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The Canary Islands offer visitors much more than sun and beach tourism. In the breathtaking volcanic landscapes, the different climatic zones that can be found in different parts of the beautifull islands and gorgeous beaches, is also another natural spectacle increasingly scarce in our day: the night sky.

While years ago it stopped being the Milky Way from the cities, it is still possible to see our own galaxy in some rural areas far from major population centers. However, the most privileged to enjoy the celestial wonders from Spain are the Fortunate Isles.

In the Canary Islands is the most important astronomical observatory in Europe: the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, opened in 1985 on the island of La Palma.

Very specific climatic conditions of La Palma and its geographical location in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, leading to the formation of a sea of clouds lies between 1,000 and 2,000 meters. These clouds act like a real mirror and prevent light pollution of coastal populations difficult to observe the stars.

In Tenerife is Izaña Observatory, also known as “Observatorio del Teide”, which depends on the Canary Island Astrophysics Institute, devoted mainly to solar observation.

In Tierra del Fuego can be reached by land, sea or air. Those who choose the latter option, entering through the airport in the provincial capital, are spectators of a unique landscape: as the plane begins its descent, the snow-capped mountains are giving way to imposing the Beagle Channel, an arm of 180 kilometers interoceanic links the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Navigate its waters is one of the most fascinating experience of classic and Ushuaia. Motorsailer catamarans and venture into the Tierra del Fuego channels in various circuits, such as the Isla de los Lobos, three hours, and the Penguin, which twice as long, crosses the islands of the Birds, the Lobos, the famous Eclaireurs Faro, the island Gable and Mackinlay step culminating in Martillo Island, home to a colony of Magellanic penguins and gentoo penguins increased. It is also possible to take the route that landed in the Estancia Harberton.

Another way to see the famous canal explored by Captain Robert Fitz Roy is by diving, admiring the deep sub-Antarctic waters, possessing great wealth of flora and fauna and underwater forests.

Within the so-called conventional tourism, the city of Ushuaia offers city tours, visits to the Maritime Museum and Presidio Ushuaia, Fin del Mundo, Yamana and the City, as well as the Promenade des Artisans, the Martial Glacier and National Park Tierra del Fuego.

For those who have little time, it is recommended that combines the tour bus, the Railway End of the World and a boat to go postal flagship National Park, as Ensenada bay, lake and bay Lapataia Rock, where you board a catamaran that travels through spectacular bays, islands and peninsulas. Read the rest of this entry »

Giorgio Armani, has become the new owner of the famous island of Skorpios, which lies off the west coast of Greece and it was the resting place of its most famous owner, Aristotle Onassiss. In this beautiful island is where he married Jacqueline Kennedy in 1968.

Bill Gates, Roman Abramovich and Madonna have been more famous Skorpios interested in purchasing, but Armani shelved them all to pay a figure close to $ 190 million.

Skorpios is considered one of the most beautiful private islands in the world, and certainly should be also one of the most expensive. The island has a luxury villa called the Casa Rosada, tennis courts, swimming pools and gardens. In his eighty acres there are three villas, a Byzantine church and a small cemetery.