Fiesta San Antonio - Greatest festival in America

Fiesta San Antonio is the important festival in San Antonio. It is one of the America's greatest festival. Fiesta 2010 will held during the month of April from 15th to 25th. It is celebrated to honor the heroes of the "Battle of of Alamo" and the "Battle of San Jacinto". 2010 is Fiesta's 119th anniversary. About 107 events has been planned to take place in 11 days duration and about 3.5 million people will be attending the fiesta festival.

Fiesta events include "three major parades"-two along Broadway and past the Alamo, and one on the San Antonio River "River Walk",where the floats actually "float". One of the largest parade of Fiesta San Antonio is "The Battle of Flowers Parade". It attracts more that 35,000 people and is held on the second friday of the Fiesta festival. The other one is the "The Fiesta Flambeau Parad" that takes place on the second saturday of the Fiesta Festival. Miss Fiesta San Antonio Pegeant will also be held.

To know mora about parades in Fiesta Festival and to buy tickets visit Fiesta Parades.
To know the Schedule of events in Fiesta visit Fiesta Events

Getting to Fiesta Festival

The nearest Airport is San Antonio International Airport (SAT). For more information visit www.visitsanantonio.com

Sydney Opera House - Tourist attraction in Australia

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Opera House in Sydney Australia is one of the "UNESCO world Heritage site". It is an arts centre situated in "Bennelong Point" in Sydney. It was built by the architect Jorn Utzon. It is one of the "top travel destinations". The building covers about 4.5 acres and 588 concrete piers were sunk up to 25 metres below sea level. The power supply there is equivalent to that needed for a town of 25,000 people .
It is close to Sydney harbour bridge. There are guides who speak different languages and take you through the Opera house. It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II. Apart from the opera theatre the Opera House has different venues. They are the

• Drama Theatre
• Playhouse
• Studio
• Utzon Room
• Forecourt
• Concert Hall

Venues at the Sydney Opera House are also used for conferences, ceremonies, and social functions. It also has restaurants, shops , recording studio and guided tours.

To know more about shopping in Opera house visit Shopping in Opera. For transport facilities visit Sydney Opera House Pubic Transport. To buy tickets and and events in Sydney Opera House visit Buy Tickets. You can also hire Opera House official photographers to take photos so that your trip will be an unforgettable one.

The opera house in Sydney has over 1,000 rooms, and is truly a marvel in architectural design and engineering. You will definitely be driven by the beauty of Sydney Opera House

The Shore Temple Mahabalipuram

The temple town of Mahabalipuram is located in the state of TamilNadu in India. Mahabalipuram also called as "Mammallapuram" was named after the Pallava king "Narasimha Varman I". It is an ancient sea port. The king also set this place as his capital and established center for arts and sculpture. You can see a lot of sculptures in this place and these giant works were mostly craved from single rock. It is one of the UNESCO World Heritage site.

The Shore Temple
The shore temple is having the complex structure and has been standing in the shore for more than 1000 years. It was built during the reign of the Pallava King Rajasimha. But most of the sculptures have been eroded due to saline action. The temple consist of three shrines one facing east and the other facing west and the other shrine placed between the two. Of these one shrine is for Vishnu known as "Sthala Shayana Perumal" - the only place where Vishnu is seen reclining on the floor but you can see this only through segments in the door. The other two shrines were for Lord Shiva. You can see the pillars of the temple bearing the Pallava Emblem and roaring lions. There is also a majestic lion a which carries a miniature Mahishasuramardini carved inside a square cavity cut in the neck of the animal.
On the weekend the temple is litup after sunset making a spectacular view.

Timings for visiting the shore Temple
9 AM to 5.30 PM
Illumination Timings at shore temple
From sunset to 8 PM
Entry Fee
The fee is around Rs 15 for Indians and Rs 250 for foreigners

How to reach
It is at a distance of 60kms from Chennai. It takes about 1.30hr to reach. All along the drive on the East Coast Road you can see food courts, amusement parks(VGP, MGM Dizzee World) and art villages.

Location
Located in the Coromandel Coast in Kanchipuram District