Best photos in September(beahes)

Today we have a group of the finest pictures of the coolest tourist places and leave you beautiful

 

Cinque Terre the best in Italy

The Cinque Terre, the string of five towns clinging precariously to the most rugged portion of Liguria’s coastline, is back. Ligurian farmers have been reclaiming the wild slopes with neat stone terraces for over 2000 years but catastrophic flooding in late 2011 wiped out the centuries of work put into the terraced vineyards and parts of the famed paths connecting the towns. In the intervening year and a half, the locals have gone to heroic lengths to rebuild the terraces, dig out the paths, and repair the damaged buildings. Steep cliffs and car-free towns made construction and debris removal highly challenging, but it’s looking better than ever today. Walking is the essential way to experience Cinque Terre, but don’t race: Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore - each village has its own personality. Along the way, be sure to explore the small hidden beaches below and climb to the heights at the five scenic sanctuaries perched above the towns.

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budapest town in wow hungary

 

What’s old is new again in the buzzy Danube-straddling Budapest. Want to try a new type of bar? Head to the ruin pubs (romkocsma) and garden bars (kertek), trendy watering holes in old, atmospheric unrenovated buildings and wild plant-scapes. For novel digs from previous eras, stay in retro chic historic hotels like the former prime minister’s residence, Bródy House, or the one-time artistocrat’s palace Hotel Palazzo Zichy. Budapest has long been famed for its many thermal baths, and the 16^th century Turkish-era Rácz Baths are set reopen this year after a long period of closure as part of the luxurious Rácz Hotel (www.raczhotel.com). The retro-hip trend continues in the food, with old-fashioned coffee shops and rustic etkezdek (mom-and-pop canteens serving simple Hungarian fare).

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The magicain porto and douro

porto and douro valley 

Once a sleepy riverside city best known for its fortified wines, Porto has emerged as a vibrant arts capital that’s rightfully getting a lot of buzz as a great value destination. At the vanguard of the city's bohemian art scene is the gallery-lined Rua Miguel Bombarda - liveliest during Simultaneous Openings when new exhibitions and streetside concerts create a festive ambiance. Big museums such as the Museu de Arte Contemporânea in Parque de Serralves host cutting-edge exhibitions. Meanwhile, Rem Koolhaas' wildly designed and hugely popular Casa da Música keeps the music going at year-round performances, including free outdoor concerts in the summer. Celebrated new restaurants have also tapped into the city's creative new outlook. Rui Paula's DOP showcases Portuguese ingredients with a contemporary twist. Historic port wine lodges provide tours and tastings for free or a nominal fee. Beyond Porto lies the Douro Valley, a picturesque region of steep terraced hillsides covered in some of Portugal's most celebrated vineyards, with river cruises and scenic train rides for day-trippers.

The Yeatman is Porto's finest hotel, and its Michelin-starred restaurant is well worth a visit even if you don't stay the night.

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Dubai le " bell ville"

Dubaï ou Doubaï est la ville la plus peuplée des Émirats arabes unis (devant la capitale fédérale Abou Dabi). Située sur le golfe Persique, elle est capitale de l'émirat de Dubaï, et compte plus d'un million d'habitants (cependant, avec les villes de Charjah, Ajman et Oumm al Qaïwaïn, elles-mêmes capitales de leurs émirats respectifs, elle forme une agglomération qui dépasse 2,3 millions d'habitants en 2010). Dubaï est également le premier port du pays.

Fondée au XVIII^e siècle, Dubaï reste un bourg modeste et isolé du monde qui vit essentiellement de la pêche aux perles à la fin du XIX^e siècle. À cette époque, tout comme l'émirat qui l'entoure, ils prennent de l'importance en participant à la création des États de la Trêve (Trucial States en anglais) en 1853.
Vivant une période difficile pendant l'entre-deux-guerres, avant d'entrer de plein fouet dans la modernité dans la deuxième partie du XX^e siècle, Dubaï participe à la création des Émirats arabes unis actuels en 1971 dont l'émir assure la vice-présidence.

Quoique n'étant pas la capitale des Émirats arabes unis, Dubaï est devenue la ville la plus connue de la fédération.

Cette renommée est due notamment à la médiatisation de ses projets touristiques comme l'hôtel Burj-Al-Arab, le plus luxueux et le plus « étoilé » du monde, au gigantisme des projets immobiliers comme Palm Islands, presqu'île artificielle en forme de palmier, The World, archipel artificiel qui reproduit la carte du monde, la Dubaï Marina à l'architecture particulière et démesurée, sans oublier l'immeuble le plus haut du monde, le Burj Khalifa.

Ces projets, revendiqués par le gouvernement, sont présentés comme étant un moyen de devenir d'ici quelques années la première destination mondiale du tourisme de luxe et de devenir l'un des pôles mondiaux du tourisme familial, d'affaires, commercial, etc

HISTORY DUBAI

La première mention du site de Dubaï remonte au Livre de géographie de l'Andalou Al-Bakri au X siècle. Localisé dans une des régions les plus inhospitalières d'Arabie, Dubaï demeure longtemps éclipsé par ses voisins, notamment Charjah et Ras el Khaïmah, au nord-est et près du détroit d'Ormuz, et Abou Dabi, au sud-ouest. En 1580, le marchand vénitien Gaspero Balbi, en voyage dans la région, évoque Dibei, bourgade qu'il associe à la pêche aux perles, et probablement composée uniquement de quelques huttes barasti. Celle-ci demeurera l'activité principale des habitants de la région, avec l'agriculture vivrière. Cependant, jusqu'à la fin du XVIII^e siècle, Dubaï est insignifiant par rapport aux autres ports précités, ainsi, que de Sohar (Oman) et Ormuz et Bandar Lengeh (Iran) et Dibba et Khor Fakkan (mer Arabique).

Alaska the white kingdoom

Alaska (ⁱ/əˈlæskə/), (Russian: "Аляска") is a U.S. state situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent. Bordering the state to the east is Yukon, a Canadian territory, and the Canadian province of British Columbia, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia (specifically,Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Krai) further west across the Bering Strait. Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area, the 4th least populous and the least densely populated of the 50 United States. Approximately half of Alaska's 731,449^[3] residents live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. Alaska's economy is dominated by the oil, natural gas, and fishing industries, resources which it has in abundance. Tourism is also a significant part of the economy.

Although it had been occupied for thousands of years by indigenous peoples, from the 18th century onward, European powers considered the territory of Alaska ripe for exploitation. The United States purchased Alaska from Russia on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million ($121 million adjusted for inflation) at approximately two cents per acre ($4.74/km²). The area went through several administrative changes before becoming organized as a territory on May 11, 1912. It was admitted as the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959.^[5]

The name "Alaska" (Аляска) had been introduced in the Russian colonial period, when it was used to refer to thepeninsula. It was derived from an Aleut idiom, which figuratively refers to the mainland of Alaska. Literally, it meansobject to which the action of the sea is directed.^[6][7][8] It is also known as Alyeska, the "great land", an Aleut word derived from the same root.

Natural features

Augustine Volcano erupting on January 12, 2006.

With its myriad islands, Alaska has nearly 34,000 miles (54,720 km) of tidal shoreline. The Aleutian Islands chain extends west from the southern tip of the Alaska Peninsula. Many active volcanoes are found in the Aleutians and in coastal regions.Unimak Island, for example, is home to Mount Shishaldin, which is an occasionally smoldering volcano that rises to 10,000 feet (3,048 m) above the North Pacific. It is the most perfect volcanic cone on Earth, even more symmetrical than Japan'sMount Fuji. The chain of volcanoes extends to Mount Spurr, west of Anchorage on the mainland. Geologists have identified Alaska as part of Wrangellia, a large region consisting of multiple states and Canadian provinces in the Pacific Northwest, which is actively undergoing continent building.

One of the world's largest tides occurs in Turnagain Arm, just south of Anchorage – tidal differences can be more than 35 feet (10.7 m).^[13]

Main article: List of lakes in Alaska

Alaska has more than three million lakes.^[14]Marshlands and wetland permafrost cover 188,320 square miles (487,747 km²) (mostly in northern, western and southwest flatlands). Glacier ice covers some 16,000 square miles (41,440 km²) of land and 1,200 square miles (3,110 km²) of tidal zone. The Bering Glaciercomplex near the southeastern border with Yukon covers 2,250 square miles (5,827 km²) alone. With over 100,000 glaciers, Alaska has half of all in the world.

Land ownership

Alaska has more public land owned by the federal government than any other state.^[15]

According to an October 1998 report by the United States Bureau of Land Management, approximately 65% of Alaska is owned and managed by the U.S. federal government as public lands, including a multitude of national forests, national parks, and national wildlife refuges.^[16] Of these, the Bureau of Land Management manages 87 million acres (35 million hectares), or 23.8% of the state. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. It is the world's largest wildlife refuge, comprising 16 million acres (6.5 million hectares).

Of the remaining land area, the state of Alaska owns 101 million acres (41 million hectares), its entitlement under the Alaska Statehood Act. A portion of that acreage is occasionally ceded to organized boroughs, under the statutory provisions pertaining to newly formed boroughs. Smaller portions are set aside for rural subdivisions and other homesteading-related opportunities. These are not very popular due to the often remote and roadless locations. The University of Alaska, as a land grant university, also owns substantial acreage which it manages independently.

Another 44 million acres (18 million hectares) are owned by 12 regional, and scores of local, Native corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) of 1971. Regional Native corporation Doyon, Limited often promotes itself as the largest private landowner in Alaska in advertisements and other communications. Provisions of ANCSA allowing the corporations' land holdings to be sold on the open market starting in 1991 were repealed before they could take effect. Effectively, the corporations hold title (including subsurface title in many cases, a privilege denied to individual Alaskans) but cannot sell the land. Individual Native allotments can be and are sold on the open market, however.

Various private interests own the remaining land, totaling about one percent of the state. Alaska is, by a large margin, the state with the smallest percentage of private land ownership when Native corporation holdings are excluded.

Climate

Main article: Climate of Alaska

Map depicting the climate zones of Alaska.

The climate in Southeast Alaska is a mid-latitude oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb) in the southern sections and a subarctic oceanic climate (Köppen Cfc) in the northern parts. On an annual basis, Southeast is both the wettest and warmest part of Alaska with milder temperatures in the winter and high precipitation throughout the year. Juneau averages over 50 in (130 cm) of precipitation a year, and Ketchikan averages over 150 in (380 cm).^[17] This is also the only region in Alaska in which the average daytime high temperature is above freezing during the winter months.

The climate of Anchorage and south central Alaska is mild by Alaskan standards due to the region's proximity to the seacoast. While the area gets less rain than southeast Alaska, it gets more snow, and days tend to be clearer. On average,Anchorage receives 16 in (41 cm) of precipitation a year, with around 75 in (190 cm) of snow, although there are areas in the south central which receive far more snow. It is a subarctic climate (Köppen: Dfc) due to its brief, cool summers.

The climate of Western Alaska is determined in large part by the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska. It is a subarctic oceanic climate in the southwest and a continental subarctic climate farther north. The temperature is somewhat moderate considering how far north the area is. This region has a tremendous amount of variety in precipitation. An area stretching from the northern side of the Seward Peninsula to the Kobuk River valley (i. e., the region around Kotzebue Sound) is technically a desert, with portions receiving less than 10 in (25 cm) of precipitation annually. On the other extreme, some locations between Dillingham and Bethel average around 100 in (250 cm) of precipitation.^[18]

The climate of the interior of Alaska is subarctic. Some of the highest and lowest temperatures in Alaska occur around the area near Fairbanks. The summers may have temperatures reaching into the 90s °F (the low-to-mid 30s °C), while in the winter, the temperature can fall below −60 °F (−51 °C). Precipitation is sparse in the Interior, often less than 10 in (25 cm) a year, but what precipitation falls in the winter tends to stay the entire winter.

The highest and lowest recorded temperatures in Alaska are both in the Interior. The highest is 100 °F (38 °C) in Fort Yukon (which is just 8 mi or 13 km inside the arctic circle) on June 27, 1915,^[19][20] making Alaska tied with Hawaii as the state with the lowest high temperature in the United States.^[21][22] The lowest official Alaska temperature is −80 °F (−62 °C) in Prospect Creek on January 23, 1971,^[19][20] one degree above the lowest temperature recorded in continental North America (in Snag, Yukon, Canada).^[23]

The climate in the extreme north of Alaska is Arctic (Köppen: ET) with long, very cold winters and short, cool summers. Even in July, the average low temperature inBarrow is 34 °F (1 °C).^[24] Precipitation is light in this part of Alaska, with many places averaging less than 10 in (25 cm) per year, mostly as snow which stays on the ground almost the entire year.

Qinghai Lake in china

Qinghai Lake or Tsongon Po (Chinese: 青海湖; Tibetan: མཚོ་སྔོན་པོ། ) is the largest lake in People's Republic of China. Located in Qinghai province on an endorheic basin, Qinghai Lake is classified as a saline and alkaline lake. Qinghai Lake has a surface area of 4,317 square km; an average depth of 21m, and a maximum depth of 25.5m as measured in 2008. ^[2] Both the current Chinese name "Qinghai" and the older Mongolian name Kokonor translate to "Blue Lake" or "Teal Sea", are used in English. Qinghai Lake is located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of the provincial capital ofXining (Tib:Ziling ཟི་ལིང་།) at 3,205 m (10,515 feet) above sea level in a depression of the Tibetan plateau.^[3] Twenty-three rivers and streams empty into Qinghai Lake, most of them seasonal. Five permanent streams provide 80% of total influx.^[4]

The lake has fluctuated in size, shrinking over much of the 20th century, but increasing since 2004. Despite its salinity, it has an abundance of fish, such as the edible naked carp (Gymnocypris 

HISTORY

Since the Han Dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE), Qinghai Lake was called the West Sea (Chinese: 西海; pinyin: Xī Hǎi), and substantial numbers of Han Chinese lived in the Xining valley.^[10] In the 17th century, Mongolic-speaking Oirat andKhalkha tribals migrated to Qinghai and became known as Qinghai Mongols.^[11] In 1724, the Qinghai Mongols led byLobzang Danjin revolted against China's Qing Dynasty (1644–1912). The Yongzheng Emperor, after putting down the rebellion, stripped away Qinghai's autonomy and imposed direct rule. Although some Tibetans lived around the lake, the Qing maintained an administrative division since the time of Güshi Khan between the Dalai Lama's western realm (a bit smaller than the current Tibet Autonomous Region) and the Tibetan-inhabited areas in the east. Yongzheng also sent Manchu and Han settlers to dilute the Mongols.^[12]

During the Republican era (1912-1949), an annual ceremony was conducted to the God of the Lake. By this time, the Han people formed a majority of QinghaiProvince's residents, although Hui people ("Chinese Muslims") dominated the government.^[13] The Kuomintang Hui General Ma Bufang, the Governor of Qinghai, and other high ranking Qinghai and Chinese government officials attended the Kokonuur Lake Ceremony where the God of the Lake was worshipped, and during the ritual, the Chinese national Anthem was sung, all participants bowed to a Portrait of Kuomintang party founder Dr. Sun Zhongshan, and the God of the Lake was also bowed to, and offerings were given to him by the participants, which included the Muslims.^[14] Ma Bufang invited Kazakh Muslims to attend the Ceremony honoring the God.^[15]

After the 1949 Chinese revolution, refugees from the 1950s Anti-Rightist Movement settled in the area west of Qinghai Lake.^[10] After the Chinese economic reformin the 1980s, increasing numbers of Chinese began to migrate to the lake because of business opportunities. However, the increased human density caused ecological stress, as "fresh grass production in Gangcha County north of the lake had declined from a mean of 2,057 kilograms per hectare to 1,271 in 1987". In 2001, the State Forestry Administration of China launched the "retire cropland, restore grasslands" (退耕，还草) campaign and started confiscating Tibetan and Mongol pastoralists' guns allegedly in order to preserve the endangered Przewalski's gazelle that they had been encroaching upon.