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Big White Ski Resort is recognized  internationally as a family oriented holiday destination. In the middle of the village are being held the Big White events and activities. If you need something, there is the Activities Desk where you will find members of the Guest Services Team and ask for them.

If you have some questions on your family holiday, the first place you want to go is the Activities Desk. There you have all the information you need, all the daily and weekly events that happen there. There are usually at least three events happening daily which are designed for the whole family.

This resort is also called the Champagne Powder because every year over seven hundred and fifty centimeters falls naturally here during a season that last from mid November until mid April, and that’s why what we describe our mountain experience we say it’s the snow and why the mountain itself is called like that, the Big White.
Located West of the Canadian Rockies in central British Columbia, Big White features over one hundred eighteen runs and dozens of local secrets.

This mountain is open and uncrowded with some of the fastest and most modern lifts in Canada. All the Big White accommodations are ski-in and ski-out. In fact, Big White village is the the Canada’s largest ski-in and ski-out resort for skiing holidays. You can stay in a hotel right in the village or rent a luxurious cabana. Dine in great European restaurants or sample Canadian cuisine, spend you days off as you like and treat yourself to a luxurious European spa treatment.

It’s not surprising. Big White Mountain Resort has been named the North America’s number one family resort.

Machu Picchu, also known as The Lost City of the Incas, is an impressive citadel in the Andean tropical mountains near Cuzco in Peru. It consists of 13 square kilometers of terraced stonework.   The monumental stone ruins were discovered in 1911 by the American anthropologist Hiram Bingham.

Since its discovery, Machu Picchu has been attracting a huge number of travelers throughout the time, reaching 400.000 in 2003. Some of you probably wondering why is this place so visited? Below you will find some answers.

Machu Picchu is a complex city, perched perilously on top of a mountain, a work of architectural genius. This extraordinary place, built on a steep mountainside overlooking the rapid waters of the Urubamba River, was a place inhabited and visited only by the chosen few of the Inca Empire.

The inhabitants of Machu Picchu were priests, official representatives of the Inca Emperors, craftsmen and, most importantly mamacunas, women chosen to dedicate their lives to the sun god.  It seems that women were in the majority in the city. When archeologists began excavating the area, they found 173 skeletons, of which 150 were women.

Machu Picchu was a city without poor people, a city of temples, small but carefully constructed homes, aqueducts, fountains and walkways, plus five hectares of cultivated farmland, organized in an intricate system of terraces. The whole system was linked by more than three thousand steps. The city is divided into sections: the cemetery, the jails, the small dwellings and the temples, built for the sun worship which was central to Inca religion. The main temple is the Temple of the Three Windows. The sun passes through its windows and shines on to the Sacred Plaza, which might have played an important part in sun rituals. On a slope in front of the city is the Condor Stone, a flat altar in the image of a condor’s head and body. A hole at the front of the head leads below to a small cave; sacrifices probably took place on the altar and the blood from those ceremonies was collected in the cave below.

The magnificent buildings from Machu Picchu are the work of a people with great talent, people who had created a complex and sophisticated society. Machu Picchu remains a remarkable monument to the skills of the inhabitants of the Inca empire.

Machu Picchu ruins

Lille is the fourth largest city of France, and one of the best reasons to travel through Lille is that it is located near Paris and Belgium. You can easily visit these two places and find a cheap rail ticket to London. Eurostar trains provide easy access from London to Lille. You can get cheap Eurostar tickets for London to Lille and if you grab some latest Eurostar deals then you can save lots of money on your travel.

Lille is a wonderful place full of rich culture, ancient architecture and food. It is also a home to many wonderful museums and art galleries. Apart from that Lille is famous as a shopping destination too. There are more than 140 indoor shops located near the Eurostar train station. Lille is famous for its food, some of the best cakes and pastries are available at the small cafes in the indoor shopping complex. The other main attractions of the city are the famous opera house General de Gaulle of 17th century.

The architecture of Lille resembles its rich heritage of Netherland and France. The city has been ruled by many different cultures of the bygone era. Lille has been rules by duke of Burgundy, count of Flanders, the king of Spain and the Hapsburgs of Austria. The ruling kingdom of Lille was France, King Louis of France overtook the city from the king of Spain in 1887, since then it has remained under the country France.

Eurostar is the best way to travel from London to Lille and back. Due to the high-speed trains and economical rates, these trains compete with airlines. It takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes from London to Lille and vice versa. It is easier to get cheap tickets from London to Lille if you book early.