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The beaches in Mexico are wonderfully diverse and there are plenty for everyone. Mexico is famous with the tourists for its lovely coastlines and picturesque views. Travelers could also choose among the country’s fine hotels and resorts such as those of the Grupo Mayan, which presents some wonderful amenities.

Acapulco is a truly fantastic place in Mexico. It offers great beaches, deep history and culture, as well as some exciting escapades. One would not have a hard time finding the finest accommodation here, as the Grupo Mayan hotels and resorts provide numerous options for tourists.

The Mayas were a powerful and influential civilization during Mesoamerican times. However, today, they seem to be totally non-existent, except in the artifacts that remained and in the pages of our history. What brought about their decline and eventual collapse?

There's a new kind of hotel emerging in London's trendiest spots, such as the Bayswater area. It's popularly known as the "Art Hotel" - unique, stylish hotels with "designer" interiors and a focus on art and artists.

Driving in Spain is essentially not very different to how we drive in the UK, but here are a few pointers to make sure that you get the best from your hire car in Murcia and avoid any potential problems.

In AD 600 Teotihuacán in Mexico was the sixth largest city in the world and about 200,000 people lived there. Just 150 years later, Teotihuacán was almost deserted, and plants had begun to grow over the city’s huge pyramids. Nobody knows why Teotihuacán was abandoned, but a huge fire may have devastated it in AD 650.

The Nazca Lines
The Nazca Lines are enormous drawings on the ground (called geoglyphs) that stretch across the Nazca Desert in southern Peru.

New York’s tallest building is the Empire Sate Building, which stands on Fifth Avenue, New York, between 33rd Street and 34th Street. It was built on the site of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and took 410 days at a rate of 4 ½ floors a week to complete. The building was opened on 1 May 1931 by remote control, when President Herbert Hoover pressed a button in Washington DC.
The Empire State Building towers 381m above ground-and measures 443.2m to the top of the TV tower.

Pont d’Avignon, France
This bridge was built in the 12th century. It was made famous by the song “Sur le Pont d’Avignon� (On Avignon Bridge).

Bridge of Sighs, Venice, Italy
The Bridge of Sighs was designed in 1560. It connects the Doge’s Palace with the city jail, and prisoners who had been sentenced to death had to cross the bridge to reach the jail. Its name is said to come from their sighs of despair.

Orient Express
The orient Express began trips from Pars, France, to Bulgaria on 5 October 1883 and from 1889 went as far as Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey. It was the first trans-European train and traveled a total of 2,736km across six countries in great style. It stopped running in 1977, but was re-launched five years later.

The first coins
Coins made from gold and silver were used in Lydia, an ancient Middle Eastern kingdom, in about 687-652 BC. The coins were known as staters.

Largest coins
Swedish 10-daler copper coins (made in 1644) weighed 19.71km.

Epiphany (also known as Twelfth Night)
6 January (18 January in Russia; 1 February in Ethiopia). The Epiphany (Epiphaneia: Greek for manifestation) celebrates three events that are all thought to have happened on this day: Jesus’s appearance as a newborn to the Magi (three wise men); Jesus’s baptism, when God acknowledged his son; Jesus’s first public miracle, when he turned water to wine in Galilee.

Italy has in its rich hues the shades of cultural diversity, scenic beauty and delectable cuisines. It boasts of powerful historic background along with famous personalities to reckon with the likes of Michaelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci.

First actor
Thespis was the first performer ever recorded. He was an actor in Greece in 534BC. At this time, Greek actors used masks, and Thespis was the first to use stage make-up.

World’s oldest theatres
The oldest indoor theatre i

The Koran (Islam)
Allah is the Islamic name for God. Muslims believe that He revealed His wishes for the world to a man called Muhammad. These massages were later collected together as the Koran (also written Qur’an). Muslims believe that the words of the Koran are the exact words of Allah. It is said that it has not been altered

• The weight of diamonds is measured in carats. The word comes from carob, which is a bean that grows on the Ceratonia siliqua tree. The bean has an amazingly consistent weight of 0.2g. There are five carats to a gram and about 142 carats to the ounce.
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