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Exuma

Exuma is a district of the Bahamas, consisting of over 360 islands (or cays). The largest of the cays, and the only one with any significant population, is Great Exuma, which is 37 mi (60 km) in length. The islands of the chain are also collectively referred to as the Exumas.

Islands
Many of the islands in the Exumas are privately owned. Only inhabited islands open to the public (or at least paying guests) are listed here.

 * Great Exuma
 * Staniel Cay
 * Little Exuma
 * Fowl Cay
 * Great Guana Cay (Black Point)
 * Farmer's Cays
 * Norman's Cay
 * Musha Cay — super-exclusive resort that hosts only one group of up to 20 guests at a time

Cities

 * on Great Exuma
 * Staniel Cay - small town that forms the transportation and tourism hub for the northern Exumas
 * Black Point (Bahamas) - probably the largest local settlement in the northern Exumas, located on Great Guana Cay

Get in
The Exuma island chain is 130 mi (209 km) long. The northernmost islands are under an hour away from Nassau by speedboat and many tour operators offer day trips. Great Exuma has the only airport in the islands, which receives flights from Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and Nassau. This airport is approximately 10 mi (16 km) north of the main settlement of George Town. The other islands may be reached by charter or your own boat.

Get around
Great Exuma and the connected Little Exuma can be seen via car. The other islands are accessible only by tour charter, boat, or private aircraft. The best way to explore the Exuma chain is on your own (or a friend's) sailboat or yacht. It's a major recreational cruising route.

Car and boat rental is available in George Town, Great Exuma and at the airport. Must have international or US driver's license.

Note that Exuma - like all the Bahamas - drives on the left side of the road. Rental cars can typically be specified as left/right wheel configurations subject to availability.

Water taxi to Stocking Island
Leaves twice daily from Peace and Plenty Restaurant in Georgetown Harbour to the neighboring Cay of Stocking Island.

See

 * Thunderball Grotto, where the James Bond film Thunderball was filmed. A natural cave inside a small rocky islet, half filed with seawater and tropical fish, and lit by natural openings in the roof of the cave. The islet is only accessible by boat, and the cave is only accessible by swimming through an opening in the rocks (by snorkel at low tide, or by diving at high tide. Located next to Staniel Cay, and probably accessible by tour from there if you don't have your own boat.
 * Exuma National Land and Sea Park, a beautiful stretch of protected natural islands near the northern end of the Exuma chain. Major destinations within the park include Shroud Cay, with its crystal-clear channels through mangrove forest, where you can find sea turtles, stingrays, and baby sharks, and Hawksbill Cay, with its beautiful beaches and hiking trails. The park headquarters is at Warderick Wells Cay.
 * Pig Beach, a popular Bahamas tourist destination near Staniel Cay that consists of nothing but a sandy beach occupied by hungry and sometimes aggressive pigs. Only worthwhile if you're amused by farm animals on a beach. Maybe a fun stop if you're coming through on your own boat, but we wouldn't pay for a tour to go there.
 * Iguana Beaches, where you can see the native Northern Bahamian Rock Iguana up close and personal. There's a good one on the western shore of Bitter Guana Cay, a small island near Black Point in the northern Exumas.
 * Nurse sharks - These mostly-harmless bottom-dwelling sharks cluster around marinas to feed on scraps thrown in by people cleaning fish. Compass Cay Marina (north of Staniel Cay, near the Exuma Land and Sea Park) offers the chance to swim with the nurse sharks in a relatively controlled environment form $10 per person. There is also a spot at Staniel Cay Marina where you are allowed to swim with them at your own risk. Nurse sharks can bite, but usually only if you put your hands near their mouths. The bite isn't deadly, but can cause bleeding. The bigger threat to be aware of is bull sharks, which are much more dangerous and also attracted to marinas.
 * Norman's Cay plane wreck - A crashed cargo plane sitting in shallow water in the lagoon of Norman's Cay, near the northern end of the Exumas. The plane crashed during the time that the island was controlled by drug runner Carlos Lehder, an associate of Pablo Escobar, and popular urban legends repeated by tourist literature claim it went down while smuggling drugs. However, sources familiar with the island's history dispute this, with alleged eyewitness saying it instead was crashed by a drunk pilot who was trying to sell the plane to Lehder. The plane is a popular snorkeling destination, since its location in shallow water makes it easily accessible (the top sticks out above the surface at low tide). If you don't have your own boat, it can be reached by a tour from Staniel Cay or Nassau.

Diving
Dive Exuma in George Town offers boat dives at several reefs, blue holes, and wrecks around the island.

Golfing
The Four Season's Hotel closed and is in process of conversion to a Sandal's Resort scheduled to open in late January 2010. It has an 18 hole golf course that may or may not be open to non-Sandal's guests in the future. The course was closed as of December 2009.

Hiking
Stocking Island off George Town, Great Exuma has many trails including a nature walk setup by Peace & Plenty and Dive Exuma in 2000/1 with descriptions of many of the plants. Can climb Monument hill for a great panoramic view, or walk along the long beach on the ocean side. Over 10km of trails are marked and run all over the island. A map of the trails can be picked up at the tourist office in George Town.

There are also some short hiking trails on Great Guana Cay, including to the blowhole near Black Point and an impressive cave near Oven Rock (latter accessible only by boat).

Eat
Most marinas have a yacht club restaurant open to the public. Other than that, the only places where you're likely to find restaurants are in the few towns, like George Town and Black Point.

 * Farmer's Cay Yacht Club - pleasant locally-owned and run restaurant/bar on a small island in the northern Exumas. Recommended stop for cruisers with their own boats.
 * Farmer's Cay Yacht Club - pleasant locally-owned and run restaurant/bar on a small island in the northern Exumas. Recommended stop for cruisers with their own boats.

Stay safe

The crossing from Nassau to the northern end of the Exumas is only 40 miles, but it's across open water and can get choppy if it's windy. Bring along a warm, ideally waterproof coat, and try to get a seat near the middle of the boat to minimize both bumpiness and sea spray.

There are nurse sharks and lemon sharks in the waters around the islands. They don't usually bother humans, but it's best to ask for local advice on where to swim — shallow water is usually fine. Beware of the more dangerous bull sharks, which are sometimes attracted to marinas because of fish cleaning (rarely encountered elsewhere).

The bigger danger to swimmers are currents, which can be very strong, especially at cuts between islands, because of water flowing fast back and forth over the shallow water of the Exuma Bank as the tides change. Always be aware of the current if swimming off a boat (it's usually not as bad right on the beach), and make sure someone outside the water is watching.

Connect
A Bahamian SIM card or WiFi box is recommended for connecting to the outside world while in the Exumas. If you don't have a SIM card yet, you can get one at the BTC store in George Town. Most of Exuma has 3G or 4G cell phone coverage, except for the Land and Sea Park and a few of the most remote areas.

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Eygurande-et-Gardedeuil

Eygurande et Gardedeuil is in the Dordogne region of Aquitaine in Southwestern France.

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Eyrarbakki

Eyrarbakki is a village in South Iceland.

See
The old fishing village Eyrarbakki is one of Iceland's well kept secrets. It is a place where nature in all its manifold manifestations is always awake, always creating, always magnificent.

Eyrarbakki is situated on the south coast of Iceland, only a 40 min. drive from Reykjavík. It is remote and yet easy to get to. Quite a few poets, novelists, painters and other artists, have chosen to stay for longer or shorter periods in Eyrarbakki, for the inspirational quality they have found here.

The mysterious light, the energy from the Atlantic Ocean, the majestic mountains that set the backdrop and the stillness that envelopes it all, is absolutely unique and conducent to any kind of creativity.

Buy
Vesturbúð is the only store in Eyrarbakki. It has a standard selection of groceries but it is not a complete grocery store. The store is a part of a gas station.

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Eyre Highway

The Eyre Highway is the main road that connects South Australia with the south of Western Australia. It runs for 1668 km. from Port Augusta in the east to Norseman in the west.

Going east - at Port Augusta it splits into the Princes Highway taking you to Adelaide and the East Coast cities of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, and the Stuart Highway going all the way to Alice Springs and Darwin.

Going west - at Norseman you have the choice of taking the direct route to Perth via the Coolgardie - Esperance Highway and the Great Eastern Highway, or you can visit Esperance and the scenic Southwest region by following the South Coast Highway.

Understand
The main thing to understand, it is only part of the whole journey between Adelaide and Perth. The starting points - Port Augusta and Norseman are already some distances from their respective capital cities. Vast desert spaces are not the norm for the whole journey.

For much of its length, the Eyre Highway can be described as a long and lonely road. While in the East in South Australia you still find some small towns like Kimba, Wudinna and Ceduna with some fencing suggesting farmland the Western Australian side of the trip has little or no visible agriculture adjacent to the highway. What you will find are roadhouses, sometimes a mixture of a hotel, a caravan park and garage. Border Village, right at the border between South and Western Australia, and Eucla seem different but most of the stopping places are just plain dusty, with little to offer and of low interest. The mean distance between them is about 100 km, with the longest stretch being 190 km. (between Balladonia Roadhouse and Norseman). The stretch of road between Caiguna Roadhouse and Balladonia Roadhouse is known as the 90-mile straight. It's the longest stretch of straight road in Australia, 146.6 km of asphalt without a single curve! Towns east of Caiguna do not follow official Western Australian time. Instead, they use what is unofficially known as Central Western Standard Time, which is halfway between Western and Central time--UTC+8:45.

Prepare
The trip can be done in a conventional vehicle, and services are spaced such that you should not need to carry extra fuel. Not all service stations are open 24-hours, so if you are not travelling in daylight hours then you will need to plan accordingly. Some of the side trips require a four-wheel drive, and you should let someone reliable know when you depart from the main road. Telstra has their NextG mobile coverage for significant parts of the highway. Optus offers service only within the major towns like Ceduna. Service on other carriers effectively does not exist. To get the best service, you will need an 850MHz capable phone and Telstra SIM. If you plan to venture off the main road at any point, even Telstra's Next G service may not cover you, and your only option might be to get an expensive satellite phone.

Get in
You could conceivably fly to Port Augusta, and out of Norseman, but for most attempting this drive they are starting from either New South Wales, Victoria or Adelaide, and are heading for Perth (or vice-versa).

Methods other than driving
Bicyclists, runners, and walkers have been seen on the Highway over the years. It is not a good idea unless you are travelling with either a support crew or have clear plans for where to camp out between the service stations. If you choose to go these ways, keep well away from the road when large trucks pass by; especially when the highway goes close to the Great Australian Bight, the fog when it rolls in has proved fatal in the past for the unwary.

Walking, running or cycling the route is best in the cooler months. Eucla weather radar and records are available at the Bureau of Meteorology weather site, but note that the weather in the Eucla can be quite different from that of Perth or Adelaide.

Weather and water (lots of it)
In some seasons, unusual rain patterns have rendered the Goldfields-Nullabor region with heavy floods. There are a number of issues for the traveller when in flooding or flooded areas. It is always better to wait till water has receded after the height of a flood. Just because big trucks sometimes forge ahead and make it look easy, the risks are that the base of the road has been washed away and there can be serious depth issues. On heavier used roads in the region police or emergency personnel will prevent usage of roads for this very reason. The best strategy with the roads and flooding is to wait, until it is cleared as being safe.

Drive
The highway skirts the southern end of the famous Nullarbor Plain, roughly between the Nullarbor Roadhouse in the east and Balladonia Roadhouse in the west.

Between those two roadhouses you can make a number of side trips, penetrating north and into the Nullarbor itself. Just south of the highway, between Nullarbor Roadhouse and Border Village are a number of lookouts. Here you can see how the flat Nullarbor Plain abruptly ends and the waters of the Great Australian Bight begin. The 70m high cliffs, beaten by wind and water, are quite an impressive sight.

Nullarbor Roadhouse to Cook
You can make a short but interesting side trip by taking the track from Nullarbor Roadhouse to Cook, a settlement on the Trans Australian Railway. The track starts just behind the roadhouse airstrip and runs in a north-northwesterly direction. You don't need a 4x4 because the track surface is quite solid and there are no obstacles to negotiate. On the other hand, you do need a reliable topographic map and a compass since there are almost no reference points along the way. A good way to get a feel of the Nullarbor is to stop about halfway between the roadhouse and Cook, climb on top of your vehicle and look around. The surrounding landscape is as flat as a pancake and seems to consist of only two dimensions.

Cook's sole reason of existence is to serve the Trans Australian Railway line - most of its inhabitants work for the railway operators. Apart from the railway station, this bland little settlement boasts a shop and even a hospital. Judging by the signs at the station, living on the Nullarbor must be quite healthy. One gives you the advice: "If you're crook, come to Cook." A second one is more blunt: "Our hospital needs your help. Get sick!" You'll also learn that you're actually looking at the longest stretch of straight railway in the world. Due to the incredible flatness and the extent of the plain this piece of track has no curves for 479 km!

A gravel road brings you back to the Eyre Highway, to a point about 42km west of Nullarbor Roadhouse. The total distance of this side trip is somewhat over 200km.

Eyre Bird Observatory
South of Cocklebiddy is the Eyre Bird Observatory, located in a restored telegraph station. Many caves are also located in this area and are popular among cave divers and fossil hunters.

Nullarbor Caves
Various caves along the highway

Old Road Route
The current route goes close to the Great Australian Bight. A section of the earlier route is accessible to the north, preferably by 4x4. Western Australians travelling before the new route was constructed often would refer to the old water tanks adjacent to the old track: 'Ivy Tanks' was a marker of the journey. Also numerous 'cattle grids' occurred along the older sections of highway, where they still exist they are hazardous and can damage smaller vehicles easily.

Do

 * Madura – Once a homestead where horses were bred for use in the British Cavalry and for polo. This is now a peaceful roadhouse and hotel located on the pass through Hampton Tablelands. A lookout over the pass is located nearby.
 * Eucla – Located 12 km west of the WA/SA border, this roadhouse is situated close to the Great Australian Bight. A historic telegraph station, half-buried in sand dunes, can also be viewed nearby.
 * Ceduna – Westernmost big town in South Australia, located near the Great Australian Bight. Offers fishing and whale watching between May and September.
 * Poochera – A small town, the entrance of which is distinguished by spectacular native pines. Poochera is the home of the dinosaur ant, the most primitive surviving ant species.
 * Wudinna – Gateway to the Gawler Ranges and home to the Australian Farmer.
 * Kimba – a grain-growing and pioneer town, and home to the "Big Galah", an monument.

Stay safe
The mentioned seaside cliffs are dangerous: do not venture too close either on foot or by vehicle, and do not ignore warning signs.

Do not travel off the main highway any distance unless you are driving a well equipped 4x4 and have expert knowledge of four wheel driving in Australia.

Go next

 * West
 * From Norseman (Western Australia) - to proceed to Perth - you can choose to go north via Coolgardie and Great Eastern Highway; or you can go south and go via the southern coast via Esperance and on to Albany From Albany you can go direct to Perth or via Bunbury.  The direct route is through the agricultural region known as the Wheatbelt, whereas via Bunbury, it through the extensive forests of the south west.

 * East
 * Route 1/Route A1 continues as Augusta Highway/Princes Highway to Port Wakefield, and then Route A1 continues as Port Wakefield Road/Princes Highway/Virginia Bypass.

 * From Port Augusta (South Australia) - to Adelaide or head further east can travel to Melbourne or even end up in Sydney.

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Eyre Peninsula

The Eyre Peninsula is a coastal region of South Australia offering some spectacular holiday experiences - particularly wildlife interactions.

Cities

 * – the last major town before the Nullarbor
 * – tourist town next to Coffin Bay National Park, which is known for its beaches
 * - Australia's seafood capital
 * – the centrepoint of Granite Country
 * - Australia's seafood capital
 * – the centrepoint of Granite Country
 * - Australia's seafood capital
 * – the centrepoint of Granite Country
 * – the centrepoint of Granite Country
 * – the centrepoint of Granite Country
 * – the centrepoint of Granite Country

Other destinations

 * – home to some of the state's whitest beaches
 * – home to the Organ Pipes rock formation, owing to the volcanic eruptions about 1500 million years ago
 * – home to one of the largest sea lion colonies

Understand
As you travel around the region, expect to see many mentions of pioneering explorer Matthew Flinders, who first visited the Spencer Gulf in 1802. Everyone who was even a vague acquaintance of Flinders has some geographical feature named after them in on the Eyre Peninsula. Most bestowed with these honours never ventured to Australia.

By plane
Commercial flights operate to Whyalla, Ceduna and Port Lincoln from Adelaide. Port Augusta also has scheduled flights.

In addition to the airports with scheduled commercial services, many towns have an airfield for charter flights and general aviation. Some charge low landing fees, or are entirely free. These airstrips have a few facilities, and car hire is not available.

 * Cleve Airport is within walking distance of the town centre, and is 115 km (70 mi) from Port Lincoln.
 * Lock Airport is on an unsealed road, several kilometres from the small town of Lock, and 115 km (70 mi) from Port Lincoln.
 * Cowell Airport is about 3 km south of Cowell on the Lincoln Highway (B100) 140 km (85 mi) from Port Lincoln.  Cowell has a taxi service that will operate to the airport.
 * Wudinna Airport 180 km (110 mi) from Port Lincoln

Because of the geography of the area, charter flights across the gulf from the Yorke Peninsula and Adelaide are often short and quick, and may offer a practical alternative to access the area.

By ferry
Spencer Gulf Searoad runs a regular ferry service with two or three crossings on weekdays (dependent on time of year and weather) and single crossings on weekends. The ferry will make the 2-2.5hr run between Wallaroo on Yorke Peninsula and Lucky Bay 15 km from Cowell on the mid-east coast of Eyre Peninsula.

By car
Port Augusta is around 4 hours drive from Adelaide, which is at the start of the Lincoln Highway to Port Lincoln and the Eyre Highway towards Ceduna.

By coach
Premier Stateliner runs a daily services between Port Lincoln and Adelaide, with a second service terminating at Whyalla. This services Cowell, Arno Bay, Cleve, Port Neill, and Tumby Bay en route.

They also run several services a week to Ceduna, via Iron Knob, Kimba and Streaky Bay.

Driving the Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway from Port Augusta to Port Lincoln is roughly a 4 hour drive down the east coast of the peninsula, and the main road route from Adelaide and the east. The road is a sealed (paved) good quality road, with a speed limit of 110 km/h. There are no overtaking lanes for its entire distance, but there are long straight sections will allow for safe overtaking in good visibility conditions. The road is used by two trailer road trains (trucks), which can take additional care and patience when overtaking.

From Port August to Whyalla the road travels away from the coast, and the terrain is arid. There are no real stopping off points on this section. From Whyalla south the road travels closer to the coast, and there are regular towns to stop and visit, each with piers, beaches, bushwalks, accommodation and food. South from Whyalla the main stopping off points with good facilities are Cowell, Arno Bay, Port Neill, and Tumby Bay - each less than an hour apart.

Do
The Eyre Peninsula is home to national parks, ancient caves, and the Nullarbor Plain - the vast, treeless plain that will fascinate anyone with an explorer's spirit.

You can have unforgettable sea adventures, like swimming with sea lions at Baird Bay, cage diving with Great White Sharks at Port Lincoln, and even swimming with tuna.

At Head of Bight it's the perfect vantage point for spotting giant whales as they undertake their annual migration through the Southern Ocean. Each year from May to October, this stretch of the Nullarbor Plain coastline becomes a free range creche for Southern Right Whales. Up to 60 of them annually migrate out of the Southern Ocean to these traditional breeding grounds and nursery; by the time they depart in spring, around 20 new calves will be ready for summer in the Antarctica.

Drink
Root beer is a very common drink in this area.

Go next

 * The South Australian Outback surrounds most of the region

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Eysturoy

Eysturoy (lit. East Island) is part of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. Eysturoy, meaning "east island" (pronounced ['estroi]), is the second-largest island in the Faroe Islands, both in size and population (11,500 in 2018). It is separated from the main island of Streymoy by a narrow sound. Eysturoy is extremely rugged. The population is spread over 38 towns and villages. Important towns on Eysturoy are Fuglafjørður in the north and the densely populated area of the municipalities of Runavík and Nes in the south.

There are tourist information offices in Runavík and Fuglafjørður.

Landscape
The island has a stunning landscape. Eysturoy is extremely rugged, with some 66 mountain peaks, including Slættaratindur, the highest peak in the archipelago. The region up north is both steep and high. In this area you will find the highest mountains in the Faroes, as well as a number of steep headlands, high vertical sea cliffs, narrow clefts, and green fertile valleys. Visitors in this part of Eysturoy will be rewarded with numerous breath-taking views. The two tourist offices in Eysturoy have several guided hikes on their programme. Meanwhile, the landscape in the southern region is rather flat and smooth.

Industry
Fishery is the main industry in the Faroe islands, with 97% of the export value coming from fish and fish products. And Eysturoy certainly isn't an exception in this area, with people mainly making a living from the sea, fx from pelagic fish and saltfish production, salmon slaughtering, fish factories, fish auctions, landing stations and engineering industry amongst others. However, there are many other industrial activities on Eysturoy, and large trade and service industries on the eastern arm of Skálafjørður.

Towns and villages
The population counts 10,586. There are 9 municipalities and 38 villages.
 * - The small picturesque settlement of Gjógv (Gorge) on the north of the island Eysturoy is a popular place for tourists to visit. The village is named for a 200-metre (650-ft) long sea-filled gorge that runs north to the sea from the village. The village is close to Slættaratindur, the highest peak on the Faroes.
 * - Eiði is in the far north-west of Eysturoy.
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Get in
Eysturoy is in the centre of the Faroes, and is connected with Streymoy via a road bridge over the sound. It is possible to reach the island by public bus or by ferry. The inter-town bus system, (Bygdaleiðir, takes in all settlements. For information about public transport get a schedule (Ferðaætlan) listing the various timetables for the inter-town buses (and ferries) from the tourist office, or from the central bus station near the harbour in Tórshavn. The southern towns are more quickly reached from the capital Tórshavn via car ferry.

Buses connect Tórshavn with Gøta, and Gøta with the rest of Eysturoy.

Public transport
There are bus services to all places on Eysuroy every day. Transport is quite expensive, so check for student discount or multiple-ride-cards. Students, children and pensioners are eligible for discounts on fares provided they show a student or pensioner identity card.

Car rental

 * BBR-Service Runavík

Bus rental
FO-513 Syðrugøta +298 441720 +298 505220 á Byrgi FO-490 Strendur +298 449626 +298 218026 +298 226127 +298 218327 FO-620 Runavík +298 448020 +298 218010 +298 287491 FO-600 Saltangará +298 585821 +298 585858 FO-625 Glyvrar +298 448073 +298 222025
 * AP Buses á Tungu 22
 * Bus Transport Henry Jarnskor
 * Christian Høgagarð FO-650 Toftir +298 447290
 * Høj Bilar FO-490 Strendur +298 284322
 * Jóhan Sigurd Weihe Berjarbrekka
 * JPJ Buses FO-480 Skála +298 441305
 * Langgaards' Buses Leitisvegur 34
 * Pauli Nónklett Geilarvegur 8

Taxi
+298 248614 FO-600 Saltangará +298 215400
 * Andrias Danielsen FO-620 Runavík +298 218614
 * Eysturoyar Taxa v/Charles Jacobsen Fa. Heiðavegur 42
 * Joma Taxa FO-480 Skála +298 250793
 * M Taxi FO-690 Oyndarfjørður +298 224106
 * OC Taxa FO-620 Runavík +298 213444

See

 * Numerous hanging valleys on the route to Oyndarfjørður.
 * Outstanding views of the islands Kalsoy and Kunoy from Oyndarfjørður.
 * The Fuglafjørður harbour is colourful and extremely busy, but following the old path to Hellur up to the cairn on the top of the pass, you will soon regain your peace of mind.

Churches

 * The parish church in Nes from 1843.
 * The New Church in Toftir
 * The New Church in Gøta
 * The New Church in Gøta

Do

 * Hiking - The two tourist offices in Eysturoy have several guided hikes on their programme, such as climbing the highest mountain. Hiking over the hills to Ambadalur northwest of Gjógv will yield a wonderful vista out over the sea stack called Búgvin. At 188 metres it is the tallest sea stack in the Faroes.
 * Football: the playing season is April-Oct. Víkingur Gøta play soccer in the Premier League, Faeroes' top tier. Their home ground Sarpugerði (capacity 3000) is by Norðragøta harbour.
 * Ítróttarfelag Fuglafjarðar or ÍF also play in the Premier League. Their Í Fløtugerði stadium (capacity 1200) is in Fuglafjørður.
 * B68 Toftir also play in the Premier League at Svangaskarð (capacity 6000) in Toftir.

 * Scuba diving - The company Faroe Dive arranges diving trips and diving training on Eysturoy. There are trips for both experienced and non-experienced divers.
 * Rowing - canoeing or boat race
 * Boat trip - a boat trip from Vestmanna to Eiði
 * Bus trips - a drive to Æðuvík or sightseeing in south Eysturoy.
 * Faroese Evening - with traditional food and culture. You should contact the tourist information in Eysturoy.
 * Just south of Fuglafjørður is a warm spring called Varmakelda. Its water is believed to be curative and in midsummer people from all over the Faroes gather to celebrate the summer solstice here.

Regional festivals
Eysturoy has its fair share of summer festivals, such as Eystanstevna, Fjarðastevna and Varmakelda, held in the middle of June and the beginning of July:

 * Eystanstevna, Runavík, Eysturoy´s Annual Festival
 * Varmakelda, Fuglafjørður

As with the other festivals around the country, the festivities make their mark on the towns with flags, music, speeches and finely dressed people. There are concerts and sporting events including boat races, which are a part of the annual competition to find the Faroese rowing champions.

Music festivals
The village of Gøta is home to an incredibly popular music event called the G! Festival. It is the largest open air music festival on the Faroes. The entire village and beach become a part of the arrangement. The organisers of the event have been successful in attracting several exciting international artists over the years.

 * G! Festival - July

Buy
In Syðrugøta you will find the spinning mill, Tøting, it has a very cosy coffee shop and the display area affords a pleasant opportunity to shop for a genuine Faroese sweater. You can also visit their factory and shop.

 * Debesar Shop and Café, (in Gjógv) where it is possible to buy fx. handmade Faroese jewellery and traditional coffee or tea with cake.

Eat
You will find several restaurants and cafeterias in the larger villages in Eysturoy, which are scattered all over the island. However, the quality isn´t as good as in the capital Tórshavn.

Drink
Gjáargarður (in Gjógv) guesthouse owns a small coffeeshop adjacent to the gorge, when you can buy a selection of hot drinks, cold drinks, beer, wine, snacks, ice cream and freshly cooked waffles. There is seating outside overlooking the gorge.

Sleep
Accommodation is available in almost every town and village in the island, ranging from 3-star hotels to guesthouses, youth hostels, and camping sites.

Home stays and holiday houses
Renting out rooms or entire houses via AirBnB is popular among the locals; when booking early, this is – aside from camping – often the cheapest accommodation to be had in the Faroe Islands, including Eysturoy.

Mid-range

Stay safe

 * Generally Eysturoy is very safe

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Ezcaray

Ezcaray is a charming village in the La Rioja region of Spain. Ezcaray is 34 km south west of Haro, one of the major wine towns in La Rioja. Ezcaray is a sleepy town with a fabulous restaurant and a couple of nice places to stay. It is very scenic. The population is about 2000 (2018).

By plane
The closest international airport is in Bilbao, 123 km north of Ezcaray. The closest regional airport, Logroño, has flight connections to Madrid and Barcelona. However, there are few direct transport links between these airports and Ezcaray.

By car
Car is probably the best way to reach Ezcaray. Haro is about a 20-minute drive, and Bilbao is just under two hours. Madrid is 314 km.

By bus
There is bus service to Ezcaray from Logroño, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Haro, with connections to all major cities in Spain.

See
See beautiful stone bridges over the Oja River. Visit charming little hamlets up the Oja river from Ezcaray. Enjoy the beautiful mountains and scenery.

Do
Ezcaray is a small town. In the winter time, great skiing is available in Valdezcaray, a ski resort that is 15 minutes away by car.

Hiking during the summer months is amazing and the hiking trails are well marked and easy to follow. Beautiful surroundings.

Buy
Blankets, blankets, and more blankets! There are several very interesting shops, including a local specialty store, vegetable shop, butcher, etc, in the pedestrianised centre of town. There are several grocery stores in town suitable for self-catering.

Eat
The restaurant El Portal in the Hotel Echaurren is fantastic. Its Michelin star is well deserved and it is worth a journey to Ezcaray to have dinner in this restaurant. The wine list is local (Rioja), extensive and reasonably priced.

Drink
Best drinks in town, Troika Lounge!

Sleep
All of the places to sleep in Ezcaray are within 100 m of each other in the centre of town. There are two hotels and an apartemento. The apartementos are quite nice and well equipped.

Go next
For those interested in wine tourism, both Haro and Logroño, major wine towns with many bodegas (wineries) are both easy drives from Ezcaray.

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Factoryville

Factoryville is a borough in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.

Factoryville is a small town consisting of 1,140 people (2021) in the heart of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The first settlers arrived to Factoryville around 1800 and the town got its name from a single cotton factory that was built during the war of 1812.

Understand
Factoryville got its name from having a wool factory in town where people came from miles to have their wool woven into cloth. After only a few short years the factory closes and was never to open again. There are no factories left in Factoryville to this day but the name remains.

The first settlers of Factoryville came in the early 1800s from Rhode Island, Captain Robert Reynolds and Stephen Capwell. They journeyed three weeks by foot with their sons with only enough supplies to find new farming land and a better life for their families. After returning to Rhode Island to bring back their families, other families soon joined them. They established churches and school houses.

Many years later the town was very well known and soon had seven general stores, two hotels, three doctors, a tannery and a grist mill. The people of Factoryville saw a need for higher education and organized the Keystone Academy which was one of three higher education institutes of Pennsylvania.

Get in
Factoryville is northwest of Scranton on Lackawanna Trail (Highway 11).

See
A great way to explore this small town is to hike the Keystone Walking Trail. The trail goes through different areas of Keystone College and includes beautiful site seeing varying from the Tunkhannock Creek and many different wildlife activity. Great for families who are active.

Do

 * The best time to come to Factoryville is during the annual Christy Mathewson Day weekend. Every year the local citizens of Factoryville conduct a weekend in honor of the famous baseball player who was born and raised in Factoryville and who attended what was Keystone Academy at the time and now is Keystone College. Mathewson was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" inaugural members in 1936. He was nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty" and was a right hand pitcher and debut for the New York Giants in 1900 and his last MLB appearance was in 1916 for the Cincinnati Reds. To honor all of his achievements, a parade is held that many people come to participate in and watch, which takes place after the annual 5-K run and walk that many people take part in. After the parade everyone gathers at the Christy Mathewson Ball Park where there are games for children, various raffles, basket drawings and tons of food.

Sleep
Although Factoryville doesn't have any hotels, a short drive 10 minutes up the road to Clarks Summit and you can have your pick of many beautiful and luxurious hotels including the Ramada Inn, Nichols Village Inn, Hampton Inn and so forth.

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Fada N'gourma

Fada n'Gourma is a city in East Burkina Faso, capital of the Region Est and Province Gourma, as well as seat of the king of Gulmu (i.e. Gourma).

Understand
Fada N’Gourma is mainly inhabited by the Gulmance people, along with a smattering of Mossi and Peulh. Although the Gulmance account for only 4.5% of the national population, they have a strong culture with much history surrounding it. The founder of Fada is said to have ridden a horse up a baobab tree and disappeared, but the horse’s hoof prints remain in the tree.

Red is considered a problematic color for the Gulmance (they prefer black and white) and there is a sacred mountain in the area that a person cannot go up if he or she is wearing a red shirt. Also, the crocodiles in the barrage are considered sacred, and they may not be killed.

Get in
From Ouagadougou 220 km; from Bilanga: 76 km; Kompienga: 137 km; Matiakoali: 94 km; from Kantchari: 150 km; from Niger: 172 km; from Benin: 150K

By bus
STMB: +226 40.77.06.94 (Fada) +226 50.31.13.63 (Ouaga)
 * Fada to Ouagadougou: one-way 2000 CFA, round-trip 3000 CFA; 07:30, 12:00, 18:00, 06:00 (Fridays only), 10:00 (every day but Friday)
 * Ouagadougou to Fada: one-way 2500 CFA, round-trip 3000 CFA; 07:30, 10:00, 13:30, 14:00, 18:00 daily
 * Fada to Kantchari: one-way 2000 CFA; 14:00 daily

ZST: +226 50.34.41.69 (Ouaga)
 * Fada to Ouagadougou: one-way 2000 CFA, round-trip 3000 CFA; 07:00, 09:30, 13:00, 18:00 daily
 * Ouagadougou to Fada: one-way 2500 CFA, round-trip 3000 CFA; 07:00, 09:00, 13:00, 18:00 daily
 * Ouagadougou to Kompienga: one-way 4000 CFA, round-trip 7000 CFA; 09:00 daily
 * Kompienga to Ouagadougou: one-way 4000 CFA, round-trip 7000 CFA; 07:00 daily

By taxi
"Far away" gare; minimum twice per day:
 * From Bilanga: one-way 1500 CFA
 * From Gayeri: one-way 1500 CFA
 * Fada to Piela: one-way 1750 CFA

Central gare; minimum twice per day:
 * From Pama: one-way 1500 CFA
 * From Kompienga: one-way 2000 CFA

Do
Botanical Garden Bantia: Visit this beautiful spot just 10 km South of Fada N'Gourma with typical savanna and wetland habitats of the region, trees marked with their scientific and gourmantché names, some birds, small mammals and reptiles. The garden has a central rest area, a small museum and a guesthouse, where you can spend the night. (+226 70 30 24 76)

FESDIG: The Festival Dilembu au Gulmu (FESDIG) is one of the highlights of the music scene in Burkina Faso, taking place every year in February/March in the village Tiantiaka just outside of Fada N'Gourma and also including poetry, dance and traditional Gulmu wrestling.

Réserve de Pama: The reserve de Pama is part of a large complex of protected areas in the SE of Burkina Faso and in the neighbouring countries Benin and Niger. An entrance to the northern part of the reserve is just a few km East of Fada on the road to Niamey.

Marché
Marché day is every Sunday, and the Fada marché seems to offer just about the same stuff as other marches in relatively big villes

Boutiques
There are a couple of pretty good alimentations where you can find things like tuna in water. In general, you can support the east by buying things like Miel du Gourma (not to be confused with imitation products like Miel Naturel du Gourma), Biala drinking water, and Lait du Gourma milk and yogurt (it’s delicious).

Restaurants

 * Restaurant de L’Est – moderately expensive. Like most Burkinabè restaurants, they don’t always have everything on their menu, but it’s one of the classier, more overpriced restaurants in Fada, and they have a pretty chewy pepper steak.
 * Les Caraibes – moderately priced. Les Caraibes offers some of the best fries in Fada, as well as good grilled fish, but be prepared to wait a long time for your food.
 * Ben Nevis– moderately priced. This place stole the chef from Les Caraibes, so food is good, and there is dancing next door

Street food and snacks

 * Bissap stand right outside the STMB gare.
 * Curon is a frozen lemonade-type drink sold in sachets.
 * The meat guy outside the internet café is good
 * Lait du Gourma yogurt is always nice.

Drink
There are plenty of buvettes, but one of the nicest would have to be La Plage, not because their drinks are cold but because they’re located at the beach.

Sleep

 * Drew’s House (free): There is no electricity or running water, but there is a nice indoor shower space as well as a guest room complete with a bed, mattress, sheets, a pillow, and its own entrance. If you want to do something to pay his family back for their kindness, they really appreciate gifts of fish. Also, you can buy Miel du Gourma from his mom’s stand.
 * Auberge Dieumoagu (4000-7000 CFA with fan and shared bathrooms): By far, Fada's nicest, well-managed, hostel. The traditional and artistic decorations made by a local artist make it the nicest small hostal I have seen in Burkina. It is composed of 4 big clean huts with fans and electricity, with a small restaurant and a nice paillotte. Local drummers perform there for a small fee (5000 CFA) and the owner, a gourmantche traditionalist, organizes wild trips in villages near Fada (possibility to rent a motorcycle). It is located near the barrage, right beside the SIM protestant church, 50 metres from the paved road to Ouagadougou E-mail: linomd@gmail.com, Web: Call MD to +226 70 70 99 92.
 * TP (4000 CFA with fan, 6000 CFA with A/C): This is your typical Burkinabè hotel space: it’s not too dirty or too clean, and the toilet in your room might not always work, but hey, it’s got a bathroom with a mirror and running water, and it’s more or less conveniently located.
 * Auberge La Belle Etoile (c.5000 CFA a double): Located on the road to Ouaga, 5 rooms with a fan, a paillotte in the courtyard and common shower/toilet. Quite clean. If the owner, Alfred Ouoba, aka l'ambassadeur du Gourma, a "young and dynamic Burkinabé" (ako Guide du Routard) is there, he can give you very good advice on what to do in Fada. Contact: by mail belleetoileinfo@yahoo.fr or phone 00226770809, website
 * Mariam Juali Catholic Mission (not expensive): This quiet and peaceful place is on the road to Pama, close to the city limit, thus relatively far from the more happening parts of town. There are gardens there and a conference room. (Tel +226 40 77 01 60)
 * Hotel Panache (probably the most expensive in Fada): Held by a Syrian family, it is certainly the best hotel in Fada, but totally overpriced due to lack of competition (count on 20-30,000 CFA). It has a swimming pool though and it's possible to eat at night if you order by noon.  www.panachehotel.com
 * Hotel du 11 Décembre on the right side of the road to Niamey
 * Guesthouse of the Botanical Garden Bantia, c. 10 km S of Fada on the road to Pama, some comfortable and clean roundhuts in the countryside, next to the botanical garden (+226 70 30 24 76, c. 5000 CFA)

Post Office
Open M-F 07:30 – 12:00 and 15:00 – 17:00

Internet

 * Le Cyber Jeunes. It’s air-conditioned, the help is nice, and it’s inside a buvette. Hours: 09:00-13:00, 16:00-20:00 Monday-Friday, 10:00-20:00 Saturday. 500 CFA for 15 minutes, plus 250 CFA for each additional 15 minutes.
 * inside "La Poste"

"Le Cyber la poste" Post Office in front of the market

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Fairbanks

Fairbanks is a town in interior Alaska. With 31,000 inhabitants (2019), and 98,000 in Fairbanks North Star Borough, it is Alaska's second-largest city. A junction of several major highways, will be a likely stop of most visitors to the state.

Fairbanks may be like a smaller version of a large American city. There's a Walmart, a Home Depot and a McDonald's. Don't let this fool you: the greater Fairbanks area is true to its roots. There are plenty of Alaskan originals here.

Climate
Fairbanks' climate is subarctic bordering on continental, with frigid winters from October to April, short spring and fall seasons, and warm summers from May to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of and average lows of ; January is the coldest month, with average highs barely above  and average lows of. Being in a valley and far from any large body of water, Fairbanks sees little seasonal lag in both winter and summer.

As Fairbanks is located near the Arctic Circle, one can expect huge variation of daylight, in June the sun is up from 3AM to 12:45AM, but it never gets dark during the wee hours, in the winter the sun is only up from 10:45AM to 2:45PM.

By plane

 * , 6450 Airport Way. Flights from remote destinations in Alaska's interior and international destinations. The main carriers are Everts Air, Warbelow's Air Ventures, Wright Air Service. There are international charter flights from Canada (Air North) and seasonal flights from Germany (Condor). There are domestic flights from Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis, and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport . Airlines that operate flights from the lower 48 include Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air, American Airlines, Delta Airlines, and United Airlines. Direct flights throughout the intrastate include Anchorage, Utqiaġvik (Barrow). It is served by 40-Mile Air, Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air, Everts Air, Penair, Ravn Alaska, Warbelow's Air Ventures, Wright Air Service.

By car
There are several highways that reach Fairbanks.

 * Highway 2
 * Fairbanks can be reached driving west from Whitehorse, Yukon. In the Yukon, the highway is named Highway 1, until it enters Alaska.   The 1488 miles (2395 km) portion of the highway between Delta Junction (66 miles (106 km) east of Fairbanks) and Dawson Creek, British Columbia is known as the Alaska Highway
 * Fairbank can also be reached driving east from Manley Hot Springs.
 * Highway 3 (George Parks Highway) - Fairbanks can be reached driving north from Wasilla. The quickest route from Anchorage is to take Highway 1 and transfer to Highway 3.
 * Highway 6 - Fairbanks can be reached driving southwest from Circle.

If you are driving up from Anchorage, the Highway 3 (George Parks Highway) is a beautiful trip. Plan plenty of time in your schedule for sight-seeing, meals and photographs. During the summer, when the roads are clear, the trip can easily be made in 7 or 8 hours, with stops for snacks and bathroom breaks - depending on road construction and motorhome-convoy-slowdowns. You will pass through Denali National Park on your way which is a popular attraction. However, if you plan to stay the night have reservations well in advance. By "lower-48" standards, accommodation near the park is either "4-star" or "rustic". Both can be pricey, but worth every penny, especially if you spend a day in the park.

Though many think Denali Park is the highlight of the trip there are long stretches of breath-taking beauty. It is not uncommon to see moose, caribou, dall sheep, bear, and other wildlife along the road - have your camera ready. There are plenty of gas stations scattered along the route, but as expected, the prices are much higher than in Anchorage or Fairbanks. Fill up before you leave.

There are several good places to eat along the way as well. Most places will have specialties like reindeer or buffalo on the menu as well as more traditional fare.

All in all, you should make the drive at least once. It's worth it.

By train
During the summer the Alaska Railroad provides daily service between Anchorage and Fairbanks, stopping in Denali National Park and other spots along the way. Trains depart Anchorage at 8:15AM, arriving in Fairbanks at 8PM. Winter services are limited to one service on Saturdays. Fares vary throughout the season, with rates between $167 and $210 for a one-way ticket.

By car
By far, the easiest way to get around Fairbanks is by car. Major car rental companies are based at the airport.

By taxi
Multiple taxi companies provide transportation throughout the city.

Tours
If you are visiting Fairbanks mid-May through the end of September, there are several tours that allow tourists to learn the history and culture of Fairbanks. The tours described below are the most popular and advised tours to take while visiting Fairbanks. All major lodges in the area can set you up on a number of local tours.

Buy
Like most of Alaska, there is no sales tax in Fairbanks.

For those who have been camping extensively, one of the first things to look for in Fairbanks is a shower. Practically every laundromat in town also offers showers for between $3 and $7. Most will provide a towel and liquid soap, but be prepared for a quick cleaning as nearly all will utilize timers that turn the water off after only a few minutes.

Drink
One traditional Fairbanks cruise is known as The Bar Float. The Chena River runs right through the center of town, with several of the bars that may be accessed right from the river. You can start at the put in near Pioneer Park, where Peger Road crosses the Chena River. There, they also rent canoes and kayaks. From here, you can float downriver past the bars known as The Boatel, Chena's, Pikes Landing, and finally taking out at The Pumphouse. The Chena is an easy-going river, but there's plenty of motorboat, canoe, jetski, and even airplane traffic during the summer so, as always, have a designated driver to keep it safe.

Stay safe
Fairbanks had a somewhat bad reputation for crime back in the 1980s and 1990s. Crime rates have improved significantly since then and downtown Fairbanks is well policed. However, it is wise to avoid the area around South Cushman street after dark. It is the poorest and most dangerous area of Fairbanks, has high rates of drug activity, prostitution, sexual assaults and muggings, and suffers from urban blight, but attacks on tourists are very rare and there's little reason for tourists to be in this area at night. Other constant problems in Fairbanks are break-ins in parked vehicles, house robberies, and petty theft. Don't leave valuables visible in your car, lock your car and house doors, and you should be fine.

Go next

 * Denali National Park. 120 miles (193 km) south of Fairbanks on the George Parks Highway, Denali is vast wilderness preserve that is the home of North America's tallest mountain, the 20,320-foot (6394-m) Denali.
 * Dalton Highway
 * Manley Hot Springs is located on Route 2 west of Fairbanks.
 * North Pole is famous for being the town that celebrates Christmas 365 days a year. Meet Santa Claus, mail postcard and letters from the North Pole post office, but select the special slot or box for special Santa cancellation.

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Fairbanks (disambiguation)

There's more than one place called Fairbanks:

United States of America

 * Fairbanks - the second-largest city in Alaska
 * Fairbanks North Star Borough - in Interior Alaska
 * Fairbanks Ranch (San Diego) - see San Diego/Fairbanks Ranch

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Fairbanks North Star Borough

Fairbanks North Star Borough is in Interior Alaska. Residents call this area the "Golden Heart of Alaska".

Cities

 * College
 * Ester
 * Harding-Birch Lakes
 * Moose Creek
 * Pleasant Valley
 * Salcha
 * Two Rivers
 * Fort Wainwright
 * Salcha
 * Two Rivers
 * Fort Wainwright

Understand
It is not quite dark for 24 hours in winter and light for 24 hours in summer. The shortest day of the year, winter solstice, has about 3.5 hours of daylight.

Get in
By car or bus on the Richardson Highway, George Parks Highway, Steese Highway, or Elliott Highway, which converge at the city of Fairbanks.

On the Alaska Railroad.

By Air into Fairbanks International Airport.

Get around
Paved roads connect the locations in the North Star Borough. Always travel with an emergency kit. Be cautious of moose on the road, especially in the dark winter months.

See

 * Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge
 * Georgeson Botanical Garden
 * Pioneer Park
 * University of Alaska Museum of the North

Do
Birch Hill Recreation Area is a Nordic skiing complex with 32 km of groomed trails.

Chena Lake Recreation Area has 2,100 acres. On the lake visitors can boat, fish and swim. On land activities include volleyball, horseshoes, and a playground.

Eat
Some cafes feature entrees cooked with reindeer or other local food. There are also several choices for ethnic cuisine.

Drink
The area has 2 microbreweries, HooDoo Brewery and Silver Gulch Brewing and Bottling.

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Fairbourne

Fairbourne is a small village on the coast of Gwynedd west of Dolgellau.

Understand
South of the River Mawddach estuary.

Get in

 * On the A493 9 miles from Dolgellau.
 * Lloyds coache 28 from Tywyn and Dolgellau

Go next

 * Barmouth
 * Tywyn
 * Penmaenpool
 * Dolgellau

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Fairfax

There's more than one place called Fairfax:

United States of America

 * Fairfax (California) - a town in Marin County, California
 * Fairfax (Iowa)
 * Fairfax (Minnesota)
 * Fairfax (Missouri)
 * Fairfax (Ohio)
 * Fairfax (Oklahoma)
 * Fairfax (South Carolina)
 * Fairfax (South Dakota)
 * Fairfax (Vermont)
 * Fairfax (Virginia) - a city in Fairfax County, Virginia
 * Fairfax (West Virginia)
 * Fairfax County - in Virginia

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Fairfax (California)

Fairfax is a cute little town nestled in the hills of Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Though small, it's surprisingly lively and has kept its historic charm.

Get in
Fairfax is accessible by bus, automobile, and bicycle.

If you're coming from the west side (towns like Inverness or Lagunitas), the West Marin Stagecoach runs several times a day.

From the east side (San Anselmo and further), Golden Gate Transit runs regular bus service.

Get around
Downtown is small enough, only a few blocks, that you can easily walk end-to-end.

If you're a cycling enthusiast, Fairfax is a gateway to a lot of really great road and off-road biking. From the famed "Repack" mountain bike trail to the single-track at Camp Tamarancho, to the wide-shouldered roads of West Marin County, Fairfax makes a great starting or ending point for two wheeled exercise.

See
Fairfax is a town with a population of only a little over 7400 people, but it has a couple of venues that have live music seven nights a week, and several others that have live music slightly less often. Some of the groups you'll see perform here are up-and-comers that you'll recognize later on the radio, others are older more seasoned bands that performers you've heard of come to listen to. See the Drink section below for the venues.

Do
During the daytime the mountain biking, road biking and hiking are all spectacular. If you get tired out in the woods and trails around the town, sitting and chatting at Fairfax Coffee Roasters or the Fairfix Cafe makes a reasonable interlude.

At night the live music venues or the theater are open.

Buy
Fairfax has an active business district, with several bicycle shops, a book store, a music store, and various other clothing and esoterica vendors. On Wednesday nights in season it also has a farmer's market in the park off Bolinas Avenue.

Drink
During prohibition, Fairfax was the last town on the commuter rail from San Francisco, and the closest town to Bolinas out on the coast, and the tradition of liquor and nightlife still survives. Fairfax is home to a brew pub and several bars with lots of live music.

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Fairfax (Virginia)

Fairfax, nicknamed Fairfax City by the locals, is the county seat of Fairfax County, in the state of Virginia. The city has roots dating back to the 1700s. It has character and an identity of its own not often found in the much newer and largely homogeneous exurban areas in Northern Virginia.

Get in
The intersection of US-50 and US-29 is located within the city. The two major highways join together to form Fairfax Boulevard for approximately 2.8 miles before separating. VA-123 and VA-236 both pass through the city. VA-236 is named Main Street in the city (though it diverts onto North Street for about three blocks in Old Town Fairfax) and then becomes Little River Turnpike once the city line is crossed. In addition, I-66 is on the outskirts of the city.

The nearest Metro station is Vienna/Fairfax-GMU. This is the Western terminus of the Orange line. There are numerous CUE buses from the Metro station to various points in Fairfax. Taxis are available at the Metro station and fare to any point in Fairfax is approximately $10-15.

Get around
The downtown section of the city is 4 blocks wide by 2 blocks long. There are numerous free public parking lots and parking decks surrounding the downtown section. The city encourages visitors to park and walk. No building is more than a 5-minute walk from a free parking lot.

The local bus system in Fairfax is largely served by the CUE bus system. The buses run between George Mason University, the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU metro station, and other locations within or just outside of Fairfax. GMU students, staff and faculty with a valid ID ride free.

Fairfax boasts many shops and restaurants, along with a few hotels. Outside of the downtown section, the city is populated mainly with suburban residences. Fairfax Boulevard, which runs along the northern border of the city, is populated with strip malls.

See
The Fairfax County Courthouse is the oldest and most historic building in Fairfax. Its design is used as a prototype for many Virginia courthouses built between 1800 and 1850. The first meeting of the Fairfax Court was held April 21, 1800. During the Civil War, the Courthouse was used by the Union forces as military headquarters which resulted in the damage or loss of several records. The original building of the Fairfax County Courthouse is now used as the Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts.

One of the oldest buildings in the city is a former elementary school. Built 1873, the Fairfax Elementary School remains the oldest two-story building the city has ever seen and was built for an outrageous $2,750. This building reflects a new era of free public education in Virginia and the growth of the Fairfax area. Throughout the years, the school building was used for housing special education and adult education classes as well as a police academy training center. The historic building was renovated and, on July 4, 1992, it opened as the Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center. The Old Town Hall is the social and architectural cornerstone of Fairfax. Joseph Edward Willard had it built in 1900 as a gift to Fairfax. Built by Arthur Thompson, a local contractor, the classical revival style building retains much of its original woodwork. It now houses the Huddleson Library, as well as the Fairfax Art League, and can be rented for weddings, business meetings and other private and business-related special events.

The following buildings in Fairfax are on the National Register of Historical Places:

Do
The city hosts a wide variety of annual events:

Buy
Tysons Corner Center and Tysons Galleria, two large shopping malls, are approximately 6 miles north of the city on Rt. 123 in the city of Tysons.

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Fairfax County

Fairfax County is a suburb of Washington, DC, in Virginia. It often trades places with next-door neighbor Loudoun County as the nation's wealthiest county.

Cities
In Virginia, incorporated cities are politically completely independent of their counties. County law does not apply in incorporated cities (but may apply in incorporated towns); the only local law in incorporated cities is city law.

Inside the Beltway

 * Home to DC's "Koreatown" and some of the best Korean food you'll ever have outside of Korea.
 * CIA Headquarters amidst a sea of McMansions and Republican congressmen.
 * "All roads lead to Springfield" — Not a fabulous destination—more of an urban/suburban mess—but there are still some really great Asian and Latino restaurants sprinkled throughout all the strip malls. Has land on both sides of the Beltway.

Outside the Beltway

 * — the county seat of Fairfax has a lovely small town-seeming downtown.
 * Home of the Amtrak Auto Train which carries passengers and automobiles to and from Florida. Contains the Mason Neck nature reserves and the homes of several founding fathers.
 * The country's first modern planned city. Its founding in 1964 was the start of the modern Planned City movement, resparking the "New Town" concept.
 * — Sachertortes, great beer, mountain scenery, skiing, lederhosen, the waltz—wait, just kidding! But it's home to the big Wolf Trap Performing Arts Center, and is right next to Tysons Corner Mall.
 * — Despite the name, not part of the City of Alexandria. Mainly known for a commercial corridor along U.S. 1, but has some hidden gems such as Mt Vernon.
 * Home of the Amtrak Auto Train which carries passengers and automobiles to and from Florida. Contains the Mason Neck nature reserves and the homes of several founding fathers.
 * The country's first modern planned city. Its founding in 1964 was the start of the modern Planned City movement, resparking the "New Town" concept.
 * — Sachertortes, great beer, mountain scenery, skiing, lederhosen, the waltz—wait, just kidding! But it's home to the big Wolf Trap Performing Arts Center, and is right next to Tysons Corner Mall.
 * — Despite the name, not part of the City of Alexandria. Mainly known for a commercial corridor along U.S. 1, but has some hidden gems such as Mt Vernon.
 * — Sachertortes, great beer, mountain scenery, skiing, lederhosen, the waltz—wait, just kidding! But it's home to the big Wolf Trap Performing Arts Center, and is right next to Tysons Corner Mall.
 * — Despite the name, not part of the City of Alexandria. Mainly known for a commercial corridor along U.S. 1, but has some hidden gems such as Mt Vernon.

By plane

 * Washington Dulles International Airport is in northwestern Fairfax County, accessed via the Dulles Airport Access Road, which runs parallel to Route 267. Served by the WMATA Silver Line.
 * Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is in South Arlington, convenient to U.S. Route 1, the George Washington Memorial Parkway, and WMATA's Blue and Yellow Lines.

For more information on these airports, and on getting into Fairfax County by plane, see the "Get in" section of Washington DC.

By car

 * From Washington, DC go South on I-395 or I-66. Or cross on Memorial Bridge, Key Bridge, or Chain Bridge, to the George Washington Parkway. Or take I-295 South to I-95 South/I-495 West, and cross the Wilson Bridge.
 * From the Northeast including Southeast Washington DC, Prince George's County, and Baltimore: take I-95 South/I-495 West, across the Wilson Bridge. Or, take the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (I-295) South, connect to I-95 South/I-495 West, and cross the Wilson Bridge.
 * From the Northwest (Montgomery County, MD) take I-495 South, across the Legion Bridge.
 * From the South (Richmond, VA) take I-95 North.
 * From the West take I-66 East.

By train
WMATA (DC Metro), VRE commuter trains, and Amtrak all serve Fairfax County.

Get around
There are a few public transport options in the county: However, this area is mostly car-centric; expect the public transport routes from point A to point B to be impractical to use all the time.
 * The Washington Metro (both Metrorail and Metrobus, see Washington, D.C.#Get around)
 * The Fairfax Connector bus system (note that Fairfax City has its own bus system, called CUE)

By car

 * The National Capital area (including Fairfax County) is the 9th largest metropolitan area in the U.S., but has the 5th worst traffic congestion in the U.S.
 * Both I-95 and U.S. Route 1 pass through Fairfax County, on their way from Maine to Florida.
 * I-95, the major North-South Interstate on the East Coast, joins the I-495 Beltway to points South, at the Springfield Interchange (a.k.a. the Mixing Bowl).
 * The Southwestern portion of the Capital Beltway (I-495) runs through Fairfax County. The Legion Bridge connects to Montgomery County, MD, in the North. The Wilson Bridge connects to Southeast Washington, DC, and Prince George's County, MD, to the East.
 * I-395 runs from the Springfield Interchange Northeast to Washington, DC.
 * I-66 runs from the West to Washington, DC.
 * U.S. Route 1, the original North-South highway on the East Coast, runs due North through Alexandria and Arlington to Washington, DC, and South to Prince William County, VA, passing through downtown shopping districts all the way.
 * U.S. Route 50, the original East-West transcontinental highway, passes through Fairfax County on its way from California to Maryland. It joins I-66 to cross into Washington, DC, on the Roosevelt Bridge.
 * Fairfax County Parkway is a North-South highway, West of the Beltway.
 * Inside the Beltway, major streets move in seemingly random directions, with heavy stop and go traffic. It may seem as though they're all named Chain Bridge, Lee, and/or Jackson!

See
The Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center in Vienna.

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center - National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly houses many air/spacecraft, including the SR-71 "Blackbird" spy plane, the Concorde supersonic jet and the space shuttle "Enterprise".

Biking and walking

 * The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail
 * The Fairfax Cross County Trail
 * The Mount Vernon Trail
 * The Custis Trail

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 * Washington, D.C. is just across the Potomac River, featuring the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Smithsonian Institution, White House, US Capitol Building, Supreme Court and the Library of Congress.
 * While bigger than just its historic center, Old Town Alexandria is a great tourist destination for shopping, dining, boating, and colonial history. It has a beautiful historic district on King St, by its port on the Potomac.
 * Popularly thought of as southwest D.C. (which it historically was). Officially a county, but if counted as a city (which it basically is): It would be the fourth-largest city in the state, ahead of Richmond, and potentially first in cultural vibrancy. Features the Pentagon, and Arlington National Cemetery.
 * — Vietnamese and Cantonese dining par excellence.

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Fairfield

There's more than one place called Fairfield:

Australia

 * Fairfield (Australia) - a city-sized suburb in western Sydney

Canada

 * Fairfield (Canada) - in Victoria, British Columbia

United States of America

 * Fairfield (California) - in Solano County in the Sacramento Valley of California
 * Fairfield (Connecticut) - a suburban township in Fairfield County in southwest Connecticut.
 * Fairfield (Iowa) - county seat of Jefferson County (Iowa), Iowa
 * Fairfield (Maine) - a town in Maine
 * Fairfield (Montana) - a town in Montana
 * Fairfield (New Jersey)
 * Fairfield (North Dakota) - in Billings County (North Dakota) in southwest North Dakota
 * Fairfield (Ohio) - a city in Southwest Ohio

 * Fairfield Bay - a resort town in Arkansas
 * Fairfield County - in south-west Connecticut
 * Fairfield County (Ohio)
 * Fairfield County (South Carolina)

 * Fort Fairfield - a town in Aroostook County, Maine

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Fairfield (California)

Fairfield is in Solano County in the Sacramento Valley of California.

Understand
Fairfield is a mid-size city that shares a metroplex with Suisun City. Travis Air Force Base, home of the 60th Air Mobility Wing, is located just to the east of Fairfield. C-5 Galaxy, C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft and KC-10 Extender refueling aircraft are common sights in the skies over the twin cities. Fairfield is located along Interstate 80, the main route between the Bay Area and Sacramento, about midway between the two.

The climate of Fairfield is typical of the Sacramento Delta, cool winters and hot, humid summers. Winter temperatures average 37º-65º F. Summer temperatures average 56º-89º F.  As Fairfield is located near the Carquinez Straits, where wind from the San Francisco Bay is funneled through a narrow channel, Fairfield can experience strong winds.

By car

 * I-80.svg Fairfield is about half way between San Francisco and Sacramento on I-80 . Fairfield is accessed from Exit 39 (Red Top Rd) through Exit 48 (Manuel Campos Pkwy, N Texas St) of I-80. Nearest BART stations to Fairfield are the El Cerritos Plaza Station,  southwest, in El Cerrito (via Central Ave from Exit 14A of I-80) and the Concord Station,  southwest, in Concord (via Concord Ave from Exit 52 of I-680).
 * I-680.svg to US 101.svg in San Jose. I-680 serves as a bypass around the East Bay cities, to San Jose via Fremont, from exit 40 of I-80 in Fairfield.
 * California 12.svg Connects Napa ( west of Fairfield) to Lodi ( east of Fairfield), through Fairfield and I-5 (exit 485 of I-5). It runs concurrent with I-80 between exits 39B and 43 south of town. This serves as the most direct route for travelers coming from Stockton or anywhere further south on I-5/CA-99 to Fairfield or to the other North Bay Area cities (Richmond, Vallejo, Novato, Petaluma, etc).

By bus

By train

 * . They also have an additional unmanned (platform) stop in at 4921 Vander Rd,  south of Vacaville on Peabody Rd.

Get around
Fairfield is a sprawling city, and a car is recommended to travel anywhere.

Go next

 * Bay Area - San Francisco, Alcatraz, Golden Gate Bridge
 * Sacramento - Capitol of California, Old Town, Sutter's Fort, 45 minutes away
 * Napa Valley - California's wine country, 45 minutes away
 * Fairfield, Connecticut is a 44 hour drive via I-80 at a distance of 2,911 miles.

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Fairfield (Connecticut)

Fairfield is a city in Connecticut.

See

 * Fairfield Historic district
 * David Ogden House
 * Burr Mansion (The Burr Homestead), 739 Old Post Road

Do
Locals usually hangout at the beach or walk around town. There is a Community theatre if you want to see a movie, and Sportsplex, a sporting complex with ice skating, rock climbing, and many other sports.

Buy
Out of the many stores in Fairfield, there are a lot of locally-owned shops, a majority of which are women's clothing and fashion stores.

Eat
There are many restaurants and places to eat in Fairfield. Located in the center of town is Colony Grill. There are tons of ice cream parlors in town also. There is a Dairy Queen, 16 Handles, and Coldstone. A great pizza place is Naughti Dolphin, located on the Metro North Train Stration.

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Fairfield (Iowa)

Fairfield is the county seat of Jefferson County in Southeast Iowa. It is a small town of about 9,400 people (2020) in the Heartland of America. The town of Mount Pleasant is 22 miles to the east and Ottumwa is 25 miles to the west.

Understand
Fairfield was a typical small Iowa town until the Maharishi International University (then called the Maharishi University of Management) set up shop in 1974. This town of less than 10,000 people is now home to hundreds or thousands of proponents of transcendental meditation.

Get in
Most people drive to Fairfield. It is about two hours' drive southeast of Des Moines (Iowa state highway IA-163 east towards Pella; then US-63 South towards Ottumwa; and US-34 Business E into Fairfield) and about an hour's drive south-southwest of Iowa City (US-218 south to Mount Pleasant, then US-34 Business west into Fairfield).

It's also possible to take Amtrak's California Zephyr route, running between Chicago to the San Francisco Bay Area, to neighboring Ottumwa, and then either rent a car or use ride hailing services ($40–50) to reach Fairfield.

Get around
While there are excellent trails for biking and walking, and the relatively compact layout means it's possible to walk anywhere in town, often within 10–15 minutes of your starting point, most people drive cars.

See

 * The Golden Domes at Maharishi International University in Northern Fairfield.
 * Chatauqua Park – Frisbee disc golf and nice paved loop trail
 * Jefferson County Park – great trails for hiking in the summer and for cross-country skiing in the winter

Learn

 * Home of the Maharishi International University and its K–12 counterpart, the Maharishi School.
 * Local media: The Source (monthly) and The Weekly Reader (weekly) have current listings for classes, workshops, music, art shows, theater, dance, and everything else that's going on here as well as around the state.

Buy
For major shopping expeditions, consider driving about 50 miles north on IA-1 to the outlet mall in Williamsburg, off Interstate 80.

Eat
Fairfield has more restaurants per capita than San Francisco, so be ready to see more Thai and Indian restaurants than your Iowan local diners.
 * The deli at the Hy-Vee grocery store is not spectacular, but the price is right.

Drink

 * Several good coffee shops, be sure to check out Cafe Paradiso on the Square for the freshly roasted coffee. Plus they have live music and you can draw on the tables! They now serve wine, and for events, beer.
 * Also Everybody's Whole Foods has a thriving coffee shop that serves espresso and freshly made juice combos.

Sleep
Hotels in town tend to fall in the "inexpensive" range in terms of both price and quality, with the price per night sometimes being significantly less than $100 for a standard room. The chains tend to be located on the western or southern side of town, near the highways.

Radio and TV

 * Fairfield Media Center – local public access community program, now available online as well as via LISCO Cable on Channel 9.

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Fairfield (Maine)

Fairfield and nearby Benton are small towns in Maine which are suburbs of Waterville.

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Fairfield (Ohio)

Fairfield is a city in Butler County, Ohio.

Go next

 * Cincinnati

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Fairfield Bay

Fairfield Bay is a resort town in the Ozarks Region of Arkansas.

Get in
The closest airport to Fairfield Bay is Little Rock National Airport.

From Little Rock, take Interstate 40 west to Conway, then US Route 65 to Clinton, and finally Arkansas State Route 16 to Fairfield Bay.

See

 * Blanchard Caverns are close enough to drive to and they are well worth the trip. An elevator takes you over 200 feet into the caverns and it is truly beautiful.

Do
Horseback riding on a guided trail is a good time for the family.

Rafting on the White River can be done; it is fairly cheap and a good time for all involved.

There are golf courses for golfers.

Sleep
Wyndham Fairfield Bay Resort 109 Fairfield Blvd., 501-884-3333.

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Fairfield County

Fairfield County is a county of Connecticut in the New York City metropolitan area, and is home to some of the wealthiest suburbs in the country.

By plane

See
The Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk is the largest attraction in this region.

Stay safe
Fairfield County is a relatively safe area of the country, but does have some crime in the bigger cities such as Bridgeport. Just follow common sense rules and you should be fine.

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Litchfield County

Litchfield is a rural section of Connecticut with many forests and state parks.

New Haven County

A good shopping area with famous New Haven and Yale University.

New York City

New York City has an uncountable number of tourist sights and is, in most cases, less than an hour away.

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Fairford

Fairford is in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds.

Fairford town originated as a river-crossing settlement on the River Coln, the ancient market town is dominated by the beautifully proportioned 'wool' church of St Mary.

Get in
Fairford is 8 miles from Cirencester and 5.5 miles from Bibury on the A417.

Do

 * is a large military airshow held at RAF Fairford on the third weekend in July.

Go next

 * Cirencester – historic town known for its Roman heritage
 * Lechlade-on-Thames – a small town near the source of the River Thames, known for its music festival
 * 7 miles from the Cotswold Water Park
 * 9 miles from the Cotswold Wildlife Park.

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Fair Haven

There is more than one place called Fair Haven or Fairhaven:

United States of America

 * Fairhaven (Massachusetts) - a town in Massachusetts
 * Fair Haven (New York) - New York, Sterling is a rural town in the Finger Lakes region of New York. The village of Fair Haven is the primary population center.
 * Fair Haven (New Jersey) - New Jersey

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Fairhaven (Massachusetts)

Fairhaven is a city in the SouthCoast region of Massachusetts.

By car
Interstate 195 has a Fairhaven exit.

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Fairhope

Fairhope is a small resort town on Mobile Bay on the Gulf Coast of Alabama.

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Fair Isle

Fair Isle (Old Norse: Friðarey) is one of the Shetland Islands. It lies 24 miles (38 km) south of Shetland Mainland, midway between Shetland and Orkney, and vies with Foula for the title of Britain's most remote inhabited island. The island is 3 miles long by 1.5 miles wide, and in 2011 had a population of 65. The main settlement is towards the south, the traditional landing point, but ferries nowadays land to the northeast.

There's no tourist information centre, but see the island website for info.

By boat
A ferry sails between Fair Isle and Grutness near Sumburgh on the south tip of Shetland Mainland, taking 2 hr 40 min. May to September it sails once on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; October to April it only sails Tuesday. It departs Fair Isle early morning, returning from Grutness towards noon for a mid-afternoon arrival on Fair Isle; a day trip is never possible. One sailing every two weeks is from Lerwick, taking 5 hours. Until April 2024, the return fare is £39 adult, £0.80 conc or child, and booking is essential (+44 1595 760363). You won't be accepted for booking unless you've confirmed accommodation on Fair Isle, which is in short supply, see "Sleep".

The ferry Good Shepherd IV only takes 12 foot passengers and fairly heaves around in any sort of sea. Services may be cancelled for days on end, and the ship's name is a wry take on Psalm 23, where the shepherd "leadeth me the quiet waters by." You might not want to enquire too closely into the fate of Shepherds I-III, but Number IV was built in 1986 and is showing her age, with longer spells out of action for repairs. A successor Good ferry is expected in Apr 2026 (as of Feb 2023).

Cruise ships occasionally call in summer, transferring visitors to dinghies to get ashore.

is the island ferry pier. It's on the more sheltered east coast, but exposed to nor'easterly weather. Yachts and other boats may anchor here, but you need to know what you're doing in these hazardous waters. There are strong currents, winds and waves and lots of sharp rocks, as the flagship of the Spanish Armada discovered to its cost in 1588.

See Sumburgh for transport on Shetland Mainland to Grutness. In brief the choice is to walk half a mile from the airport, drive to the pier and park up (you can't bring a vehicle across) or take Bus 6 down from Lerwick which is timed to meet the ferry.

The big Northlink ferries between Aberdeen, Orkney and Shetland sail past and never call here.

By plane
Airtask fly to Fair Isle from Lerwick-Tingwall airport on Shetland Mainland, taking 25 min. There are 2 or 3 flights M, W-F so a day trip is possible with 5 hours on the island. Tuesday, and May-Oct Saturday, have a single flight. Until Oct 2022 the adult return fare is £94 and there's a 15 kg total baggage limit. For bookings call +44 1595 840246. You can't book online, as they prioritise residents and essential visitors such as the GP. These timetables and fares apply until May 2022.

Loganair fly between Fair Isle and Kirkwall in Orkney once on Monday and Friday in July and August, taking 35 min. Flights connect in Kirkwall for Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness.

is midway along the island. It's probably the only airport to be owned by the National Trust for Scotland. No, you don't exit via the gift shop.

Get around
Walk or cycle. Your hosts will pick you up from your arrival point.

See

 * Birds: thousands upon thousands of them, both resident and migratory. Depending on season you can see massive colonies of puffins on the cliffs, arctic skuas, great skuas, rock pippets, arctic terns, fulmars, gannets, and many many more. Check the Observatory blog for recent sightings.
 * looks like a grassy asteroid that has come to rest a few yards offshore. Until 1977, terrified sheep were hauled up from small boats to graze there.
 * South Haven was the traditional landing beach for visiting vessels and the fishing yoals. Fishing was with long lines, 200 to 400 hooks baited with mussels, and the catch was saithe (Pollachius virens, known elsewhere as pollock or coalfish). The vat by the shore was a kettle, used to boil the fish livers to extract the oil.
 * is the headland near the southwest tip, with views of great sea stacks and bird colonies. There's the ruins of a coastguard's lookout post. Nearby is the South (or Skadden) lighthouse, built by Stevenson, where you can stay in the former keeper's cottage, see "Sleep". The lighthouse is automated, the tower interior can't routinely be visited. Also take in Mathers Head, with views of the puffins on Black Holm islet.
 * North end of the island is moorland ending in cliffs. (or Skroo) is the other Stevenson lighthouse at the northeast tip. The keeper's cottage has been demolished. Along the eastern coast are sea stacks and arches, with a blowhole where a sea cave has collapsed.
 * at 220 m is the highest point on the island. It's easily reached by a track leading northwest from the airfield. The summit approach is ugly with modern telecoms and the remains of a Royal Air Force radar station, but the views north to Sumburgh and south to Orkney are impressive. Return the same way, or (with great care) go along the western clifftops, past stacks and gullies and wheeling birds, before turning inland towards the airfield and paved road.
 * at 220 m is the highest point on the island. It's easily reached by a track leading northwest from the airfield. The summit approach is ugly with modern telecoms and the remains of a Royal Air Force radar station, but the views north to Sumburgh and south to Orkney are impressive. Return the same way, or (with great care) go along the western clifftops, past stacks and gullies and wheeling birds, before turning inland towards the airfield and paved road.

Do

 * Walk: Walk Highlands suggest trails around the island that take in the main sights.

Buy

 * Knitwear is what Fair Isle is famous for. Half a dozen traders independently to ply their craft; see island website. The highest profile among these is Mati Ventrillon, with a shop near the museum and church.
 * The Post Office, a quarter mile north of the museum, has a few essentials and bits and pieces. It's open daily 6:30AM-5:30PM. The larger Stackhoull Stores has closed.
 * Don't trade offshore: as the harbour was unsuitable for large vessels, the entrepreneurs of Fair Isle traditionally rowed out to trade with passing ships, sometimes for great distances. Their boats were yoals, rather than the sixareens used on other islands. In 1897 four yoals rowed 12 miles out to trade but the weather turned nasty. Two made it safe back, one suffered deaths from exposure, and one was never seen again.

Eat
There are no eating-out facilities, pubs, cafes, burger vans, pizza deliveries on motorbikes, KFCs, or intimidating sommeliers. That's partly why you came. Your accommodation will be full board, or at least half board with the sort of stonking breakfast that doesn't leave room for lunch. Check ahead with your hosts if you have special dietary requirements: you may need to bring your own supply (e.g., for gluten-free), or they may need time and extra payment to ship stuff in.

Drink
Same applies, no pub or off-licence, BYOB to eke out your host's supply.

Sleep
The island's entire accommodation capacity normally totals little over a dozen beds, but that's been halved by the loss of the Observatory.
 * Upper Leogh is a farm house with full board. Phone +44 1595 760248 or email kathy.coull@btinternet.com.
 * Taft is a guesthouse south end of the island.
 * Taft is a guesthouse south end of the island.

Connect
As of Nov 2021 Fair Isle has 4G from Vodafone and O2 but no signal from EE or Three. 5G has not reached the island.

Go next
Back to Mainland Shetland by sea or air.

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Fairlawn

Fairlawn, a suburb of Akron, is in Summit County, Northeast Ohio.

By car
Fairlawn is connected by I77 and SR21.

Go next

 * Akron
 * Cleveland
 * Youngstown
 * Kent

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Fairlee (Vermont)

Fairlee is a city of about 1000 people (2014) in Central Vermont. Fairlee is home to Lake Morey, which claims to have the longest ice skating trail in the United States.

Understand
History One of the New Hampshire grants, Fairlee was chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth in 1761 and awarded to Josiah Channey, Joseph Hubbard and 62 others. It was first settled in 1766. In 1797, the western half of the grant was set off as West Fairlee. The population was 575 by 1859, when it had several sawmills, a gristmill, and an establishment for lead pipe and pumps. The Fairlee Railroad Depot was built in 1848 by the Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers Railroad. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998, it is the oldest surviving railroad structure along the Connecticut River.

By car
Getting into Fairlee by car is the best option. It is right of Interstate 91 on exit 15. The travel on I-95 is usually pretty minimal in Vermont, although it can get a bit crowded when coming through Connecticut and Massachusetts.

By plane
Vermont's Burlington International Airport on, is the hub for Vermont's incoming and outgoing traffic. There are several main service providers, including: JetBlue; Continental; Delta; and American Airlines are just a few. From the airport, travellers have the option of taking a taxi, bus, or car rental to Fairlee. Considering the hour and 40 minutes drive, the best option would mostly likely be renting a car. See BTV's car rental options here:

By bicycle
The most fun and most approved by conservationists method to travel around Fairlee is by bicycle. Unfortunately, there are no renting shops near-by, so you'll have to supply your own. The circumference of the lake is roughly 5 miles, so a morning bike around the hilly mountainside is just the thing to get your blood pumping. Within a few miles from anywhere around the lake is the town making the bike a viable option for travel.

By car
Traveling by car is probably the most popular way to get around in Fairlee. The drives are short but a car also provides you with an option to hop onto Interstate 95 and go to any number of activities in the surrounding area. All in all, this is probably your best bet to survive all weather and all distances.

By snowmobile
Fairlee is a fairly rural town, so when the heart of winter hits central Vermont, sometimes the only option is to go over the snow, rather than through it. Once again, there's no renting available, but a snowmobile is the best way to beat the difficult winter roads, and is considered completely acceptable by locals. Beware exiting the frozen lake through resident's beach fronts, though, some residents take trespassing matters into their gun-owning hands.

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Fairlie

Fairlie is a quiet rural town in the Mackenzie District in South Canterbury, New Zealand. It has one of the nicest and cleanest public toilets in New Zealand - with underfloor heating!

By car
Fairlie is on State Highway 8, 2.5 hours south of Christchurch and 3.5 hours north of Queenstown.

Do

 * Skiing: Ski Roundhill; Mt Dobson; Fox Peak
 * Skiing: Ski Roundhill; Mt Dobson; Fox Peak

Buy

 * Fairlie Four Square, Main Street. Mini-supermarket.
 * Mint Boutique. Ladies fashion retailer.
 * Westpac Bank
 * The Ski Shack
 * Fairlie House and Garden
 * L and L Hardware
 * Aorangi Vets
 * VetLife
 * Gibson Brothers metalwork

Eat

 * Eat
 * The Gladstone
 * Rimuwhare
 * Top Pub
 * The Old Library Cafe
 * The Farm Barn
 * Binneys Cafe +64 3 685-8166
 * Mainstreet Cafe

Sleep

 * Fairlie Top Ten Holiday Park

Go next

 * Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park – 140 km by road to the west
 * Timaru – city on the coast

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Fairmont (Minnesota)

Fairmont, also known as "the City of Lakes", is a small city in Martin County, Southern Minnesota. Fairmont is the county seat and there were about 10,000 people residing in the city in 2019.

By car
Fairmont is on I-90, about halfway between Chicago and the Black Hills. Take Interstate Exit 99 or Interstate Exit 102 which exits to Minnesota Highway 15.

By plane

 * The Fairmont Municipal Airportis 2 miles east of the city on County Road 26.
 * Sioux Falls Regional Airport (Joe Foss Field) is about 120 miles west on I-90, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
 * Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) is about 120 miles northeast. Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport is major airport that has flights from most major cities.

Get around
The only form of public transportation is the Prairie Lakes Transit.

See

 * Singing Oak Indian Legend marker at Sylvania Park, Lake Avenue.
 * Singing Oak Indian Legend marker at Sylvania Park, Lake Avenue.
 * Singing Oak Indian Legend marker at Sylvania Park, Lake Avenue.
 * Singing Oak Indian Legend marker at Sylvania Park, Lake Avenue.
 * Singing Oak Indian Legend marker at Sylvania Park, Lake Avenue.

Parks

 * Amber Lake Park: north side of Amber Lake. Picnic tables, shelter house, barbecue grates, playground, flush toilets, fishing, boat access, dock, handicapped accessible.
 * Cedar Creek Park: west side of Amber Lake. Picnic tables, shelter house, flush toilets, nature hiking trails, fishing, dock, 36-hole disc golf, biking, hiking, walking, and cross-country skiing
 * Gomsrud Park: Between Budd and Hall Lake. Picnic tables, shelter house, barbecue grates, playground, flush toilets, fishing, boat access, dock, swimming beach, volleyball, bath house, and is handicapped accessible.
 * Lincoln Park: wast side of Lake George. Picnic tables, shelter house, playground, flush toilets, fishing, boat access, dock, holiday lights, and is handicapped accessible. Within the park is the Livingston Log Cabin. Built by William Robert Livingston who came, with his wife, to Martin County in 1866. They settle in Silver Lake Township and named their homestead "Tall Oak." In 1953 the cabin was moved to Lincoln Park.
 * Sylvania Park: east side of Lake Sisseton. Picnic tables, shelter house, playground, flush toilets, fishing, dock, handicapped accessible, and band shell.
 * Veterans Park: east of Downtown. Picnic tables, playground, tennis courts, and basketball courts.
 * Ward Park: east side of Lake Sisseton. Picnic tables, shelter house, playground, flush toilets, fishing, boat access, dock, swimming beach, handicapped accessible, and holiday lights.

Do

 * Sisseton Lake Walking/Biking Trail Begins North end of Sisseton Lake on Lake Avenue
 * Fishing Pier and Boat Ramp locations
 * Amber Lake - Amber Lake Park
 * Budd Lake - Gomsrud Park
 * Hall Lake - Gomsrud Park
 * Lake George - Ida Street
 * Sisseton Lake - Ward Park
 * Skate Park Margaret Street
 * Snowmobiling Trails. Over 100 miles of groomed trails in the Fairmont area. Maps available at the Fairmont Area Chamber of Commerce, Fairmont Convention and Visitors Bureau, local convenience stores, and motels.
 * Swimming beaches Gomsrud and Ward Parks.
 * Lake George - Ida Street
 * Sisseton Lake - Ward Park
 * Skate Park Margaret Street
 * Snowmobiling Trails. Over 100 miles of groomed trails in the Fairmont area. Maps available at the Fairmont Area Chamber of Commerce, Fairmont Convention and Visitors Bureau, local convenience stores, and motels.
 * Swimming beaches Gomsrud and Ward Parks.
 * Skate Park Margaret Street
 * Snowmobiling Trails. Over 100 miles of groomed trails in the Fairmont area. Maps available at the Fairmont Area Chamber of Commerce, Fairmont Convention and Visitors Bureau, local convenience stores, and motels.
 * Swimming beaches Gomsrud and Ward Parks.
 * Snowmobiling Trails. Over 100 miles of groomed trails in the Fairmont area. Maps available at the Fairmont Area Chamber of Commerce, Fairmont Convention and Visitors Bureau, local convenience stores, and motels.
 * Swimming beaches Gomsrud and Ward Parks.

Events

 * 4th of July Music Festival July 4th, Heritage Acres, 507 Lake Avenue. Bluegrass music, demonstrations, antique displays, and food at Heritage Acres.
 * 4th of July Spectacular Fireworks July 4th. These spectacular fireworks are held over beautiful Lake Sisseton at 10PM.
 * Community Band Concerts Sylvania Park Band Shell. Tuesday Evenings June - July 8PM
 * Fairmont Glows. From the Mid November to January 1st. Visit Ward or Lincoln Park to view the "GLOWS" lighting during the holiday season.
 * Fridays in the Park  Citizen's Park, Downtown Fairmont. Every Friday June - August. 11:45AM - 1PM
 * Fridays in the Park  Citizen's Park, Downtown Fairmont. Every Friday June - August. 11:45AM - 1PM

Buy

 * Sovell Jewelry, 113 Downtown Plaza. Sale and repair of jewelry and watches.
 * Sovell Jewelry, 113 Downtown Plaza. Sale and repair of jewelry and watches.

Sleep

Go next

 * Sioux Falls, SD is a 2-hour drive west on I-90.
 * Mankato, MN is less than one hour northeast.
 * Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN is two hours northeast.
 * Rochester, MN is a two-hour drive east on I-90.
 * Iowa Great Lakes/Lake Okoboji, IA is 1½ hours southwest.

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Fairmont (West Virginia)

Fairmont, nicknamed the "Friendly City", is a city of 18,313 people (as of 2020) in West Virginia, and the county seat of Marion County (pop. 56,000). It was established in 1820 as Middletown, and changed in 1843 to Fairmont, short for "Fair Mountain". The city is located on the Monongahela River at it's origin at the confluence of the Tygart Valley River flowing northwest from Grafton, and the West Fork River flowing north from Clarksburg. Fairmont claims to be the origin of the Pepperoni Roll, West Virginia's official state food. Mary Lou Retton — a gold-medalist gymnast in the 1984 Olympics, who was highly popular around the country and particularly in West Virginia — came from Fairmont. Fairmont is home to Fairmont State University, the third largest in the state, and is located 20 minutes south of Morgantown, home to the largest university in West Virginia; West Virginia University. Fairmont is the third largest metro area in the North Central West Virginia region, also known as 'Mountaineer Country' and the 'I-79 High-Technology Corridor', sitting about halfway between Clarksburg and Morgantown, the largest city in the region. This part of the state is home to companies such as Allegheny Energy, the FBI Identification Facility, and numerous software-oriented businesses.

By car
Fairmont sits at the intersection of US-19, between Morgantown and Clarksburg, and US-250, between Wheeling and Elkins. It's also adjacent to I-79 (exits 132 through 139), which runs largely parallel to US-19 in the region.

See

 * Nine of the seventeen covered bridges in West Virginia are within easy access of Fairmont. Kathleen Panek, owner of the Gillum House B&B in Shinnston, has route information if you want to visit all of them.

Movies

 * Sunset Ellis Drive-in, south of Shinnston, +1 304-592-3909. Open Friday through Monday, May until Labor Day. $6.

Learn

 * The local newspaper is the Times West Virginian, +1 304-367-2500.
 * Fairmont State, 1201 Locust Avenue, +1 304-367-4892. Community and technical college founded in 1974, and state university founded in 1865, offering 90 baccalaureate and 50 associate degrees.

Eat
Fairmont is the "Home of the Original Pepperoni Roll". If you want to get them fresh, rather than pre-wrapped in a convenience mart, your best bets are the traditional variety at the Country Club Bakery, or the giant variety at Colasessano's.

Go next

 * Morgantown is about 30 minutes north on I-79.
 * Clarksburg and Bridgeport are about 30 minutes south on I-79.
 * Grafton is about 30 minutes southeast on I-79 and US-250.

title: Fairmont (West Virginia)


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Fairmont City

Fairmont City is a small town in the St. area of Illinois, bordering East St. Louis to the south.

Understand
The village is only about 5 minutes from the world-famous Gateway Arch of St. Louis. Sunset often provides picturesque views of the arch and St. Louis' skyline. Collinsville Road, once known as the National Road, runs the length of the village. Along this route there is an accumulation of vintage, in situ roadside Americana advertising signage that is unsurpassed in the area.

Go next

 * Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in bordering Collinsville was the center of the largest prehistoric Native American city in the U.S. and one of only 20 UNESCO World Heritage sites in the nation.
 * Gateway Motorsports Park, bordering Fairmont City, holds many different motorsports events.
 * St. Louis, of course.

title: Fairmont City


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Fairplay

Fairplay is a town in the south central region of Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains of the United States of America. It is believed to be the virtual basis of the fictional town of South Park, in the animated series of the same name.

Understand
The town was named by gold prospectors who settled it in 1859 when they were driven from nearby Tarryall by miners who had staked more claims than they could work. In "Fair Play" every man would have an equal chance to stake a claim. Visitors aware of the town's gold-mining roots will find it impossible to miss the remains of the industry that mark the surrounding countryside. Anyone interested in the history of the old west and western mining should visit the South Park City Museum in Fairplay.

See
South Park City Museum

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Fairport

There is more than one place called Fairport:

United States of America

 * Fairport (California)
 * Fairport (Iowa)
 * Fairport (Michigan)
 * Fairport (Missouri)
 * Fairport (New York)
 * Fairport (North Carolina)
 * Fairport (Virginia)
 * Fairport Harbor - A town in Ohio

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