Part2: Top 10 most beautiful swimming pools in the world

4. Main Pool, Singita Grumeti Reserves Sasakwa Lodge, Tanzania

Seeing the migration of wild animals such as antelopes or zebras on the Serengeti savannah is truly amazing. The Serengeti is the scene of one of the natural greatest spectacles when in excess of a million wildebeest, zebra and gazelles migrate through the region on their endless quest in search of fresh grazing and water.  Located in the Singita Grumeti Reserves, Sasakwa Lodge, when you come here, in your eyes, a wonderful view of the meadow, wildlife animals running around below will appear… At Singita Sasakwa, you can ride on horseback to witness the herds, revel in the absolute freedom of the wind and the pounding of hooves all around you.

Interesting suggestion: Both 7 luxury tents in Sasakwa Lodge all have the gardens with charming landscapes and separate swimming pool and great views around.

5. Rooftop pool, The Standard Hotel in the center of Los Angeles city

The swimming pool is on the 12th floor of the hotel- the highest floor of The Standard hotel in the Los Angeles city. It is L-shaped, with the tents which are hung in the air and vibrating waterbeds, next to it, there is the counter serving water such as cool cocktails, along with the surrounding scenery, all are harmonious and will make all travelers open eyes to see.

In melodious music with a charming cocktail, you can watch the scenery of the Library Tower, Library Square and the rest of the sparkling skyline of the city far behind.

6. The swimming pool in the garden, Palazzo Avino, Ravello, Amalfi, Italy

7. Main pool, Banyan Tree Seychelles, Mahé, Seychelles

A narrow point at the center of the pool just out over a talcum-powder beach below leaves you with the feeling you're floating above the waves. 

8. The rooftop swimming pool, The Berkeley, Knightsbridge, London

You get rare views of the leafy expanse of Hyde Park to the north, and an eagle-eye vantage point of Knightsbridge and flagship stores Harvey Nichols and Harrods to the west. 

9. Floating Pool, Villa D'Este, Lake Como, Italy

There are few more exhilarating sights on earth than the floating pool on Lake Como. Dating from the 16th century, Villa D'Este is located immediately next to Lake Como in the northern of Italy. Villa has 152 rooms and a pool built into the floating boat on the lake 28 miles wide.

10. The swimming pool - Spa Village, Resort Pangkor Laut, Malaysia

The swimming pool - Spa Village belongs to Resort Pangkor Laut which is long and narrow under the cool shade of palm trees and flowering trees makes you feel like swimming in the sea. It is located on the island of Pangkor and the groves of the tropical area, so when you come here, you will drop yourself into the beautiful nature, an extremely wonderful feeling of the refreshment. A part of the Spa Village of this exclusive private island resort, the pool, and its steep curved edges drop down to a narrow sandy beach that is invisible from the pool itself, so your view is of palms, villas on stilts in the ocean, and the lush forests of Pangkor Island across the Bay of Malacca.

Interesting suggestion: Run along the swimming pool, there is a bar Jammu, so you can call drinks or dishes of tropical fruits.

The spectacular natural pools in the world

There's nothing like being immersed in the cool and clear lakes, in the middle of beautiful nature on a hot summer day. The natural pools are like the heaven on earth.

To Sua Trench, Lotofaga, Samoa: This 30-meter-deep clear lake which is situated amidst the blue mountain and the green forest is known as the most beautiful natural pool in the world. A series of canals linking with the South Pacific make the lake never dried up. Photo: Atbreak.

Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkey: Pamukkale means the "cotton castle". This name comes from the fanciful white color of the cliffs formed by hot springs in southwestern Turkey. Considered as the national treasure, this place was carefully guarded, but visitors are allowed to take a dip in the lake which is small and shallow. Photo: Ibellhop.

Ik Kil, Yucatán, Mexico: Known as the "Green sacred sinkholes", this particular lake has a strange attraction to tourists. Even the way down the lake also offer exciting experiences, tourists have to wriggle through the vines and tropical plants, with the sound of birds that are chirping. The clear, cool lake water with the sunshine is the perfect place for travelers to swim in pleasure. Photo: Tuulavintage

Giola, Thassos Island, Greece: On the island of beautiful Thassos, a unique lake named Giola attracts many visitors. Giola is like a magnificent jewel which is attached to the cliff, with blue waters, and in a separate location. This is paradise for those who love swimming or simply soaking in cool water and relaxing. Photo: Thassossummer.

Devil's Pool, Victoria Falls, Zambia: This swimming pool is close to the edge waterfall - Vitoria, along the Zambezi River on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. In the dry season, the water in the swimming pool of the Devil is lower enough for tourists to swim out to the edge of the falls and look down from a height of 90 m. Local tour guides insisted you will not be swept away due to a natural stone wall just below the water surface. Photo: Cartman.

Magical river, Mindanao, Philippines: Hinatuan River, also called as "magical river" by the local people because its water seems to flow out from the ground, is a saltwater river. Blue, cool and limpid waters invite guests. Water is so clear and fresh that you just want to soak in it all day. This place is like a natural aquarium tank because there are many fish species appearing around you.

Tat Kuang Si Waterfall, Luang Prabang, Laos: Nothing dispels the heat in Laos more than dropping into the strangely blue waters of the falls - Tat Kuang Si. The falls create small natural pools before flowing into the lake, where visitors can swing with rope, swim, and play. This waterfall is a place not to be missed when you visit Laos. Photo: Clint Burkinshaw.

Las Grietas, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador: This is a canyon which was created by the lava. Both saltwater and freshwater flow into the canyon, creating a natural pool with the temperature maintained at 18-20 degrees Celsius. In order to get here, visitors have to walk a pretty far distance, but they will enjoy the great clear, cool waters. Photo: Nil Valls.

The answers for 8 common questions when traveling to Taiwan

1. The ideal time Taiwan tourism

The most favorable time for traveling in Taiwan is in the fall, from September to November. The weather at this time is relatively cool, comfortable and suitable for guests to sightsee and have a nice trip here. In the summer, from June to August, typhoons usually appear, but it is appropriate to go along the east coast with the blue sea and the nice sky.

2. The ideal duration of a Taiwan tour

Just spending from 7 to 10 days in Taiwan, you can explore almost famous places in Taiwan; however, it depends on the time and your economic conditions, you can choose an appropriate schedule. The two largest cities in Taiwan are Taipei and Kaohsiung. From these cities, you can easily go to other places.

3. Ways to get a visa to Taiwan

If you have a valid visa or a permanent residence card of US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, you just need to register in advance on the immigrant web site of Taiwan to receive a certificate, which allows you to freely travel without a visa. However, you must prove your returning airplane ticket.

In case, you have the visa of the above countries, but it has yet expired, you must complete the form that is available on the website: visawebapp.boca.gov.tw and then pay the entry fee about $ 50 (non-refundable even without the visa). Also, your passport must be still valid for at least 6 months.

If you do not have any visa of these countries, you should do the same as case 2 and must demonstrate your financial situation (including a minimum passbook costing $ 5,000 within six months, papers of property along with personal business). If you work for a company, there must be a labor contract, resolution to leave for vacation, your identity card, your household registration, and a two-way airplane ticket.

4. Transportation in Taiwan

In Taiwan, there are 3 main public means of transport with a reasonable cost, which are the MRT (Mass Rapid Transit), THSR (Taiwan High-Speed ​​Rail) and conventional buses. Like other developing countries, traveling by MRT is convenient and safe, whether you can speak Taiwanese or not.

Buying tickets for the bus or MRT, you can go to the supermarket to buy Easy Card with the deposit of NT $ 100 and then recharge the card with about NT$600 or above. If you buy a ticket, its fare is bout NT $ 20 for once. If you are confident with the ability to know the road system, you can take a bus with a cheaper price, at about NT $ 7 -10.

5. Resting in Taiwan

As developing countries, the hotel prices are quite high in Taiwan. However, if you take the time to search on the internet, you can also find out clean rooms at affordable prices. One piece of advice for you is that you should find some hotels nearby the Shilin market (in the Shilin District), or nearly Taipei 101.

6. Tourist destinations in Taiwan

In Taipei, you can take a map and cross the famous tourist spots to create a reasonable itinerary. These points cannot be ignored when coming here including the Palace Museum, the Sun Yat-sen Memorial House and Chiang Kai-shek, the ancient Longshan Temple, the Tower 101, the well-known night markets such as Shilin, Dansui, Shengkeng. Also, you can go to enjoy a cup of green tea at the Maokong Mountain, visit the Eslite Dunnan, which Times magazine rated as the best bookstore in Asia. This is the only bookstore in the world opening 24/7 for customer service...

Around Taipei, there is the famous Jiufen village, Jinguanshi, the Yangmingshan National Park, the Beitou hot springs. It is further, you can go to the Taroko gorge, Taichung - Puli - Sun Moon Lake or Alishan - Tainan - Kao Hung - Kenting.

7. Eating in Taiwan

The Taiwanese cuisine is very rich and tasty, tonic, cheap. If the Chinese food is too spicy, oily and makes you full, the food in Taiwan is more insipid, less greasy and very elegant. You can enjoy dishes such as beef noodles, Tian Bu La, sticky tubes, rotten tofu.... Taiwan is also famous for milk tea with lots of different flavors.

8. The special gifts in Taiwan

Besides the delicious attractive cuisine, Taiwan also has many products which are wrapped luxuriously and subtly so that tourists can buy them as a gift for family and friends such as the traditional green tea, the Kinmen peanut candies, pineapple cakes, etc. In addition, some places like the old town of Taoyuan, the West Gate ... all sell many small souvenirs bearing the logo of Taiwan.

Discover the 10 most beautiful works on the cliff in the world

Valparaiso (Chile)

Valparaiso is the most important seaport of Chile and also one of the cities located on the most famous mountain of the country. It is also known under the name Little San Francisco or the jewel of the Pacific. It was built 350 years ago when Chile was colonized by Portugal. The city was in the list of world cultural heritage which was recognized by UNESCO in 2003. Unique landscapes and cultural festivals which are held annually make Valparaiso become a hot tourist destination which attracts many tourists in the world.

Predjama Castle (Slovenia)

Predjama is a castle which is built inside the cave is located about 11km from the town of Postojna. The castle is one of the most famous sights of the country Slovenia and has appeared in film “Armor of God” with the participation of actor Jackie Chan. The castle holds great features for kids of any age – holes on the ceiling of the entrance tower for pouring boiling oil on intruders, a very dank dungeon, a 16th-century chest with full of treasure, and an eyrie-like hiding place at the top called Erazem's Nook, named for Erazem, Lueger. Built from 1274, it is considered as a wonderful combination of natural beauty and human talent.

Huyen Khong Temple (China)

Huyen Khong temple, also known as the Hanging Temple is located on a cliff at an altitude of 75 m in the province of Shanxi. The 1400-year-old temple was built during the Northern Wei (386-557), to worship Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. This is considered a rarity in the world when all 3 religions were worshiped in a temple. With its impressive architecture when it is protruding from the cliff, this place is where a lot of Buddhists seek. However, Huyen Khong Temple is also considered as a dangerous tourist destination because people who visit this place are more and more crowded, this causes beams which are used to hold up at risk of cracking.

Cova d’en Xoroi (Spain)

When referring to romance, many people immediately think of the sea, sunset, and music. Cova d'en Xoroi – the club is located on the seaside cliffs of the south coast of Menorca island will help you get these things only with 8 Euro / person. Cova d’en Xoroi is an observation spot of astounding views, where one can contemplate the sunrise, sunset, moon, and stars.  Watching the sunset with someone you love or dancing all night are not the bad choices for the couple to come here to enjoy romantic moments of love.

Paro Taktsang (Bhutan)

Paro Taktsang is a famous Buddhist temple of Himalayas; it lies on a craggy cliffside of the Paro valley. It was built in 1692 and was voted one of the 10 most sacred temples in the world. According to legend, Padmasambhava flew from Tibet to here on the back of a tiger, it is also known as The Tiger's Nest. It not only brings visitors a tourist attraction with spectacular scenery but also is an attractive venue to celebrate Tsechu Buddhist festival annually.

Discover the 10 most beautiful works on the cliff in the world

These buildings will leave an unforgettable impression of anyone who has the opportunity to admire them because the great beauty is created by the skillful hands of people.

Swallow’s Nest (Ukraine)

Built from 1912, Swallow's Nest is considered as the symbol of Crimea. This castle including 2 floors was built on the top of Aurora Cliff at a height of 40 meters with 2 bedrooms, 1 living room, 1 foyer and 1 small observation tower. It has appeared in many films such as "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie. Sitting in the castle having the architecture in Neo-Gothic style and watching the romantic views of the sea outside is a great suggestion for anyone who wants to enjoy romantic moments while traveling.

Phugtal Monastery (India)

Phugtal Monastery also called Phuktal, lies on a 3800-meter-high giant canyon of the Himalayas, in the southeast of Zanskar, India. It is one of the most isolated monasteries in the south-eastern Zanskar region in Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir in northern India. Built in the early 12th century only from brick, mud, stone and wood, but it remains almost intact until today. Phuktal’s design and the isolated location is of spiritual significance because ancient monks sheltered and meditated in the caves of this area. The monastery is home to 70 monks with 4 churches, 1 library, 1 preach area and common room. To reach the entrance to the monastery, tourists are forced to walk through the 7 km mountain road.

The Treasury (Jordan)

The Treasury is one of the most famous sights of the city of Petra, Jordan. Built in the 1st century BC, this work is a building which is made of solid stone and is situated at a height of 40m. The reason that this building has been built until now is a mystery but most experts believe that it is used as a temple or a royal tomb. It also is one of the places where is preferred by filmmakers, such as in the movie "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade".

Moonhole (Grenadines)

Located on the island of Bequia in the Grenadines, Moonhole is a separate community which was established in the 60s with the purpose of natural conservation and environmental friendliness. The houses here are equipped with generators which use solar energy and rainwater which is stored in tanks to cater for bathing.

In 2004, The New York Times described Moonhole as "an amazing residential community where some houses, with professional chefs and other staffs, can be rented by the week …”

Cliff House (The United States)

Built in 1963, the Cliff House is a restaurant which is located on the cliffs in the north of Ocean Beach in San Francisco. Despite more than 150 years old, it is still very strong. Even in the earthquake in 1906, it was almost undamaged. Currently, this restaurant is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Here is a tourist attraction which appeals many tourists to visit beaches while they both can enjoy delicious meals and admire the peaceful scenes around.

Cliff House in 1950.