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18.04 MILES. Guiyang's best attraction is a temple complex hidden inside Qianling Mountain Park to the north of the city. Near the top of 1300m Qianling Mountain (黔灵山,…. View more attractions. Built right on the cliffs that surround the town, the city walls were a key part of ancient Qingyan's defences. Nowadays a walk on the, at times,….
- Explore The Careenage’S Past
- ‘Lime’ on Carlisle Bay
- See The Birthplace of Rum on Roebuck Street
- Go on A Bajan Walking Food Tour
- Shop on Broad and Swan Streets
- Tour The Oldest Synagogue and Mikveh in The Americas
- Visit St Mary’s Church
- Pay Tribute to Barbados’ only National Heroine
It’s hard to imagine, but the city’s popular waterfront area, also known as Constitution River, was once a chaotic scene where mercantile ships unloaded and loaded goods between long-haul journeys. Boats were 'careened' to be cleaned and women lined the docks with baskets of foods for sale. The Careenage was England’s first port of call on the Tran...
A five-minute walk from the downtown Careenage area, lining the southern edge of the city and running over a mile, Carlisle Bay is Barbados’ most stunning body of water, lined with pristine white sand and an iridescent Caribbean sea. Ironically, it was also the first body of water that slave ships crossed when arriving from the Atlantic, starting a...
Stand on the corner of Roebuck and Palmetto streets, a triangular spot directly opposite the Police Station, and you can brag that you’ve seen where rum was first discovered. A vendor stands there daily with her fast food cart, as crowds shuffle back and forth under the hot sun. But this is where, in the 17th century, Captain Rumball owned a tavern...
History buffs and food lovers alike will thoroughly enjoy the three-hour, leisurely 'Original Bajan Walking Food Tour' around downtown Bridgetown with Lickrish Food Tours. Tour leader and historian Claudette Levi-Farnum shares her island’s trajectory along key sights, in part illustrated through black and white photographs, while you pop into vario...
Strolling Bridgetown’s busiest shopping streets feels like taking a step back in centuries, despite the familiar sounds of roadside vendors clamoring and haggling. Broad Street, the city’s main shopping thoroughfare, is where British merchants used to trade. It’s lined with duty-free stores, local restaurants and mini-malls. Off Broad, Jewish immig...
When Sephardic Jews escaped Dutch Brazil and the Portuguese Inquisition in the 17th century, they took refuge in the Caribbean region. Those who picked secluded Barbados built the Nidhe Israel Synagoguein 1654, the oldest in the Americas, with an adjacent cemetery. Part of Bridgetown’s UNESCO designation – the area is known as the Synagogue Histori...
Built in the 19th century and one of the oldest in the city, St. Mary's Church is the resting place of Bajan National Hero Samuel Jackman Prescod. Prescod was the first non-white to be elected to the House of the Assembly and enter Parliament in 1843. He’s credited with obtaining the right to vote for Barbados’ free blacks. You can see his portrait...
Sarah Ann Gill is the first and only female among Barbados’ national heroes – a title earned for being one of the earliest defenders of the right to freedom of religion during the days of slavery. The daughter of black and white parents in 1795, Gill was a practicing Methodist in the 19th century, a religion that was becoming widely disliked by the...
2018年12月10日 · Dec 10, 2018 • 7 min read. Longjing tea has been popular in Hangzhou since the Qing dynasty © August_0802 / Shutterstock. One of China’s most important tourist cities, Hangzhou, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, is renowned for its natural beauty and classical Chinese scenery.
Hong Kong Park. Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island. A hillside oasis squeezed between Central and Admiralty, Hong Kong Park was built in 1991 over part of the former Victoria Barracks. Terraced landscaping….
2020年9月2日 · A border defence system garrisoned by hundreds of thousands of soldiers at various times in China’s turbulent history, the Great Wall exists today in a state of picturesque yet precarious ruin, a fading relic with only a tiny fraction of its total length restored and open to tourists. What is the Great Wall?
Discover the best nightlife in Nanning including Prison Brew Bar, WOW Hangout, and Kong. Prison Brew Bar Nanning There's no dodgy prison hooch going on here; instead, this neighbourhood pub is all about quality craft beers. On tap it has four beers by Trip
Xi'an. China, Asia. Once the terminus of the Silk Road and a gathering place of cultures and religions, as well as being home to emperors, courtesans, poets, monks, merchants and warriors, the glory days of Xi'an (西安, Xī’ān; pronounced 'see-an') may have ended in the early 10th century, but a considerable amount of ancient Chang’an ...
