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# Pella (Greece)

Pella is a municipality in Central Macedonia, Greece, about 40 km west of Thessaloniki.

## Understand

The municipality is named after Ancient Pella, which is famous for being the birthplace of Alexander the Great. Ancient Pella contains an archaeological site with a museum, and is adjacent to a small village named Pella. The largest population center in the Pella municipality is not the Pella village, but a town named Giannitsa.

## Get in
### By bus

You can take a bus from Thessaloniki to Giannitsa. A two way ticket is about €10 and the trip takes about 1 hour. Ask the bus driver to drop you off at an 40.7490822.528511 impromptu bus stop next to the main road, 10 minutes on foot from the Archaeological site.
There's a bus about every hour. Check the schedule.
On the way back you might be able to catch the bus directly to Thessaloniki at the same stop or you might need to take a local bus to 40.78344822.4112622 Giannitsa in which case you need to go to a 40.7618922.524023 local bus stop. Ask the people working at the Museum for further assistance, including local bus schedules, stops and where to buy the ticket.

### By car

Take Greek National Road 2 (EO2). The sights are a few kilometers from the Pella exit.

## Get around

Pella village is a small village where everything is within walking distance, although not flat.

## See

The wealthy capital of the kingdom of Macedon in the time of Alexander the Great.
* 40.7622.5191671 Ancient Pella Museum (western end of the village), ☏ +30 23820 31160, pella.museum@gmail.com. 08:00 - 17:00. €8 combined ticket for both the Museum and the archaeological site. (updated Nov 2020)
* 40.7541422.51892 Ancient Pella archeological site (just before reaching the village from the national road). 08:00 - 17:00. Ruins of the ancient city of Pella. €8 combined ticket with the museum. (updated Nov 2020)

## Eat

There are a few restaurants in the center.

## Sleep

There are no professional lodging options in Pella village, given its size. But there are usually a couple of Airbnb rooms available at not very cheap nightly rates.
Most people visiting stay in either Thessaloniki or Giannitsa.

## Go next

* Vergina - Burial site of the kings of Macedon
* Thessaloniki - The second largest city in Greece.
# Pella (Iowa)

Pella is a town in Central Iowa.

## Understand

Established in 1847 by a group of 800 Dutch immigrants, this small town prides itself in its Dutch heritage, which is now the main reason for visitors to come here. Pella, a small town, is home to about 10.300 people, as well as to the Pella Corporation and Vermeer Manufacturing Co.

## Get in

Most people drive, but if you have your own plane, you could fly into the local airport.

### By plane

* 41.402778-92.9455561 Pella Municipal Airport. General aviation airport. No scheduled passenger service. (updated Aug 2020)

## See

* Vermeer Mill Museum, 714 E 1st St, ☏ +1 641 620-9463. Largest working windmill in the US $10/adult, $6/student. (updated Aug 2015)
* 41.40686-92.917421 Tulip Time Monument, 507 Franklin St. Large monument where the annual Tulip Time Festival takes place. (updated Feb 2024)

## Do

* Tulip Time Festival. The largest festival in Pella is in early May. There is a show, parade and tours celebrating their Dutch heritage. (updated Aug 2015)

## Sleep

* Country Inn & Suites by Carlson, 315 Roosevelt Road. Part of the Radisson chain, this midsized, classically decorated hotel out of town has 69 rooms and all the usual facilities of a 4 star hotel. There's an indoor swimming pool, a fitness studio, free WiFi and coffee making facilities in the room. $110. (updated Aug 2015)
* Royal Amsterdam Hotel. While its classical style may look old-fashioned, this pleasant hotel the city centre is not actually all that old. Opened in 2001, it has friendly staff, and the restaurant gets good reviews too. $130. (updated Aug 2015)

## Go next

* Des Moines
* Ottumwa
# Pella

There is more than one place called Pella:
* Pella (Greece) - a city in Macedonia (Greece)
* Pella (Jordan)
# Pella (Jordan)

Pella is a town in Northern Jordan.

## Understand

Pella (known in Arabic as Tabaqat Fahl (طبقة فحل)) is a village and the site of ancient ruins in northwestern Jordan, some 130 km north of Amman in the Jordan River Valley. It is half an hour by car from Irbid, in the north of the country.

## See

The site has been continuously occupied since Neolithic times. First mentioned in the 19th century BC in Egyptian inscriptions, its name was Hellenised to Pella, perhaps to honour Alexander the Great's birthplace. The Roman city, of which some spectacular ruins remain, supplanted the Hellenistic city. During this period Pella was one of the cities making up the Decapolis. The Decapolis were twelve (despite the name) cities in Israel, Jordan and southern Syria which were centres of Greco-Roman culture. The city was the site of one of Christianity's earliest churches. According to Eusebius of Caesarea it was a refuge for Jerusalem Christians in the 1st century AD who were fleeing the Great Jewish Revolt.
The city was destroyed by the Golan earthquake of 749. A small village remains in the area. Only small portions of the ruins have been excavated.
The University of Sydney and the Jordanian Department of Antiquities have been conducting excavations at Pella since 1979. The focus has been on the site's Bronze Age and Iron Age temples and administrative buildings which were first exposed in 1994.
Just below the ancient site is a mosque which commemorates the death of one of the Companions of the Prophet Mohammed, who fell in battle here during the Battle of Fahl in January 635 CE.
# Pello (disambiguation)

There is more than one place called Pello:

### Finland

* Pello — a town in Finnish Lapland

### Sweden

* Pello - a location in Övertorneå, Norrbotten County. Population of 160.
# Pellworm

Pellworm (North Frisian: Polweerm, Danish: Pelvorm) is one of the North Frisian Islands.

## Understand

Pellworm is one of the many island in the so-called Waddensea, where the tide retreats every few hours to allow walks on the sea bed. The island of only 6x7km with 1200 permanent inhabitants is one of the quieter islands.

## Get in

The NPGD ferry runs between Strucklahnungshörn harbour on the Nordstrand peninsula and 54.50118.70151 Pellworm Harbour. During high season the ships run every 2 hours. You can buy tickets without (€15.00) or with (€27.60) bus transfer from Husum station, which is the closest rail station.
The small 54.5358338.6818332 Pellworm Airstrip is not open for the public and only accessible with prior permission (PPR). It supports helicopters or small aircraft up to 2,000 kg (4,400 lb), supplying the island.

## Get around

Pellworm is small and quiet enough that cycling on the paved streets is fine. There's also limited bus service, operating in part as service on request after phoning the bus and ferry company NPDR.

## See

* 54.496328.665961 Pellworm lighthouse (Leuchtturm Pellworm).
* 54.515458.592382 Alte Kirche St. Salvator, Alten Koog. Church, with collapse tower, dating back to the 13th century.

## Eat

* Leos Fisch & Grillimbiss, Rungholtweg 6 (Am Hafen, Tammensiel), ☏ +49 4844 766.
* Café Leuchtfeuer, Süderkoogweg 10, ☏ +49 4844 472.

## Sleep

* 54.495498.66041 Hotel Friesenhaus, Kaydeich 17, Pellworm, ☏ +49 48 44 99 04 90, fax: +49 48 44 99 04 941, info@hotel-friesenhaus-pellworm.de.
* 54.533238.598512 Hotel Kiek ut, Hooger Fähre 6, Pellworm, ☏ +49 48 44 90 90, fax: +49 48 44 90 940, info@nordsee-hotel-pellworm.de.

## Go next

* Amrum
* Sylt
# Margoon Waterfall

َMargoon Waterfall is in Sepidan of Iran. This waterfall is the main attractive of Abshare Margoon protected area. Margoon waterfall falls from the heart of a rocky mountain and has about 70 m height and 100 m width and is considered as the biggest waterfall in Iran.

## Understand

Most of the people know Abshare margoon protected area just because of its famous waterfall and almost all visits of ordinary people to this area happen in hot months of the year when the temperature of this area hardly reach to 25°C (but temperature reach 40°C and more in most of the country). This protected area has lots of attractions, and you can enjoy mountain climbing, rock climbing, camping, and landscape photography.

### Flora and fauna

As Abshare Margoon protected area is a part of Zagros Mountain range, it has diverse flora and fauna. Oak is the main plant of the forests of the area and brown bear, Persian leopard, wolf, fox, wild boar, wild goat, and porcupine are some of its wilderness.

### Climate

The area has a cold climate between November and April as sometimes the parts of the waterfall gets frozen. The weather is mild during the summertime.

## Get in

A road comes to Margoon Village-a village just near the waterfall-, to reach the road Sepidan and Yasuj are the start points.

## Fees

There is no fees for entrance, hiking, etc. Damaging the flora, fauna or polluting the water is forbidden in the area.

## Get around

If you are not a skilled mountain climber, personal cars are the best to reach the area.

## See

In the gorge which waterfall falls, there is another stream which people can follow it to reach to the end of the gorge where there is a cave which the stream flows out of it. A horrible sound is heard from inside the cave which is from another waterfall at the end of the cave. visiting the waterfall at the cave is proposed to visitors who can swim.
# Mariana Islands

The Mariana Islands are composed of two U.S. jurisdictions:
* The territory of Guam
* The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
# Mari El

Mari El (Russian: Респу́блика Мари́й Эл rees-POOB-lee-kuh muh-REE ehl) is a region in the Upper Volga, bordering Nizhny Novgorod Oblast to the west, Kirov Oblast to the north, Tatarstan to the southeast, and Chuvashia to the south.

## Cities

* 56.63277847.8958331 Yoshkar-Ola — the capital is the only city of any size in the region, its name means Red City in the Mari Language, and lost virtually all its industry during perestroika
* 56.34194446.5636112 Kozmodemyansk — has a large open-air ethnographic/architectural museum of the Mari people
* 55.86666748.353 Volzhsk — the region's second largest city is on the Volga River
* 56.28694446.2994444 Yurino — a village with one very large and eclectic 19th century Sheremetyev Castle, formerly a popular Volga retreat for European and Russian royalty, but now a museum/hotel located in a beautiful area on the Volga and undergoing restoration
* 55.96666748.0166675 Zvenigovo — a town on the Volga River

## Other destinations

* Bolshaya Kokshaga Nature Reserve
* Mari Chodra National Park

## Understand

Mari El is notable for being one of the last strongholds of organized paganism in Europe. While many of the Mari people have converted to Russian Orthodoxy, a sizable number practice the Mari Native Religion, which combines Christianity with significant native shamanistic traditions. The Russian and Soviet governments have been suspicious of Finno-Ugric nationalism within Mari El (and Udmurtia), however, and have discouraged the Mari Native Religion; accordingly, it may be difficult to have any experiences with the Mari Native Religion while visiting the region. But if you do, you may be lucky enough to experience some of the Mari People's millennia old traditions, like their marriage ceremonies in sacred forest groves.
Today, ethnic Russians comprise a narrow plurality of the population, just under 50%, while the native Mari people comprise about 42%.
Mari El may also be an alluring destination to visitors looking for "the real Russian forests." Its unspoilt forests and numerous lakes make the region an intriguing choice for back country horseback riding and hiking, as well as hunting and fishing.

## Talk

While English will not get you far, everyone you meet will speak Russian, although many of the Mari speak it as a second language in addition to their native Mari language, which is a relative of Finnish.

## Get in

Kozmodemyansk, Volzhsk, Yurino, Zvenigovo are all reachable by boat on the Volga River. Otherwise, it is easiest to arrive through the capital and regional road hub of Yoshkar-Ola via rail from the railway junction at Zelenodolsk (Zeleny Dol), Tatarstan, which is near Kazan and Kanash/Cheboksary. An overnight daily train runs from Moscow's Kazan railway station to Yoshkar-Ola, which takes about 14.5 hours.

## Do

* Outdoor activities such as fishing, hunting, horseback riding, hiking, and relaxing by one of the region's many lakes.
# Kafta Sheraro National Park

Kafta Sheraro National Park is in Tigray in Northern Ethiopia.

## Understand

Kafta-Sheraro was recognized as a park in 2007.

### Flora and fauna

Home to large mammals such as Caracal, Aardvark, Roan antelope, Loxodonta africana, Xerus rutilus, Hystrix cristata, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Hippotragus equines (Roan antelope), Taurotragus oreyx, rufifrons Thomson’s, Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Defassa waterbuck), Bush duiker, Dikdik, oribi, Oreotragus oreotragus, Common warthog, Ethiopian rock hyrax, White tailed mongoose, Galerella sanguinea (Slender mongoose), Civettictis civetta (African civet), Crocula crocuta (Spotted hyena), Canis aureus (Common jackal), Canis mesomelas (Black-backed jackal), mellivora capensis (Honey badger), Papio anubis.

### Climate
## Get in

Located 600 km northwest of Mekelle; the capital of Tigray.
# Kafountine

Kafountine is a coastal village in the Casamance region of Senegal.

## Get in

Cars go from Ziguinchor many times a day.

## See

Kafountine has some nice beaches.
It is also just north of a national park, good for bird watching and boat trips down the river.
It is also possible to take boat trips to the nearby islands, some of which are used as marijuana plantations.

## Do

Learn to plan a Djembe drum, or just enjoy a drum concert.

## Sleep

There are many competing places to stay. Feel free to bargain for the price, you will often get a good deal.
# Rüsselsheim

Rüsselsheim is a city of 65,000 people (2018) in Hesse. It is known as a centre of the German automotive industry because of its manufacturing and research facilities. It is also known for its fortress, which dates from 1399.

## Understand

Rüsselsheim is the location of one of Opel's automotive manufacturing sites, the former General Motors European design centre (now PSA), and the Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Centre.

## Get in
### By car

Exits off the A67 and A60

### By plane

Frankfurt Airport is only a few kilometres away.

### By train

Rüsselsheim is on the line between Mainz and Frankfurt.

## See

* 49.9992718.419391 Festung Rüsselsheim (Rüsselsheim Fortress), Hauptmann-Scheuermann-Weg 4. (updated Feb 2016)
* Stadt- und Industriemuseum Rüsselsheim (Town and industrial museum), Hauptmann-Scheuermann-Weg 4 (in the fort), ☏ +49 6142 832950. The museum, which was designated in 1980 with the Council of Europe's museum award as a "Model Museum", focuses in particular on the development of labour procedures and labour conditions from prehistory to the present. (updated Feb 2016)
* 49.9987518.4177622 Stiftung Opelvillen, Ludwig-Dörfler-Allee 9, ☏ +49 6142 836014. Art exhibitions. (updated Feb 2016)
* Opel. Car factory tour available by prior booking. (updated Feb 2016)
* The Rüsselsheim Theatre provides 865 seats in stalls and tiers. The theatre's programming consists of plays, concerts, operas, operettas, musicals, ballet, and dancing.

## Eat

If you like Turkish food, then there are plenty of choices in and around Marktstraße.
* Roter Hahn, Hessenring 61, ☏ +49 6142 9554. Good steaks
* Shahi Indian, Ferdinand-Stuttmann-Straße 10, ☏ +49 6142 62263. Good Indian restaurant.
* Freeway, Lise-Meitner-Straße 6, ☏ +49 6142 7933222. American restaurant.

## Drink

* Kleines Rüsselsheimer Brauhaus, An der Wied 1 (Haßloch), ☏ +49 6142 562430. Good German beer and food.

## Sleep

* Achat Comfort Hotel, Eisenstraße 28, ☏ +49 6142 858 0.
* Novum Select Hotel Rüsselsheim (formerly Columbia Hotel), Stahlstraße 2, ☏ +49 6142 8760. (updated Apr 2019)
* Best Western Hotel Rüsselsheim Frankfurt-Airport, Eisenstraße 6, ☏ +49 6142 8940.

## Go next

* Frankfurt
* Mainz
* Mörfelden
# Rēzekne

Rezekne (Latgalian: Rēzne, Russian: Резекне) is in Latgale, Latvia.

## Understand

The town is a good place from which to explore the nearby Rāzna National Park, which contains Lake Rāzna, Latvia's second largest. Being a major rail junction, Rezekne is a place where travellers may get stuck for a few hours/days between trains.
Rēzekne was first mentioned in 1285. In the 9th century, there was a Latvian castle here, which was destroyed in the 13th century by German crusaders belonging to the Order of the Earth. Consequently, they built a new stone castle as a checkpoint for the eastern border of the League Confederation.
In 1582, the city became Polish, as part of the Duchy of Lijfland. After the first Polish division, it went with the rest of Latgale under the Russian empire.
The first congress of the Latgale region was held in Rēzekne in spring 1917, during the World War I. Following the independence of Latvia in 1918, the city became its cultural centre.

## Get in
### By train

Rēzekne has two train stations. The Moscow-Riga trains stop at Rezekne 2. The Riga-St Petersburg and Vilnius-St Petersburg trains call at Rezekne 1. Both stations are fairly central. Local trains run several times daily to Riga.

## See

* Castle ruins.
* Latgales Māra (Letmal Māra). This statue by Leons Tomašickis is the symbol of the city and dedicated to Latvia's independence.
* Sacred Heart of Jesus church.
* Latgales kultūrvēstures muzejs (Latgale Museum of History and Culture), Atbrīvošanas 102 (North of the roundabout). Tu–F 10:00–17:00, Sa 10:00–16:00.

## Sleep

* Kolonna Hotel Rēzekne, Brīvības iela 2 (near Rezekne 1 station). €40 - 60.
* Viesu nams Rūmes, Platači. Dorm €12, rooms from €20.

## Go next

* Ludza – Small and scenic town, 25 km from Rēzekne.
* Lake Lubānas – In the far southeastern corner of Vidzeme. The largest lake in Latvia by area, but also one of the shallowest ones with average depth just 3 m. A great place for windsurfing and under-ice fishing in winter.
* Teiču Swamp Nature Reserve (Teiču dabas rezervāts) – In the south east. Take some of the wood-board walking paths to observe wild animals and birds. It is necessary to contact the reservoir's guide for entry permission.
* Gulbene – A small town with the only narrow gauge railway in the Baltics, to/from Alūksne.
# Rădăuți

Rădăuţi is a city in Southern Bucovina.

## Understand

A relatively pleasant small town with several historical sites, Rădăuţi is also a good base for visiting the Painted Monasteries. It has received prizes as being the cleanest city in Romania.

## Get in

Radauti is reached by hourly buses from the regional hub Suceava (one hour away) and 4-5 direct buses from Bucharest (9-10 hours away). There are also several buses from Siret (30 minutes away), near the main border crossing from Ukraine.

## Get around

The town is rather small, it can be visited on foot.

## See

* 47.842625.9174141 $^{[deadlink]}$ Mănăstirea Bogdana (Bogdana Monastery), strada Bogdan Vodă nr. 6, ☏ +40 230 563005, bogdana@bogdana.ro. Partly built in the 14th century, it is one of the oldest religious sites in the country
* 47.84666125.9158642 Muzeul Etnografic (Ethnography Museum), Piaţa Unirii nr. 69, ☏ +40 230 562565. Has extensive collections of traditional artifacts (wooden objects, pottery, clothing etc.) from throughout the Bucovina region
* 47.84705725.9122393 Templul Mare (Great Temple), strada 1 Mai nr. 2. A large synagogue built in 1883 by the once numerous Jewish community
* Biserica Naşterea Sfintei Fecioare Maria (Birth of the holy Virgin Mary church), strada Ştefan cel Mare nr.16. The town's only Catholic church, built in 1823-1826

## Do

* $^{[deadlink]}$ Rădăuţi stud farm, strada Bogdan Voda nr. 114, ☏ +40 230 561524, fax: +40 230 561524, info@hergheliaradauti.com. One of the largest and oldest (founded 1789) stud farms in the country, it offers horse and pony rides, carriage and sledge trips, riding classes etc. €1.5-€30.

## Go next

* Bukovina - historical region in Central Europe
* Arbore monastery is about 15 km south of the town
* Sucevita monastery is 20 km to the west
* Putna monastery is 30 km north-west
# SA

There is more than one place referred to by the acronym SA:

### Africa

* South Africa — a country in Africa

### Australia

* South Australia — a state in Australia
# Pilibhit

Pilibhit is a city in Uttar Pradesh in India. It is 48 km from Bareilly and is the greenest area.

## Get in

From Lucknow it is 250 km and takes 6 hours. Train route is meter gauge from Lucknow. The city is well connected from Lucknow and Bareilly by road and rail.

## See

* Oasis (In the fields on the Pilibhit-Bisalpur Road).
* 28.69279.8531 Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (near Sherpur Kalan). The protected forest holds an amazing ecosystem of over 400 square miles and provides a good prey base for the elegant cats. Other National Parks like Corbett and Dudhwa in India and Royal Shukla Phatan in Nepal are close by..

## Buy

* ITC's Choupal Sagar. Shop for your daily needs as well go on a shopping spree collecting clothes from the John Players range.
* Anand Footwear, J P road (choori wali gali). Very reasonable footwear shop with all kind of varieties, Contact person, Subahsh Anand
# Pilar (Bataan)

Pilar is a town in Bataan, Central Luzon, the Philippines. It is best known as the location of Mount Samat National Shrine.

## Understand

Pilar is one of the oldest towns of Bataan. Spaniards in the galleon landed in a sitio of Balanga and were greeted by the natives. The place was named in honor of the image of the Our Lady of the Pillar, hence the town was called "Pilar".
Pilar is located to the south of Balanga, the capital city of the province. According to the 2015 census, the historic town has 41,823 people.

## Get in

To get to Pilar, you must take either of these highways: Bataan Provincial Expressway (or more commonly called Roman Superhighway) and Bataan National Road.

## See
### Historical sites

* 14.668227120.5525381 Flaming Sword, Barangay Panilao. This is a landmark depicting a hand holding a flaming sword up in the air, which symbolized the Filipino patriots' courage and gallantry as they face the adversary and threats to their democracy and freedom. The ESPADA was inaugurated on April 8, 1967.
* 14.605778120.5089362 Mount Samat National Shrine. Also known as Dambana ng Kagitingan or Shrine of Valour, it is a 92-meter-high War Memorial Cross and a national shrine atop Mount Samat, built to honor and remember the gallantry of the Filipino and American soldiers who fought during World War II. Memorial services are conducted every April 9, which is commemorated nationally as Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valour) and known in the province as the Bataan Day.

### Natural attractions

* 14.614639120.4927223 Dunsulan Falls, Barangay Liyang. This is a waterfall located at the foot of Mount Samat, northeast of the National Shrine.