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Sahara Expedition in Tamanrasset

The best-and safest-to enjoy the Algerian experience is to head south of the country, Tamanrasset, the largest city in the Sahara, which was a meeting point for the caravans of camels, or Yanet, a group of small towns around an oasis in the Tassili National Park and base Nayer exploration of the extraordinary cave paintings in the area.

Tamanrasset, a vast barren land in the middle of the Algerian Sahara, a territory larger than that of France, it is the capital of the Hoggar, Tamanrasset nevertheless remains the preferred destination of tourism European and especially German. Its area is 619360 km square and the number of inhabitants 192,684.

The city of Tamanrasset is an essential axis of Tuareg nomads and who roam the dunes, the regs of the Sahara from Mali to Niger via Chad and Libya.

The city seems to be timeless, stone houses, the traditional dress them up, take you a magical voyage that only this place can you get.

Located at 1733 m altitude Tamanrasset is the capital of Ahaggar, it contains archaeological sites dating from 600,000 to one million years and demonstrates the first human demonstrations or pre-human. It was in prehistory a region with very high population density of the earth, the scene of the evolution of mixing of man, the migration and highlight the distant civilizations came from East, Europe, Asia and Africa.

Another Wine Route in The Province of San Juan

Posted in Argentina, Cuisine Travel on 7th January 2010

The history of wine in Argentina is extensive and rich, and tourism has been boosted in recent years with the professionalization of wine, which led to the creation and improvement of warehouses in various provinces of Argentina such as Salta, Jujuy, Mendoza and San Juan. And it is the latter in which a relatively new wine route.

The Province of San Juan is located in Cuyo Region a very beautiful area where everything is power when it comes to landscapes associated with vineyards, for the mountains with huge areas of various shades of green provide a postal very attractive, quiet and relaxing.

And just a few minutes from the city of San Juan will reach the Bodega Graffigna one of the largest in the country, dating from 1870. Arriving at the winery where we will see that we can enjoy a whole day unforgettable. First, come and breathe the air of one of the purest areas of the region helps to understand the place where we are. After breakfast, we tour the winery and learn how the operation to produce the most outstanding varietals.

At noon, we will have lunch with a superb array of gourmet dishes with regional products produced by high-class chefs.