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Art 49
http://www.art49.com
It offers
information about contemporary art in Europe. It includes an art calendar
with detailed information for exhibitions, artists and galleries. It also
presents a list of the top events and museums.
Roller Coaster
Database
http://rcdb.com
The rcdb is a
comprehensive, searchable database with information and statistics on over
1800 roller coasters throughout the world.
ADVENTURE
Away.com
http://away.com
This web is
dedicated to worldwide adventure, sports and outdoor activities. It includes
destination guides (United States, Europe, Africa, etc.), interest guides
(active, art/culture, water sport, biking, fishing, nature, etc), travel
deals, special features, travel photos and free offers).
iExplore
http://iexplore.com
It is entirely
dedicated to adventure (activities such as hiking, diving, biking and
multi-sport tours) and experiential travel (activities such as cultural,
expedition cruising, wildlife safari and culinary tours.
It includes a
section with travel guides classified according to destinations or
activities. Useful travel guides with an overview of the country, tours,
where to go, activities, general info, history, weather, travel tips,
dining, shopping, visa and health. Very good.
DATA
Atlapedia Online
http://www.atlapedia.com
Atlapedia Online
contains full colour physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and
statistics on countries of the world.
It includes a
section of countries A to Z that provides facts, figures and statistical
data on geography, climate, people, religion, language, history, economy and
more…
WTO
http://www.world-tourism.org/facts/wtb.html
The
WTO World Tourism Barometer
is a regular publication of the Market Intelligence and Promotion Department
of WTO aimed at monitoring the short-term evolution of tourism and providing
the sector with relevant and timely information.
FLIGHTS
You can also find
information about flights in the sites mentioned under the heading
“General”.
123 THE WORLD
http://www.123world.com/airlines/index.html
This site includes a
list of the most relevant airlines from across the world. The link is to
their official websites where available.
AVION EXPRESS
http://www.en.avionexpress.com
This is site
dedicated to find the best fare for you. Here you can book and buy your
tickets. You select the destination, class, date of departure and return,
number of people, airline or other preferences.
GENERAL
123 World
http://www.123world.com/tourism
It includes official
Tourism sites classified alphabetically. A click on the country will take
you to the official homepage of that particular tourism site.
The main page of
this site
http://www.123world.com (section of travel and tourism) also includes
links to official sites covering airlines, airports, hotels, railways,
seaports, tours and travel, world travel or maps.
Expedia
http://www.expedia.com
This web includes
information about discount airfare, flights, hotels, cars, vacation
packages, cruises, destinations and maps.
It also offers a
section of traveller tools with travel alert, flight status, airport
information deals via e-mail, currency converter, driving directions, the
weather and passport information.
Travel notes
http://www.travelnotes.org
It includes
essential travel information with detailed country backgrounds, reviewed web
sites, and regular travel articles.
It also offers a travel distance section containing information about
distances between countries, etc.
Travelocity
http://www.travelocity.com
Information about
flights, hotels, cars/rail, vacations, cruises, last minute deals, guides
and advice.
It includes a travel
information centre with timetables, fare listings, dream maps, travel
update, travel tips from A to Z, weather concierge, mobile and eye on the
sky.
GUIDES
Europe Travel Guides
http://www.europe-travel-guides.com
Free downloadable
travel guides with information about hotels, restaurants, theatres, museums,
casinos, car rentals, airline offices and attractions for all European
countries and major cities. They´re constantly updated and extended.
Fodor´s Travel
online
http://www.fodors.com
It includes
information for travellers based on Fodor´s travel publications, including
destination guides.
Frommer´s
http://www.frommers.com
In addition to
guidebooks, it includes information about destinations, activities
(interests, lifestyles and preparations) and deals.
Lonely Planet
http://lonelyplanet.com
It includes a world
guide, forum, travel services, shop, articles on travel and a section with
postcards with tips of readers from all over the world. The travel ticker
contains information about travel warnings all over the world (floods,
landmines, war, etc.). It is updated weekly.
The World Travel
Guide Online
http://www.wtgonline
It includes a
comprehensive description of cities and countries all over the world.
Travel Library
http://www.travel-library.com
This is an
interesting site for independent travellers. It is interactive, allowing
travellers all over the world to share their experiences and tips on hotels,
holiday destinations, airports, ski resorts and much more. It includes a
section of travelogues classified by country.
Virtual Tourist
http://www.virtualtourist.com
It includes travel
guides as well as hotels, flights, vacations, car rentals and cruises. It
also offers a forum and a chat for members (free membership)
HOTELS AND ACCOMMODATION
All rural
http://www.allrural.com
It is a web
dedicated to rural tourism, bed and breakfast and ecotourism worldwide. It
contains a description of the houses, different types of search (map,
name/region, passive search, online reservations).
Backpackers
www.backpackers.com
A place to find
cheap hostels to sleep worldwide as well as interesting information to
travel with a limited budget.
Bancotel
http://www.bancotel.com/ing/index.htm
It includes a
worldwide selection of hotels from 50€ a double room. It works with a check
book that allows its users to stay in the best hotels at the best price.
You can do a
destination search or an advance search according to your needs.
Direct-to Hotels
http://www.direct-to-hotels.com
It offers a good
selection of hotels based on their charm and comfort in different cities. A
good point is that you book the hotels directly without intermediary. It
includes interesting deals.
Europe famous
hostels
http://www.europefamoushostels.com
Hostel World
http://www.hostelworld.com
Page dedicated to
good-priced hostels around the world. It describes the places and presents
an average rating graded by customers (character, security, location, staff,
fun and cleanliness). It also presents examples of pre-built trips. Very
interesting and useful.
Hotel inspector
http://www.hotelinspector.com
It is an interesting
page on reviews about hotels. It claims to express “the brutal truth”. A
significant drawback is that it offers very few cities reviewed until now.
Hotel Key
http://hotelkey.com/hotel/en.html
It presents a wide
selection of hotels worldwide. You can do different types of search and
select hotels, beach hotels, apartments and paradores. It includes last
minute offers.
Hotel Reservation
Service
http://www.hrs.com
It includes a
selection of more than 180.000 worldwide. An interesting feature of this
page is that you pay directly in the hotel. No credit card is necessary. You
can do different types of search (specific hotel/chain, map). It also
presents special daily offers.
Interhome
http://www.interhome.com
20.000 holiday homes
and apartments in Europe and Florida.
Last minute
http://www.engb.lastminute.com
Travel and
entertainment deals.
In the travel
section it includes flights, hotels, holidays and car hire.
Late rooms
http://www.laterooms.com
Over 50.000 hotels
worldwide with discount late rates. Classified by country and city.
The JP Moser Hotel
and Chateau Guide
http://www.jpmoser.com
A guide of hotels
and chateaus in Europe. It is not based on advertising but the personal
selection of the author.
Tripadvisor
http://www.tripadvisor.com
This page offers
worldwide information and reviews of vacations, hotels, resorts and travel
packages. It is very useful to get the impressions of other travellers about
a comprehensive list of hotels and other types of accommodation.
Venere.com
http://venere.com
It finds and books
you hotels, bed and breakfasts and apartments.
Several languages.
World Executive.
Hotels and Resorts Direct.
http://www.worldexecutive.com
Hotel discounts and
reservations.
It offers
information about the major chains and independent hotels. It includes city
guides with pictures, travel information, etc. It is possible to make
reservations.
LINKS
Planet Rider
http://www.planetrider.com/
The aim of this
product is to select the best travel sites on the 'Net.
It includes the
following sections:
Destinations:
Africa
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Antarctica
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Asia & the Pacific
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Caribbean
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Cruises
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Europe
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North & Central America
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South America
Travel Activities:
Adventure & Sports
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Golf
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Fishing
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Skiing
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Scuba
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Art & Culture Guides
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Food & Drink
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Music
Landscapes:
Deserts
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Forests & Jungles
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Mountains
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Rivers & Lakes
Seashores
Maps:
Cartography
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Maps for Sale
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Physical Maps
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Regional Maps
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Road Maps
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Unusual Maps
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Vintage Maps
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World Maps
Resources:
Bargain Travel
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Reservations
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Business Travel
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Travel Store
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Weather
For further information about other sites selected by Lonely planet, don´t
miss the following suggestions:
MAGAZINES AND
NEWSLETTERS
Conde Nast Traveller
http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/
It presents
information about destinations, travel ideas, articles, editor´s pricks and
forums.
Don´t miss the
section of word trips and the hidden destination (crosswords).
Travel and Leisure
http://travelandleisure.com
Monthly online
magazine about travel. It includes destinations, hot deals, hotels, weather
and special features.
Travel Daily News
http://www.traveldailynews.com/
Travel Daily News
International is a valuable resource for the tourism professional around the
world. It is daily updated with news, interviews, research articles,
surveys, upcoming events, researches and studies and a 7000 pages archive of
the above, on all tourism sectors worldwide. It covers topics such as
aviation, hotel and lodging, tour operators, sea travel, ground
transportation etc.
MAPS
GOOGLE EARTH
http://earth.google.com/
Here you have got a really impressive site.
Google Earth streams the world over wired and wireless networks enabling
users to virtually go anywhere on the planet and see places in photographic
detail. This is not like any map you have ever seen. This is a 3D model of
the real world, based on real satellite images combined with maps, guides to
restaurants, hotels, entertainment, businesses and more. You can zoom from
space to street level instantly and then pan or jump from place to place,
city to city, even country to country.
MAPS.COM
http://www.maps.com/reference
It includes
different sections:
1. Geography
bookshelf (*maps of the world –political-; *interesting games to check your
knowledge about geography: arcade, trivia, map quizzes, puzzles, find it).
2. Physical and
political maps.
3. World history
maps.
4. Thematic maps
Mapquest
http://www.mapquest.com
Here you can look
for addresses, phone numbers (airports, hotels, restaurants, etc.) maps and
directions (driving) in cities. It gives you the map with the information
provided. Options: U.S & Canada and Europe.
The World: Holt,
Rinehart and Winston
http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm-htm/world.htm
It includes maps as
well as detailed information about all the countries in the world (capital,
area, population, flag, languages, literacy, religions, life expectancy,
government type, currency, GDP (per capita), industry, agriculture, arable
land and natural resources).
POSTERS
International Posters
http://www.internationalposter.com/
It includes an
interesting collection of travel posters that you can copy in your computer.
In the search option, type the world “travel” and you will get a beautiful
collection of vintage travel posters as well as a representation of modern
proposals signed by famous artists.
SPECIALS
Film locations
http://www.famouslocations.com
It includes a
virtual trip to the location where many films were shot.
Sabbatical Travel
Tips
http://omni.cc.purdue.edu/~alltson/Sabbat.html
It includes
suggestions to plan a sabbatical year travelling all over the world.
Unmissable
http://www.unmissable.com
This is a travel
agency specialized in rare and exclusive journeys.
TRAVELLERS´OPINIONS
Tripadvisor
http://www.tripadvisor.com
It is a very
interesting site to get the impressions of other travellers about their
experiences in hotels and other holiday products.
Traveller´s Point
http://www.travellerspoint.com
This is an
independent discussion list of independent travellers. They offer
information about many different topics.
WEATHER
All the weather in
the world
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather
This is a site about
the weather offered by the BBC. It covers all the places on the planet. It
contains the necessary information about the weather related to outdoor
sports, etc.
Earthweek
http://www.earthweek.com
It includes the most
important climate phenomena in the world: hurricanes, storms, earthquakes,
etc.
(Some of these links have been
gathered by Elena de Prada Creo)
English for tourism 1
Here you have a lot
of grammar (theory and exercises online) about different topics. You
can select them according to your personal perception of problem
areas. If you find them too easy or difficult for you, talk to me
and I will give you more options.
You may start with a
diagnosis grammar test to check how much you remember after the
summer (go to the grammar section on the left):
All the grammar you need
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Basics:
- Verbs:
- Conditionals:
- Nouns:
- Adjectives and
Pronouns:
- Conjunctions:
- Punctuation:
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-Pictorial idioms:
http://www.edict.com.hk/pub/ebooks/idioms.htm
-Mind your grammar:
http://www.edict.com.hk/pub/ebooks/grammar.htm
Don´t forget to keep
a record (a notebook, a word document, etc.) specifying the
sections, exercises, results and personal impressions.
And, if you haven´t
had enough… here you can find some more sites about it:
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*English Grammar
- This is where you can work on your English grammar. And to help
you remember the grammar that you learn, try the homework of your
choice.
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English Homework
- Homework exercises on grammar to print out or do on line. With
answers.
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Agendaweb
- Hundreds of free activities to learn English grammar online.
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English Grammar Connection
- Interactive online lessons that help improve students’ English
grammar skills. Gives constructive feedback during the lessons.
Provides frequent reports that display areas of strength and
weakness.
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English4u
- English grammar explanations with lots of exercises (3 levels),
crosswords, quizzes and irregular verbs trainer for ESL students.
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esl-lounge Grammar Guide
- Comprehensive 25 page grammar guide. Everything from present
simple, past simple, present perfect up to future perfect covered.
Links to relevant
exercises too.
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FIESTA English
- Extra grammar help.
Exercises on verb tenses, conditionals, the passive, verb patterns,
phrasal verbs, adjectives plus prepositions and more!
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Grammar for ESL
- Free lessons and tutorials on English grammar, for ESL students.
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Grammar instructions and exercises
- My personal homepage offers grammar instructions combined with
lots of exercises for downloading or work online. You can also
check your answers with a key.
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Irregular Verb list with a difference.
- This is an irregular verb list a little unlike those you could
easily get hold of at your own school. They are listed in order of
how often they appear in real English. If you tell your students
that learning by heart merely the first eleven will equip them to
deal with fully 50% of the usage of irregulars in English, they
may react very positively.
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Learning English: Grammar
- Learn English grammar by reading the explanation then trying the
quiz. Brought to you by the Learning English team.
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Tapetime.com
- Tapetime offers audio tapes and CD's related to Voice
production, pronunciation, accent reduction, and public speaking
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The gerund
- Do you know the "x-ing-dynasty"? Have you got any difficulty
with using gerunds? Have a look at the new way how to
differentiate the gerunds.
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The Truth Tree Tutorials
- Tutorials on grammar, spelling, punctuation, anagrams, html,
internet privacy, and the history of the English language.
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The Writer's Guide to Prepositions
- It's the new and only English PREPOSITIONARY. Makes finding the
RIGHT preposition for thousands of English keywords as easy as
A-B-SEE.
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