Cayo Iguana Reptiles

Written on 19 April, 2013 by Mar Santiago filled at Cuba No Comments

cayo iguana

There’s no tour package that does not include this amazing trip to one of the wildest parts of Cayo Largo del Sur, in the Cuban archipelago of Los Canarreos. Fortunately, we should add, because the festival of life that we can experience in this piece of island is so impressive that it would be a grave mistake to miss it.

Thousands and thousands of iguanas live in complete freedom in a small wild space, lush jungle that exemplifies to perfection the concept of a tropical Caribbean setting that anyone could imagine. Continue reading →

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Water Pipes: A Moroccan souvenir

Written on 17 April, 2013 by Mar Santiago filled at Morocco No Comments

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Common to half East continent, the origin isn’t really known but the habit of smoking snuff in those long water pipes, with metal nozzle applied to a long sleeve are also very typical in Morocco.

The names are very varied, but perhaps shisha and narguile are the two denominations most widespread and there are many tourists who return home with a water pipe in their suitcase. A souvenir that since colonial times exercised a fascinating power on Westerners. Continue reading →

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New website design: rediscover Be Live Hotels

Written on 12 April, 2013 by BeLive filled at News No Comments

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We are celebrating!  Today we launched our new website with a designed that will help our visitors to search for information both on destinations and hotels, and make online booking more easily.

Now the website is much more visual as we have designed a system in which each
hotel, offer and package is a card.

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April Fair in Seville

Written on 11 April, 2013 by Ana Pérez filled at Spain No Comments

Feria de Sevilla

From April 16th to 21st takes place in the capital of Andalusia one of the most spectacular festivals in Spain. The April Fair in Seville is the great fair of the spring and opens the time of good weather, ‘casetas’, ‘sevillanas’, ‘fino’ and ‘faralaes’ ruffled dresses.

Any traveler who wants to visit Spain in essence should not miss this annual event, along with Malaga’s Fair in August, because these two highlights events are the most important fairs in southern Europe. Continue reading →

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Catalina Island: an authentic piece of the Caribbean

Written on 8 April, 2013 by Ana Pérez filled at Dominican Republic No Comments

Isla Catalina

We sailed from La Romana, probably aboard great catamarans that set sail to get us to one of those tropical wonders that everyone dreams. Catalina Island is nothing more and nothing less than authentic Caribbean.

It is small, just 10 square kilometers. However, this beautiful spot just two kilometers from La Romana bustle with life. It cannot miss the white sand, waters of an exquisite turquoise color and a coral reef that will delight any lover of the sea and snorkeling. Continue reading →

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Sineu Mallorcan market

Written on 5 April, 2013 by Mar Santiago filled at Spain No Comments

Mercado

It is one of the most important markets of the Balearic Island. Sineu Mallorcan market is abuzz with lively din, shopkeepers and merchants, shoppers and artisans, food, dried meat, flowers, fruits, fishes… on a weekly appointment that has been celebrated since James II times.

No wonder it is the best market in Mallorca, with an experience that dates back to its founding, opened nearly in the fourteenth century. Since then, the farmers of the region used to meet once a week to exchange their products, usually coming from agriculture and stockbreeding. Continue reading →

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Time for Spanish ‘torrijas’

Written on 3 April, 2013 by Mar Santiago filled at Spain No Comments

torrijas

Around Easter in Spain is organized an enormous cookbook of great gastronomic tradition. Dishes that are lost in time and that have survived through the years, based on the old question of not eating meat on days that recalled the Passion of Christ.

Soups, cod, spinach and pistos… and the torrija,  the queen of the Holy Week. Continue reading →

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Lanzarote ‘Hervideros’

Written on 27 March, 2013 by Ana Pérez filled at Spain No Comments

Hervideros

With just a look on this coast of Lanzarote, the most experienced of us will surrender completely to the majesty and the rugged beauty of a unique landscape of mammoth visual force.

Lanzarote Hervideros play with the viewer. Water, sea, waves, rocks, erosion and lava are the protagonists of a unique and amazing spectacle, where Mother Nature reigns and makes clear the rules of the jungle. Continue reading →

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Cartagena: Easter in the Mar Menor

Written on 25 March, 2013 by Mar Santiago filled at Spain No Comments

Semana Santa Cartagena

The Region of Murcia has a multitude of qualities that make it the perfect place to spend a fantastic holiday at any time of year. However, the Manga del Mar Menor, regardless of their delicious range of sun and sand, surprises visitors with a one of the most important celebrations of the Holy Week in Spain.

Holy Week in Cartagena is declared of International Tourist Interest and our Be Live Mangalan Hotel & Spa can be the ideal place to install our headquarters while we contemplate the imposing steps and valuable carvings of the Cartagena Passion Week. Continue reading →

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Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro

Written on 22 March, 2013 by Ana Pérez filled at Cuba No Comments

Malecón y Castillo

Perhaps it’s one of the most picturesque and most widespread images of all those that can be done in a place as touristic as Havana, but the Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro, next to Torre del Faro, brings echoes of Old Havana with each stone of the Cuban heritage that become human heritage itself. Continue reading →

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