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Nice The beautiful seaport city of Nice is the fifth major city in France. Nice’s metropolitan area has a population of around 1 million. Nice is located in southeastern France,
Two Shores Garden (France side: Jardin des Deux-Rives, Germany side: Garten der zwei Ufer) is a public park at the shores of the River Rhine of two countries: France and Germany, between the cities of France’s Strasbourg and Germany’s Kehl.
The two shores are connected by a 250m-long footbridge, Bridge of The Two Shores (Passerelle des Deux Rives).
The 185-hectare East Coast Park, which has a 15 km long coastline with many swimming beaches, is the largest in Singapore, an island nation.
Notably, East Coast Park, opened in the 1970s, is wholly on reclaimed land.
As the name suggests, East Coast Park is in the eastern part of Singapore and is divided into 8 areas, A to H, and extends in the eastern direction from A to H. East Coast Park Area A starts right next to Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant and East Coast Park Area H is located right next to National Service Resort & Country Club.
Beitou Park 北投公园 Beitou Park is located in the Peitou 北投 district, best known for its popular Peitou hot springs 北投溫泉 and being at the southwest entry point of Yangmingshan
Tamsui 淡水 is a seaside district (Tamsui District 淡水区) in New Taipei City 新北市 by the Tamsui River 淡水河 overlooking Taiwan Strait 台湾海峡. Bali District 八里区 can be seen across the Tamsui River northwest of Tamsui.
Even though officially located within New Taipei City, Tamsui is only a 45-minute Taipei MRT 台北捷运 train ride from Taipei city centre. Tamsui is a popular destination for Taiwanese as well as tourists for its Tamsui Old Street 淡水老街 with shops selling all kinds of delicious Taiwanese snacks 台湾小吃. The magnificent views over the Tamsui River, especially in the morning and evening, also draw visitors to Tamsui.
Established in 1903, Taichung Park 台中公园 is Taiwan’s first century-old park and a landmark in Taichung. The park was built by the Japanese during the Japanese-occupied period.
Taichung Park is around 100,000m2 in size and has an artificial lake, called Sun Moon Lake 日月湖 which covers an area of 13,530m2, pavilions, bridges, and landscaped open grass fields, trees, and gardens. Huxin Pavilion 湖心亭 is the pavilion in the centre of Sun Moon Lake 日月湖connected by the adjacent Zhongshan Bridge 中山桥.
One of Taiwan’s most popular tourist attractions, Sun Moon Lake 日月潭 is a scenic 90-minute drive from Taichung 台中 city, the closest major city. The area is perfect for short-day trips from Taichung.
How did Sun Moon Lake get its name? Well, Sun Moon Lake surrounds a tiny island called Lalu. On the eastern side of the Island Lalu, the lake is shaped like a round sun, and on the western side, the lake is shaped like a crescent moon. That was how it was called Sun Moon Lake.
One of Taiwan’s most popular tourist attractions, Sun Moon Lake 日月潭 is a scenic 90-minute drive from Taichung 台中 city, the closest major city. The area is perfect for short-day trips from Taichung.
How did Sun Moon Lake get its name? Well, Sun Moon Lake surrounds a tiny island called Lalu. On the eastern side of the Island Lalu, the lake is shaped like a round sun, and on the western side, the lake is shaped like a crescent moon. That was how it was called Sun Moon Lake.
Keelung 基隆, located in the Northwest of Taiwan, along with Kaohsiung 高雄 in the south, are the two major port cities in Taiwan.
With a population of more than 350,000, Keelung is itself a popular tourist destination because of its many historic sites and buildings, its proximity to beautiful coastlines and mountains, as well as its good food. Yehliu Geopark 野柳地质公园, Heping Island GeoPark 和平岛地质公园, Baimiweng Fort 白米瓮炮台, Dawulun Fort 大武仑炮台, Miaokou Night Market 庙口夜市, and Ren’ai Market 仁愛市场 are just some of the attractions in and around Keelung.
Keelung is an hour from Taipei by train or car and that makes Keelung a perfect day trip destination from Taipei.
Parramatta River starts at the confluence of Darling Mills Creek and Toongabbie Creek just north of Cumberland Hospital. The river flows past Cumberland Hospital and flows through Parramatta Park and River Foreshore Reserve in Parramatta.
Parramatta River is fresh water up to the Charles Street Weir, which is located upstream just before Parramatta Wharf, approximately 30 km to the Sydney Heads. From Parramatta Wharf, the downstream river becomes gradually saltier as it is closer to the ocean.
Located in the south-east of Tasmania island and by the River Derwent at the foothills of the majestic Mount Wellington, Tasmania’s capital city Hobart is a beautiful and vibrant port city. Nearly 300,000, around 65% of Tasmania’s population, live in Greater Hobart.
The summit of the 1271m-tall Mount Wellington is only within a 30-minute drive from the city centre and can be seen from every corner of Hobart city.
A 25-minute drive northeast of Sydney CBD, Chowder Bay is on the shoreline of the Sydney suburb of Mosman. Clifton Gardens Reserve, located by the coast of Chowder Bay, is where families head for picnics, swimming, and other sea sports.
Chowder Bay has some very charming eateries that have views of Sydney Harbour and the coastal suburb Vaucluse over the water of Sydney Harbour.
Circular Quay, located right at the end of Sydney’s CBD, is one of Australia’s most visited destinations. Residents and tourists can come to Circular Quay by ferry, light rail, train, and bus. Being a major transport interchange makes Circular Quay a great base to explore the city on public transport. Circular Quay has 5 commuter ferry wharves with daily regular ferry services to Parramatta, Manly, Taronga Zoo, Watsons Bay, and other popular Sydney destinations.
Manly Dam is also known as Manly Warringah War Memorial Park. Located within the suburb of Manly in Sydney and constructed in 1892, Manly Dam had been decommissioned as a water supply dam since the 1930s. Now heritage-listed and still owned by Sydney Water, Manly Dam is mainly known for its beautiful freshwater lake, and pretty bushland, popular with families, hikers, and mountain bikers. The freshwater lake created by the dam is the largest freshwater lake in Sydney.
Manly, located on a peninsula 15km northeast of Sydney CBD, is a beach-side suburb of northern Sydney. With a population of around 43,000, Manly is actually also a very popular tourist destination.
From Sydney CBD, the best public transport to get to Manly is the regular Circular Quay-Manly Wharf ferry services. The short 30-minute ferry ride is one of the most scenic ferry rides offering incredibly stunning views of Sydney Harbour and the coastal suburbs around Sydney Harbour.
Manly is the gateway to the Northern Beaches. Every year, there are more than 8 million visitors from all over Australia and the world visit Manly and the Northern Beaches, drawn by the beautiful beaches, cosmopolitan buzz, cafes and restaurants, and cultural and sporting events.
Manly has 2 distinctly different waterfronts: the southwest-facing beaches within the calmer waters of the North Harbour and the northeast-facing 3 km long Manly Beach facing the South Pacific Ocean. The 2 waterfronts are amazingly only 400m from each other.
Batemans Bay is a bustling coastal town with a population of over 10,000 in the south coast region of New South Wales. Located in a large oceanic bay where Clyde River meets the ocean, Batemans Bay is a popular holiday destination.
The twin towns of Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest are the southernmost towns on Barrington Coast. The 2 popular holiday towns are just a few minutes drive away from each other, separated by the 304 m long car bridge Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Bridge across Myall River.