Grand Canyon"

Grand Canyon"

, aboriginals of America inhabited Grand Canyon one thousand years ago. The ancient rock paintings found in the Canyon were created by Indians about 3 thousand years ago. In 1540 Grand Canyon was found by group of the Spanish conquistadors led by Garcia Lopez de Cardenasa which looked for gold in this area. Several Spanish soldiers accompanied by Indians of the tribe of Hopi tried to go down on a canyon bottom, but they had to return because of a lack of drinking water. Since then the canyon was not visited by Europeans more than 2 centuries. In 1776, two Spanish priests, accompanied by little group of soldiers, in search of a way from Santa Fe to California traveled along Grand Canyon. The first scientific expedition to Grand Canyon headed by professor John Weasley Powell was held in 1869. Powell studied and described a canyon.

Lake Pauell

Lake Pauell

is an artificial lake which to be on the Colorado River. This artificial reservoir attracts people the crystal water with sandy beaches. And the canyon walls rising up remind alien landscapes.

Kuyalnitsky estuary (Ukraine)

Kuyalnitsky estuary (Ukraine)

Kuyalnitsky estuary occupies the territory in 60 square kilometers. In open spaces of the estuary there is the lowest point of Ukraine reaching 5 meters from sea level. In summertime the water temperature reaches 30 degrees.

Caucasus Mineralnye Vody region

Caucasus Mineralnye Vody region

Mineralnye Vody region – or as them call differently – just Caucasus Mineralnye Vody region – the special region of environmental-resort character which is located in the south of the European part of the Russian Federation. Caucasus Mineralnye Vody region is in the territory of three various territorial subjects of the Russian Federation – Stavropol Krai, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia. For many years the Caucasus Mineralnye Vody region is known as the center of large balneological resorts where annually there comes a large number of vacationers to restore health and to undergo the general prevention of an organism. The main impact during treatment is made by local mineral water.

Palmyra (Syria)

Palmyra (Syria)

, the military-political situation in Syria of our days does it by the unattractive place for holding another holiday. However rather recently the picture was absolutely other – it seemed, was not in the region of the country, safer and kind to tourists. The numerous ancient monuments which everywhere are available in the territory of this state attracted large numbers of the visitors seeking to touch ancient ruins of the left civilizations. Some of such monuments can call the well-known Palmyra today – once the center of the powerful empire, and today – concentration of majestic ruins under the scorching sun of the desert.