Are you going to
enter into the new life? Marriages change many things of a person’s life,
whether male or female. Celebrating the new beginning of life at an amazing
place with your friends would be a great idea before you enter into the new
life. Through a bachelorette party and
celebrate with your friends. Want to know where, just keep reading...
Negombo, Sri Lanka
One of the
modest beach towns is a historically interesting place. It boasts pristine
natural landscapes; pristine beaches hill stations, tea plantations, national
parks and more. Sri Lanka, The beautiful country is one of the UNESCO World
Heritage Sites and one of the best places to enjoy bachelorette party at beach
side.
Get in
By plane – SriLankan
Airlines is the national flagship carrier operating to and from
Colombo-Bandaranayake International Airport. Flights are available from cities
throughout Europe, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, the Middle East, India, and
Pakistan. SriLankan Air also flies to the nearby destinations such as Chennai,
Trivandrum, Mumbai, Delhi, Cochin, Bangalore and the Maldives.
Emirates
Airlines connects many major European cities and others worldwide to Colombo
with several flights daily from Dubai and Singapore to Colombo.
Mihin Lanka, Sri
Lanka's first low-cost airline started operating in 2007. They fly to Dubai in
United Arab Emirates and Tiruchirapalli and Buddhagaya in India. Mihin Lanka
now has non-stop services from Colombo to Dhaka, Medan and Jakarta.
By ship – The
Tuticorin-Colombo passenger ferry service, suspended for years due to the civil
war, commenced services in June 2011. The Scotia Prince ran twice a week until
November 2011 when the ferry was discontinued indefinitely. The company has yet
to announce an official date for resumption of the service. If you would like
to travel via cargo ship, please note that according to the customs office in
Tuticorin it is considered illegal for a cargo ship to transport passengers
from the Tuticorin Port to Sri Lanka.
Ma’In Hot Springs, Jordan
Nestled in a
green valley bordered by red cliffs and strings of gleaming waterfalls, this is
the place if you’re looking for ultimate relaxation for the girls combined with
a bit of history. Hammamat mae’n is a series of hot mineral springs and
waterfalls located between madaba and the dead sea Jordan. It is another great
place for beach side celebration.
Get in
By plane – Jordan's
national airline is Royal Jordanian Airlines. In addition, Jordan is served by
a number of foreign carriers including British Airways, Air France, airBaltic,
Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines, Egypt Air, Emirates, Alitalia and Delta Airlines.
Low-cost airline Air Arabia flies between Jordan and destinations all over the
Middle East. UK based airline easyJet has announced plans to fly three times a
week from London Gatwick to Amman from March 2011, cutting the cost of getting
to the Middle East from the UK substantially.
Queen Alia
International Airport is the country's main airport. It is 35km south of Amman
(on the main route to Aqaba). You should allow 45 minutes to reach the airport
from the downtown Amman, approximately 30 minutes from West Amman. Transport
into Amman is provided by the Royal Jordanian bus service to the city terminal
near the 7th circle, or by taxi (around 20 JD, meant to be fixed).
In addition to
Queen Alia, Jordan has two other international airports:
- Marka International Airport in East Amman.
- King Hussein International Airport in Aqaba.
By train – The last
functioning part of the famous Hejaz Railway, twice-weekly trains used to
arrive from Damascus (Syria) at Amman's Mahatta junction just north-east of the
downtown area, close to Marka Airport. However, services have been suspended
since mid-2006 due to damage to the tracks, and it's unclear when they will
resume. Even when they were running, trains took a very leisurely 9 hours
(considerably slower than driving), and provided a very low standard of
comfort. There are no other passenger trains in Jordan.
By bus – Long distance
services operate from a number of Middle Eastern destinations including Tel
Aviv and Damascus.
By boat – Jordan can be
entered at the port of Aqaba via the Egyptian port of Nuweiba. There are two
services, ferry and speedboat. The slow ferry might take up to 8 hours, and can
be a nightmare in bad weather. The speedboat consistently makes the crossing in
about an hour, though boarding and disembarking delays can add many hours,
especially since there are no fixed hours for departures. You cannot buy the
ticket in advance and the ticket office does not know the time of departure.
You can lose an entire afternoon or even a day waiting for the boat to leave.
Ibiza, Spain
One of the best
places for endless partying, Ibiza is famous for its delicious foods, DJs, fun
activities and more. The Islands of Pine Trees is the ideal place for spending
holidays and celebrate the party with lots of options of cuisines.
Get in
By plane – Spain's
national carrier is Iberia. The busiest airports are Madrid, Barcelona, Palma
de Mallorca and Malaga, followed by Seville, Valencia, Bilbao, Alicante,
Santiago de Compostela, Vigo, Gran Canaria and the 2 airports in Tenerife. All
are listed on the official airport governing body website.
Madrid,
Barcelona and Bilbao have the most beautiful airports, designed by famous
architects.
Low cost
carriers operating to Spain include: Vueling, easyJet, Ryanair, Blue Air, and
Jet2.com.
By train – Train system in
Spain is modern and reliable, most of the trains are brand new and the
punctuality rate is one of the highest in Europe, the only problem is that not
all the populated areas have a train station; sometimes small towns don't have
one, in those cases you need to take a bus. Another issue with the Spanish Rail
network is that the lines are disposed in a radial way so almost all the lines
head to Madrid. That's why sometimes travelling from one city to another
geographically close to it might take longer by train than by bus if they are
not in the same line. Always check whether the bus or the train is more
convenient.
By bus – Bus travel in
Spain is increasingly an attractive option for people travelling on a tight
budget.
There are lots
of private bus companies offering routes to all major Spanish cities. If you
want to travel around Spain by bus, the best idea is to go to your local bus
station (Apart from Madrid and Barcelona, most towns and cities have just one)
and see what is available.
Travelling by
bus in Spain is usually reliable (except on peak holiday days when roads can be
very crowded and you should expect long delays on popular routes), coaches are
modern and comfortable.
By boat – From the UK,
Brittany Ferries offers services from Portsmouth and Plymouth to Santander and
from Portsmouth to Bilbao. The journey time from Portsmouth to Santander is
approximately 24 hours.
Ferry services
were once run by P&O from Portsmouth to Bilbao and from Plymouth and
Southampton to Santander. However, P&O no longer operates these routes.
As well as the
UK, Spain is also well connected by Ferry to Northern Africa (particularly
Algeria and Morocco) and the Canary Islands which are owned by Spain. Routes
are also naturally available to the Spanish Balearic islands of Mallorca,
Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera.
Another popular
route is from Barcelona to Genoa.
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Mykonos, Greece
Mykonos is the great
glamour island of the Cyclades and happily flaunts its camp and fashionable
reputation with style. This picturesque island with fantastic Mediterranean
cuisine and the popular Paradise beach (one of the best party beaches), is a
perfect bachelorette party destination.
Get in
By plane – Athens'
Elefthérios Venizélos International Airport, near the Athens suburb of Spáta,
is the country's largest, busiest airport and main hub, handling over 15
million passengers annually as of 2006. Other major international airports in
terms of passenger traffic are, in order of passengers served per year,
Heraklion (Nikos Kazantzákis Int'l), Thessaloniki (Makedonia Int'l), Rhodes
(Diagóras), and Corfu (Ioánnis Kapodístrias).
Athens and
Thessaloníki handle the bulk of scheduled international flights. However,
during tourism season, several charter and planned low-budget flights arrive
daily from many European cities to many of the islands and smaller cities on
the mainland.
Olympic Air
(previously Olympic Airlines) is a private company owned by Marfin Investment
Group, offering services to Greece from several cities in Europe, the Middle
East and Southeast Asia. Aegean Airlines, a member of the Star Alliance
network, which owns half the domestic market, also operates international
routes to Greece from a growing number of European cities. Athens is also
well-served by airlines from all over Europe, the Middle East, North America,
and Southeast Asia, with flights to their respective hubs.
The presence of
low-cost carriers in Greece's international market has increased tenfold within
the past decade, offering service to Athens and Thessaloníki from several other
European locations, such as Easyjet (from London Gatwick, London Luton,
Manchester, Milan, Paris and Berlin), Virgin Express (flying from Brussels),
Transavia (Amsterdam), German Wings (Cologne/Bonn and Stuttgart), Hemus Air
(Sofia), Sterling (Copenhagen, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Oslo), LTU
(Düsseldorf), MyAir (Venice), Norwegian Air (Warsaw, Katowice and Krakow), Wizzair
(Katowice and Prague), FlyGlobeSpan (Glasgow) and Vueling (Barcelona). Ryanair
(Bergamo, Rome, Frankfurt-Hahn, Charleroi and Pisa) offers service to smaller
airports in Greece (Volos, Rhodes and Kos).
By train – Due to the bad
economic situation Greek railways has suspended all international trains since
13 February 2011.
The state train
company is Trainose (Τραινοσέ).
Thessaloniki is
Greece's hub for international rail service. Trains connect Thessaloníki to
Sofia (3 daily), Bucharest (1 daily), Istanbul (2 daily) and Belgrade via
Skopje (2 daily).
There are
special fares as Balkan Flexipass and other offers e.g. the City-Star Ticket
form Czech Republic to Greece.
By car – Greece can be
entered by car from any of its land neighbours. From Italy, ferries will
transport cars to Greece. From Western Europe, the most popular route to Greece
was through Yugoslavia. Following the troubles in the former Yugoslavia during
the 1990s, most motorists from Western Europe came overland by Italy, and then
took a trans-Adriatic ferry from there. Although the countries of the former
Yugoslavia have since stabilized and Hungary-Romania-Bulgaria form another,
albeit a much longer, alternative, the overland route through Italy now remains
the most popular option.
By bus – There is some,
albeit limited, international bus service to neighbouring Albania, Bulgaria,
FYR of Macedonia, and Turkey, as well as Serbia, and Georgia.
By boat – From Italy,
several ferries depart for Greece daily. Ferries to Patras (Pátra),
Igoumenítsa, and Corfu (Kérkyra) leave throughout the year from the Italian
port cities of Venice, Trieste, Ancona, Bari and Brindisi. From Turkey there
are ferries: from Marmaris to Rhodes, from Cesme to Chios, from Bodrum to Kos,
from Kusadasi to Samos. There are also ferries connecting Piraeus and Rhodes to
Alexandria (Egypt), Larnaca and Limassol (Cyprus), and Haifa (Israel).
Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand
The ‘Full Moon’
parties in Koh Pha Ngan are legendary with gorgeous white sand beaches, hordes
of revellers, overflowing booze and music till the wee hours of the morning.
Get in
By plane – The main
international airports in Thailand are at Bangkok and Phuket, and both are
well-served by intercontinental flights. Practically every airline that flies
to Asia also flies into Bangkok, this means there are plenty of services and
the competition on the routes helps to keep the ticket prices down.
International
airports are also located at Hat Yai, Krabi, Ko Samui and Chiang Mai, though
these largely restricted to flights from other Southeast Asian countries. Kuala
Lumpur and Singapore make excellent places to catch flights into these smaller
Thai cities, meaning you can skip the ever-present touts and queues at Bangkok.
The national
carrier is the well-regarded Thai Airways, with Bangkok Airways filling in some
gaps in the nearby region. Bangkok Airways offers free Internet access while
you wait for boarding to start at your gate.
Chartered
flights from and to Thailand from international destinations are operated by Hi
Flying Group. They fly to Bangkok, Phuket, Ko Samui, and Udon Thani.
Many low-cost
carriers serve Thailand. See Discount airlines in Asia for an up to date list.
For a full
at-a-glance list of all Thai-based carriers, see the Thai airlines section
(below).
By train – Thailand's sole
international train service links to Butterworth (near Penang) and Kuala Lumpur
in Malaysia, continuing all the way to Singapore. Tickets are cheap even in
first class sleepers, but it can be a slow ride; the 2-hour flight to Singapore
will take you close to 48 hours by rail, as you have to change trains twice.
The luxury option is to take the Eastern & Oriental Express, a refurbished
super-luxury train that runs along the same route once per week, with gourmet
dining, personal butler service and every other colonial perk you can think of.
However, at around US$1000 one-way just from Bangkok to Butterworth, this is
approximately 30 times more expensive than an ordinary first-class sleeper!
While you can't
get to Laos or Cambodia by train, you can get very close, with rail terminals
just across the border at Nong Khai (across the river from Vientiane) and
Aranyaprathet (for Poipet, on the road to Siem Reap). A link across to Mekong
to Laos is open in March 2009, but service to Cambodia remains on the drawing
board.
There are no
rail services to Myanmar, but the Thai part of the infamous Burma Death Railway
is still operating near Kanchanaburi.
By ferry – It is now
possible in high-season (Nov-May) to island-hop using ferries from Phuket all
the way to Indonesia. This can now be done without ever touching the mainland,
Phuket (Thailand) to Padang (Indonesia).
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
is the second largest city in Brazil, on the South Atlantic coast. Rio is
famous for its breathtaking landscape, its laidback beach culture and its
annual carnival. With everything from nightclubs and bars to street parties and
the famous Carnival, Rio is the perfect city destination for the girls.
Get in
By plane – The cheapest
airfares are from February (after Carnaval) to May and from August to November.
By far the largest international airport in Brazil is São Paulo-Guarulhos
International Airport, the hub of TAM airlines, which has direct flights to
many capital cities in South America. Other direct flights include: North
America: New York, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, Atlanta, Houston,
Dallas, and Toronto. Europe: Lisbon by TAP, Madrid by Iberia, Amsterdam and
Paris by KLM-Air France, London by British Airways, Frankfurt and Munich by
Lufthansa, Istanbul by Turkish Airlines. Asia: Seoul by Korean Air, Tel Aviv by
ELAL, Doha by Qatar Airways, and Dubai by Emirates.
By bus – Long-distance bus
services connect Brazil to its neighbouring countries. The main capitals linked
directly by bus are Buenos Aires, Asunción, Montevideo, Santiago de Chile, and
Lima. Direct connections from the first three can also be found easily, but
from Lima it might be tricky, though easily accomplished by changing at one of
the others. Those typically go to São Paulo, though Pelotas has good
connections too. It should be kept in mind that distances between Sāo Paulo and
any foreign capitals are significant, and journeys on the road may take up to 3
days, depending on the distance and accessibility of the destination.
By boat – Amazon River
boats connect northern Brazil with Peru, Venezuela and Colombia. The ride is a
gruelling 12 days upriver though. From French Guiana, you can cross the river
Oyapoque, which takes about 15 minutes.
By train – Train service
within Brazil is almost nonexistent. However, there are exceptions to the rule,
including the Trem da Morte, or Death Train, which goes from Santa Cruz,
Bolivia, to a small town just over the border from Corumbá in the State of Mato
Grosso do Sul. There is still a train line from there all the way to São Paulo
which at the moment is not in use, but bus connections to São Paulo via the
state capital, Campo Grande, are plentiful. The journey itself is reputedly
replete with robbers who might steal your backpack or its contents but security
has been increased recently and the journey can be made without much
difficulty. It goes through the Bolivian agricultural belt and along the
journey one may see a technologically-averse religious community which
resembles the USA's Amish in many ways.
Sydney, Australia
With
extraordinary cultural experiences like Chinatown, museums, art galleries and
of course the Sydney Opera House to fantastic shopping experiences and
delectable cuisine, this harbour city is a favourite. The lively food scene,
endless days at the beach and the way Sydney's indigenous and convict history
is so often hidden in plain sight.
Get in
By plane – Sydney
Kingsford Smith International Airport is Australia's busiest airport and the
main gateway to Australia. It is located around 9 km from the City centre in
Southern Sydney on the northern shores of Botany Bay. Sydney Airport is the
oldest continually operated commercial airport anywhere in the world.
Over 35 airlines
fly in and out of Sydney Airport with daily flights linking Sydney to key
destinations on every continent. The Asian-Pacific transport hubs of Hong Kong,
Singapore, Bangkok, Tokyo and Seoul have several daily flights, as do the
European centres of London, Paris and Frankfurt (with stopovers in Asia). There
are also non-stop flights to Dubai in the Middle East. North America is
connected via Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas-Fort Worth and Vancouver.
Travellers from South America can fly direct from Buenos Aires or Santiago
(stopover in Auckland). Africa is connected with a daily direct flight from
Johannesburg.
By car – It is possible to
drive to Sydney from Brisbane or Melbourne in a full day, around 9 hours
non-stop to Melbourne or 10.5 hours to Brisbane on the most direct routes. A
comfortable drive would allow two days from Melbourne or Brisbane, and three to
Adelaide. The Melbourne drive is dual carriageway high quality road. The same
can't be said for the Brisbane drive, which while it has high quality sections,
it also has some very narrow winding sections, carries high traffic volumes,
and has many stoppages from roadworks.
By bus – Coach Companies
operate to Sydney from all capital cities, and many New South Wales regional
centres. The Sydney coach terminal is located adjacent to Sydney Central train
station in the City South. Follow the signs.
Coach travel to
Sydney is usually quicker, cheaper and more frequent than train travel. Online
and advance booking specials are usually available.
By train – The New South
Wales long distance train service CountryLink, runs at least daily services to
Sydney from Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra and many regions of New South Wales
including the Mid-North Coast, New England, the Central West and the Southern
Highlands. It also services Broken Hill weekly. Travelling time from Melbourne
and Brisbane is around 12 hours. Fares range between $30 and $100 for standard
class seats, and reservations tickets can be purchased online, by phone, or at
the station. The long distance trains between Melbourne and Sydney, and
Brisbane and Sydney can be a less stressful alternative to driving, but they do
not average particularly high speeds and take longer than flying. It is often
possible to get a discount airfare around the same price or cheaper than the
adult train fare.
The Indian
Pacific train service runs from Perth to Sydney via Adelaide and Broken Hill.
The train departs from Perth on Wednesdays and arrives at Sydney on Saturdays.
These fares are much higher than return plane fares to Perth, this journey is
really for train journey enthusiasts who want to see the interior of Australia.
It also gives you the ability to take your car on the train for an additional
fee.
By ship – Cruise ships
generally dock at the International Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay or at
Barangaroo Wharf 5 at Darling Harbour. Circular Quay is a spectacular place to
dock, right by the Harbour Bridge, and you can walk off the ship into the
centre of “The Rocks”.
Darling Harbour
passenger terminal at Barangaroo seems a little more remote when you disembark,
but it is still easy walking distance to the main attractions, Wynyard Station,
and Darling Harbour itself. The terminal is immediately adjacent (north) of the
King St Wharf precinct, at Darling Harbour, but immigration makes sure you exit
away from the water where you can't see it. Just turn right and follow the
road, it is only a short walk. It is less than 15 minutes walk to the city
centre and The Rocks. It is a 5 minute walk to Wynyard station.
So, here are the
best seven places, where you are going to celebrate the beginning of your new
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