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The port of Barcelona

leastofthesepromotions team — Tue, 10 May 2011 17:21:41 +0000

Among the river Llobregat and the district of Barcelonese, comes seated strategically Barcelona Port. With a development of the tourist industry high, is positioned in the best throughout the Mediterranean, and if there is talk of global terms, in the fifth, after the ports in the Caribbean.
What is what makes it so important? Well, mainly is equipped with modern port facilities served by forty-five cranes and nine tugs; that facilitate the tasks of loading and unloading; for the receipt and delivery of goods, either for cars, fruit, cocoa, coffee, nonferrous metals, liquids and solids in bulk. And as mentioned lines behind, with significant berthing facilities for tourism.

In the Port of Barcelona, stresses the “Olympic Port of Barcelona”, built exclusively for the Olympics of ninety-two. Have its structures last generation, with teleferics and ramblas facts for the contemplation of the aquatic landscapes wear with the art of a modern architecture. You can also find from luxurious hotels and restaurants, discos, commercial centers and an aquarium (located to be more exact in “Port Vell”) under the sea where you can see all kinds of marine species and divers feeding sharks. It is also worth mentioning other significant spaces, which are “Moll of Bosch I Alsina”, which is located in the Promenade of Barcelona; and “Passeig of Joan Borbó”, is a pier of the Barcelonese where there are fish restaurants.

Curiosities about Airports

leastofthesepromotions team — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:44:37 +0000

* The largest airport in the world is the Airport King Khalid, in Saudi Arabia, with a total area of 225 square kilometers. In America, the largest airport is the Airport of Mirabel, Canada, with 150 square kilometers.
* The largest airport in influx of passengers is the Hartsfield International Airport, in Atlanta, United States, with an influx of 82 million passengers per year, closely followed by the Airport O’Hare, Chicago, also in the U.S., that prompted 75 million passengers in 2004.
* The largest airport of international trafficking of the world is the Heathrow Airport, in London, England, with an average of 460,000 landings and take-offs per year. An 80 per cent of its annual turnover of 55 million passengers is through international flights.
* The largest airport of local traffic of the world is the Los Angeles Airport. About 60 per cent of its annual turnover of 60 million passengers possesses as destination or point of departure of the metropolitan region of Los Angeles.
* The airport air cargo with more influx of the world is the International of Memphis, USA. There is located the operational center for FedEx.
* The airport highest in the world is Bangda, in Tibet, located 4,739 meters.

Airports in Paris: Air Terminals in The Capital of France

leastofthesepromotions team — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:24:46 +0000

Paris, the French capital, is one of the most requested destinations by tourists from all over the world, recently being considered as a favorite among travelers. Whether its beautiful streets, places largely cultural, or just to meet the imposing Eiffel Tower, Paris will always be required by the rest of the world is therefore good to know a little more about the key airports of the city to keep good management of a future trip.

Among the major airports of Paris are to Charles de Gaulle International Airport also called Roissy. It is worth mentioning that this is the second busiest airport in Europe as it receives 54 million tourists annually. It is certainly the most important airport of the country.
Finally we have mentioned the Paris-Le Bourget, a small airport in Paris where we found the Museum of Air and Space. To reach it we must turn to the northeast of the city. It is important to mention that it is used by millionaires who have private planes.