Beijing is China’s second largest city after Shanghai with more than 17 million people. Three styles of architecture predominate in urban Beijing: the traditional architecture of imperial China (the Forbidden City, the Imperial Ancestral Temple and the Temple of Heaven), the “Sino-Sov” style, built between the 1950s and the 1970s, […]
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Denizli is a growing industrial city in the Southwestern part of the Turkey. Denizli attracts many visitors to the nearby mineral-coated hillside hot spring of Pamukkale, with red color thermal water spa hotels Karahayit and the ancient ruined city of Hierapolis. Denizli Çardak Airport is about 45 minutes drive from […]
George Town is the capital of the state of Penang in Malaysia. It is officially recognized as having a unique architectural and cultural townscape without parallel anywhere in East and Southeast Asia. In 2009, it was ranked 10th among the top locations in Asia where Europeans prefer to work and […]
Samsun is a big city (725,111 in 2007) in northern Turkey, on the coast of the Black Sea. Samsun is an important Turkish trade centre and the most important port on the Black Sea coast. Samsun is one of the major Turkish tobacco producing provinces. Samsun-Carsamba Airport is 23 km […]
Elazig is a city in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It has a population of 323,420 according to the 2009 census, and the plain on which the city extends has an altitude of 1067 metres. Elazig Airport is located 11 km from the city.
Gaziantep is the capital city of the Gaziantep Province in Turkey and the sixth largest city in Turkey. Gaziantep is famous for its regional specialities: the copper-ware products and “Yemeni” slippers, specific to the region. Gaziantep Airport is located 20 Km from Gaziantep.
Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the 16th century, it was a center of Portuguese and European influence in the 16th through 19th centuries. During World War II, the atomic bombings […]
Kagoshima is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwestern tip of the Kyushu island of Japan. It has been nicknamed the “Naples of the Eastern world” for its bay location, hot climate and impressive stratovolcano, Sakurajima. Kagoshima is approximately 40 minutes from Kagoshima Airport.
Sendai is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the T?hoku region. Many people visit Sendai to see the Pageant of Starlight. Sendai Airport is located in Natori, Miyagi, 13.6 km (8.5 mi) south southeast of Sendai Station.
Hiroshima is the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became the first city in history destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States of America dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15am on August 6, 1945. Hiroshima Airport is […]
Okinawa Island is the largest of the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, and is home to Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture. The island of Okinawa was the site of most of the ground warfare in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. The island experiences temperatures above 20 °C […]
Nagoya is the fourth most populous urban area in Japan, is located on the Pacific coast in the Chubu region on central Honshu. Nagoya’s main industry is the automotive business, Toyota is headquartered in Nagoya. Chubu Centrair International Airport is an airport on an artificial island in Ise Bay, Tokoname […]