So you want to take some time off and visit some special place that would help you disconnect, forget about all your daily responsibility, chores and all those energy-consuming things. Well, nature (and sometimes man) has managed to provide us with what I would call mind-blowing, astounding, breathtaking, impressive and amazing places.

Have you ever thought of taking a boat ride on a pink lake for example? We haven’t until we ran into some photos displaying such a surreal place. And this surreal place is…for real! What makes such a natural wonder possible? Well, certain climatic conditions, geographical locations and even some seasons offer a wide range of awe-inspiring images. It’s true that man had a significant contribution to some of them. And such wonders emphasize the necessity for man to make the best out of nature and keep it healthy and beautiful even when using it to fulfill his needs.

Bamboo Forest, Japan

The tulips you’ve received today or you intend to give to your girlfriend are just a small part of a deliciously colored field of tulips and the hot tea you’re enjoying in your mug every day has grown in wondrous tree fields in Asia. This is where man used his skills, knowledge and imagination to help create such marvelous places but there are some spots in this world that are entirely free of man’s hand and intervention. We’ve gathered pictures of the most dazzling of them here so you can enchant your eyes and fall into this dreamy recreation! Time to enter the realm of the unreal real!

Black Forest, Germany

Canola Flower Fields, China

Canola Flower Fields, China

Fields of Tea, China

Hang Son Doong, Vietnam

Hitachi Seaside Park, Japan

Lake Hillier, Australia

Lake Retba, Senegal

Lavender Fields, UK and France

Lavender Fields, UK and France

Mount Roraima, South America

Naica Mine, Mexico

Red Beach, Panjin, China

Shibazakura Flowers, Takinoue Park, Japan

Street in Bonn, Germany

Tianzi Mountains, China

Tunnel of Love, Ukraine

Wisteria Flower Tunnel in Japan

Wisteria Flower Tunnel in Japan

Zhangye Danxia Landform, China

New releases:

The post Wonderful places that will leave you breathless appeared first on Travels For You.

The name of this surreal place means salt flat in Spanish. Its 10,582 square kilometers make it the largest salt flat in the world. Located in southwest Bolivia, Salar de Uyuni was part of Lake Minchin, a prehistoric lake that occupied the area some 30,000–42,000 years ago. The lake dried leaving behind two salt deserts (Salar de Uyuni and Salar de Coipasa) and two modern lakes (Uru Uru and Poopo).

A place to lose yourself in its blueness and whitenes

This place is a magnet for superlatives. It is the largest salt flat in the world, it is the best spot to calibrate satellites and it houses the biggest lithium reserve in the world which is half of the world’s lithium reserve. A salt crust of a few meters covers the place which is what makes it so flat. The place seems to get even more beautiful than it already is when the rainy season begins. The water transforms the whole place into a shallow pool and the largest mirror on Earth. Take that and combine it with an astounding sunset and you get one of the most beautiful things you get to experience.

A place to relax

Even though the place stands out through its remoteness, you will get to see that it’s quite popular. Besides the great number of tourists giving the place a try, there are the miners who work here to produce 25,000 tons of salt every year. The method used to harvest the salt is the traditional one. Thus, you may see small mounds of piled up salt left so in order for the water to evaporate. The salt is then dried over fire and before being sent for packaging, it is being enriched with iodine.

A place where there’s no beginning and no ending

What makes this place the best one to calibrate satellites is the dry air, the fact that during the rainy season the surface has a high reflectivity, the clear skies, the smooth surface as well as the minimal elevation deviation. All these make the place great for satellite calibration and better than the surface of the ocean.

A walk on and over the clouds

You can jump through the clouds or simply enjoy such a gigantic mirror where it’s like there’s no horizon line. You can enjoy the endless sky, take some unique pictures, lose yourself into the beauty and uniqueness of the place. One of the places to see before you die. And if you don’t have a trip in plan for the near future, then feast on the pictures we have here! They should be included in relaxation therapies!

Just you two and the clouds

One of the places your camera will love

Perfect for a walk in two…or four

Salt mounds

The place where you can “double” your friends

The rain, the salt flat, the sunset and a shallow pool of colors

Where the sky has no end

Where you’re one with the clouds…

New releases:

The post Mirror, mirror on the…lake? appeared first on Travels For You.

1.Leave your toys at home

Although travelling with your small children can be fun, on a plane it is advised to keep things quiet and not bother the other passengers. Even though your children will feel better if they have their toys with them you should limit the number of things you bring on the plane so you won’t have a hard time picking up after them when you have to get off the plane.

2.Too many bags is not an option

Everyone needs room for their bags so be polite and pack less. Even if we are talking about your hand bag or the bags that go to the flight deck you need to keep in mind that you shouldn’t carry too many bags with you. Travel light and only bring on the plane the most necessary things.

3.Smelly food belongs in the kitchen

If you get hungry try eating a sandwich a well packed shake or an energy bar but avoid cooked food or smelly food that might turn the whole plane into a kitchen. The smell is not the only issue, you have to keep in mind that there might be people who are afraid of flying and they already have a hard time adjusting to the altitude and the last thing they need is the smell of bacon or onion to accompany them for the next hour.

4.Perfume

Don’t use too much perfume when you travel by plane and leave the bottle at home since it is highly flammable and might cause unwanted accidents. Plus the smell of the perfume might trigger nausea for other passengers.

New releases:

The post 4 things to forget at home when travelling by plane appeared first on Travels For You.

The Black Forest, Germany

Some consider it scary, others think it is surreal, especially during the night. We are talking about the Black Forest, a mountain areas with forests situated in the South-West of Germany, where the Danube springs. The Black Forest can be visited by tourists especially since there are many mountain and spa resorts around.

The Black Forest, Germany

Mendenhall Ice Caves, Alaska

If you want to visit a unique place you might want to try Mendenhall Ice Caves in Alaska (USA). We are talking about a series of spectacular caves, where the sun light pierces gently and reflects on the hundred thousand ice crystals offering a blue fairy tale background.

Mendenhall Ice Caves, Alaska

The salt desert, Bolivia

The salt desert in Bolivia, Solar de Uyuni, is a massive almost flat place covered in a huge crust of salt. After each rain, the salt desert turns into a surreal place due to the layer of water that covers the salt. Thus, it creates a mirror and the tourists that step on it feel like they are walking on the clouds.

The salt desert, Bolivia

The love tunnel in Ukraine

The love tunnel in Ukraine is one of the most romantic places in the world. Although it might seem like taken from a mysterious story, The Love Tunnel is very real. In fact, we are talking about a private rail way close to Kelevn, surrounded by tall trees which met in the middle creating a green tunnel with an arch ceiling.

The love tunnel in Ukraine

Wisteria tunnel, Japan

Wisteria tunnel in Japan is one of the biggest tourist attractions of the country, hundreds of thousands come here annually to this surreal place. The tunnel is made out of tens of Wisteria trees whose flowers have different shades of purple.

Wisteria tunnel, Japan

Zhangye Danxia landscape, China

Situated in the Gansu province, the Zhangye Danxia landscape is spectacular and reveals its surreal tones as if they were painted.

Zhangye Danxia landscape, China

Hitachi Seaside Park, Japan

Hitachi Seaside Park is a surreal place. During Autumn all the park becomes red due to decorative shrubs with red leaves.

Hitachi Seaside Park, Japan

New releases:

The post 7 almost surreal placed that you can visit appeared first on Travels For You.

The bathrooms

Plane bathrooms can be closed and opened both from inside and outside. This is a known fact among the crew, and among many passengers, so don’t think that if you locked yourself in the door couldn’t be unlocked.

The lights

During take off and landings during the night, the cabin lights are turned off to allow the eyes to adapt to the dark. During an evacuation you will see better.

Beds, pillows and magazines

If you don’t want to share body fluids don’t use beds and pillows without a sanitary wrapper. Also, the magazines are probably the dirtiest things on board the plane.

Opening the door during a flight

Did you ever worry that a maniac might open the plane door during a flight? You can relax – a person cannot simply open the door during a flight. And we are not just comparing human strength versus air pressure, since the door is created so it couldn’t be opened during a flight.

Visits in the cockpit

Do you think that visits in the cockpit were forbidden after September 2001? It isn’t true. Visits are permitted when the plan is on the ground and the passenger has many questions about the flight and the crew. You can also try this during a flight and maybe you get lucky, if the crew has enough time, but it better to wait until the plane lands.

What you aren’t told during dangerous situations

If the plane is about to crash you certainly won’t find it out from the crew. The last thing they need is a plane full of panicked passengers.

A good advice is: remain with your shoes on during take off and landing – if something goes wrong you might have to run though dead bodies and flames.

New releases:

The post What you should know before taking your next flight appeared first on Travels For You.

Consolacion hotel, Teruel, Spain

Even if it doesn’t impress at first, Consolacion hotel from the Spanish province of Teruel is, in fact, a luxurious relaxation oasis with top notch facilities to satisfy the needs of the most pretentious clients.

Thus, this minimalistic hotel hides Artek lamps, elegant fire places made of stainless steel and slate bathtubs, placed in such a way to let you admire the beautiful view.

Consolacion hotel, Teruel, Spain

Juvet hotel, Valldal, Norway

Juvet is a jewel hidden in the Norway mountains, made out of seven chic cabins, about 27 square metres each, with glass walls and vintage furniture, which design is signed by Jensen & Skodvin.
Juvet hotel is 480 Km away from Oslo and includes a restaurant with specific dishes and it even has a spa.

Juvet hotel, Valldal, Norway

Kakslauttanen hotel, Saariselka, Finland

If cold doesn’t scare you, the chic Kakslauttanen hotel in Finland might be the perfect destination for the Winter holidays. No matter the time of year, though, Kakslauttanen hotel awaits you with the biggest smoke spa in the world, an ice chapel and a bar also made of ice.

Though, the main attraction of Kakslauttanen hotel are the glass igloos of 18 square metres, comfortable and warm, where you can see the Northern Lights.

Kakslauttanen hotel, Saariselka, Finland

New releases:

The post Top 3 chic small hotels appeared first on Travels For You.

The thought of visiting new places and seeing new sights excite them. It is advisable to start with short trips if you are traveling with toddlers. If traveling abroad, you must take into consideration the convenience of getting to and from the airport. There are several airport parking services such as Parking4less that offer on-airport parking, off-airport parking, meet & greet parking, and hotel parking. This will minimize the time spent in finding a parking space once you get to the airport. When traveling with kids, you have to plan ahead of time to avoid the hassles and delays.

Here are some reasons why you should travel with your kids:

When traveling with your children, you need to expose them to different languages and culture. For longer travels, it will also be the opportunity for them to learn a second language. For instance, you are going to Germany, your child can learn the German language by exposing them to German-speaking people. Dining into any of the restaurants in Berlin can expose your child to the patterns, rhythms, sounds, and intonations of the local language. Your child’s brain will be more sensitive to this kind of tone later in his/her life. It is also possible that they can pick up languages very well and will speak less with an American accent.

Traveling can help your children become good citizens in each place they will go to. People think differently with one another. When you are traveling together, you gently introduce your child to different points of view. In this way, they can learn how to get along with different people while traveling from one place to another.

Kids are universal diplomats. This is perhaps one of the most important reasons why you should travel with your children. They can help enrich your own travels because they go with the flow and they enjoy whatever is going to unfold in front of them.

New releases:

The post Reasons Why You Should Travel with Your Kids appeared first on Travels For You.

Among the biggest discounts there is a 12 days cruise in the Baltic Sea aboard the Carnival Legend ship, which departs on the 21st of June and has a discount of 400 Pounds. The price per person is 719 Pounds. Last month, the ship had to turn around from Tampa, Florida due to a malfunction.

Cruises aboard the Carnival Sunshine ship – rehabilitated last month – have a 290 Pounds discount, including a 12 nights trip departing from Barcelona on the 29th of September, which costs 589 Pounds per person.

The seven days cruise which departs on the 17th of August to the West Carribeans aboard the Carnival Dream ship lowered its price with 150 Pounds, up to 419 Pounds per person. After a mecanical malfunction, the ship didn’t manage to leave the island of St. Maarten last month.

The four, five days cruises between Canada and New England aboard Carnival Glory, departing in June, cost 259 Pounds per person, with 110 Pounds less.

Carnival Cruise

These discounts come after an announcement which states that Carniva Cruises will spend 200 million Pounds to rehabilitate its whole fleet, in order to bring its technology and its emergecy services up to date. The cruise line stated that “it will extend its accommodation services since one of their ships won’t be able to  move forward.”

The technical difficulties suffered by one of the world’s biggest cruises lead to less reservations but, according to the company, they got up again after the discounts.

New releases:

The post Carnival Cruises lowers its prices with 40% appeared first on Travels For You.

1.Reykjavik, Iceland

Iceland’s capital is one of the greenest city in the world since 99,9% of its energy is produced ecologically through geothermal water.
For a complete eco experience, look for accommodation close to the Atlantic ocean, to feel the fresh breeze and take a ride on the buses that run on Hydrogen and produce 0 gas emissions.

Once you reach Reykjavik, check out tourist attractions such as the botanical garden or the Reykjavik Museum, the biggest outdoor complex in Iceland. A walk on the shores of the Atlantic ocean will reveal its impressive fjords.

Reykjavik, Iceland

2.San Francisco, USA

San Francisco is considered to be the greenest city in USA – among others, due to certain laws that forbid stores to offer plastic bags or certain laws that work on reducing the emissions and waste. Also, the eco laws determined the specialists to state that by 2020, San Francisco will be a trash free city.

San Francisco has many tourist attractions, some of the most interesting being the Exploratorium and the famous prison of Alcatraz.

San Francisco, USA

3.Vancouver, Canada

Vancouver can boost about being the greenest Canadian city and hopes during the future 10 years to become the greenest city in all North America. Chances are big since only 10% of the energy used in Vancouver comes from non-renewable sources.

Surrounded by the Pacific ocean and mountains, the city of Vancouver offers the posibility of eco trips with amazing scenery. Also, a tourist can enjoy a walk in Stanley Park, a 400 acres park, or a visit to Queen Elisabeth Park.

Vancouver, Canada

Other eco destinations worth visiting are Copenhagen (Denmark) and Bogoto (Columbia).

New releases:

The post Eco during your vacation: Green destinations which you also have to visit! appeared first on Travels For You.

The flouer festival in Galaxidi

In a small port village in the North of Greece, on the Northern Shore of Corint gulf, hundreds of people gather each year to fight with colored flouer. The festival is ironically called the Clean Monday and takes place in February.

The flouer festival in Galaxidi

Tomatina de Bunol

One of the dirtiest and most famous festival in Spain and it is not for anyone. Tomatoes fly everywhere. La Tomatina de Bunol takes place during the last Wednesday in August in the town of Bunol close to Valencia.

Tomatina de Bunol

Punkin Chunkin

Punkin Chunkin is a sport where mechanic arms throw pumpkins as far away as possible. The devices can be quite sophisticated – catapults, cannons, etc. many competitions of this kind take place in the United States, but the most serious of all – The World Wide Punkin Chunkin Championship takes place in Delaware.

Punkin Chunkin

Orange fight

This rough fight takes place each year during the Ivrea Carnnival in Piedmont in the North of Italy and the participants actually need protection. We don’t exactly know the origin of this fight but it is believed it dates back to the medieval ages.

The international day of pillow fighting

Although it leaves no stains behind, this fight can look quite amazing. Having its origins in a flashmob event, it spread fast to many cities, from Amsterdam to Zurich and became a festival which takes place this year on the 6th of April.

The international day of pillow fighting

The mud festival in Boryeong

This festival takes place each Summer in Boryeong, a town placed 240 Km South from Seoul, the capital of South Korea. It first took place in 1990 and it attracts millions of visitors.

The mud festival in Boryeong

Glastonbury

Although it is a music festival, during the rainy Summer months it can turn into a real mud bath.

Glastonbury

Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling

This event takes place in a village area in Gloucestershire and it can be dirty for numerous reasons. Firstly, we are talking about the field, then there is the steep valley where the participants have to roll the Double Gloucester cheese rolls. The event takes place during the last Monday of May.

Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling

The monkeys buffet, Thayland

During this festival the monkeys from Lopburi province receive food and drinks from the locals. Although feeding the monekys is dirty, there are a few species that prove to be quite fancy in their manners.

The monkeys buffet, Thayland

The pie eating contest

This type of contest takes place in many fairs, especially in the United States.

Songkran, Thailand

This festival takes place during New year’s Eve, usually the hottest time of the year, thus a water fight is a tradition. The festival attracts many foreigners especially in the town of Chiang Mai.

Songkran, Thailand

Las Fallas, Valencia

A spectacular event, Las Fallas means to burn huge paper models followed by fireworks.

Las Fallas, Valencia

Batalla del vino, Rioja

The festival takes place in Spain and is one of the most spectacular and dirtiest such events. It resembles a water fight, but instead of water you use wine and it takes place on the 29th of June on St. Peter’s Day.

Batalla del vino, Rioja

New releases:

The post The dirtiest festivals in the world appeared first on Travels For You.