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US Tourism

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Houston Hotels

Houstonian Hotel : Spread over 18 acres in a wooded area near Memorial park, the Houstonian Hotel has luxurious rooms and sports facilities galore – golf, tennis, a climbing wall and indoor racket games.



Four seasons Hotel: This city center hotel is convenient to the convention center, downtown businesses, and the ballpark. The Four Seasons offers deluxe amenities and top notice service, making it a discriminating traveler’s first choice.


Lancaster: In the heart of the theater district, this small luxury hotel has the feel of a European manor house. The Chippendale furniture plain upholstered chairs, oil landscapes and portraits, and brass chachepots contrast with the steel and glass surroundings it is a superb hotel

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The White House

The White House, one of the world’s most famous residences, governs Pennsylvania Avenue. The building was designed by Irishman James Hoban, who drew upon the Georgian design of Leinster Hall, in Dublin and other Irish country houses. After the terrorist attacks of September, 2001, public tours of the White House were suspended.

Next door to the White House, the French Empire-style Old Executive Office Building houses the vice president’s ceremonial office (he has also one in the west wing of The White House) and those of others in the executive branch.

Lafayette Square is an intimate oasis in the midst of downtown Washington. This quiet park served as a campsite for soldiers of both the War of 1812 and the Civil War. At the top of the square, golden domed St. John’s Episcopal Church is also known as the Church of Presidents.

Virginia Tourism

The heart of Virginia Beach, 6 mi of crowded public beach and a raucous 40 block boardwalk has been a popular summer gathering place for many years. One advantage of the commercialism is easy access to sailing, surfing and scuba rentals. Be mindful, however, that the beach gets extremely crowded mid-summer. Almost 2 mi inland, at the southern end of Virginia Beach, is one of the State’s most visited museums, the Virginia Marine Science Museum, where you can bird watch in a salt marshland use computers to predict the weather.



On the Eastern Shore U.S. 13 takes you past historic 17th to 19th century towns such as East Ville, which has a courthouse from 1730. Onancock has a working general store established in1842 and a wharf where you just might be able to witness a sunset over the bay.

Charleston Hotels

Hotels and inns on the peninsula are generally more expensive than those in outlying areas of the city. Rates tend to increase during festivals, when reservations are essential, and on weekends. From December through February some rates drop by as much as 50%. Nearby world-class accommodations include the Kiawah Island, Wild Dunes, and Seabrook Island resorts.



Charleston Place: This graceful, luxurious hotel, an Orient-Express property has rooms with period reproductions, French bed linens and fax machines. It’s near upscale shops in the historic district. The Charleston Grill, with its mahogany-paneled walls, provides an elegant dining experience.

John Rutledge House Inn: An ornate Main house, built in 1763 by a signatory of the U.S. Constitution and two carriage houses, make up this luxury B&B. Rooms have plaster molding, wood floors, antiques and four poster beds.

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Harold Warp’s Pioneer Village

Harold Warp’s Pioneer Village has pioneer memorabilia, horse drawn covered wagon rides and craft work demonstrations. Tour Buffalo Bill Cody’s ranch house, enjoy trail rides or chow down on buffalo stew in the buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park. In Hastings, which lies near the junction of US 34 and Highway 281, you will find the Hostings Museum of Natural and Cultural History, which includes a planetarium and exhibits on natural history and frontier days.

Fort Kearney State Historical Park has a recreated stockade and interpretive exhibits detailing the role of the outpost on the frontier. Great Platte River Road Archway Monument – As travelers approach Exit 272 on I-80 near Kearney, they will see what appears to be a huge log fort spanning the interstate. Reaching eight stories and modeled after nearby For Kearney, this interactive museum honors those who traveled this route throughout history, including Native Americans, Mormons and railroad workers.

Tourism in US

Tuscumbia is the birth place of the famous lecturer and author Helen Keller. Tourists love to visit this place and you can visit this place any time (year round tours are available). During the period between June and July, The Miracle Worker – the drama about Helen Keller’s childhood is performed here. Tuscumbia is 120mi northwest of Birmingham via I-65 and US. If you want to know more about tourist information contact the Colbert County Tourism and Convention Bureau.

For Lodging you can contact Sharlotte’s House Bed and Breakfast. Two blocks from Helen Keller’s birthplace in Tuscumbia’s historic district, this antiques-filled, stately Victorian home has served as an inn since 1993.

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San Francisco Budget Hotels

Hotel Del Sol: Once a typical ‘50s-style motor court, the Hotel Del Sol has a sunny courtyard and yellow and blue three story building that are candy for the eyes. Rooms evoke a beach house feeling with plantation shutters and rattan chairs. Some have brick fireplaces. In the Hotel more than 50 rooms are available.

Golden Gate Hotel: This homey, family run B&B IS SET IN FOUR STORY Edwardian with bay windows. The original “birdcage” elevator takes you the rooms, which are individually decorated with antiques, wicker pieces and floral bedding and curtains. The least expensive rooms share a bath. 23 rooms and 14 rooms with bath are available.

Adelaide Hostel: The bedspreads don’t match the curtain, but the rooms are clean and cheap at this friendly small hostel popular with Europeans. There are sinks in every room, but the baths down the hall are shared. Private rooms are available for one to four and dorm rooms have a maximum of four beds.

California National and State Parks

California has eight national parks: The important few national parks are Death Valley, Kings Canyon. Tourists like visit Joshua Tree, Redwood, Lassen Volcanic, Sequoia. The other parks are Yosemite and the Channel Islands. National monuments include Cabriole in San Diego and Muir Woods north of San Francisco. For information about these parks and other tourist attraction places you can contact the western regional office of the National Park Service, San Francisco.

The California State Park System includes more than 200 sites; many are recreational and scenic, others historic or scientific. In an effort to make the park system more accessible for everyone, the State has capped camping fees which is very less amount and eliminated all weekend, premium and seasonal rates as well as boating fees.

Kentucky National and State Parks

Daniel Boone National Forest has spectacular mountain scenery, especially in the Red River Gorge Geological Area known for its natural arches, native plants and 300 ft. cliffs. Land Between the Lakes, a demonstration project in environmental education and resource management, occupies an uninhabited 40 mi long peninsula between Kentucky and Barkley Lakes.

Mammoth Cave National Park is a 350 mi long system of twisting underground passage full of colorful mineral formations. Kentucky’s 50 state parks are ideal for hiking or simply enjoying the countryside; most also have facilities for picnicking, camping horse back riding and enjoying water sports. Sixteen resort parks have rustic but comfortable lodges and / or cottages. 16 have tent and trailer sites available between April and October. 14 have year round camp grounds.

Parks Gardens in New York City

For many residents, Central Park is the greatest park of New York City. Bounded by 59th and 110th streets, 5th Avenue and Central park West the park contains grassy meadows, wooded groves and formal gardens, numerous fountains, sculptures and bodies of water; paths for jogging, strolling, horseback riding and biking; playing fields; a small zoo; two ice skating rinks; a carousel; and an outdoor theater. But no matter how close to nature New Yorkers feel when reveling in it, Central Park was in fact the United States first artificially landscaped park. Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vauz conceived the design in 1857.

The Bronz Zoo is the nation’s largest urban zoo, with more than 46,500 animals on 265 acres of woods, ponds, streams and park land. The New York Botanical Garden is another attraction for tourists and it is closed on Mondays.