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Dublin is known as the Emerald Isle amongst the Dubliners. With thousands of pubs and bars, the city can easily be discovered while walking on the feet. It is a good starting point for the tour to begin with Dublinia exhibition which is located nearby the prehistoric Christchurch Cathedral. A walk less than 10 minutes can bring you to the glorious Trinity College - the place where Book of Kells was written and produced. The sidewalks of Grafton and the greens of St. Stephens nearby are adequate suitable atmospheres for people watching and shopping.

Furthermore, the main attractions of Dublin are the Dublin Castle and Irish Parliaments which circulates many Dublin’s past history around it. The magnificent colonial post across the river, which lies on the streets of O’Connell, has seen the Irish nationalism revolution occurred in 1916. The movement was led by Daniel O’ Connell (the street where the event occurred and was eventually named after him) and his act forced British to free Ireland out of their nations and as a result, Ireland gained independence from the British Empire. For the people who are interested in Ireland’s legacy of music and literature, the Dublin Literary tour and the Rock and Stroll museum is a must for them. Other than that, there are many museums scattered sporadically inside Dublin. National Museum, Dublin Writers Museum and Joyce Museum are most recommended for the tourists.

To enjoy more Irish liveliness, tourists can check out lots of restaurants and pubs especially in the area of Temple Bar, the main hub of entertainments in Dublin.

Cardiff is the role model of a organized city, based on Wales’ principle, which focuses mainly on the combination of historic places of interest and commercial areas. Quite a lot of renovations and restructured have been done in order to create a new energetic atmospheres to the city and as a result this measure has become a launching point for the National Parks inland and Pembrokeshire coastline.

The remarkable Cardiff Castle was built nearly 900 years ago. In the present, Cardiff Castle acts as the center of attraction of Cardiff. With its wealthy and generous interior inside those gothic towers, it is a place worth visiting. Resolution of this place is reminiscent of the Roman eras and other ancient structures, which is quite abundant in the city.

There are long waterfronts situated in Cardiff and the tourists can appreciate Cardiff’s powerful maritime past. Nowadays, numerous stylish pieces of architecture and sculptures decorate the waterfront and its international environment provides high-class entertainment, accommodation, exclusive dining and shopping to everyone. Known for its cleanliness, Cardiff is a modern city with many clean wide roads and nature greens areas. The most prominent building in Cardiff is the Llandaf Cathedral.

Nearby the city, Cosmeston Park Medieval Village is an interesting remake of countryside Welsh days, which includes domestic animals, peasant’s cottages, bakehouse, and farm buildings.

By an express train that is easily linked to Heathrow International airport, visitors can go to Cardiff in a three hours trip which departs from Paddington Station, London. The service is very comfortable, regular and fast. The journey to Cardiff will take a longer time by driving but the sceneries along London to Cardiff is priceless worth.

Barcelona, a definitely Catalan city that offers energetic and relaxing atmospheres truly impressed many tourists from all over the world especially its first class food and entertainment, tremendous vistas, amazing beachfronts, a cosmopolitan environment and unique prehistoric buildings.

The reconstructed Port Vell which specially developed for the Olympics became the prime spot for entertainments and a suitable place for tourists to explore the city by walking through the world famed Las Ramblas which is a root lined pedestrian through streets of street artists and pavement cafes starting from the Columbus sculpture to the Placa de Catalunya. Tourists will pass through low cost pensiones, paella restaurants, tapas bars, medieval buildings and the Barri Gotic (old city).

Montjuic is the main spot for plenty of excellent art galleries, areas of Olympic sites, relaxing green parks and leisure attractions. The places of interest in Montjuic are Museu Nacional d Art de Catalunya, Parc Joan Miro, Placa d Espanya and various of water fountains that are scattered in the town.

The Barcelona International Airport is located 14km at the southwest of Barcelona. The airport handles many flights from North American regions and all European cities. In addition, Barcelona International Airport also play its role as transit airport mostly for Asia flights. The flight connection with other cities in Spain departs regularly where mostly fly to Balearic Islands.
Hiring a car is the most famous method in order to get around in Spain. The countryside is extremely beautiful and there many areas on the road tourists could stop for these sceneries. The roads in Spain are safe and it is an advantage for sightseers to drive along the highways due to its tremendous coastal views.