Covering 30 acres, Jumeirah Beach Park is Dubai’s best beach. The sand is smooth – if it’s not too hot you can easily walk around barefoot – and the water is warm. If you get hungry, there is a fast food restaurant and barbecue pits. Past the beach are grassy areas for playing cricket or football. There’s also a picnic area. Jumeirah Beach Park is a great place to r...
Baalbek is perhaps Lebanon’s greatest treasure. During Greek and Roman times it was known as Heliopolis, or City of the Sun, though the area had been settled for thousands of years prior. It was made part of the Roman Empire in 64BC as General Pompey conquered the region. Construction of the Temple of Jupiter began shortly thereafter, and the city began to grow because of its location on import...
The Rietburg Museum is located in the middle of a 17 acre park, Rieterpark, in central Zurich. The park was bought by the city of Zurich in the 1940s. The collection is housed in the Wesendonck Villa, a mid-nineteenth century mansion built for industrialist Otto Wesendonck. It was also home to Richard Wagner. The beautiful Neo-classical villa was designed by Swiss architect...
This is a fantastic museum showcasing intricate jewelry designs through the Cycladic, Byzantine and other eras of Greek history. Over 3000 jewelry pieces are on display and visitors can also place orders to have identical pieces made by the Museum workshop personnel. The most interesting are those jewels in the form of insects. Timings: Daily [except Tuesday] Address: 12 Kalisperi ...