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20 Novembre 2009, Paris.

COLLECTION ARCHI-BUS
A la Découverte de l’architecture contemporaine à Paris

La collection ARCHI-BUS s’enrichit de quatre nouvelles promenades pour (re)découvrir les architectures du XXe et XXIe siècle au fil de vos déplacements en bus, tramway et métro aérien.

Après le succès rencontré par les premières promenades ARCHI-BUS, le Pavillon de l’Arsenal et la RATP éditent à l’occasion des Journées Européennes du Patrimoine 2009 quatre nouveaux guides pour les lignes de bus 53, 88 et 95 et la ligne 6 du métro parisien.

Mis gratuitement à la disposition des voyageurs, chaque guide présente une quinzaine de bâtiments contemporains, architectures incontournables ou méconnues, monumentales ou quotidiennes.

Ces guides illustrés sont diffusés dans les lignes de bus et de métro concernées, à l’Office du tourisme de Paris et au Pavillon de l’Arsenal. Ils sont également téléchargeables sur www.pavillon-arsenal.com et www.ratp.fr

Destinés à tous les usagers des transports en commun, aux touristes ou aux amoureux de Paris et amateurs d’architecture, la collection ARCHI-BUS* pour vocation de valoriser le patrimoine contemporain parisien et d’inciter à l’utilisation des transports en commun comme un « moyen de transport plaisir » en complément des modes doux.
Pour télécharger les promenades ARCHI-BUS au format Pdf, rendez-vous sur le site du Pavillon de l’Arsenal.

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• Nov 13, 2009
• By: Meagan Drillinger
• TravelAgentCentral

For the second year in a row, New Zealand has clinched top spots at the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards.

Taking the spotlight was Whale Watch Kaikoura, named overall winner. They also won the marine environment category. YHA Wellington City took the gold in the best large hotel/accommodation category.

The awards are nominated by tourists and honor individuals, companies and organizations that make commitments to the local culture and economies, while also contributing to biodiversity conservation. A panel of 13 judges makes the final decisions.

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USA

Suddenly the USA is cool again! Be it from Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday last year, or just tightened budgets during the recession, but more Americans (even hipsters) are looking backwards – and foreigners too – and taking in traditional American historical sites, beginning with Washington DC’s freebie zone of museums and heroic monuments.

Suriname

South America’s smallest country, both in area and population, is easily one of its most diverse. Some three quarters of Suriname’s people are descended from Chinese, Javanese and Indian labourers that arrived in the 18th century, and West African slaves in the 17th. Add indigenous Amerindians and Lebanese, Jewish and Dutch settlers, and you have the makings for a lot of ethnic tension, right? Fortunately, wrong. Suriname is known for its peacefully coexisting cultures, most emblematically represented by the country’s biggest mosque and synagogue situated side by side in the capital Paramaribo. With everyone speaking different languages, celebrating different holidays and worshipping in different temples, visiting Suriname is really like hitting several countries at once.

Portugal

Skirting along the southwestern edge of the Iberian Peninsula, the once-great seafaring nation of Portugal today straddles two very different worlds. For purists, this is a land of great tradition, of saints-day festivals where ox-drawn carts still lumber through flower-strewn streets, and ancient vineyards bring sleepy medieval villages to life during the annual harvest. Meanwhile, in other parts of the country, something decidedly more modern is transpiring. Old city centres, long ago abandoned by the young and upwardly mobile in favour of the suburbs, are slowly being revitalised. A new wave of boutiques, art galleries and cafes are finding new homes in once crumbling old buildings, and locals are beginning to rediscover the allure of vibrant downtown areas.