Sentences with phrase «tourist center of town»

On our prior visits to Barcelona, we found ourselves staying in hotels near the tourist center of town, Las Ramblas.

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The town is primarily a commercial center with limited tourist interest, aside from the annual Dia de la Raza, which celebrates, in Mardi Gras style, the landing of Christopher Columbus in 1502.

Over the past half century, the nation's capital, Ankara, has transformed from a sleepy provincial town into a cosmopolitan city, while Istanbul, long a sophisticated tourist mecca and industrial center, has grown into a megacity of 20 million situated at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.

Be a Tourist: Act like a tourist in your own town and meet up at great Seattle locations like the Public Market Center for fish — flying, the Original Starbucks for a classic cup of coffee, or the SkyCity Restaurant in the Space Needle for lunch.

And I live on the Oregon Coast, which is a major tourist area and Highway 101 is the major highway out here that runs along the Pacific Ocean and right through the center of our little town.

Known for its iconic structure located in the center of the town, the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a symbol its namesake is famous for, which, drives a lot of admirers and tourists every single year.

The Hotel stands at the eastern end of the picturesque city's Waterfront, a five minute walk to the town center with its many souvenir shops and cafes, the busy tourists dock and less than ten minutes away from the Airport.

Located in the center of town, the Zocalo or Town Square comes alive most evenings as celebrations, dances and events kick up with local Mexican families and tourists alike sharing in the celebratitown, the Zocalo or Town Square comes alive most evenings as celebrations, dances and events kick up with local Mexican families and tourists alike sharing in the celebratiTown Square comes alive most evenings as celebrations, dances and events kick up with local Mexican families and tourists alike sharing in the celebrations.

About 30 kilometers outside the tourist town of Luang Prabang, it is easy to get a taxi from the center of town or a tour shuttle from your hotel / hostel.

There are ladies selling overpriced cans of Pringles and Coke to tourists shuffling from Shuttle to Boats in the center of town.

Somewhere, in the sleepy tourist town of Pai, Thailand, I lay in a smoky bungalow 2 kilometers from the city center.

In a walking distance of 150 — 200 meters is the town center, plenty of town attractions like (the Kales fortress, the archaeological museum), taxi station, tourist information office, the port for Chrissi island, the post and lots of shopping places.

Located near the center of San Pedro, Amigo's Del Mar Dive Shop welcomes tourists who want to go diving while vacationing in this town or an adjacent area.

Tourists who are looking to be in the center of the action stay in the island's main town of San Pedro, which is also home to a majority of the island's 17,000 residents who stem from Mayan, Creole, Garifuna, and Mexican heritages.

Apartment complex Jet lies on the lively long palm - lined beach of Platja d'en Bossa, a prime tourist location in Ibiza, located only 3 km from the city center, the perfect place to stay to start exploring Ibiza, its charming little towns, beaches, and crazy nightlife.

Originally established as a fishing and whaling center, the tiny oceanfront town became a popular creative haven in the late 1800s, when the railroad made it easily accessible to tourists — artists among them — who were lured by the town's expansive ocean views and one - of - a-kind light (which often seems to shine from all directions simultaneously).

The Center is located in Stone Mountain Village, a small Southern town on Atlanta's east side and adjacent to Stone Mountain, Park, the largest tourist attraction in the State of Georgia.