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Times Square New York City
328 Reviews At least once in your life, you have to see Times Square. The cacophany of lights and sounds and constant movement can be overwhelming to the senses. There is definitely an energy here - and a sense...
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Fremont Street Experience Las Vegas
94 Reviews If you're not staying in Downtown Las Vegas, jump on The Deuce (the bus that runs the length of the stip) and get off at the last stop which is Fremont Street. This is where you will find some of the...
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Bourbon Street New Orleans
67 Reviews Bourbon Street is the core of New Orleans' nightlife. It is a street that runs the length of the historic French Quarter, and is lined with bars, nightclubs, and souvenir shops. For parents traveling...
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Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco
306 Reviews The Golden Gate Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world and one of the major symbols of the United States. Walking across the Bridge on a clear day gives you some different -- and...
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Walt Disney World Orlando
236 Reviews You can rent a personal watercraft and explore the Village Lake. There are Sea Raycer's for one to two persons and can be rented for 30, 45 or 60 minutes. Driver must be 18 or over and have valid...
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Michigan Avenue Chicago
107 Reviews it is a nice way to unwind here after a hectic walking tour of millenium park during the spring and summer and autumn why? since the huge ice skating rink is replaced by a huge Park Grill Outdoor...
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CN Tower Toronto
274 Reviews Let the elevator take you to to the top of (what was once) the tallest free standing structure in the world and you'll have a great view of Toronto and Lake Ontario. The CN Tower is 1,815.4 ft feet...
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Universal Studios Los Angeles
160 Reviews We went there on Monday, in December. Weather was not bad and it wasn't full with crowds. Preferred parking fee was 20$ and entrance was 77$ (You can come back again, it is one year fee) It opens at...
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Southernmost Point Key West
65 Reviews I must admit that I felt a bit of nostalgia as we reached the area known as Southernmost Point at the bottom of Whitehead Street. There isn't much there besides a huge marker always crowded with...
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Stanley Park Vancouver
194 Reviews If you are driving through the park you will most likely drive by Prospect Point, which is a little bit higher up in the park. From up here you have a great view over the Lions Gate Bridge, North...
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Old Montreal Montreal
208 Reviews The only outdoor skating area in Montreal just opened in the Old Port of Montreal. =) If you are courageous enough to bear the cold and want to enjoy the outdoors, this is for you! Bring your whole...
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Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market Boston
91 Reviews Faneuil Hall is a fun marketplace to visit, full of life and busyness. People come here to shop, have lunch, catch up with friends or just watch the people. There are food vendors and restaurants as...
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Chichen Itza Cancún
89 Reviews It´s a couple of hours by car from Cancun, but I think that it's impossible to skip its visit. Chichen-Itza it's popular worldwide, and it would be silly not to visit it, being so close. So, have...
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Balboa Park San Diego
117 Reviews Balboa Park is just northeast of downtown. It is a beautiful piece of land with vast expanses of lush green lawns, many trees and blooming flowers. At this park there are hiking and biking trails,...
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Pike Place Market Seattle
179 Reviews Pike Place Market is a fascinating place to walk and shop. The market has an interesting history. Back in 1906 Seattle citizens were outraged by the cost of certain produce most notably onions. They...
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Pearl Harbor Honolulu
90 Reviews At 7:55 a.m. Pacific Time on 7 December 1941, some 360 Japanese war planes descended on the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This heinous, preemptive attack which took place while peace...
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Liberty Bell Philadelphia
63 Reviews OK, you can't really touch it, but you can get pretty darn close to it and have your picture made with this American icon. The line to get into the building which now houses the Bell was wrapped all...
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Beaches/South Beach/Art Deco District Miami
84 Reviews pictured is the dock across collins ave from the fontainbleau hotel. this non descript mooring has some significance in the history of miami beach. in the 1960's the houseboat from the televison show...
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NASA Johnson Space Center Houston
64 Reviews If you go to Houston, you have to visit the Space Center! After all, Houston is where NASA-Johnson Space Center is located. That's where the astronauts train and where NASA curates the lunar rocks...
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Malecon Puerto Vallarta
20 Reviews One of the most touristy, but truly beautiful things to do in Puerto Vallarta is to take a walk along the Malecon. Local artist display their paintings, there is often a sandcastle competition on the...
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Ocean Drive Miami Beach
20 Reviews Ocean Drive is the epicenter of cool. But it's also the epicenter of thuginess. This area really attracts all types, and many who come here don't fit the wealthy, pretty South Beach stereotype. Ocean...
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5th Avenue Playa del Carmen
11 Reviews If you want to go shopping, Playa del Carmen is the place for you. Look for the 5 th avenue, a street with more than a mile long filled with shops, cafes and restaurants. You can also catch the ferry...
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Riverwalk & Riverwalk Mall San Antonio
97 Reviews To me famous San Antonio Riverwalk was just like taking a nice walk along the town's area that is bordering the San Antonio River. But yes, there one can indeed find out how San Antonio is a romantic,...
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Zocalo Mexico City
84 Reviews Undoubtedly Mexico City’s most well known landmark and top of the list on the “must see” list. Considered by Mexicans to be the heart of Mexico City, this enormous plaza surrounded by gorgeous...
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Place Royale & Le Petit Champlain Quebec
72 Reviews The oldest commercial area in North America ! This is one of the nicest area of town. Pedestrian streets lined up with nice restaurants and shops. The area was in bad shape until the 70s when the...
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Crossing the Great Plains, you will come across vast 'badlands' where one or more rivers have scarred the grasslands, creating a break between two levels of the plains. The Badlands National Park of South Dakota preserves on of these area and explains the upper prairie and the lower prairie as well as offers a look into the breaks. The breaks are the home of many fossils from the Cretatious period, after the dinosaurs, the Age of Mammals.
The eastern shore of Lake Michigan is lined with sand Dunes from it's southern tip in Indiana, northward to the Straits of Mackinac at Mackinaw City. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a great place to see the dunes and enjoy the countryside that adjoins the lake.
The Canadian Rockies are a spectacular range of mountains. While there may be others as spectacular, few have the access and the luxury of these. There are a series of Canadian Parks that provide easy access, convenient services and wonderful scenery. In the north is Jasper National Park. Immediately to it's south is Banff National Park. While I've not spent time in Jasper, it's on my list for further ventures. The Columbia Ice Fields (on the border with Banff is a unique opportunity to venture on to a living, moving glacier. The Trans-Canadian Viarail stops in the town of Jasper. It is said (and the pictures are gorgeous) that the rail journey through the mountains is a once in a lifetime experience. Banff, being further south and closer to Calgary is easier to reach. The townsite of Banff has many hotels and there are several hanging on the side of the mountains. Here the Bow River...
Always take plenty of water because there may be soft drinks, but not alway water available for consumption. Also, be sure to take unbrellas or sunbrellas for the small children or anyone that suffers with hypertension or any type of sun poisoning. It will be very helpful to take folding chairs or canvas seats because these events sometimes are very crowded.
New York City is the largest city in North America and one of the major cities of the world. It is divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. The city has a total population of over 7 million and has one of the world's most impressive skylines.NYC has no shortage of places to see and do:Empire State Building- constructed in 1933, it was the tallest building in the world at the time. Today the 102-story skyscraper remains New York's tallest building and a very well known landmark.Rockefeller Center- the city within a city, the vision of John D. Rockefeller. Includes the world-famous Ice-skating rink, Radio City Music Hall, and the Top of the Rock.Chinatown- one of the largest Chinatowns in North America. Quite a large Chinese community, endless hours of fun.World Trade Center site- where the twin towers of the World Trade Center once stood. They...
Some of America's most beautiful scenery is in the Sierra Nevada, in the USA's California. The 400-mile long range includes large stretches of wilderness, giant sequoias, deep valleys, and small glaciers. The highest peak in the contiguous US, Mt. Whitney, is in the southern Sierra. The world's five largest living things, all giant sequoias, are preserved in the Sierra's Sequoia - Kings Canyon National Park. One of the world's most famous valleys, Yosemite Valley, is in Yosemite National Park; further north there is skiing at Lake Tahoe. In the eastern Sierra are many lakes and glaciers. Wilderness areas of the Sierra Nevada include Ansel Adams, John Muir, Desolation, Mokelumne, Golden Trout, Monarch, Hoover, Carson-Iceberg, and Emigrant.Things not to miss:Yosemite Valley- The "Incomparable Valley," a glacier-carved unbelievably beautiful canyon in Yosemite National Park. Famous...
No trip is complete out in the wild west without first stopping by to see Old Faithful at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA! You won't exert much energy hunting for wildlife ... it's usually quite visible, much to everyone's delight! Take time to read all the informative placards placed around each lookout and attraction ... a wide variety and wealth of information located right in this National Park alone! Have camera fully loaded, lots of drinking water, a good hat and walking shoes, binoculars and go at it all day long! Children will especially be in awe at all the animals on the grounds.
You cannot say "North America" and not think of Niagara Falls! The falls will not disappoint you, but don't plan on a whole week here. You can pretty much tackle all the main attractions in two days. Spend the extra buck and go on a guided tour (we booked with "Bedore Tours"; Alberto was a great guide!), the history is awesome. Don't be afraid to get wet, be sure to go on Maiden of the Mist ride, and if you bother to go to Cave of the Winds, don't miss out on the Thunder Deck! Don't be distracted by all the Tourist Traps in town, see the falls first then feel free to be entertained by all the money sucking attractions later. Plan your stay around the weekend and you can see the fireworks on Friday nights as well as the falls illuminated nightly.
The West Coast of North America stretches thousands of miles form Mexico to Alaska; however, I've only visited two spots on it, one in Washington State and one in California. For most of it's length, the West Coast is backed by the Coast Range, which is sometimes very rugged and sometimes not, with elevations ranging from just a few hundred feet high in some areas to 18,000 foot Mt. St. Elias in Alaska. Here are the two regions of the west coast I've visited, summed up:Olympic Coast: Beautiful wilderness coastline of seastacks, holes, tidepools and cliffs all in Olympic National Park, stretching for over 50 miles. Towns like La Push and Neah Bay dot the coastline. Great hiking and beaches: I recommend hiking to Cape Alava, Cape Flattery, Ruby Beach, and Second Beach at La Push.Big Sur: Much more accessible and even more beautiful than the Olympic coast. CA Hwy 1 winds downs the Big Sur...
The Appalachian Mts are one of the world's oldest mountain ranges, having formed over 225 million years ago. The peaks of this range aren't particularly high, but the scenery is serene and still beautiful. The range starts in northern Alabama in the US and ends in New Brunswick/Quebec in Canada. The highest peak of the range, Mt. Mitchell, is in North Carolina and is about 6,600 feet high. In New Hampshire, in the White Mountains, Mt. Washington is the highest peak of the northern Appalachians. The Appalachian Trail, in the US, stretches over 1,600 miles along this mountain range from Katahdin in Maine to Mt. Springer in Georgia. Some of the ranges included in the Appalachians are the Blue Ridge, Alleghenies, Great Smokies, Green Mts, and White Mts. I've done most of my Appalachian travelling in Virginia. Some of the places I've visited that are not to be missed:Shenandoah National Park,...
Casablanca Hotel New York City
1 Review and 1901 Opinions This is a Hotel /Bed and Breakfast. It is a oasis in the middle of Times Square. It is quiet inside...
Argonaut Hotel - A Kimpton Hotel San Francisco
4 Reviews and 1844 Opinions There's no doubt this hotel, provides a level of luxury and convenience, that many travellers will...
Four Seasons Las Vegas Las Vegas
8 Reviews and 1181 Opinions Definitely one of the best hotels in Las Vegas where I found everything what I want. The hotel is at...
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Q: Are there, like in many European countries, limits for the amount of cash you can legally bring with you in and out of the...
A: For Canada, if you bring in more than $10,000 CAD (or equivalent in other currency) you will need to declare it to customs but there is no limit. There is a box on the...
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