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VPG-DVD-112 - MONTREAL Canada's second largest city, Montreal is a fascinating blend of European charm and the American way of life. In Vieux-Montreal, narrow lanes and small houses recall the past and also the lifestyle of the original settlers. In the old fire station at Place D`Youville - one of the oldest markets in Montreal -- is the Centre D`Histoire in which the 350 year cultural history of the city is on display, from the development of the Irokese Settlement, its prolific fur trade, and right up to today's shining, energetic Metropolis. Although Montreal is located 1600 kilometres from the open sea, it owes its wealth to its waterways which stretch from the country's interior, to the ocean. A trip on the Saint Laurence River with the pleasure boat, BATEAU-MOUCHE, contrasts old, historic warehouses with the highly contemporary apartment block of the Cite Du Havre Habitat. Le Tour Olympique, Montreal's " Crooked Tower", offers panoramic views which extend more than 80 kilometres from its 175 metre tall viewing platform. Next to the Olympic Stadium, the Biodome, in which exotic animals from many corners of the world roam among waterfalls and tropical forests. Next to the gleaming skyscrapers of the inner city, there are museums, churches and art galleries and, in the old quarter, there are more historic buildings than in any other North American city, not forgetting the parks and the romantic harbour. Montreal is a gem!
Vista Point MONTREAL Canada
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Added: 115 days ago
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VPG-DVD-205 - REYKJAVIK Reykjavik is Iceland`s gateway to the world and is one of the smallest metropolises on Earth. Just over a hundred thousand people live in this the northernmost of all cities that is sometimes referred to as Iceland's 'Smokey Bay'. The Hallgrims Kirkja is one of Reykjavik's main landmarks, a Neo Gothic church that was built between 1945 and 1986. It was named after a famous religious minister and poet of the 17th century, Hallgímur Pétursson. Both its design and large dimensions are impressive. Tjörnin is located in the centre of the city, a wonderful small lake surrounded by spacious parks and the new City Hall is also located there. Krists Kirkja is the city's main Catholic church and in 1989 the Pope preached within its walls marking the first visit of the Pontificate to Iceland. Narrow elegant bridges span across the splendid ponds of the Botanical Garden, a popular destination for the inhabitants of Reykjavik. However, small forests of conifers are the only real sign of nature on this remote and barren island. Chimneys are a rarity in Reykjavik. The majority of its houses are heated by geothermic water. Indeed, many of its pavements and streets are heated, a convenient asset that saves much money on snow clearance and makes life a lot easier for the local population. In Iceland the summer months are bright but in spring and autumn there are long periods when there is little daylight. July is the time of the famous midnight sun and thanks to the Gulf Stream the island enjoys a relatively temperate climate with cool summers and quite mild winters. Historic sights, hi-tech buildings and the charm of a small town. All this is Reykjavik, a remote metropolis built on fire and ice!
Vista Point REYKJAVIK...
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Added: 115 days ago
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VPG-DVD-174 - NAIROBI Nairobi is Kenya's busy, expensive yet dangerous capital city, but it is also both fascinating and modern. Nairobi is the country's most important and beautiful city and, with the finest temperate climate between Johannesburg and Cairo, is located at an altitude of almost seventeen hundred metres above sea level. The government district of City Square contains the Conference Centre and the Kanu Tower, the headquarters of government and the city's tallest building. Canon guard the main entrance to the National Museum that is situated on Museum Hill. A fascinating building that covers much of Kenya's culture and history. The museum provides an interesting insight into Pre-history as well as to various cultures and the country's flora and fauna. Directly in front of the city gates is the Nairobi National Park, the oldest of all Kenya's nature parks. Groups of ostriches can be seen bathing in the hot sand and a number of springboks stroll around elegantly between scattered rocks and trees that have been uprooted by elephants as zebra pasture close to the city's skyline. Nairobi is a metropolis in the 'Realm Of The Golden Sun' and is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating cities in the world.
Vista Point NAIROBI Kenya
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Added: 115 days ago
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VPG-DVD-134 - LOS ANGELES Los Angeles is synonymous with Hollywood, and Beverly Hills is its famous suburb with neat parks and blossoming flower beds. There's also the Sidewalk of Fame, Mann's Chinese Theatre and Rodeo Drive, the most exclusive shopping mile in the world. Everything in Hollywood is different, including a cemetery of the famous. Even in the funeral hall with its larger-than-life religious figures it is as though it is all part of a fantastic film set. Universal Studios is the largest and most active film and television studio in the world as well as a popular family day out being one of the most successful amusement parks in the USA and its many famous film sets are instantly recognisable. Since its opening in1955, Disneyland has become a worldwide phenomenon. The world's original and longest surviving theme park provides an enchanting mix of shows, attractions and well known cartoon characters and the journey through Toontown on its bumpy tramway is a stimulating experience for both young and old. At weekends, those who want to see but, above all, be seen, make for Venice Beach. The sandy beach is relaxing and its many pavements are popular with joggers and roller skaters alike. Even by Los Angeles standards, the performers on Muscle Beach are quite outrageous and while some body-builders lift thousands of kilos, others shamelessly display their supreme egos by strutting like conceited peacocks! Built in 1908, Santa Monica Pier is reminiscent of the hazy lazy seaside resorts of the 1920's. Extending into the water some 300 metres, the pier's amusement park is constantly bursting with life, with its big wheel, swings and richly- decorated carousel. Once the most celebrated residential area of the rich and famous, today Sunset Boulevard is a busy main traffic artery. At night, when brash neon signs shine out their colourful animated messages, this famous boulevard still possesses a unique atmosphere. Los Angeles is the enormous multicultural city on America's West Coast in which film stars, earthquakes and joie de vivre are essential to life itself!
Vista Point LOS ANGELES...
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Added: 115 days ago
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VPG-DVD-142 - ISTANBUL Istanbul is the golden gateway to the Orient, a city that was once the centre of the Old World and still reflects two and a half centuries of history. Today this turbulent metropolis on the Bosporus is Europe's connection with Asia Minor. Today this link between Europe and Asia has more than fifteen million inhabitants and is not only Turkey's largest city but is also a melting pot of various cultures. Once a Greek colony, Roman Imperial City and capital of the Osman Empire, Istanbul is full of colourful and dramatic history. The European-style city district on the northern side of the Golden Horn was founded as a trading colony by Genoese traders in 1261. In subsequent centuries the Europeans dominated the appearance and character of this area whose buildings and main street indicate the city's splendid past. The Yerebatan Cistern once provided Constantinople with its water supply. Emperor Justinian had this subterranean reservoir built and it holds eighty thousand cubic metres of water. A forest of more than three hundred decorated stone columns support the ceiling and it once served as a backdrop for a James Bond film. A mighty gate is the entrance to the splendid world of the Turkish sultans, Topkapi, the former centre of power of the Osman Empire. It's like a small town with many exquisite buildings and wonderful parks. Leonardo Da Vinci's vision of a bridge across the Bosporus was for many years only a dream but four hundred and seventy years later the dream became reality. At a height of sixty-four metres two city districts have been united in addition to two continents and the contrasting lifestyles of two completely different worlds. Istanbul is a melting pot of culture and religion with a captivating allure and an irresistible atmosphere of mystique.
Vista Point ISTANBUL Turkey
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Added: 115 days ago
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VPG-DVD-158 - FLORIDA Florida is the southernmost State of the USA where, for most of the time, the sun shines truly bright. Miami Beach is a narrow island just off the mainland and Miami City is a leisure world of the rich and famous. Coral Gables was built in the 1920's in flamboyant southern Europe style as was the Venetian Pool and the Biltmore Hotel whose tower is a replica of the Giralda in Seville. The Florida Keys are a group of thirty one coral islands that extend from Miami on the southern point of Florida, to the Caribbean. The first and largest is Key Largo made famous by a Hollywood movie that starred Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Orlando was founded in 1875 as an agricultural distribution centre and today the biggest entertainment parks in the world are located there and attended by almost forty three million visitors each year. On the east coast of the Florida Peninsula, Cape Canaveral juts out into the Atlantic As far back as 1949 the 'Rocket Trials Zone', as it was then known, was built within an area that has been further developed and extended to become the world famous Space Station it is today. Florida is a truly magical place with something special to offer for one and all!
Vista Point FLORIDA
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Added: 115 days ago
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VPG-DVD-149 - BARCELONA Barcelona is one of the most lively harbour cities on the Mediterranean and after Madrid, Spain's second largest city and the capital of Catalonia. Intimate squares, small palaces and tangled alleys provide a good insight into its history as Iberians, Greeks and Romans once had trading posts there. La Rambla is a wide and shady boulevard that travels through the old town to the harbour and is where life goes on both night and day. It's also where street artists perform, shoeblacks work diligently and portrait painters tout for trade among the passing tourists. The Museu Maritim Drassanes is situated in the royal dockyards that were built when the city was at its zenith. Its buildings are unique examples of Gothic architecture and the vast dimensions of the dockyard allowed thirty ships to be built simultaneously in the name of the Catalonian-Aragon crown. Few parks are as famous as the Park Güell. With this, Antoni Gaudi created a new design concept in this fabulous garden city. At its entrance Gaudi placed a colourful lizard as a symbol of the water that is collected in subterranean cisterns and is used for the distribution of water in the park. The city itself also featured in Gaudi's magnificent fantasies. The Palau Güell was treated to an ostentatious roof with a great array of air shafts and chimneys. But the sight that captures the imagination of most who see it is the amazing façade of the Casa Mila, a unique apartment block without equal. Not a single wall is straight, glass and plaster were used for its façade and colourful ornamental ceramics complete the work. Barcelona is a melting pot that ranges from Gothic to Modernism, a veritable explosion of joie de vivre and creativity.
Vista Point BARCELONA Spain
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Added: 115 days ago
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UTD-DVD-04845 - Take A Tour Of... Wisconsin DellShaped by the currents and curves of the Wisconsin River, Wisconsin Dells has been a favorite family fun spot and a vacation destination for more than 150 years.  An explosion of indoor water parks has turned the Dells from a summer hot spot to a year-round destination.  Kids will enjoy the seemingly endless supply of fun and games, from go-karts to miniature golf, sideshows to thrill rides.  Moms and Dads will enjoy a round of golf while the teens take a Duck tour of land and water, and then top it all off with a heaping helping of the local fudge.  This fun to watch DVD will show you everything you need to know about a tour of The Dells.
Take A Tour Of......
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WW-DVD-SAS - Go wild and explore the world in one country! From deserts to jungles and everything in between, South Africa 's biodiversity is truly amazing for a nation its size. Not surprisingly, nine out of ten tourists come to experience the country's incredible wildlife and spectacular scenery. So come with us on a Safari from Kruger to the Kalahari and the Cape to Karoo.  Visit Namaqualand - "Garden of the Gods." Tour the verdant valleys of the Cape Winelands. Soar the heights of the Drakensburg - "Mountains of the Dragon." Chug along the "Garden Route" on the Outeniqua Choo-Choo. Stay at some of the loveliest and most unique resorts in the country. Encounter the "King of Beasts" in the "King of Parks" -- Kruger National Park. Ride an Ostrich in Outdshoorn - "Feather Capital of the World." Feel the rhythm and spirit of Swazi dancers. Explore the red sands of the Kalahari. Experience Cape Town from the clouds to the coast - and so much more!
South African Safari
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RDA-DVD-1086 - Prince Edward IslandFrom the Producer of the Television Series; Goodtimes Travel, Destinations & Travel, TravelFeaturing:Charlottetown, The Links at Crowbush Cove, Green Gables, Hillsborough, Cavendish, Corner Historic Village, Summerside, Victoria, Provincial Parks, Beaches and much more...
Prince Edward Island
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LB-DVD-1H30 - Lisbon, Fatima, Sintra, Estoril, Sesimbra, Nazare, Batalha, Alcobaca, and ObidosLisbon is one of the most favored targets of touristic cities in Europe, cradle of conquerors and navigators, who left a rich patrimony in monuments. Its strategic position in North Atlantic with a gorgeous seaside resort and between two mountains, with a mild climate all year round, provides an amount of unforgettable sights unique in the world. The movie shows what tourists see and don't see in the most famous tours in Lisbon and surroundings - Lisbon sightseeing tour, Sintra, Cascais, Estoril, Mafra, Sesimbra, Óbidos, Alcobaça, Nazaré, Batalha and Fatima tours. These are the most famous tours chosen by tourists and visitors coming to Portugal, which means 20 million per year and growing.It includes the following parts: LISBONTHE VIEWS -River, bridges, estuary, castle, ancient Lisbon, modern Lisbon, etc. TYPICAL TRANSPORTATION -Promenades by ferry boats, double-deckers, elevators, funiculars, trams. We shot the rides from the inside of all of them. THE FEASTS -Processions of Lisbon like the Carnival of Brazil + The change of the National Republican Guard (parade). THE PALACES -All the palaces and relevant manor houses of Lisbon, some of them are national monuments, and it includes the interior of Ajuda palace.  CHURCHES, MONASTERIES, CONVENTS -All the most important ancient Churches, Monasteries, Convents of Lisbon, some of them are national monuments. It includes superb exteriors and the interiors of all of them.  MUSEUMS -Maritime museum (interior), Coach museum (interior), Ancient Art museum (interior). ANCIENT SECTION -Alfama, the most ancient quarter of Lisbon, with crooked and narrow streets with roofs nearly touching each otherSHOPPING AREAS -Typical markets, flee-market, traditional shopping area of Lisbon, big shopping mall.SQUARES -The most important squares of Lisbon. OTHER MONUMENTS -Aqueduct, Monument to the Discoveries, Belem Tower, statue of Christ, the riverside, including the place where Expo 98 was held. PARKS -Oceanarium (inside with several species of fish), parks of Lisbon, zoo (inside).SINTRA -Views of Sintra mountain and the exteriors and interiors of the monuments, like: -Portugal in miniature, Moorish castle, Pena palace, Sintra palace, Sintra manor houses, Mafra palace, Queluz palace (all National Monuments).COAST -The most famous seaside resorts: Roca cape, Guincho, Ericeira, Cascais, Estoril, Sesimbra, Nazaré. The views of the coastline, beaches, palaces and typical fishing boats as well. FÁTIMA -One of the most important pilgrimage places in the world. BATALHA -Famous Monastery from the 14th century (exteriors and interiors). ALCOBAÇA -Famous Monastery from the 12th century (exteriors and interiors).ÓBIDOS -Medieval town.
Portugal
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Added: 115 days ago
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PPI-DVD-113 - PortholeTV Ship: Costa Atlantica and Yucatan shore excursionWelcome to Porthole TV -- the magazine television series that features the cruise ship experience and its intriguing ports of call.Aboard the ship of the Costa Cruise Line's Costa Atlantica, Sidney Cohen brings us to Cozumel and Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.  Sometimes referred to as the Mayan Riviera, the ship anchors in Playa Del Carmen and guests take tenders to the many shore excursions offered such as ruins of TulumAlso included are cruise travel tips from Portholes Magazine's Bill Panhoff.• One of the main attractions is Playa del Sol Beach parks offering for fun in the sun, diving, snorkeling, and kayaking.  Other water activities include climbing the water cubes, jumping on the in water trampoline or simply swinging in the hammocks on the beach. • Tour San Gervesio ruins and learn Mayan history.
PortholeTV Ship: Costa...
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Added: 115 days ago
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