quarta-feira, 30 de julho de 2014

CALDAS DE SANGEMIL - SPA CENTER AND FLUVIAL BEACH


Hello again. I returned Lisbon. Holidays in Viseu and Mangualde. 
I met Marta in Guarda!

I bought that holidays only 3 new postcards. Here we can see Caldas de Sangemil. Far Viseu here a fluvial beach and Hotel Beira Dao when I bought that postcards.

The Hot Spring waters of Sangemil are located in Lajeosa Dão, Tondela county, along the banks of the Dão river and close Carregal Sal town. Have been in use since 1994 to the public and have been remodeled in 1999. The healing waters of Sangemil receive guests almost from all over the country.
The name São Gemil or Sangemil comes out from Sangemiro, a noble person with visigothic origin that would had been Lord of these lands.

Its water are hyperthermal mineral, mineralized, alkaline, sulfuric and sodium fluoride, being captured at a temperature of 49 °.

Visit and booking http://www.hotelbeiradao.com/

quinta-feira, 17 de julho de 2014

SAINT-PETERSBURG - WINTER PALACE (HERMITAGE MUSEUM)

Last one today. Sent by Polina consular assistant (Australian Consulate in Russia). Thanks a lot!

We can see a drawing of Winter Palace. 
St. Petersburg's most famous building, the Winter Palace not only physically dominates Palace Square and the south embankment of the Neva River, but also plays a central political, symbolic, and cultural role in the three-century history of the city.

Visit: http://www.saint-petersburg.com/palaces/winter-palace/

OLIVA - TU MEDITERRANEO!

Today I received 2 postcards from 2 different countries. Now Spain. Thanks a lot Tourist Info Oliva.

Oliva is a municipality in the comarca of Safor in the Valencian CommunitySpain. To its east lie 10 kilometres (6 miles) of coastline and beaches fronting the Mediterranean Sea.
Oliva has one of the province's biggest and most colourful Moors and Christians Festivals (Festes de Moros i Cristians, inValencian language) in the area. Oliva has a Mediterranean-Subtropical climate, with more than 230 days above 20 °C (68 °F). The winters are mild and temperate whilst summers are hot and dry. The average annual temperature is 18.5 °C (65 °F). 

Visit and booking: http://oliva.es/arees/economia/turisme/que-fer-a-oliva/

segunda-feira, 14 de julho de 2014

GERMANY - 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRASIL (WINNER) II - HERTHA BERLIN

Last ones today. I received 4 postcards from Hertha  Berlin. Thanks a lot. We can see Berlin Stadium too.

Hertha Berlin, is a German association football club based in Berlin. Hertha BSC was founded in 1892. A founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900. Hertha BSC play in the Bundesliga, the top-tier division of German football, after finishing at the top of the 2. Bundesliga table at the end of the 2012–13 season. Hertha BSC have won theGerman championship in 1930 and 1931. Since 1963, Hertha BSC's stadium is the Olympiastadion.

Visit: http://www.herthabsc.de/

GERMANY - 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRASIL (WINNER) - BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN I

Now 4 postcards sent me by Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Thanks a lot!

The club was founded by employees of the German pharmaceutical company Bayer, whose headquarters are in Leverkusen and from which the club draws its name. It was formerly the best-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports including the RTHC Bayer Leverkusen (rowing, tennis and hockey). In 1999 the football department was separated from the sports club and is now a separate entity formally called Bayer 04 Leverkusen GmbH.

Visit: http://www.bayer04.de/

SWITZERLAND - WILDNISPARK ZURICH



Today I received postcards from 2 countries. Now Switzerland. Postcards sent me by Wildnis park Zurich.
We can see wild life. One lynx, a bear in Wildpark Langenberg, a forest, Sihlwald forest, a sea otter and wild horses. 

Wildnispark Zurich was established in 2009 and includes Sihlwald forest, the only Nature Discovery Park of Switzerland and Langenberg, the oldest swiss wildlife park. It enables more than half a million visitors every year to experience fascinating nature adventures, recreation an an insight into the rhythm of nature.
Visit: http://www.wildnispark.ch/

sexta-feira, 11 de julho de 2014

SWITZERLAND - ST. MORITZ - HOTEL SONNE





"It´s possible anyone send me a postcard show St. Moritz? I hope this. Send me by mail."

Yesterday a big surprise.
Someone in Hotel Sonne St. Moritz sent me 5 postcards include a Hotel Postcard.
Thanks a lot!

Visit and booking: http://www.sonne-stmoritz.ch/index2.HTML

quarta-feira, 9 de julho de 2014

FINLAND - LEVI - FINNISH LAPLAND

Postcard sent me by Levi Tourist Office in Lapland Finland. Thanks a lot!
 
Levi is a fell located in Finnish Lapland, and the largest ski resort in Finland. The resort is located in Kittilä municipality and is served by Kittilä Airport and Kolari railway station. At a latitude of 67.8° north, it is located approximately 170 km (110 mi) north of the Arctic Circle.
 
 
 

AZORES - GRACIOSA ISLAND - QUINTA DOS FRUTOS

Today I received 2 postcards. I love Hotel postcards. Thanks a lot!
If you have a postcards scenes Hotels please send me.
 
We can see "Quinta dos Frutos" in Graciosa Island - Azores.
 
The "Fifth of Fruits" is a traditional rural household secular. Transformed to rural tourism, composed of the main house (residential) house and home oxen dump.
Within the farm has a small museum with some antiques in the house and some typical instruments of the culture of our Island.
It´s a traditional rural house and farm. Now it´s a tourist house. Near Vitoria beach.
 

segunda-feira, 7 de julho de 2014

SPAIN - LA FRAGOSA (LAS HURDES)El principal atractivo que tiene la alquería de Fragosa son sus calles y casas típicas que se reparten por todo el pueblo.

LA FRAGOSA
El principal atractivo que tiene la alquería de Fragosa son sus calles y casas típicas que se reparten por todo el pueblo.
También podemos resaltar la iglesia que es junto con la de Aceitunilla las más antiguas de Las Hurdes.
Poco después de adentrarnos en la alquería por la plaza mayor, encontramos una fuente realizada en pizarra por la que sale el agua proveniente de un chorro que se encuentra detrás y que viene de las montañas.


SPAIN - LAS HURDES


CAMINOMORISCO - This town was formerly known as Las Calabazas and its present name dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. The area has known much depopulation during the last few decades, so that a number of alquerías (small settlements of a few houses), like Casas de Jelechoso, Arrocartintero and Arrocerezo, lie now abandoned.

quarta-feira, 2 de julho de 2014

ZIMBABWE - NYANGA

Today I received one postcard. Now Zimbabwe.
Postcards sent me by Zimbabwe Tourism Office in London. Thanks a lot!

We can see Nyanga Historical village.

Nyanga is primarily a tourist town and is a popular tourist destination with its fishing, golf courses, mountain hikes and holiday resorts.

segunda-feira, 30 de junho de 2014

WHITSUNDAYS - AUSTRALIA (GREAT BARRIER REEF) UNESCO

Last one´s today. Beauty postcard sent by Kirra from Whitsundays - Austrália. Thanks a lot!
We can see a Island in deep blue!

The Whitsundays are famous for their 74 tropical islands, only a handful of which have resorts on them. Most well known of the resort islands are Hamilton Island, One&Only Hayman Island, Daydream Island Resort and Spa and Long Island Resort.
The World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Home to tens of thousands of species of brilliantly coloured fish, coral and other marine life the Great Barrier Reef is a spectacular underwater playground, and the Whitsundays lies in the very heart of the reef.

Visit: http://www.tourismwhitsundays.com.au/

SWITZERLAND - GRANDHOTEL GIESSBACH - BRIENZ

 
 
Today I received 2 postcards. I love Hotel postcards. Thanks a lot Jacqueline!
If you have a postcards scenes Hotels please send me.
 
We can see Grandhotel Giessbach in Brienz. I love this postcard!
 
The historic Grandhotel Giessbach was built in 1873/74 by French architect Horace Edouard Davinet for the Hauser family in Zurich, one of the great dynasties of the hotel trade. The spacious elegance of this bold new hotel site, as well as its unique surroundings, soon brought it worldwide renown.
 
Visit and booking: http://www.giessbach.ch/en/

domingo, 22 de junho de 2014

SKI REGION ŽD´ÁRSKU - CHECH REPUBLIC

Last friday I received 2 postcards sended by Žďár nad Sázavou Tourism Office. Thanks a lot!

We can see this region is intended for lovers of cross-country skiing, whose natural center is the city of Zdar.

Visit: http://www.zdarns.cz/

terça-feira, 17 de junho de 2014

ABU DHABI - NEW WORLD




















Today I received 20 postcards from Abu Dhabi. My first cards from Abu Dhabi and E.A.U.
Postcards sent by Abu Dhabi Tourism in London. Thanks a lot!

We can see:

segunda-feira, 16 de junho de 2014

HOLIDAYS - VITOR'S PLAZA ALVOR ALGARVE

 
I bought that postcard in Algarve.

Algarve is the last secret in Europe. It´s true. Algarve have a lot of beaches and landscapes to discovery.

Visit: http://www.vitors-plaza.com/

quinta-feira, 5 de junho de 2014

KUTNÁ HORA - UNESCO SITE IN CZECH REPUBLIC



Now 3 postcards sent me by Kutná Hora Town Hall (UNESCO) in Czech Republic. Thanks a lot!

Kutná Hora and the neighboring town of Sedlec are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Among the most important buildings in the area are the Gothic, five-naved St. Barbara's Church, begun in 1388, and the Italian Court, formerly a royal residence and mint, which was built at the end of the 13th century. The Gothic Stone Haus, which since 1902 has served as a museum, contains one of the richest archives in the country. The Gothic St. James's Church, with its 86 metre tower, is another prominent building. Sedlec is the site of the Gothic Cathedral of Our Lady and the famous Ossuary.

Visit: http://www.kutnahora.info/?l=en