Patagonia Hotspots

July 31st, 2007
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See Patagonia Hotspots on a map

Patagonia is the southern region of Argentina and Chile, a place famous for its beauty. It’s not rare to find people from all around the world living in Patagonia, because it’s said that everyone that visits Patagonia falls in love with the place.

Patagonia has some of the most incredible views in the world. If you want to check out some of the coolest hotspots in Patagonia, here is a list.Start with the Argentinean Patagonia. The city of Ushuaia is in the Province of Tierra del Fuego (“land of fire”), the southmost mainland in the world. The city itself is beautiful, and it’s also the starting point for tours to the Tierra del Fuego National Park, and also for the Beagle Channel navigation tours.

Travelling north into the Province of Santa Cruz, you will arrive to El Calafate, where you can start tours to see the beautiful glaciers. The world-famous Perito Moreno glacier and the Upsala, Onelli and Spegazzini glaciers are places that you cannot afford to miss. El Calafate is near Lago Argentino (Argentinean Lake), and the view has been described as “the real magic of eternal ice of Patagonia”.

Moving towards north you will find El Chaltén, a town by the Andes where you can witness the majesty of the mountains. This town is the starting point for tours to Mount Fitz Roy and to Cerro Torres. You can also visit the Viedma and Torre glaciers from here.

Getting northeast, away from the Andes and closer to the Atlantic Ocean, you will find the city of Puerto Madryn, in the Province of Chubut. While surrounded by some of the most beautiful natural views, Puerto Madryn has great hotels and all the facilities you would find in any top city. Visitors of Puerto Madryn can watch the whales while they are in the Peninsula Valdés, and can catch a tour to Punta Tombo to visit the Penguin Colony and get some great pictures.

Up into the Province of Rio Negro it’s the city of Bariloche, a beautiful city with everything from hostels for students to five-star hotels. Placed by the Nahuel Huapi Lake, it’s the start and end of the Seven Lakes route tour. The Nahuel Huapi Lake has an island in its center, called the Isla Victoria, and there are regular boats that take you there. You can cross to Chile from here, to visit Puerto Montt.

The Chilean city of Puerto Montt is the door to the Lakes district, and several tours will take you around the amazing icy waters. Going south, you can find Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine, where you can take a look to the glorious glaciers Balmaceda, Serrano and Gray. In Torres del Paine you will also find trekking tours, ideal for the adventurers.

Finally, going to the south you will get to Punta Arenas, a place that is home of a large penguin colony and that is a top-pick for visitors year after year.

Tours In The Big Apple

July 24th, 2007
Filed under Reviews

Check our map of New York City Attractions.

New York is a magical city, no doubt about it. It has it all, from great museums to cool places to hang out, from historical places you don’t want to miss to a wonderful night life.

Visiting the Big Apple is something that everyone should do at least once in their lives, and when that moment comes you don’t want to miss anything; you want a tour that shows you all you want to see.

When it comes to New York City tours, CitySights NY offers guided sightseeing tours to the hottest, more interesting places in the city. They have a fleet of motor coaches and double-decker buses that will take you to visit the best of Manhattan. They also offer several harbor cruises, and even helicopter rides for amazing views from the air. All that with an expert guide that will make sure you will have a fun time.

Places features in their tours are well known. Times Square, the Empire State building, Chinatown, the Madison Square Garden, the Statue of Liberty, the Site of the World Trade Center, the UN building, the Rockefeller Center, Macy’s and the amazing Carnegie Hall are just a few of the sites they will show you while touring downtown.

Their uptown tours includes visits to Central Park and the Strawberry Fields, the Lincoln Center, the American Museum of Natural History, the Zoo, the Plaza Hotel, the Guggenheim Museum, the Tomb of Grant, and Harlem, among other great locations.

In addition, they have great special tours that show you locations that have been involved in movies or TV shows, including a “Sex and the City Hot Spots” tour.

Their helicopter flights show this amazing city from the air, offering an incredible view to anyone who dares to go up in the sky. The company also offers several daytime trips to Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC and other places (including a special “shopping tour” to the Woodbury Common Outlet Mall and its 220 designer outlet stores!).

Prices range from around 20 bucks to about 160 dollars, depending of course on the tour you choose. Online customers receive a 5-dollar discount per ticket, so big families will especially take advantage from this promotion.

For anyone interested in this marvelous city, CitySights NY’s tours are great ways to get to know it. Check out their New York sightseeing tours today!

Disclosure: this is a paid review from ReviewMe.

How To: Add A Map To A Website/Blog & Share With Friends

July 3rd, 2007
Filed under General

Do more with your Rrove Sets - we’ve introduced two new features that will allow you to bring your customized maps anywhere and collaborate on it with anyone.

Add to a Website or Blog

We’ve enabled you to take your map and add it to your blog, website or social network profile page. That way, your visitors can easily find and interact with your content on your pages. See an example using Las Vegas Hotels below.

How can you use this:

1. For MySpace: Create a map of your friends. Tip: Get them to add themselves using the Share feature (see below).

2. For business: Are you a real estate agent? Build a map of the places you’re selling and add them to your website. Do guided tours? Build a map of the packages you offer, listing the good spots that are part of the trip.

3. Travel: You’ve probably built a map of places you’ve visited or places that were important to you as you were growing up. Put them into your blog or site.

Its very easy to do. Go to a Set page > cut a snippet of code > paste on your website (yes, its like embedding a YouTube video on your site).

Share with Friends

You can also allow others to add places to Sets you’ve created. Create a set and let your friends add their interesting locations for you to consider and discover. This feature becomes useful in these cases:

1. Planning a trip: Create a Set of places to visit and/or hotel options. Get feedback from others going with you.

2. Eating out: List favorite restaurants and allow others to list their recommendations

3. Making a local map: Collaborate with neighbors to promote your city by identifying the best places to eat, stay and visit.

Its very simple to allow others to add places to your Sets. Simply go to ‘My Sets’ > ‘Edit’ your Set > check the box for ‘Allow others to add places to this Set’.