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Canada

Jasper National Park: a park in the Rocky Mountains

Jasper National Park is, by extension, the largest park in the Canadian Rockies. This park covers an area of over 10,800 km². The park was founded in 1907 and today is visited by nearly two million people every year. Jasper National Park has the highest mountain in Alberta, Mount Columbia, which reaches 3,747 meters in […]

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Canada

Alberta: vast grasslands and spectacular mountains

Alberta is a province in western Canada, located near the Rocky Mountains. These mountains mark its border with the British Columbia province. The territory of Alberta then borders to the east with Saskatchewan, to the north with the Northwest Territories, while to the south it borders Montana, a state of the United States of America. […]

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Canada

Moraine Lake: a lake in the Rocky Mountains

Moraine Lake is a lake of glacial origin located in the scenic Valley of Ten Peaks at about 1,885 meters high. The lake is small in size – in fact it has an area of only 0.5 km² – but it is located in a scenario of incomparable beauty surrounded by the majestic peaks of […]

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Canada

Banff National Park: the oldest national park of Canada

Banff National Park, which covers an area of 6.641 km², is the oldest (it was founded in 1885) and most famous park in Canada. Today it is visited by about five million people every year. Together with the neighboring parks of Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho, and the provincial parks of Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine and […]

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Canada

The climate of Vancouver: when to go to Vancouver

The climate of Vancouver is temperate oceanic, due to the mitigating effects of the sea and the protection of the surrounding mountains, the city has a mild climate compared to other areas of Canada. Vancouver is characterized by a mild but highly variable climate. Temperatures in Vancouver are never excessive, and in winter the average […]

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Canada

Vancouver: the most livable city of Canada

Vancouver is the most important city in British Columbia and the third largest city in Canada by population. Its metropolitan area is home to over 2,300,000 people. The city lies on the estuary of the River Freser, on the Burrard Peninsula, and along the shores of the Georgia Strait of the Pacific Ocean. A CITY […]

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Canada

British Columbia: nature to the nth power

British Columbia is a province in western Canada. This province is located at the western end of the country, along the Pacific ocean coast. Britain is over four times the size and is the second largest province of Canada after Quebec (excluding the territories). The province, which is bordered in the west by the Pacific […]

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United States

United States of America: modernity and nature

The United States of America is a presidential republic. This nation which is the most important among the industrialized countries is made up of a confederation of 50 states and a federal district (District of Columbia, the city of Washington, capital of the United States and seat of the federal government). The country borders Canada […]

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Canada

The climate of Canada: when to go to Canada

The climate of Canada is continental, the country is in fact largely exposed to the polar influences, this translates into a kind of cold climate, with long, harsh winters and short summers, while spring and autumn are very short. The climate of Canada is not all that cold as is generally believed, in fact, the […]

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Canada

Canada: untouched nature and economic power

Canada (Canada) is a federal monarchy associated with the British Commonwealth, composed of 10 provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador) and 3 territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut). The country borders in the north with the Arctic Ocean, to the west with Alaska and the […]

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Virgin Islands of the United States

The climate of the US Virgin Islands: when to go

The climate of the US Virgin Islands is tropical hot-humid, but with pleasant temperatures at any time of the year thanks to the constant blowing of the north-east trade winds. In fact the temperatures vary little during the year and the average temperatures of January are around 22 ° C-30 ° C, those of August […]

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Virgin Islands of the United States

Virgin Islands of the United States: an ancient Danish colony

The Virgin Islands of the United States archipelago is a territory belonging to the United States of America. Until 1917 these islands were a possession of Denmark. In that year they were bought by the United States. The archipelago is located in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, between Puerto Rico and the British […]

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Turks and Caicos

The climate of Turks and Caicos: when to go

The archipelago of the Turks and Caicos islands, has a tropical climate tempered by the north-east trade winds, with stable temperatures throughout the year and with two climatic seasons that differ from each other in the rainfall. The temperatures of the Turks and Caicos islands undergo only small variations during the year, the average minimum […]

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Turks and Caicos

Turks and Caicos: tourism and financial activities

The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British overseas territory located in the Caribbean, in the Lesser Antilles, north of the island of Hispaniola and south-east of the Bahamas. The state is made up of the two archipelagos of the Turks and Caicos islands. The capital is the town of Cockburn Town, on the island […]

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Trinidad and Tobago

The climate of Trinidad and Tobago: when to go

The climate of Trinidad and Tobago is tropical hot and humid with high temperatures and heavy rains. The seasons are limited to a rainy season between June and December and to a dry season between January and May. The average maximum temperatures exceed 30 ° C at any time of the year and the average […]