Travel Reviews

The Bratislava City Card

Feb, 10th 2009 Insider Tips
posted by a.k.

Bratislava like most other European cities has created a Bratislava city card with which tourists can avail of a whole heap of discounts as they explore the sights and sounds of Bratislava city. This card is sold and tourist information centers and hotels and can be bought for a 24/48/72 hour validity. Armed with your Bratislava City Card you are entitled to free use of the city's public transport for the entire duration of card's validity. The card also entitles you to various discounts at museums and restaurants. The Bratislava City card which is quite reasonably priced also gives you a free one hour walking tour of the city which is organized by the Bratislava Culture and Information center and conducted in English and Slovak..

Slum Tours

Feb, 09th 2009 Insider Tips
posted by a.nayar

The success of books like Gregory David Roberts ?Shantaram' and movies like the award- winning Slumdog millionaire has given an impetus to slum tours of Mumbai. Mumbai has several slums but perhaps its most well known slum is ?Dharav'i which is considered to be the largest slum in Asia. The slum is home to approximately a million people who live in small hutments and homes. However it is not all filth and squalor in Dharavi as the slum is also home to nearly 10,000 small businesses like potteries, garment factories, tanneries and recycling companies whose goods are exported all over the world. Mumbai based Reality tours specializes in tours of Dharavi and can even help you to find a volunteer gig if you wish to volunteer during your stay in Mumbai. Details are available at http://www.realitytoursandtravel.com/.

Paradise Beach Fun Pass

Feb, 05th 2009 Insider Tips
posted by a.k.

Most people head to Cozumel for its fantastic beaches, one of the most popular beaches on Cozumel is Paradise Beach. This beach is accessible to everyone but in order to use the various beach toys like the beach floats, kayaks, trampolines, snorkeling gear etc you have to first buy a fun pass which is priced at $10 per person per day after you have your pass all these toys are free for you to use..

Lisboa Card

Feb, 05th 2009 Insider Tips
posted by javajive

If you are in Lisbon for a short vacation it makes sense to invest in a Lisbon Card. The Lisbon card offers you unlimited use of public transportation for the entire duration of your card as well as reduced and free admission to many popular Lisbon sights and Museums. The card can be bought for a 24, 48, or 72 hour validity from one of the many tourist kiosks as well at the airport and online. Currently a Single Adult 24 hour card which also covers two children from the ages of 0-4 is priced at 16 Euros..