Tarifa / Spain ( Strait of Gibraltar)

Strait of Gibraltar

Tarifa is a province of Cadiz which is located in Andalucia Region of Spain. The town is located on the southern coast of Spain which is called as "Costa de la Luz" (Coast of Light) and across the Straits of Gibraltar facing Morocco.

Tarifa has a Mediterranean climate with Oceanic influences, with warm summers and very mild winters. Winters are rainy whereas the summer is largely dry. 

Castle Guzman el Bueno

The town has a castle which was built in 960 by Abd-ar-Rahman III. The castle is called "Guzman el Bueno". In addition to this monuments the town has influence of the 13th century and a church which is named as St. Mary. 

The St. Matthew Church built in the early 16th century is in Gothic style which is also a former mosque like the St. Mary church. A must see place is also the Ruins of the Roman city Bealo Claudia.

Windsurf and Kitesurf

Tarifa has become a popular  tourist place of tourist originated from Europe. In addition to its historical places Tarifa is also popular with its coast where windsurfers and kitesurfers are their due to the strong winds caused by the straits.

2013 FIA Formula 1 World Championship Race Calendar

Formula 1

The new season of Formula One 2013 will start on the 15-17 March. The first official race will held in Melbourne / Australia. 
According to the offical race calendar seven races will be held in Europe.

The first European Grandprix Race will be the circuit at Catalunya (Barcelona) Spain on the 10-12 May. After Spain the up coming European races are marked in blue on the list below.

1	2013 FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne)	15 - 17 Mar
2	2013 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur)	22 - 24 Mar
3	2013 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai)	12 - 14 Apr
4	2013 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX (Sakhir)	19 - 21 Apr
5	FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA 2013 (Catalunya)	10 - 12 May
6	FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2013 (Monte Carlo)	23 - 26 May
7	FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2013 (Montréal)	07 - 09 Jun
8	2013 FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Silverstone)	28 - 30 Jun
9	FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS VON DEUTSCHLAND 2013 (Nürburgring)	05 - 07 Jul
10	TBA (TBA) *	19 - 21 Jul
11	FORMULA 1 MAGYAR NAGYDÍJ 2013 (Budapest)	26 - 28 Jul
12	2013 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Spa-Francorchamps)	23 - 25 Aug
13	FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA 2013 (Monza)	06 - 08 Sep
14	2013 FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Singapore)	20 - 22 Sep
15	2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX (Yeongam)	04 - 06 Oct
16	2013 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Suzuka)	11 - 13 Oct
17	2013 FORMULA 1 AIRTEL INDIAN GRAND PRIX (New Delhi)	25 - 27 Oct
18	2013 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX (Yas Marina)	01 - 03 Nov
19	2013 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX (Austin)	15 - 17 Nov
20	FORMULA 1 GRANDE PRÊMIO DO BRASIL 2013 (São Paulo)	22 - 24 Nov

Click on each race to see the Circuit Map on the offcial Formula 1 page.....

Pamukkale / The Cotton Castle

Pamukkale - Cotton Castle

PAMUKKALE (Cotton Castle) say Turkish people to this terraces which are made of travertine. Travertine is a form of limestone deposited by mineral springs, in this case by hot spring. The location of this beautiful travertines is Denizli in southwestern Turkey. In the Denizli area there are 17 hot water springs where the temperature of the water changes from 35 °C to 100 °C.

This magnificant place is visited from tourist which are coming from all over the World. Pamukkale travertine is just one attraction, this place is also well known and recognized as a World Heritage Site together with Hierapolis. 

The ancient Greko-Roman and Byzantine city of Hierapolis was built ot the top of the (For the Map, Please visit the link "Map of Hierapolis") white "cotton castle" which is about 2.700 m long and 600 m wide and 160 m in hight. This place is 20 km far from the city Denizli.

Hierapolis Theatre

Hierapolis, the former Roman Bath of the ancient city has been used as Hierapolis Archaelogy Museum since 1984. Besides to the travertine and ancient theatre in this museum there are also artifacts remainings from Colossae, Tripolis Laodiceia, Attuda and other towns of the Lycos valley which is called Çürüksu in turkish.

The Roman Theater which is seen on the left dates back to the 2nd century and had a capacity of 12,000 seats. Two Emperors, Hadrian and Septimius Severus, were responsible for its amazing construction. The theatre was restored in the 1970's but work is still continuing on the site. Hierapolis had about 100,000 residents, but was destroyed several times by earthquakes.

Antic Pool

Hospitality was very important at those tmes therefore Romans built the SPA city of Hierapolis so that their visitors could experience and enjoy the therapeutic thermal baths. This Antique Pool has remnants of marble columns scattered a long the pools ground. It is an attraciton amoung the tourists to swim in the pool. 

The pool is popular among the tourist because of its atmosphere where people feel themselves like ancient people and because its chemical content. The pool has benefits for the health which are functional diseases of heart and blood pressure, obesity, constipation, chronic gastritis,  catarrhal diseases of upper respiratory tract, chronic bronchitis, inflammatory rheumatic disorders in remission stages, postoperative rehabilitation of orthopedic operations.

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