2 . Visiting Rome? Insiders share tips on hotels

To really discover the best of Rome, there’s a lot of walking to do, so choosing a hotel in the city center is wise.

Hotel Lunetta Rome

This four-star hotel near Campo de’ Fiori will surprise you with its modern black and- white marble（大理石）interiors （内部），but it’s an amazement in the basement that’ll have you posting on Facebook - the ancient Roman walls of the Theater of Pompey. Hotel Lunetta doesn’t have a restaurant, but there’s a health spa for guests.

Hotel Campo de’ Fiori

The best thing about this hotel is its private rooftop terrace（露台）, with a 360-degree city view so good that people sit up there even on cold winter evenings. Guests are positively encouraged by the hotel’s friendly staff to take a book, a bottle of wine or a pizza to the roof. This homey, four-star hotel has comfortable baroque（巴洛克式）-style rooms. The hotel is about 10 meters from historic Campo de’ Fiori.

Brunetti 28 Guest House

This pricey family - run guest house is a short walk from Piazza del Popolo but also a stone’s throw from the Museo dell’ Ara Pacis. Brunetti 28 has seven rooms on two floors. The double rooms aren’t huge, but they’re big enough and well appointed. Guests can breakfast on a small terrace（排屋）in summer, or return there after a long day of walking around the city.

Hotel Sunset Roma

This modest guesthouse is a good spot from which to see the best of Rome in the day and explore the narrow streets of Monti in the evening. With its small bars, this neighbourhood has an old Rome feel to it. Its airy rooms are a cheaper alternative to some of the city’s grand hotels. The hotel is on the street that runs between Via Nazionale and the Colosseum.

3 . I spent a fantastic day in Varanasi. And it wouldn’t be wrong to say that the day was one of the best days when I felt more alive than ever, I was lost in exploration and struck by the beauty of the city. Varanasi, one of the most ancient cities of India, is located on the banks of the river Ganges, which gives it a breathtaking look. There are around 85 ghats(staircases that lead to the river), which are perfect places to walk and explore the city.

When I reached the hotel, it was 11 am in the morning, and I was exhausted. But I didn’t want to waste the day sleeping. So, I immediately took a bath, ordered food, ate it like someone who hadn’t eaten for days, and then headed out for the adventure.

Assi Ghat,one of the most famous ghats of Varanasi,was only 1.5 km from my hotel. So, I decided to walk to Assi Ghat.I found several temples,shops for various items,fast-food corners, and auto drivers looking for customers. The weather was quite fantastic as it was spring season.

When I reached the Assi Ghat,I got my first glimpse of the river Ganges. The shiny blue water stretched under the infinite blue sky gave a brilliant look. The platform above the staircase was crowded with enthusiastic visitors and vendors(小贩)selling delicious foods. Below stairs, there was a 50 m wide sandy area stretching along the length of the river, which gets filled with water in the rainy season.

After taking a short night walk, I reached my hotel happy and satisfied. I slept early to wake timely and enjoy the sunrise in the ghats. The orange sun and its reflection on the water, the magnificent look of the city, numerous migratory birds, and chilled air helped me forget my tiredness.

I will never forget this happy day.

5 . Summer is the best time for traveling. When summer comes, people are wondering where to spend the holiday. Here we will introduce you some of the best destinations.

Santorini

Santorini offers a unique landscape of beaches in colors of black, red, and white, a product of their volcanic sand. Imagine swimming in the warm mythic Aegean sea, with volcano and sunsets as a backdrop. Churches are built into caves and are astonishingly beautiful.

Prince Edward Island

Canada’s smallest province proves a big draw for those keen to escape modern life and all its stresses. Known for its brilliant red sand beaches, this is the perfect getaway. The food here is legendary with the local seafood topping most menus. Cycling and skiing, hunting and fishings it’s all about the great outdoors here. With so much to do, it’s no surprise that visitors return to Prince Edward Island again and again.

Grand Cayman

Hit the shops in George Town, the capital, where all the best designer brands can be found. You’ll be spoilt (宠坏的)for choice although the crescent-shaped Seven Mile Beach is the most obvious destination. Head out on the water where coral reefs await. Great food, great weather and great tourist attractions for all what’s not to like about gorgeous Grand Cayman?

Lofoten Island

This is a wilderness unequalled in its beauty, where giant sea eagles soar. Visitors are drawn to the islands to experience the Northern Lights and Midnight Sun at close quarters and for those keen to get back to nature and escape the beaten track, there can be nowhere better. For a real treaty we recommend kayaking between islands before finding a nice quiet restaurant and enjoying the, fresh ingredients.

6 . Many of us develop a desire to travel. ________, few are lucky enough to turn that desire into a ________ career. For Trish Sare, owner of Vancouver-based Bike Hike Adventures Inc., it was a ________ story.

“I left home when I was 20 with a ________ of traveling the world for five years,” recalls Sare. “During that period, I spent a lot of time meeting adventure companies abroad and taking part in some of their adventures. Upon returning, I studied ________ and fitness leadership. Then, when we had to do our field placement (实习), I ________ a tour agency. When they heard about my experience, they asked if I wanted to go to Costa Rica for my placement and ________ as a tour leader. And that is where it all began.”

That beginning marked the accomplishment of a ________ dream for Sare. Today, she can ________ those exciting memories from such places as Thailand, Nepal, Costa Rica and more. Although Sare followed her dream of traveling for many years, she began ________ something that offered just a little bit more. So, in 2014, she took the big ________ of starting her own company: Bike Hike Adventures Inc.

Her career has ________ her all over the world to interact with people of so many different cultures and backgrounds. Looking back, Sare can ________ say that it’s been the right choice for her. Here’s her ________ for those wanting a similar path: “Do some traveling ________ your own first and then you’ll be marketable to companies,” she concludes.

7 . Famous Movie Scene Locations

Kathmandu. Nepal

Ancient cities always provide a great back drop, as moviegoers are transported back in time to places that remain untouched by the outside world. In Doctor Strange. Benedict Cumberbatch plays a brilliant surgeon. Searching for a cure, he travels to a sacred place known as “Kamar Taj”. seeking the guidance of “The Ancient One”. With fantastic traditional architecture colourful street markets and sacred temples. Kathmandu was the perfect setting, as its rich history was juxtaposed(映射)against the amazing special effects used to transport actors across space and time.

Italy

The movie Angels and Demons is like a treasure map for history and travel lovers, with dozens of incredible(and real)places that tourists can easily find. After the great success of The Da Vinci Code, Tom Hanks returned as Robert Langdon, a Harvard symbologist trying to prevent an attack against The Vatican. Rome’s oldest and most famous sites receive all of the attention they deserve, including the Pantheon, the Sistene Chapel, St. Peter’s Square, the Basilica. the Piazza Navona and Trevi Fountain, to name just a few.

New Zealand

New Zealand got a huge tourism increase after The Lord of the Rings trilogy(三部曲)pushed it into the spotlight. Moviegoers were blown away by the film’s vast. unspoiled nature, amazing mountain ranges, and…Hobbit Holes. If you travel to Hobbiton. you can tour the set, see where famous scenes were filmed, stay overnight at the Green Dragon Inn and eat at The Shire’s Rest café.

Paris. France

Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, filmed almost entirely on the location, features Owen Wilson as a struggling writer. In this film, every night at midnight Wilson is transported back to Paris in the 1920s, where he finds true inspiration, and true love.

8 . Four Special Hotels Around the world

Amangiri, Canyon Point, Utah

This place in the Utah desert is a favorite of many celebrities. While every room here has character, none matches the elegance(高雅) of the Girijaala Suite. The room has a large private lap pool, a sweeping balcony, and a sky lounge area where guests can bed down for the night under the clear Utah skies.

Beyond Ngala Safari Lodge, South Africa

At this place on the border of Kruger National Park, guests can reserve a one -night experience in a four-level tree house to see animals that wander the park.

With no ordinary structure, the house has a supply of solar power, a water collection system, and a bio-rock sanitation(卫生) system. Here, guests can sleep under the night sky taking in the magic of their surroundings.

Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Wilshire has been an attraction to many rich and powerful people since its opening in 1928. Guests who reserve the Veranda Suite located on the roof of the hotel are in for a serious surprise. Not only is the room accessed by a hidden entrance behind a staircase, but it also has a 2100-square-foot balcony with dreamy views of the Hollywood Hills. In the middle of this private, urban place is a 10-foot-tall tent with crystal lamps and fur carpets. In a city full of stars, you can get a special feeling.

La Valise Tulum, Mexico

If you can’t decide whether you would prefer to sleep indoors or outdoors, why not book a room that lets you do both in the same bed? Such is the feature of the Master Suite at this property in Tulum. The king-size bed can be rolled out onto the Caribbean Sea-facing balcony for a night under the stars or rolled in for a more private experience.