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The village of Alonissos

Posted by Tousala | Posted in Travel and Leisure: General | Posted on 12-01-2010

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Alonissos Is a Greek island in the Aegean sea, its the third largest island of the Sporades Islands and the northen island as well .  Alonissos island is found close to Skopelos.  Alonissos Island is famous due to its excellent beauty with the most impressing abysses in the Aegean Sea and its magical view. 
Alonissos is also the name of a town on the island and a bay at the southern end of the island.  Many consider the island of Alonissos has the cleanest waters of the Greece Aegean Sea. 

The hamlet of Alonissos is located on the southern part of the island.  Alonissos farming is extremely develop specially farming and vineyards, with the main products being grapes and olives.  Fishing is a popular profession on the island it’s a calm island, most of its towns are modest and conventional with narrow streets and pretty buildings and houses.  Turists can enjoy a peaceful and calm atmosphere. 

The main port of the island is named Patitiri, it is the capital of the island.  There are beautiful locations around Patitiri,eg Rousoum town where visitors can enjoy a varity of wanderful beaches and also sense the calm atmosphere.  Beside Rousoum hamlet there are several gorgeous villages that deserve a visit, for example : Votsi, Milia, Chrisi Milia, Steni Vala. 

Like plenty of other islands nearby Alonissos changed because of the quake in 1965.  Entire towns were deserted by the neighbors and rebuilt in safer areas.  Patitiri also changed because of the earthquake and nowdays it is a new town, built by the inhabitants of the island. 

due to the tremor, the houses of Patititri are all up to date and give a different image than of the other Greek islands which usually have a little and extraordinarily pretty harbor, full of traditional houses.  But still the island and its hamlets preserves there natural beauty.  Dazzling pine woods encircled the brilliant island and its beaches.  It’s the perfac place for families and couples.

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The Island Bangaram Resort South West of India In the Arabian Sea

Posted by Tousala | Posted in Travel and Leisure: General | Posted on 19-12-2009

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The Island Hideaway of Bangaram island resort is some two hundred miles from Kerala to the south west of India in the Arabian Sea, and is an example of the Lakshadweep Islands. Routinely it is accessed by a flight from Cochin to Agatti, then onward by boat for a ninety minute ride. Getting onto the boat at Agatti is an experience in itself, as you get onto a raft, and then they tow you out to the boat!! You instantly feel this is a true hideaway holiday, and your tropical island resort is going to be slightly different. Take good advice and fly Kingfisher and not Indian Airlines for reliability.

It is the perfect romantic honeymoon getaway, a lush green empty island covered in coconut groves, and shaped like a teardrop. It is encircled by pristine white sand and a big lagoon, and is part of a coral atoll with another three islands, all of which can simply be reached form Bangaram, by outboarding, sailing or rowing, kayaking or windsurfing if you find the necessity to be energetic.

It is the way the way the Maldives were before mass tourism arrived, because the coral reefs are on fire with color and packed with fish because now they are comparatively unexplored.

If you need a tropical vacation on an island hideaway, or a romantic honeymoon getaway, then Bangaram could be your ideal destination or as an element of a package including time in the Kerala part of India.

You need to grasp this island hideaway, while good for a romantic honeymoon getaway, or for people who want to play at being castaways, it is not at all for folks attempting to find luxury. If you need the accoutrements of a five star resort, just don’t go.

Bangaram itself consists of 30 huts which includes a number of family sheds in twin/double cottages. There are no televisions, telephones or air-conditioning, and to complete the island getaway feeling there are no papers so you will be fully out of effective contact with the strains of the modern world. Each hut is tiled, on the beach, and has a palm thatched veranda, ensuite lavatory, ceiling fan and a refrigerator. The accommodation is straightforward but comfy, but please note there’s no hot water!!

The epicentre of Bangaram Island resort is the restaurant shed that has been built around a central pole and made of bamboos and palm fronds. The food at the resort for lunch and dinner is a bit Indian, and a bit Continental, and terribly much seafood based. The food is with no exceptions outstanding.

Breakfast includes cereals, eggs, Indian dishes and a large amount of fresh fruit.

At night there is a barbecue on the beach, and the opportunity to eat outside overlooking the moon shining on the lagoon Bangaram Island resort is the last place where alcohol is permitted in the Lakshadweep Islands, and the beach bar is the centre of the evening activity. It serves beer and cocktails and will remain open till the guests have had enough!!.

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