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Federal Capital of the United States, Washington has about 600,000 inhabitants within the city.

Located in the eastern United States, the city underwent a humid subtropical climate, with a very hot and stormy, and cold and snowy winter.

The city is the headquarters of the White House, Capitol and other American institutions. She is also a popular tourist destination, due to many museums and remarkable buildings: the Washington Monument obelisk to honor the first president of the United States, Lincoln Memorial, the Library of Congress is the most much of the world by its number of volumes, the eighteen museums of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Air and Space Museum, which is the most visited U.S..

You will also find many art galleries, and the Kennedy Center concert hall houses an opera company. The city is served by two international airports, and subway for your journeys within the city.

There is also a free self-service bicycles. You'll have no trouble finding restaurants of all kinds, and the nightlife is always lively.

In addition, the city is regularly the scene of festive events, like the DC Jazz Festival, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, or the Week of the Restoration.

Capital of the state of Massachusetts, Boston is also the economic and cultural center of New England. Famous universities, libraries, cultural manifestations, its colonial architecture, makes it an American city apart. It has about 700,000 inhabitants, and over five million if we take into account the suburbs in its entirety.

You might be lucky enough to attend one of the frequent festivals held in the city involve several movies, but there is also a festival of Baroque music, and other significant events such as Gay Pride, Day Puerto Rican or Haitian Parade, reflecting the cultural diversity of the city.

Museums are another attraction in Boston, you can visit the prestigious collections, either at the famous Museum of Fine Arts at the Institute of Modern Art and one of the many other museums in the city.

The historical heritage is very rich and interesting: the Freedom Trail signpost a discovery tour featuring monuments and sites, such as the Public Garden in Boston Common, Park Street Church, the cemetery King's Chapel, the site of the Boston Massacre and the Paul Revere House, the oldest in Boston.

Subways and buses allow you to move easily into the city, but cycling is a means of transport to honor the city, and highly praised by students.

Largest city in the United States, New York has more than eight million people: it is an economic and cultural center of global dimension, and therefore a unique tourist destination.

Served to three airports, the city hosts forty million tourists each year. Very cosmopolitan, it consists partly of areas related to the origins of their inhabitants. The skyscrapers are among the major characteristics of New York the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, the Flatiron Building, the Trump World Tower, are some examples of international repute.

Other places are a must if you visit the city include Times Square, the Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, Fifth Avenue, Ground Zero, Broadway theaters, Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden , The Blue Note, the Bronx Zoo, the amusement park at Coney Island, among others. Added to this famous museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the Museum of Modern Art, to speak only of the most famous. Getting around the city will be well known through the yellow taxis, but also in metro, the latter totaling nearly 500 stations.

You'll have no trouble finding accommodation anywhere in the city ... on condition that they put the price! New York is an expensive city, but you can be seduced by this megalopolis and its diversity, its hectic pace, its excess.

Philadelphia is a city in the state of Pennsylvania, USA, and has nearly a million and half people.

Located on the banks of the Delaware River, it represents a significant historical center, but also a cultural and artistic center. Its history is marked by the original presence of the Algonquin, then by the arrival of Swedish settlers, Dutch and English, and finally by its role in American independence.

She knows a hot and humid in summer, mild-seasons, and often harsh winters. Two international airports serve the city, which has a vibrant cultural life, with many events and a rich heritage of museums and monuments.

You can see Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Masonic Temple, Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Cathedral of St. Pierrre and Paul, and visit several museums, or science as the Academy of Natural Sciences of or exhibition venues for contemporary art as the Abington Art Center.

Its cobblestone streets and picturesque houses testify to the past of the city, while its ubiquitous murals reveal its roots in the present. From the point of view of entertainment, opera in Philadelphia is internationally recognized dance company and the city also has an international reputation.

Florida City Miami has a little over 400,000 inhabitants. It is reputed to be a city of entertainment and a beautiful resort.

The harbor is home to many cruise ships, it is also the largest in the world for the transport of such passengers. Another feature of the city's population is very cosmopolitan.

Its tropical climate provides humid summers and warm winters and dry and sweet, with the possibility of cyclones between May and October. Cultural life is very dynamic theaters and concerts, museums, parks and public gardens, fashion shows, world famous nightclubs, all areas are affected.

Its international airport sees 35 million passengers pass each year. To move around the city, you will find a subway line, a Metromower and Metrobus. The tourists enjoy the beaches of course a priority, but many other attractions await you at Miami Metrozoo, the Zoo, Monkey Jungle, the jungle of apes, Vizcaya, Italian Renaissance-style city, but also many water sports, and all kinds of shows, from restaurants to seafood, local specialty, and shopping.

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City of the American state of Missouri, Kansas City has about 500,000 inhabitants. Mainly devoted to business, the city only opens moderately tourism.

A gigantic park, Swope Park, occupies a large area of the city, with parks, golf courses, a zoo, a theater and outdoor sports facilities in different areas. You can also visit the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, bringing together collections of ancient art, classical and contemporary, the Westport neighborhood, very old and restored with its many restaurants and various businesses, the Kansas City Jazz Museum, the River Market which is the largest open-air market in the Midwest, and The Plaza shopping center with its chic boutiques and cinemas and theaters. Do not miss the Agricultural Hall of Fame and National Center, with its unique display of farm machinery from around the world and its technology demonstrations of agriculture of all time.

Many restaurants dot the city and you'll have no problem eating, especially in fast-food grills very frequent. You can also go by car to Weston to visit the oldest distillery in the USA.

City of the state of Minnesota USA, Minneapolis has a little less than 400,000 inhabitants. It is twinned with the city of St. Paul nearby. Many lakes are scattered throughout the city, itself located at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi.

Undergoing a continental climate, the vile knows cold winters and mild summers and wet. The city is marked by its history linked to the presence of the Sioux, and the Great Depression of 1931 caused major riots. Today an important cultural center, it is strongly oriented towards the arts, theater, music and cinema.

The museums are no exception: the Minneapolis Institute of Arts is the largest city, but there are several other very interesting. Minneapolis is served by an international airport and domestic travel can be done by tram and bus. Note also the system of covered walkways for pedestrians, allowing them to move away over ten kilometers between blocks from the city.

Food lovers are spoiled for choice to find good quality restaurants offering cuisines from diverse backgrounds. In addition, the park hotel is provided and the hospitality of the population known.

Largest city in the state of Louisiana to the United States, New Orleans has more than 300,000 inhabitants.

Industrial and commercial center, the city, situated on the banks of the Mississippi, also has an active port and a vibrant cultural life. Jazz has largely contributed to its international reputation. More recently, she was devastated by Hurricane Katrina and its reconstruction is still ongoing.

Although the city is English, it is marked by its French heritage and culture of the Caribbean. You can visit the St. Louis Cathedral, the oldest of the USA, on Jackson Square, the Aquarium, the Laura Plantation transformed into a museum where you will discover the daily life before the Civil War, cemeteries so special with their stone crypts and wrought iron ornaments, but also stroll through the French Quarter, take a sternwheeler cruise on the river, or sample the local cuisine in the many restaurants in town.

You'll have no problem to choose a hosting package that suits you, between small hotel in historic Bed & Breakfast or classic. For your transportation in the city, the bus service is excellent, very regular tram, and you can even explore the French Quarter in a carriage.

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State capital of Georgia, city itself has a little over 500,000 inhabitants, but the metropolitan area exceeds 5 million people. Its climate is subtropical with mild winters and summers hot and humid.

The scene in Atlanta has given birth to many hip hop artists, but also the birthplace of Martin Luther King, and several monuments dedicated to him. Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone with the wind, is another figure in the city, and you can visit his house. See also: Coca-Cola Museum, the studios of CNN, Jimmy Carter Library, Oakland Cemetery, the only surviving monument to the Civil War, Stone Mountain and its bas-reliefs of the leaders of the Confederate States America, but also the High Museum of Art with its fine collections of painting, the Georgia Aquarium, which is the largest in the world and home to 500 different species, and the botanical garden with its various habitats replicated glasshouse.

Atlanta is a modern metropolis that offers further entertainment, ranging from the nightly shows various sporting activities. Have also curious to taste the local cuisine in the many establishments in town.

City of Texas in the United States, Houston has a little more than two million inhabitants. Populated with many skyscrapers, the city has however kept older structures: 19th century buildings around Old Market Square, reconstruction of a shopping street of the same period in Long Row, for example. Tourists visiting Houston will not fail to visit Space Center, NASA's only site open to the public, and where it addresses the discovery of space in a playful way. They will also discover the zoo and its 4,500 exotic animals, the Museum of Natural Science in Hermann Park, and numerous parks scattered throughout the city.

In artistic terms, Houston has a symphony orchestra, an opera, a ballet company and a theater very dynamic. Several museums are worth visiting, especially the Menil Collection, the Contemporary Arts Museum and The Heritage Society Museum. One of the other attractions of the city is that it is close to the coast and marinas, and beaches. You will travel easily by car because the road network is very impressive ... but that does not traffic!

Don't visit the city during summer because the temperatures are very high humidity and often unbearable.

Capital of the State of Arizona in the United States, Phoenix has a little more than a million and half people.

Located in the Salt River Valley in the desert, the city has a climate very dry and hot, with mild winters and sunny.

The city has flourished thanks to the arrival of the railroad in the late 19th century and it became a resort for retirees in the second half of the 20th century because of its dry air and pure. It is served by Sky Harbor International Airport and many attractions can attract tourists who visit Phoenix: Desert Botanical Museum with its collection of plants from arid regions, the Heard Museum with a collection dedicated to Native American art, Mystery Castle for its strange architecture, but also the ancient city of gold diggers a few miles from Phoenix.

Many physical activities can be practiced, especially golf, which has over a hundred routes around the city! The arts are also present in the city with an opera, a symphony orchestra and several theaters. In addition, the park hotel is large and offers different types of accommodation.

Main City Washington United States, Seattle has just over 600,000 inhabitants, but its agglomeration totaling almost three million and a half.

Surrounded by forests and lakes, the city encouraged the practice of outdoor activities. It is itself built on several hills and is crossed by a canal. The climate is oceanic, with almost Mediterranean summers, mild winters and relatively frequent rainfall in the year.

Important regional center for live shows, the city also offers many events, book fair, film festival, bike race, etc.. and has many museums: the Museum of Art Henry Art Gallery, the Seattle Art Museum and the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture are examples.

You can also visit the zoo and the aquarium and the famous Experience Music Project, both cultural center and interactive museum dedicated to Jimi Hendrix among others, and Rock. Some monuments are not to be missed in the city: the Space Needle with its 185 meters high, the building of the Columbia Center, the Chapel of St. Ignatius, the central library.

Buses and trams provide easy movement in the city, which is served by an international airport.

City in the state of California USA, San Francisco has more than 7 million people if we take into account the entire metropolitan area.

Central economic, cultural and tourist city enjoys a Mediterranean climate. Known as the birthplace of several avant-garde and its reputation for tolerance, the city is served by an international airport.

You can see the Golden Gate Bridge, take the famous cable cars, visit museums such as the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, the Exploratorium, the Museum of Asian Arts.

You will also discover its hills and steep streets, Chinatown, Coit Tower, Alcatraz site, the Aquarium of the Bay and Golden Gate Park. Urban transport is very effective in San Francisco, be it metro, tram or bus, and you will not resist the unique experience of the cable car, with its unique system that has been classified " monument.

Getting around on foot is also a real pleasure in this city. Accommodations are mostly in the Downtown area, and restaurants are many and varied, with a quality often better when it comes to foreign specialties.

Located in California, Los Angeles is the second city in the U.S., just behind New York. Its metropolitan area has a little more than eighteen million inhabitants. Nicknamed the City of Angels, it enjoys a Mediterranean climate with mild winters and hot summers.

A feature of the city is that it extends over 100 kilometers from north to south, and it has no real downtown. Tourism occupies an important place, with attractions such as Disneyland Park or the Universal Studios Hollywood.

Other DoLandmarks, Sunset Boulevard, Melrose Avenue or the boutiques of Beverly Hills attract visitors, as well as Venice Beach or the Malibu. A number of museums are also worth a visit: for example the Art Museum of Los Angeles County, the Museum of Neon Art, the California Science Center.

Several places offer musical or theatrical performances, and graffiti and murals scattered throughout many parts of the city. Do not miss out on some buildings to the remarkable architecture: the Los Angeles Central Library with its Egyptian aspect, the Bradbury Building in Italian Renaissance style, and several skyscrapers over 200 meters high.

It is advisable to rent a car to visit the city in the most convenient way possible.

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