This tiny area packs in more historical, religious and cultural heritage than perhaps anywhere else in the world, and its small size means it's completely feasible to visit a good proportion of its sights in a fairly short trip.
For many travelers, visiting a new destination means new sights, new adventures, new people and, best of all, new food.
In contrast, Group 6 with their "City Detective" app had the idea to develop an app for tourists where they would play the role of detectives in order to visit important sights of a city.
They just have a beer or two and visit the sights.
She had met Franco only twice when the gossip sites, intoxicated by the sight of them visiting an art fair together in New York, announced their utterly nonexistent betrothal.
With China's newly rich middle class traveling for pleasure and a foreign tourism boom expected from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, who will visit the sights if Starbucks and shopping malls surround the monasteries and mausoleums?
Follow me, dear reader, as we visit the sights that Ryanair could have used to illustrate the delights of aul' Dublin town.
Special religious tours will visit pilgrimage sights such as the Shah Abdolazim shrine, dating back to the ninth century and honouring a descendant of the prophet Muhammad who reputedly fled to Iran from Medina to escape persecution.
Syria teems nowadays with western tourists who can enjoy boutique hotels in Damascus, puff shisha pipes in smart cafes and visit breathtaking sights from Palmyra to Krak de Chevaliers.
You can visit its key sights on a DIY trip, but many visitors opt for an organised day tour or longer, both for convenience and the added context of a well-informed guide.
