В связи с коронавирусом круизные компании вводят временные изменения в правила отмены круизов.
Так например, компания Royal Caribbean объявила о возможности отмены круизов на своих кораблях, минимум за 48 часов до даты отправления.
Временные правила отмены распределяются на все круизы Royal Caribbean с датой отправления до 31 июля 2020.
ЕСЛИ ОТМЕНА ПРОИСХОДИТ ДО ДАТЫ ФИНАЛЬНОЙ ОПЛАТЫ:
- в случае, если вы бронировали свой круиз по специальному тарифу "невозвратный депозит", то при отмене вы получите обратно сумму депозита в виде кредита на следующий круиз и остальное - вернут вам на карту.
- в остальных случаях средства будут возвращены вам полностью.
ЕСЛИ ОТМЕНА ПРОИСХОДИТ ПОСЛЕ ДАТЫ ФИНАЛЬНОЙ ОПЛАТЫ:
- вы получите кредит на следующий круиз с любой датой отправления до 31 декабря 2021.
Подробнее узнавайте в круизной компании или у вашего турагента.
According to the old tradition of an avid traveler, upon arrival in some new city for me, the first thing I do is go to the local synagogue. I decided to do the same after landing in Miami. What was my surprise when it turned out that there were already 250 synagogues in this resort town!
As I later saw, they were built in completely different architectural styles: from ancient to modern. Jews from all over the world came to Miami, and each community seeks to build its own house of worship. But among the variety of synagogues stands out one - Emanu-El (Emanu-El). This gigantic structure with a five-story building in the Byzantine-Moorish style is one of the ten largest synagogues in the world. Up to one and a half thousand people can pray in it. The interior of the synagogue with a huge blue dome and beautiful stained glass windows is also striking in its splendor.
In 2010, a dove of peace bronze sculpture was installed in front of the synagogue, and the entire square in front of the synagogue was laid out with a Jerusalem stone brought from Israel.
Among the honored guests of the synagogue were American presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, and even the Dalai Lama.
This largest Miami synagogue was built in 1947 by order of the Orthodox Jewish community, which had grown over the years of World War II. Two old synagogues could no longer accommodate all the believers and were given over to the "Jewish Museum of Florida."
From the exhibits of the museum you can find out about the past and present of the Jewish community of Miami. For example, that the houses of worship reserved for the museum were founded in 1936. The very first synagogue in the city of Bnei Zion was built in 1912, when the number of Miami Jews reached 75. The first time Jews stayed in Miami was far from cloudless. The founders of Miami did not feel much sympathy for this ancient people. They established a peculiar sedentary line for those Jews who wanted to live in a new resort town. They were forbidden to settle beyond Fifth Street on Miami Beach Island. Then it was not a very comfortable wetland. It was on this territory that the Miami ghetto actually developed. The first synagogues in the city were built there.
Restrictive standards also apply to those Jews who came here on vacation. It was not uncommon to see signs at the entrance to local hotels that read: “No dogs and Jews allowed” or “Always good view, never a jew” (“Always a good view, Jews never”). Now such tablets are only in the museum, and public anti-Semitism has long been archived.
In the 1930s, Jewish entrepreneurs opened the first hotels in Miami Beach, which helped turn Miami into one of the most prosperous tourist destinations in the United States. Economic development has attracted many Jews from other American states to Miami. As a result, the Jewish population living in Greater Miami increased from 25 people in 1896 to nearly 550,000 in 2016. This tropical resort has become the third largest Jewish city in the United States (after New York and Los Angeles). Perhaps the most famous Jew who settled in Miami can be considered the Nobel Prize in Literature (for 1978) Isaac Singer. One of the streets of Miami was named after him, and a memorial plaque was installed on the house where he spent the last years of his life.
A clear confirmation of the eradication of official anti-Semitism was the election of Jews to representative bodies of power. In 1930, Baron Meyer de Hirsch was elected to the Miami City Council. Since then, Jews began to play a significant role in the municipal life of the city. For example, Abram Aronovich was the mayor of Miami in 1953.
Hitler's rise to power in Germany and the departure of the Jews, while it was still possible, brought to Florida many film figures who fled from Nazism. As a result, Florida became, for some time, the second American cinema center after Hollywood.
In memory of those 6 million Jews who could not escape at the hands of the Nazis, the inhabitants of Miami built a grandiose monument. It is unlikely that there will be at least one more monument to the victims of the Holocaust around the world that would produce such a strong emotional impact on the audience.
Far from residential areas, on the edge of a palm grove, I saw a giant 14-meter-long bronze arm stretching straight out of the ground, facing people. On its inner side, the tattoo is the identification number of the prisoner of the Nazi concentration camp. From afar, it seems that this is the hand of a drowning man, because it is located in the middle of the water, on an island, in the center of a large perfectly round pond. On a hand, aspiring to salvation, people climb.
All the figures around you are made in full size and you are among them. The nightmare feeling of physical involvement in the tragedy of extermination of an entire people does not leave.
A striking emotional and visual contrast is created by the fact that this gigantic, bronzed...
As you know, Americans are famous for their addiction to imitate everything European. And not only in the names of cities (New York, New London, several cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg), but also in architecture.
Few people know that one of Miami's main attractions, the Freedom Tower, is nothing more than a copy of the bell tower of the Cathedral in Seville.
Seville is the capital of Andalusia, a southern province of Spain. We all remember the indefatigable Figaro, the protagonist of the classic opera The Barber of Seville (Figaro is here, Figaro is there).
So - it was in this city at the time of the discovery and development by the Europeans of the American continent that was the largest port in Spain and throughout Europe. Ships with looted Indian treasures came here.
The huge ship Atocha, loaded with tons of gold and silver bars, pearls, emeralds and other jewelry, was heading to Seville's port from South America. This liner was a kind of "Tinanik" of the 17th century. About 200 representatives of the European aristocracy sailed on it when he sank off the coast of Key West in 1622. (You can listen to the fascinating history of treasure hunts from Atocha on our excursion to the southernmost US city. You will have the opportunity not only to see the jewels raised from the bottom of the ocean with your own eyes, but also to touch them. Excursion here.
It was through the Seville port that trade with the new colonies in America was going on. The Giralda tower towered above this port (translated from Spanish - "weather vane"). The bell tower was called so because it was crowned by a bronze four-meter sculpture "Christian Faith" spinning around its axis, with a flag in hand.
The Giralda bell tower itself in its "past life" was a minaret of a mosque built in the 12th century. After the liberation of Spain from the Moors, the mosque was turned into a Catholic cathedral, and the minaret became the bell tower of this cathedral. It is curious that Muslim Moors, in turn, built a minaret on the site of an ancient Roman temple. The Giralda base is made of huge faceted stones of the ancient temple - they reach three meters in thickness and on some stones there are still inscriptions in Latin from the Roman Empire. Thus, the Giralda tower is simultaneously a symbol of three religions: paganism, Islam and Christianity.
Seville and the New World are united by the fact that in the cathedral of this Spanish city there is the grave of the discoverer of America - Christopher Columbus.
In Miami, a tower was built, which also rises above the port, and looks like a Seville bell tower like two drops of water. The Americans erected it as a symbol of the gate to the "Old World" - to Europe. It is curious that ships entered the Seville port from the Atlantic Ocean, the waters of which are washed by Miami. It turns out that on the two shores of the same ocean are two identical towers. One of them for the whole of Europe symbolizes America, and the other - Europe for America.
But this Miami-Seville symbolism is not limited. The Spanish Giralda (also known as the Freedom Tower in Florida) is literally built into the center of the facade of the Biltmore Hotel, the most beautiful hotel in Miami. The height of this hotel - 96 meters - is exactly the same as that of the Giralda in Seville. Freedom Tower is a little smaller - 78 meters.
The hotel and the tower were built almost simultaneously. Freedom Tower in 1925 and Biltmore in 1926. And they were designed by the same architect - Leonard Schulz - an American of German descent.
Initially, the Freedom Tower was built as the editorial board of the local Miami News newspaper. After the revolution in Cuba in 1959, everyone who did not want to build communism there moved to America. Miami was covered by a wave of Cuban emigration.
And it is in the port tower that there is a kind of "filtration point" for refugees from Cuba. It was through this tower that Cubans gained true freedom. Hence the name - "Freedom Tower". As a reminder of the saving past of the Freedom Tower, the Cuban flag is constantly developing at one of its corners, and the American one at the other. Now in this tower is a museum of Cuban emigration. Entrance to the museum is absolutely free. Welcome!
Autor: Edward Glezin (Candidate of Historical Sciences)...
Today, like many centuries ago, khan-atlas is one of the most recognizable brands in Uzbekistan. A rave of color of the silk is amazing in its originality and magnificence. It is interesting that khan-atlas is used in their collections by well-known designers like Oscar de la Renta, Gucci, John Galliano. It is very pleasing that today the khan - atlas recovered its former glory and again adorns women from all over the world.
The legend of the royal silk says that once one of the rulers of Margilan fell in love with a daughter of the poor weaver and was going to make her his fifth wife. The miserable father threw at the ruler’s feet and begged him to release his daughter .The ruler agreed, but only on terms that by morning, the weaver would create something so beautiful that would be able to overshadow the beauty of his daughter.
The regretful old man went to a bank of aryk (local canal). He spent there a long time in thoughts not noticing the rain start mixing with his tears. Suddenly the rain stopped and the poor weaver saw the reflection of clouds in the water. The clouds were turned in all colors of the rainbow. The weaver happily exclaimed - "Oh heaven, thank you for the idea!" He went to his workshop and worked there all night, but in the morning he unfolded before the khan’s sight a marvelous fabric sparkling with all colors of the rainbow and fluffy like a cloud and light like the air.
The ruler asked how he managed to create such a miracle in just one night, to which the following words were said: “I took the greenery of the foliage washed by the rain, added the color of the tulip petals, the glow of dawn, the blue of the night sky, the patch of the sunlight on the river, and the c of my beloved daughter’s eyes and mixed all them. ” The ruler was shocked by the beauty of the fabric, so he forgot about his bride and agreed to let her go. The fabric of incredible beauty was called Ruler's silk or Khan-atlas.
In the old days, Bukhara was the center of khan - atlas. But Margilan masters made it so much skillfully that up to now it has been considered as one of the best quality.
The process of making khan - atlas by hand is very complicated, it includes up to forty stages. Only natural ingredients are used for dying: pomegranate peels, onion husks, madder, extracts from roots, fruits and plants. A special painting technique creates a unique pattern called abr which means a cloud.
In Europe, however, the fabric is more known by the name of ikat.
The Khan Atlas continues holding the prevail among other fabrics pleasing its owners with brightness, tenderness and beauty.
Article author Ruslan Daminov
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Key West is not only the southernmost and sunniest city in the United States, but also the freest!
Key West is free morals and noisy fun. It is also a completely unimaginable Fantasy Festival, which once a year for 10 whole days immerses the whole city in a whirlpool of rampant entertainment.
Key West one day tour
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The culmination of the holiday is a reckless carnival in the style of "body art", which takes place in the center of Key West on the last Saturday of October. At this masquerade procession, you can do everything - dress up in indescribable outfits or show yourself in all its glory, painting the body, as fantasy and inspiration suggest.
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The holiday begins with a procession along the main street - Duval Street, and ends with a stormy general fun all night.
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The most popular Fantasy Fest annual promotions include: Headdress Ball, Pet Masquerade, Pretenders in Paradise costume contest (Masquerade Paradise Costume Contest), Masquerade March (“ Masquerade procession ") and Sloppy Joe's Bar's toga party (" Party in the toga at the "Sloppy Joe" bar), the participants of which have fun only in costumes of white sheets.
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Welcome to the positive city of Key West! )))
Key West one day trip
'Miami-Biltmore Hotel & Country Club' was built in 1926 and received the status of a National Historic Landmark in 1996. Rumor has it that ghosts are found in the walls of the hotel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOHN7Vlhc78. When the construction process was completed, at that time the building was the tallest building in Florida, beating even the Freedom Tower in Downtown Miami in growth.
The hotel’s swimming pool was once the largest swimming pool in the world, a living attraction of which was swimming instructor Johnny Weissmüller, five-time Olympic swimming champion and actor who played Tarzan. The Biltmore Hotel has become the venue for the filming of Bad Boys and TV shows such as C.S.I .: Miami and Miami Police: Morale Department.
George Edgar Merrick became the person who developed the plan for the construction of the city of Coral Gables and put it into practice, he also founded the University of Miami and built the suburbs to all strict standards to create a wonderful environment surrounded by Coral Gables. Outside the city, consisting mainly of residential areas with wide boulevards, there were golf courses and clubs. About 150 multinational companies and headquarters have grown in the thriving business district of Coral Gables.
Together with tycoon John Mack Enty Bowman, young Merrick in 1925 conceived the construction of a large hotel, which was to become not only a hotel for many visitors, but also a center of sports and fashion. Ten months of work and ten million dollars spent - and the Biltmore Hotel celebrated its birth.
In its best times, the hotel hosted royal families from Europe and famous Hollywood stars. So, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Edward and Sophie Windsor visited here; American actresses and dancers Ginger Rogers and Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, gangster Al Capone and representatives of the Roosevelt and Vanderbilt clans.
On weekends, about three thousand people came to the hotel pool to enjoy the synchronized swimming of beautiful girls, look at wrestling with alligators and at the wonderful boy Jackie Ott, diving into the water from the platform at an altitude of almost 26 meters. It was here that swimmer Johnny Weissmuller broke his world record and worked as a swimming instructor before his career in Hollywood.
But the sweet life ended with the advent of World War II, when the War Office transformed the Biltmore Hotel into a hospital. Many windows were concreted, and marble flooring was replaced by government linoleum. In 1973, thanks to the Law on Historic Monuments and the Parks Heritage Program, the city of Coral Gables was returned to control of the hotel, but due to difficult times, the Biltmore Hotel remained unoccupied for almost ten years.
Finally, in 1983, the city regained its former status and began to need a large hotel. Almost four years and $ 55 million were spent on the restoration and modernization of the Biltmore Hotel, and on December 31, 1987, it was reopened, turning into a resort and a first-class hotel.
After the next update and spent $ 5 million, the hotel celebrated another opening in November 2007. In February 2009, the hotel launched its own Culinary Academy, which educates its future chefs. The building was surrounded by golf courses designed by Donald Ross, and an area of approximately 3.5 thousand square meters. m has become one of the best spa in the world.
Address: 1200 Anastasia Ave, Coral Gables, FL 33134
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Article author Eduard Glezin
There are simply cities that appear and disappear in history, but Rome is history itself. Walking along the streets of Rome, you will feel that you are on the pages of an ancient world history textbook.
Arriving in the eternal city, you will not be amiss to know that Rome stands on seven hills, and each hill has its own historical attraction. Of course, the most famous hill that everyone has probably heard of is Capitol Hill. There were meetings of the Roman Senate, and public meetings, and now there are monuments to one of the emperors of Rome, Marcus Aurelius, the city hall and the ancient basilica. Basilica (basilica; Greek βασιλική - “the house of the basileus, the royal house”) - a type of structure of a rectangular shape, which consists of an odd number (1, 3 or 5) of different naves in height.
From Capitoline Hill you can see the very heart of Ancient Rome, the ruins of the Roman Forum. The magnificence of the Roman Forum was hidden from sight for a thousand years, under a layer of land of 20 meters and only in the last century all this was discovered and unearthed. The forum is the heart of ancient Rome, several temples, a market, an area for public gatherings and trials, houses of aristocrats and even a treasury.
Another visiting card of Rome is of course the Colosseum. The Colosseum (from Latin colosseus - huge, colossal) or the Flavian amphitheater (Latin Amphitheatrum Flavium) - an amphitheater, an architectural monument of Ancient Rome, the most famous and one of the most ambitious buildings of the Ancient World that have survived to our time [1]. It is located in Rome, in a hollow between the Esquiline, Palatine and Celiev hills. Bloody gladiatorial fights were organized here. Even now this huge thing looks incredible, it was built by a thousand slaves, with modern money it would have cost 400 million dollars, it could accommodate almost 70 thousand spectators. In total, there were 5 levels in the stands of the Coliseum, the lowest was for the nobility, for the richest, higher were seats for the military, then for the citizens of Rome and on the gallery itself there were unmarried women and slaves. The Coliseum also had another part hidden from the audience, these were cellars where animals were kept that participated in battles with gladiators.
If you want to feel that you are in the past, then you must definitely tour Europe and, of course, you need to visit Rome, this eternal city, where time seemed to stop! One of the opportunities to visit this unique city is a trip on a cruise ship. If you want to go on a cruise and certainly visit Rome, then fill out the form here, indicate your dates, number of people in the cabin, type of cabin, and be sure to inform that you want a cruise that enters the city of Rome. The best option will be sent to you. Good luck!
December 5 in Orlando, in the entertainment park of Disney will open a new attraction Star Wars, designed for all the famous movie "Star Wars".
The creators promise to present the most exciting and advanced attraction ever presented before.
The Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance attraction blurs the lines between fantasy and reality.
Participants will be placed in the midst of the battle between the First Order and the Resistance. Guests will be recruited to join Ray and General Organa on a secret base. Along the way they will be captured by the Star Destroyer. With the help of the heroes of the Resistance, they will have to escape from the Star Destroyer, protect the secret base and get ahead of Kylo Ren.
On January 17, 2020, the same attraction will open in Disney's California park.
Symphony of the Seas, aka Symphony of the Seas, is the largest cruise ship in the world. The ship makes 7-day cruises to the Caribbean islands from the port of Miami.
If you go on a cruise on the ship "Symphony of the Seas" you can:
Order a cocktail from one of the bartenders-robots, who will cook it in a fantastic setting of the bionic bar under the disc jockey lounge sets. The visitor selects a cocktail on a special tablet and sends it to the order queue, which is displayed on the mirror board. The robot barman mixes the ingredients, while the technology and the capabilities of his virtual intelligence allow you to do without a shaker. Cocktail is ready! Can you imagine it?
Experience the feeling of increased adrenaline after descending the “Abyss” hill (the highest hill on ocean liners: height of 10 decks or a 12-storey building, elevation difference of 30 meters), with an unforgettable appearance! Her crazy twists are a real work of art! Here is where to speed!
To make an extreme “flight” along the “Perfect Storm” water slide, the highest on the sea. Three pipes "Cyclone", "Typhoon" and "Super-element" with a transparent central part, opening a breathtaking panoramic view during the descent, attracts the eye during the first ascent to the upper deck.
Make sure that the inner cabin can also be with a "balcony"! This is a "virtual balcony". In these cabins, 80-inch TV screens are installed from floor to ceiling, broadcasting not only a picture of what is happening outside the window, but also transmitting sounds of the sea and the outside world overboard. If desired, guests can always turn off the “virtual balcony” function in such cabins. However, “virtual balconies” screens are intended only for broadcasting landscapes along the cruise route and cannot be used as plasma televisions.
Make sure that a real green park in the sea exists! There are paved paths underfoot, flower beds around, blue sky overhead! The park, made in the image and likeness of the eponymous park in New York, extends almost the entire length of the liner and is a natural part of the world to which Symphony of the Seas invites. Here, couples stroll before dinner, and companies make appointments, preparing for new cruise adventures.
See the water show with your own eyes! The water platform in the form of an amphitheater for acrobats and synchronized swimmers at the stern of the liner will explode the imagination of any traveler. The depth of the pool for performances - 23 meters. Artistic performances on the water include aerial gymnastics stunts, choreographic performances on and under water. If you also want to become a member of this show, then your place is in the first row! “Shower”, emotional and not only, the viewers of the first three rows are guaranteed, but at the same time they will have no chance to regret the chosen place to watch the show!
Check out what the show program from Royal Caribbean Int. is the best of all ever represented on the world cruise fleet. What's the secret? A creative and talented team ... and our own rehearsal studio for a cruise company in Hollywood, Florida. Each show and show is created in this studio exclusively for Royal Caribbean Int., And the show venues occupy a total of 53,512 sq. meters!
Ride on a real French carousel filled with old-world charm, located on the Boardwalk, an open promenade.
Be on the main street of the liner! After all, every city has its own main street! It is on this street with a unique panoramic mezzanine that the life of a real “city on water” is concentrated. It is on this street that the captain greets guests during the gala evening.
Become a member of this parade on the Royal Boardwalk. Bright and colorful parades to the fiery rhythms, during which the procession of artists and crew members in carnival costumes, are deservedly popular with children and their parents. A special love was won by the Parade of the Disco of the 70s and the Parade of the Soka-Loka rhythms, as well as the march of the DreamWorks heroes “Move it! Move it! ”, Certainly causing a storm of delight in all passengers. Truly unforgettable!
Make a gastronomic journey, making the most of all 20 on-board dining options, including the famous Jamie’s Italian, Chops Grille, 150 Central Park, Hooked, Izumi restaurants
Find yourself in Wonderland, where you can meet the Cheshire Cat, White Rabbit, March Hare and other heroes of a fairy tale you know. The whole two floors of magic with a panoramic view in the restaurant Wonderland.
Visit with children the "science lab" and other unique entertainment in the children's area of the liner. Teenagers will love the participation in this quest.
Become part of the story by visiting the largest airliner in the world, while choosing a suite to accommodate a large family or friendly company...