VirtualGlobetrotting: HaMerotz LaMillion 3

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Port of Haifa
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Roman Theater, Caesarea Maritima
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Mini Israel
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Mini Israel is a Miniature park located near Latrun, Israel in the Ayalon Valley. Opened in November 2002, the site contains miniature replicas of hundreds of buildings and landmarks in Israel. As of 2007, the tourist attraction consists of about 350 miniature models while continuing to expand all on a scale of 1:25.
The permanent exhibition shows the main sites and structures in Israel which are of importance to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The sites are of historical, archeological, cultural, religious, and ethnic importance dipicting the sites and the ethnic groups associated with them, such as different Muslim cultural groups, Jewish, and Christians living in the country, but also Druze, Beduin and others.
The entire complex covers 6.5 hectometres with the models displayed over 3.5 hectometres. The park also includes a souvenir shop, a few restaurants and rest areas and a hall for lectures and meetings in which a film about the creation of the park is displayed.

Tel Aviv - Ben Gurion Airport (TLV/LLBG)
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Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)
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Puerta del Sol
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The Puerta del Sol (Spanish for "Gate of the Sun") is one of the most well known and busiest places in Madrid. This is the centre (Km 0) of the radial network of Spanish roads. The square also contains the famous clock whose bells mark the traditional eating of the Twelve Grapes and the beginning of a new year. The New Year's celebration has been broadcast live on TV since 31 December 1962.

Picasso Tower
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Plaza de Toros de Moralzarzal
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Calle del Doctor Esquerdo
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Featured in Leg 3 of HaMerotz LaMillion 3

Palacio Ducal de Fernán Núñez
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Featured in Leg 3 of HaMerotz LaMillion 3

Hotel Meliá Galgos
Featured in Leg 3 of HaMerotz LaMillion 3

Atocha Station
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(In)Famous for the March 11 2004 terrorist attacks on Madrid

Estación de Sevilla-Santa Justa

Seville Cathedral
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The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See (Catedral de Santa María de la Sede), AKA the Seville Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral designated in 1987 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, along with the adjoining Alcázar palace complex and the General Archive of the Indies. It's the 4th-largest church in the world and the largest Gothic church.

Plaza de Espana
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Torre del Oro
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El Estadio de La Cartuja
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Taberna Sol y Sombra

'Metropol Parasol' by Jurgen Mayer H.
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under construction

Córdoba railway station

Museum of the Inquisition
Featured in a Roadblock in Leg 4 of HaMerotz LaMillion 3

Statue of Maimonides

Calle Sierpes

Sevilla - San Pablo Airport (SVQ)
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Orly Airport (ORY)
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The largest airport in Paris.

Passerelle Debilly
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http://www.lcpc.fr/fr/sources/paris/index.dml

Théâtre Le Ranelagh

Highest point in Paris
"...40 rue du Télégraphe, in the 20th arrondissement (148,48 m - 162.4 yards). Montmartre is only second (130 m - 142 yards). The interesting part is that this "summit" is precisely located in La rue du Télégraphe, because that is where the first telegraph was used by its inventor, Claude Chappe." [parisdailyphoto.com]

Place du Tertre

Passage Jouffroy
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Pont des Arts
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Place Marcel-Aymé
Featured in a Detour in Leg 5 of HaMerotz LaMillion 3

Rue d'Assas

Arc de Triumphe
The Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris, France that stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle, also known as the Place de l'Étoile (Star Square). It is at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. The arch honours those who fought for France, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. On the inside and the top of the arc there are all of the names of generals and wars fought. Underneath is the tomb of the unknown soldier from World War I.

Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)
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Galeao - Rio de Janeiro International Airport (GIG)
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Copacabana Beach

Praia do Abricó

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Arpoador
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Pepino Beach
Featured in a Roadblock in Leg 6 of HaMerotz LaMillion 3

Rocinha
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La Havana - Jose Marti Airport (HAV/MUHA)
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Hemingway at El Floridita
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El Floridita is an historic fish restaurant and cocktail bar in the older part of Havana (La Habana Vieja), Cuba. It lies at the end of Calle Obispo (Bishop Street), across Monserrate Street from the The National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana). The establishment is famous for its daiquiris and for having been one of the favourite hangouts of Ernest Hemingway in Havana.
The Nobel Prize-winning American writer Ernest Hemingway frequented the bar, which is at the end of Calle Obispo (Bishop Street), a short walk from the Hotel Ambos Mundos where Hemingway maintained a room from 1932–1939. Hemingway's children also noted that in the early 1940s Hemingway and his wife "Mary" (Martha Gellhorn) continued to drive from their house outside Havana (Finca Vigía) to the Floridita for drinks. The establishment today contains many noticeable memorabilia of the author, with photographs, a bust and, more recently (2003), a life-size bronze statue at the end of the bar near the wall, sculpted by the Cuban artist José Villa Soberón.
Hemingway wasn't the only famous customer of the bar. The establishment was frequented by many generations of Cuban and foreign intellectuals and artists. Ezra Pound, John Dos Passos and Graham Greene, the British novelist who wrote Our Man in Havana, were also frequent customers.

Hotel Ambos Mundos
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Havana Cathedral
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Havana Cathedral was started in 1748 under the Jesuits and was completed in 1777 after King Carlos III of Spain expelled the Jesuits. The Cathedral is one of eleven Roman Catholic Cathedrals on the island and is located in the center of Old Havana.

Hotel Nacional de Cuba
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The Hotel Nacional de Cuba is an historic luxury hotel located on the Malecón in the middle of Vedado, Havana, Cuba. It stands on Taganana hill a few meters from the sea, and offers a view of Havana Harbor, the seawall and the city.
The New York architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White designed the hotel, which features a mix of styles. It opened in 1930, when Cuba was a prime travel destination for Americans, long before the United States embargo against Cuba. In its 80+ years of existence, the hotel has had many important guests.

Novotel RJ Santos Dumont Hotel

José Martí cigar factory (H. Upmann brand)
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H. Upmann is the brand name of a cigar produced in Cuba for Habanos SA. It is one of the oldest cigar brands, dating back to 1844. After the Cuban Revolution the brand split with part moving to the Dominican Republic under Imperial Tobacco and later Altadis SA. The Cuban produced cigars are still hand rolled in the Jose Marti Havana factory. The tobacco originates from the premium Vuelta Abajo region.
US President John F. Kennedy favored the now discontinued H. Upmann Petit Upmann. He apparently had aide Pierre Salinger procure several boxes before JFK signed the Cuban Embargo.

Zapata Swamp

Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)
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FKA McCarran International Airport and McCarran Field

Fremont Street
Fremont Street is a street in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is the second most famous street in the Las Vegas Valley after the Las Vegas Strip.
Prior to the construction of the Fremont Street Experience, the western end of Fremont Street was the picture of Las Vegas that was included in virtually every television show and movie that wanted to display the lights of Las Vegas. The abundance of neon signs, like cowboy Vegas Vic, earned the street the nickname of Glitter Gulch.

The Little White Wedding Chapel
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Giant Harley Davidson Motorcycle

Las Vegas City Hall
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Star Costume

Dino's Lounge

Golden Gate Hotel and Casino
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The Golden Gate initiated to serve a fifty cent shrimp cocktail in 1959, which became in 1991 a 99 cent shrimp cocktail. Now it is a well-known Las Vegas cliché.

Stratosphere Tower
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Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino
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Golden Nugget Hotel/Casino
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Dig This! Heavy Equipment Playground

Howard Johnson by Wyndham Las Vegas near the Strip

Longevity Sports Center
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Hoover Dam
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DoubleTree by Hilton Flagstaff

Canyon Creek Ranch

Arizona Snowbowl

Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)
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Sky Harbor

Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)
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Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a famous monument erected in memory of Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of China. It is located in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
The monument, surrounded by a park, stands at the east end of the Gate of Great Centrality and Perfect Uprightness. The structure is framed on the north and south by the National Theater and National Concert Hall. The entire plaza is located within sight of the Presidential Office Building.

Taipei Confucius Temple
Direct link below.

Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
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Raohe Street Night Market

Advertising sensory overload
Amazing collection of ads. Puts Time Square to shame.

Huashan 1914 Creative Park

Taipei Railway Station
Direct link below (goo.gl)

Yun Hsien Resort
Featured in the final leg of HaMerotz LaMillion 3

Shifen Waterfall

Snake Alley

Jingan Suspension Bridge

Grand Hotel (Taipei)
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The Grand Hotel (Chinese: 圓山大飯店; literally "Yuanshan Great Hotel"), is a landmark located at Yuanshan (圓山) in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). The hotel was established in May 1952 and the main building was completed on October 10, 1973. It is owned by the Duen-Mou Foundation of Taiwan, a non-profit organization, and has played host to many foreign dignitaries who have visited Taipei.