Posted in Travel
A specific island getaway in South Carolina, Hilton Head Island is classified as resort island. Since it is located in an island, history said that it plays important roles during Civil War back then.
As an important base of operation for the Union blockade of the Southern ports, particularly from Savannah and Charleston. As one of critical island borders, you could found some steps of military in here, as an example is steam canon.
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Travel
As one of islands full of vineyards, there are lots of wine tours traveling business growing in Long Islands. Usually they were offering taste of finest wine and round travel on its vineyards. Every wine has its own different taste, enjoy the differences and make your way of living in there.
Instead of that there something you should consider before using one of the tours agent, find the quality agents, numerous package could attract more customer, but as customer take a good look at it, is important. Some agent that has established for many years are considerable rather than established recently. Price is also made a crucial factor, find the one suit your money.
Old Westbury Gardens open to the public for tours since 1959. It has a magnificent example of the finest in period landscape design and architecture in America. Built in 1906 by the English designer George A. Crawley, Old Westbury Gardens is the former home of John S. Phipps and his wife, Margarita Grace Phipps. The Charles II-style mansion is nestled amid 160 acres of formal gardens, landscaped grounds, woodlands, ponds and lakes.
The gardens are located at 71 Old Westbury Road in Old Westbury, New York.
Today at Old Westbury Gardens guests enjoy the house, the sculpted grounds, and the unusual events. From Scottish games and antique cars to dog days and year-round concerts. Old Westbury Gardens is a gift from a family, who loved their home and its pleasures, to the thousands of visitors who now enjoy its quiet beauty by day and fun, energetic concerts by evening.
Read the rest of this entry »
Another park in Long islands, the park takes its name from the low meadowland which separates the beach from the uplands. A man made dam separates a brackish creek and marshes from the tidal flats, south of which are acres of undeveloped and heavily-wooded hills. The visitor can swim in Long Island Sound where three miles of beach meets tall, glacier formed bluffs at the west end of the shoreline. Like any other beaches in Long Islands, there are similar outdoor facilities in Sunken Meadow State park, such as: biking, horseback riding, picnicking, windsurfing, cross-country skiing, 27 holes of golf, a driving range, a putting range and a three quarter mile boardwalk.
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Beach Attraction
Nearest beach from New York to Long island, which is only six 1/2 miles or about an hour from there. When you’re looking for beach, boardwalk, nature preserves, golf, playgrounds and ample parking fields, then the answer is Jonas Beach State Park. The park comprises 2,413 acres, 6-1/2 miles of ocean beach frontage, with a 1/2 mile of frontage developed for still water bathing.
The park was created during the administration of Robert Moses as President of the Long Island State Park Commission (for which he wrote the legislation in 1923) as part of the development of parkways on Long Island. Built in the 1920s, many of its buildings and facilities feature Art Deco architecture.
Read the rest of this entry »