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Bandung, Indonesia

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Bandung is a highland city located about 2.5 hours' drive southeast of Jakarta. It is a favourite destination for Jakarta residents to get away for weekends and long holidays. The city has also become a favorite place for tourists from Singapore and Malaysia too. They are here to shop, enjoy the nature and the fabulous foods. During the Dutch colonial days, Bandung was the favorite resort of wealthy owners of tea and coffee plantations. The city was also dubbed as "Parijs van Java", the Paris of Java. Visitors can still see buildings of Dutch heritage, which include "Gedung Sate" the Governor's office building, the present Bidakara Homann Hotel, and Gedung Merdeka, the venue of the 1955 Asian-African Conference. Some restaurants here are still serving genuine, sizzling Dutch Beef steaks and Dutch bitterballen. Today, the city is also known for affordable latest fashion trends. There are many factory outlets at Dago avenue (Jalan Ir. H. Juand

Madain Saleh, Saudi Arabia

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Madain Saleh or Al-Hijr City, is an archaeological site located in Hejaz, Saudi Arabia. It takes about five hours by road to reach there from the Madinah city. Many people may have heard about the Nabatean capital Petra in Jordan, but Madain Saleh was their second-largest city. The city of Al-Hijr was the capital of the Kingdom of Lihyan in the north of the Arabian Peninsula. The city dates back to the era of the Nabatean kingdom (1st century AD). It contains the largest southern settlement of the Nabatean kingdom after the city of Petra in Jordan, the capital of the Nabateans about 500 km away. In 2008, Madain Saleh was selected as one of UNESCO’s historic heritage sites, making it the first World Heritage property to be inscribed in Saudi Arabia. It was chosen for its well-preserved remains from late antiquity, especially the 131 rock-cut monumental tombs, with their elaborately ornamented façades, of the Nabatean kingdom. The name of Madain Saleh is attribute

Asakusa, Taito, Japan

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Asakusa is a district in Taito, Tokyo, Japan. It is the center of Tokyo's shitamachi, which literally means "low city," referring to the low elevation of this old part of Tokyo, on the banks of the Sumida River. As the name suggests, the area has a more traditional Japanese atmosphere than some other neighborhoods in Tokyo. Asakusa is famous for the Sensoji, a very popular Buddhist temple, built in the 7th century. The temple is approached via the Nakamise, a shopping street that has been providing temple visitors with a variety of traditional, local snacks and tourist souvenirs for centuries. There are several other temples in Asakusa, as well as various festivals, such as the Sanja Matsuri. Kaminarimon is the first of two large entrance gates leading to Sensoji Temple. First built more than 1000 years ago, it is the symbol of Asakusa. The Nakamise shopping street leads from Kaminarimon to the temple grounds. There is also the Asakusa Shrine, also k

Ephesus, Selçuk, Turkey

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The Ephesus is located near Selçuk in Izmir Province, Turkey. It was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, where was once the estuary of the River Kaystros. Ephesus comprises successive Hellenistic and Roman settlements founded on new locations, which followed the coastline as it retreated westward. Mursyid Alharamain Travel & Tours It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of the former Arzawan capital by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists. During the Classical Greek era it was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League. The city flourished after it came under the control of the Roman Republic in 129 BC. Excavations have revealed grand monuments of the Roman Imperial period including the Library of Celsus and the Great Theatre. The city was famed for the nearby Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), one of the “Seven Wonders of the ancient World,” which drew pilgrims from all around the Mediterranean. The Ancient City of Ephesus is an outsta