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Voyagez à bord du jet privé le plus luxueux du monde ... 

Le Dreamliner B787 Dreamjet est sans aucun doute l’un des avions les plus confortables du monde. Réservé à quelques chanceux, cet avion de luxe unique au monde a de quoi faire rêver tous ceux qui sont adeptes des voyages en première classe.

 

Un voyage à 23 500 € par heure :

Pourtant, avant de devenir l’appareil le plus luxueux de la planète, cet avion n’était rien de plus qu’un avion de ligne classique, pouvant accueillir entre 240 et 335 passagers. Aujourd’hui, il ne prend plus que 30 personnes à son bord, et encore faut-il avoir les moyens de se payer un tel vol. Le jet privé est disponible pour un peu plus de 23 500 € par heure ! À titre d’exemple, un trajet entre Paris et New York coûterait approximativement 188 000 €.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Un avion suréquipé :

Les fenêtres extra-larges offrent une vue magnifique sur le ciel. L’avion est également équipé de 18 chambres comprenant des lits et des salles de bain pour permettre aux voyageurs de se relaxer comme dans une véritable suite d’hôtel. Les différents salons de l’avion sont également privatisés pour offrir aux passagers une véritable intimité.

(Photo : Kestrel Aviation Managment).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Développé par la compagnie Kestrel Aviation Managment, ce jet privé, unique en son genre, a été mis en service en 2009, et fait des allers-retours entre Londres, Pékin, Hong Kong et Los Angeles. Un seul mot d’ordre pour la compagnie, « faire du voyage un art ».

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Le Mont Fuji au Japon  ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Le mont Fuji (富士山, Fujisan) est une montagne du centre du Japon qui se trouve sur la côte sud de l'île de Honshū, au sud-ouest de l'agglomération de Tokyo.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Avec 3 776 mètres d'altitude, il est le point culminant du Japon.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Situé dans une région où se rejoignent les plaques tectoniques pacifique, eurasienne et philippine, la montagne est un stratovolcan toujours considéré comme actif, sa dernière  jproduite fin 1707, bien que le risque éruptif soit actuellement considéré comme faible.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

À son sommet a été construit un observatoire météorologique et malgré les conditions climatiques rigoureuses, la montagne est une destination extrêmement populaire en particulier pour les Japonais, qu'ils soient shintoïstes ou bouddhistes, en raison de sa forme caractéristique et du symbolisme religieux traditionnel qu'il représente.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Il a ainsi été le sujet principal ou le cadre de nombreuses œuvres artistiques, notamment picturales au cours des siècles. Pourtant, cette fréquentation fragilise l'environnement.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Aussi, le 22 juin 2013, il est inscrit au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO sous le titre « Fujisan, lieu sacré et source d'inspiration artistique ».                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Randonnée dans les Alpes japonaises :

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Les amateurs de marches et de randonnées en montagnes ne seront pas dépaysés en parcourant cette région qu’il est coutume d’appeler les Alpes japonaises.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Les Alpes japonaises sont une cordillère qui traverse l’île de Honshu. Son nom fut popularisé par le révérend Walter Weston (1861-1940), un missionnaire anglais en l’honneur duquel une plaque commémorative a été posée à Kamikochi.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Les Alpes japonaises comprennent les monts Hida, les monts Kiso et les monts Akaishi.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   On trouve dans ces chaînes montagneuses différents sommets dépassant 3 000 mètres d’altitude, les plus hauts du Japon après le mont Fuji.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Cet itinéraire est conçu pour des marcheurs moyens, certains déplacements se faisant en bus.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Si les Alpes japonaises ressemblent à s'y méprendre à la chaine européenne, si elles accueillirent elles aussi des Jeux olympiques d'hiver (Nagano, 1998), si elles offrent les mêmes plaisirs de pleine nature, entre ski alpin, randonnées et autres sports d'eaux vives, elles cachent des trésors typiquement japonais.                   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Vous ne manquerez donc ni la visite du Zenko-ji, l'un des temples les plus remarquables du pays, ni le château en bois de Matsumoto, magnifique, ni, dans un tout autre registre, les bains chauds de Nozawa Onsen. Les Alpes japonaises méritent que vous y passiez plusieurs jours. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Skier au Japon est loin d'être une idée saugrenue. Niseko, sur l'île d'Hokkaido, est réputée pour son excellente poudreuse. La région est également connue sous le nom d' « Alpes japonaises ». Jusqu'à la fin mars, la neige se renouvelle généreusement chaque jour.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Au niveau de la glisse, on y trouve de quoi satisfaire les plus exigeants. La connaissance de l'anglais ne vous sera pas d'un grand secours, mais cela rajoutera une touche d'aventure à vos vacances. La ville de Nozawa toute proche est connue pour ses sources d'eau chaude.  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              photographies Voici quelques photos prises en témoignage de la beauté et de la fragilité de cet arbre si symbolique au Japon, qu'est le cerisier.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Photographie par Ryosuke Yagi © Flickr                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Le train est le meilleur moyen de traverser l'Autriche et de profiter au maximum de vos vacances. Grâce à votre pass Interrail, découvrez Vienne et son côté rafraîchissant, partez sur les traces du film « La Mélodie du bonheur » à Salzbourg et explorez les sommets enneigés entourant la ville d'Innsbruck.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Pendant Pendant votre voyage, vous pourrez admirer l'incroyable beauté de la nature et des paysages incroyables depuis la fenêtre de votre train.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   L’Autriche, en forme longue la République d’Autriche, (Österreich   et Republik Österreich en allemand), est un État fédéral neutre d’Europe centrale, sans accès à la mer. Elle est entourée, dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre, par l’Allemagne et la République tchèque au nord, la Slovaquie et la Hongrie à l’est, la Slovénie et l’Italie au sud, et par laSuisse et le Liechtenstein à l’ouest.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            L'Autriche est membre de l’Union européenne (UE) et de la zone euro respectivement depuis 1995 et le 1^er janvier 1999. Sa langue officielle est l'allemand, mais elle reconnaît aussi par la Charte européenne des langues régionales ou minoritaires : le croate, le hongrois et le slovène. Sa capitale et sa plus grande ville est Vienne.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Géographie de l'Autriche :

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Les trois plus grandes villes sont, dans l'ordre, Vienne, Graz et Linz.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Les Alpes occupent Les Alpes occupent les deux tiers de la surface au sol de l'Autriche. Le point le plus haut est leGrossglockner, qui s'élève à 3 797 mètres.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Le fleuve le plus long est le Danube, qui traverse également l'Allemagne, la Slovaquie, la Hongrie, la Croatie, la Serbie, laBulgarie, la Roumanie, la Moldavie et l'Ukraine. Son parcours en Autriche s'étend sur 350 km.

La plage de Las Teresitas, en espagnol playa de Las Teresitas, est une plage de la municipalité de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, sur l'île de Tenerife. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Tenerife ou Ténériffe, en espagnol Tenerife, est une île d'Espagne faisant partie de l'archipel des îles Canaries, situées dans l'océan Atlantique. Il s'agit de la plus grande île de cet archipel mais aussi de la plus haute, le Teideconstituant le point culminant de l'Espagne avec 3 718 mètres d'altitude.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Tenerife est également l'île la plus étendue et la plus peuplée de la Macaronésie.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Ses 908 555 habitants font d'elle l'île la plus peuplée d'Espagne et la plus urbanisée et cosmopolite des îles Canaries. Santa Cruz de Tenerife est la plus grande ville et la capitale de la province du même nom ; elle est aussi capitale de la communauté autonome des îles Canaries, conjointement avec Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, depuis  1927.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Son économie est essentiellement tournée vers le tourisme avec plus de cinq millions de visiteurs par an mais aussi l'agriculture (production de bananes, de tomates et de concombres).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Elle constitue ainsi une des premières destinations touristiques en Espagne.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Tenerife comporte deux sites inscrits sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO : au centre, le parc national du Teide et au nord-est, la ville de San Cristóbal de La Laguna. Tenerife possède deux aéroports, l'un au nord et l'autre au sud.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Topographie :

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  L'archipel des îles Canaries est situé à 115 kilomètres à l'ouest des côtes du Maroc, dans l'océan Atlantique. Tenerife, la plus grande de ces îles avec 81 kilomètres de longueur pour 45 kilomètres de largeur, est d'origine volcanique, son plus grand volcan, le Teide, se trouve au centre.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Le Teide est le plus haut sommet d'Espagne avec 3 718 mètres d'altitude et à son pied se trouve l'observatoire astronomique de Tenerife.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Le nord de l'île est occupé par le massif d'Anaga et sa forêt primaire de laurisilva (l'un des derniers vestiges de forêt primaire en Europe) et le sud, constitué par les contreforts du Teide, est sub-désertique.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Climat :

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Le climat y est subtropical méditerranéen selon la classification de Köppen, avec une température moyenne annuelle d'environ 22 °C, en hiver le thermomètre descend rarement en dessous de 15 °C. Le climat est très changeant sur l'île, avec une zone sèche au sud et une zone plus humide au nord, balayée par les alizés ou le calima. La neige n'est pas rare en hiver au-dessus de 1 000 mètres.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Faune & Flore :

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Une des principales attractions touristiques de Tenerife est la présence de dauphins et de baleines globicéphales tout près du port de Los Cristianos, au sud. On peut rencontrer un grand nombre de ces animaux entre Tenerife et La Gomera, où la mer atteint une profondeur de 3 000 mètres.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           De nombreuses embarcations proposent d'aller voir ces mammifères marins de près, les dauphins et les baleines s'approchant volontiers des bateaux.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Il y a peu de mammifères typiques sur l'île de Tenerife. Près du Teide on trouve des chats sauvages ainsi que des lapins, retournés à l'état sauvage. Il n'y a jamais eu de fauves ou de serpents venimeux.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       On remarquera aussi les lézards qui sont nombreux sur l'île. Le monde ornithologique est plus riche avec quelques espèces typiques des îles Canaries, comme la variante sauvage du serin des Canaries (Serinus Canaria) ou le pinson bleu (Fringilla teydea), le dernier est le symbole animal de Tenerife.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           La végétation de Tenerife est très variée et beaucoup de plantes sont endémiques des îles Canaries, comme Himantoglossum metlesicsianum, une orchidée.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Ainsi le pin des Canaries (Pinus Canariensis) forme d'immenses forêts à l'intérieur de l'île. Dans le sud plus désertique, on trouve une majorité d'euphorbiacées (plantes grasses similaires à des cactées, beaucoup étant autochtones), et de figuiers de Barbarie (importés pour la culture de la cochenille).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Une autre espèce de plante emblématique des îles Canaries et le symbole de l'île de Tenerife est le dragonnier(Dracaena Draco), dont l'un des spécimens les plus anciens se trouve à Icod de los Vinos.