Alappuzha, famous tourist destination in South India, known for its beautiful backwaters. Alappuzha, also known as Alleppey is surrounded by waterways and canals. It attracts thousands of tourists every year in the month of July and September. The Snake Boat Races held during Onam festival. The snake boat race winner awarded by Nehru Trophy. Many tourists around the world join this event in Alappuzha.

The beautiful man-made island and historical buildings with palm trees in Alappuzha is the tourist attractions. The islands in Alleppey are the heaven of migrated birds.

How to Reach Alappuzha
By Air : The nearest airport is Cochin(64 km) and Thiruvananthapuram International airport(160 Km)
By Rail : Alappuzha is connected to with the other cities like Cochin, Kolkata, Bokaro, Chennai, Bangalore, etc.

By Road : Alappuzha is well connected with all the major cities and town in South India. The daily bus services are available from Bangalore, Coimbatore, Cochin, Trivandrum.

Tourist Attractions Around Alappuzha
Some of the majot tourist attractions in and around Alappuzha are : Chavara Bhavan, Alappuzha Beach, Sea View Park, Edathua Church, Mannarasala Sree Nagaraja Temple, Krishnapuram Palace, Karumadikuttan and Hettikulangara Bhagavathy Temple

Dubai is one of the very popular tourist destination. Dubai city has variety of unique tourism opportunities. The desert safari, adventure tour, horse riding, and magnificient palaces and buildings are the attractions for the tourists.

Dubai city is also very popular for the magnificient white sandy beaches. The beach lovers must visit the beautiful beaches in Dubai :

Mamzar Beach
Mamzar is famous as park in Dubai. The beach is inside the park and for the entry in park, you need to buy ticket to enter in the park. It has barbecue spots, chalets etc, to attract visitors.

Jebel Ali Beach
Jebel Ali Beach is another famous beach. The beach is about 40 km from the city centre. The Jebel Ali is also popular for its industries, resorts and hotels, and Golf clubs. The beaches in Dubai are very crowdy on friday. Friday is the weekend in Dubai. The hotels and beach resorts in Jebel Ali offers excellent facilities and amenities for a peaceful beach holiday in Dubai.

Jumeirah Beach
The Jumeirah Beach is about 25 km from city centre. The houses built in a variety of architectural styles in Jumeirah residential area. The famous urj Al Arab 7 Star Hotel located here. The Jumeirah is also famous for Jumeirah Mosque. This beach is not very crowdy. This beach is the safe for the children and non-swimmers. The lifesavers are also on duty throughtout the day.

Birla Mandir, popularly known as Lakshmi Narayan Mandir is a famous landmark of Delhi, situated at mandir marg, 1.5 km from Connought Place – the heart of New Delhi. The temple is mainly dedicated to Lord Vishnu – the preserver of Hindu Trinity and Goddess Lakshmi – the goddess of money & asset and wife of Lord Narayan, but the idols of other deities are also present there.

This holy temple is made by Birla family – a famous entrepreneur family in 1938 that took six years (1933-1938) to finish the grand and gorgeous symbol of Hindu devotion and was opened by the ‘Father of the Nation’ Mahatma Gandhi on the state condition of ‘allowing everybody especially the untouchables to enter in the premise and perform worship there.

The temple was built in Orissan style with modern concept and construction. The architecture of the shrine attracts the devotees and tourists with its beautiful design, paintings and craft works. The highest tower in the temple reaches a height of 165 feet while the subsidiary towers reach 116 feet. The entire complex, especially the walls and the upper gallery are full of paintings that enhance the beauty and glory of the famous shrine. The white marbles and red stones are primarily used in building the exteriors and icons of the temple.

This biggest chamber is dedicated to Lord Narayan and Goddess Lakshmi, while architectural beautiful Geeta Bhawan is dedicated to Lord Krishna – the incarnate of Lord Vishnu. Among other shrines, The shrine complexes of Lord Shiv, Ganesh, Hanuman, Budhdha and goddess Durga are also situated in the temple complex. The shoka (rhyme) of holy Vedas are being chanted the whole day in the complex.

The temple is opened through out the day but in Janmashtami – the birth day of lord Krishna and Deepawali, this famous temple is decorated like beautiful bride and attracts most on these days. In weekdays, Friday is the most recommended day of visiting there due to being the special day of goddess Lakshmi.

To visiting there is extremely easy due to its prime location. The visitors can take, bus, auto rickshaw, taxi aur rickshaw from various point of Delhi. Visitors can also reach there from metro train as the nearest metro station is Ram Krishna Ashram Station while New Delhi station is the nearest railway station.

Tanzania is one of the most important wildlife nations in Africa. About 18 % of the nation is restrained as state-run game or parks and forest reserves, and wildlife is up till now present in considerable quantity out of these sheltered regions. It is calculated that 88 % of the tourism to this country is wildlife-based. Tourism is at the moment the best ever growing industry in Tanzania and the second major International currency earner. At the same moment wildlife is substantially important to the village people, moreover as a danger to existence and belongings or as a resource of protein supply against the law.

The twelve-monthly wildebeest relocation crossways the Serengeti is one of the accepted wonders and you must focus on optimizing surveillance of this occasion. You also visit Tarangire National Park, which haves the second major inhabitants of mammals per square Km within Africa.

Begin safaris with a stopover to the gorgeous Arusha Park that haves a jungle on the mountain slope of Mt. Meru and the supernatural Ngurdoto Crater. You will see here plentiful wildlife and by chance will see the uncommon Black & White Colobus monkeys.

You should carry on to Tarangire National Park, best known for its big herds of elephant and distinguishing baobab trees. The open shrub country is exceptional bird surroundings and it holds a quantity of fascinating mammals, like dikdik which can be seen from near.

Serengeti National Park, the majestic old wildlife-safari park, Serengeti’s gigantic golden plains are unbelievable and crowded with critters, though multy million of them will lead for Kenya’s water holes anytime between May and July so do make sure with trip operators on timing if you wish to travel the great Serengeti plains. A large amount of tourists get there through Arusha.

Best Season to Visit - December to February, and June to September

Center of Attraction - cheetah, elephant, wildebeest, lion, wild buffalo, leopard, rhinoceros, zebras, hippos, giraffes, hyenas etc.

Sri Lanka is a small island country and is a multy religion society. The Hindus, Buddhists, Christians and Muslims live here. Some parts of Sri Lanka are not peaceful especially Northern because of war like situation with LTTE and state forces. So the places of unrest must be avoided. It has many Buddhist and Hindu pilgrimage places, peoples, devotees and pilgrims from all over the world and inside Sri Lanka comes to these places to see, pray and worship and bring back peace of mind, happiness and satisfaction which ultimately results in prosperity of families. Colombo is the capital of Sri Lanka and is a place of major tourist attraction worldwide. Colombo is very well connected by air with Chennai, Thiruvananthpuram, Bangkok, Singapore, Dubai, London etc.

Temple of Tooth (Dalda Maligawa)
It is one of the most pious Buddhist pilgrimage place in the world. Situated in Kandy it houses “Lord Buddha’s Sacred Tooth.”

Adam’s Peak
Adam’s Peak is sacred to all 4 religions in Sri Lanka. It is a 2244 meters high conical shaped mountain. Scene of Sunrise is mesmerizing from here.

Anuradhapura
Interesting Places to Visit Anuradhapura :

• Sri Maha Bodhi Tree
• Thuparma Dagoba
• Ruvanveli Dagoba
• Jatavana Dagoba
• Abhayagiri Dagoba
• Samadhi Buddha
• Isurumuniya
• Mihintale
• Awkana
• Kuttam Pokuna

Munneswaram
On the west coast, worship here at Kovil. It is one of the five famous “Eeswaram Kovils” of Sri Lanka.

Trincomalee
Tiru Koneswaram Kovil, also known as Dakshina (south) Kailasham stands on the top of Swami Rock. It is a highly respected place of worship consecrated to Lord Shiva.

Katirkamam
At Sella Katirkama take holy bath in the “Manikka Gangai”.
See and worship at the Maha Devale and Ganapati Kovil.
See and worship at the temples of Lord Vishnu, Valli Amma and Teyvani Amma.

Colombo
Murugan Temple in Colombo Kompanavidya.
Gintupitiya Murugan Kovil.

Chhatarpur temple, the second largest temple after Akshardham (Delhi) is one of the major tourist attractions in the capital of India.
Situated on main Mehrauli-Gurgaon road, about 4-kilometre away from historical Qutub Minar complex, this holy Hindu shrine is famous for its attractive and marvelous architecture and rich crafts. The whole temple complex is completely build with white marbles and crafted with rich embellish.

The temple complex is dedicated to several deities like Lord Shiva, Lord Ganesha and Lord Rama, but major presiding deity is Goddess Katyayani (a form of Durga) that attracts hundreds of thousands of devotees on the festival of Navratri, Durga Puja and ‘Asthami’ (8th days of hindu months) of every month, on which the shrine of Goddess Katyani is opened for the ‘darshan’; whereas another shrine of Maha Gauri (form of Durga) is opened morning to night daily for worship.

Swami Nagpal Maharaj, the great devotee of goddess Durga had built this temple in the shade of south Indian architecture, spread over a large area complex with beautiful lawns and gardens. The discourses and prayers held round the clock and round the calendar in entire ambience that provides a spiritual peace and divine bless to the listeners. An ancient tree, on the main entrance covered with holy threads always attracts to visitors. People tie threads or bangles to this tree with the belief that their wishes would be fulfilled.

How to Reach?
This crucial religious place is also important in great legacy of India that attracts millions of devotees and tourists every year. Reaching to this holy place is extremely easy and visitors can reach there by bus, auto rickshaw and taxies available from several points. The nearest railway station is Nizamuddin Railway Station while nearest Metro Station is Central Secretariat. For the foreign tourist, Indira Gandhi International Airport is the nearest Airport from where tourists can hire any auto rickshaw and taxi to reach there.

Alai-Darwaza, Quwwatul-Islam Mosque, Iron Pillar, Alai Minar, Tomb of Iltutmish, Imam Zamin’s Tomb and Ala-ud-Din Madarsa are the nearest tourist spots from Chhatarpur temple

Portuguese culture, heritage buildings, beaches and music, its all packed together in the exotic land of Goa. Way back in around 1510 the land was captured by Portuguese and Christianity was advocated by the rulinggovernance with enthusiasm. This Portuguese colony was finally annexed to India after military operation ‘Vijay’, organized by Indian Government after gaining independence from British rule.

Each year hundreds of tourists around the world visit this colorful land of beaches. Goa has a tropical climate and usually remains hot and humid throughout the year. Monsoons bring much awaited relief and heavy downpour abates the heat. Tourism is a very happening industry in Goa and during winter international tourism is at its peak whereas people from all over India comes to spend splendid Sumner in Goa. Goa rocks with festivities, fun and music. Goan carnival is a great attraction for all and with fish curry and country liquor of cashew feni in hand you can, lose yourself in dance and music. Coasts are main places of tourist attraction especially because of the breathtaking beaches. Goa beaches are alluring, warm and curvaceous running in wide stretches with picturesque huts that serve cold beer and mouth watering Goan cuisine. Accommodation is provided in economy beach hotels overlooking the sea. Visit Goa with a carefree heart  and you can make the best of your time sitting on the cushion of sand under beach umbrella in solitary rendezvous with the sea.

Candolim beach, Sinquerim beach, Bambolim beach, Arambol beach, Baga beaches are just a few to name and ambience is very tourist friendly. They are well connected and you can spend the entire day, enjoying a quiet midday lunch with local song in any hotel. Arambol beach has a beautiful fishing village, Vegator is famous for its downy white sand, Palolem beach has fishing and dolphin cruising, to sum it up Goa beaches are fun. A weekend with seagulls in the blue lagoon of Mobor or a paragliding in the Arambol could be an enthralling experience of a lifetime. No wonder Goa with its lovely beaches call enticingly to the wanderers day and night and if you miss the call you miss it all.