start, Reza looks back at his visit to Berlin last year and compares with his first trip to Berlin 26 years ago.
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Tags: Berlin, Brandenburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie, East Berlin, German Spy Museum - Berlin, Germany, Mauer Museum, Museum Island, Reichstag, Theater am Potsdamer Platz, West Berlin
Dec 11th, 2016 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Luxembourg is small but its rich heritage heart beats fast in these modern times.
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Tags: Abbey of Echternach, Beaufort Castle, Belval, Biodiversum, Echternach, Edward Steichen, European Museum, Haff Réimech, Kirchberg, Luxembourg, Moselle, Moulin de Heringen, Mullerthal, Red Rocks, Schengen
Nov 29th, 2016 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza visits Gallipoli and tours the memorials and cemeteries of one of the most bloody conflicts of WWI.
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Tags: Alçıtepe, Anzac Commemorative Site, Anzac Cove, ANZAC's, Ariburnu Bay, Çanakkale, Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial, “Run for Peace.”, Cape Helles, Chunk Blair Hill, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Gallipoli, Kilitbahir., Martyrs’ Cemetery of Mecidiye, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkey
Nov 5th, 2016 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza finds that, although Bern is a busy capital city, it manages to sustain a sense of calmness and projects a charm that you could only find by living in a village
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Tags: Bern, Cathedral of St. Vincent, Chrindi, Emmentaler Show Dairy, Erlenbach im Simmental, Interlaken, Stockhorn, Swiss Travel Pass, switzerland
Sep 9th, 2016 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Khuzestan saw some of the worst fighting when Saddam Hussein invaded Iran. Reza visits the war memorials which are increasingly becoming part of a tourist trail.
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Tags: Abadan, Abolfazl Masjedi, Ahvaz, Iran, Khoramshahr, Khoramshahr’s Custom Centre, Khuzestan, Rahian Noor, Shalamcheh, war memorials
Aug 25th, 2016 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza visits Cuba for the second time and ponders whether Cuba will alter as more tourists visit the country.
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Tags: Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Cuba, Havana, Miramar, Museo de la Ciudad - Havana, Navigation Museum, Old Havana, Palacio de los Capitanes Generales
Aug 12th, 2016 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza visits a hotel with a difference, one with its own nuclear bunker and a link with Carol the Jackel!
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Tags: Czech Republic, Hotel Corinthia, nuclear bunker, nuclear bunker tourism, Prague
Aug 7th, 2016 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
Reza visits the Czech city of Ostrava to see how an industrial landscape has become a tourist attraction and a cultural venue.
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Tags: Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Bolt Tower, Czech Republic, Landek Park Mine, Michal Mine, Ostrava, Ostravske Vystavy, Svet Techniky Ostrava
Jul 8th, 2016 |
By Mohammed Reza Amirinia
In just 72 hours, Reza takes a quick tour of Zurich.
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Tags: Altstadt, Cabaret Voltaire, Dada, Lake Zürich, Limmat River, Manifesta 11, Opera for All, Zurich