The Isle of Man is located in the Irish Sea at approximately the same distance from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The area of the island is about 570 km, inhabited by 76,000 people, almost a third of whom live in Douglas, the capital of the island.
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Visa to Maine
Visa for staying on the island is made out in the Embassy and visa centers in the UK, with a period of more than 15 days. When you apply for a visa, fingerprints are taken.
How to get there
In the south of the island, about 8 miles from the capital, Douglas is Ronaldsway airport that connects the island with London, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Liverpool and Glasgow . Air communication is carried out daily. There are also airlines that connect the island with the Channel Islands.
The ferry goes between Liverpool and the Isle of Man year-round, and from Belfast and Dublin the ferries follow Douglas only in the summer. The ferry can be transported to the island and the car.
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Climate
The climate on the island due to the closely passing Gulf Stream is quite mild. The coldest month is February (the average daily temperature is +5 ° C), and the warmest months are July and August, when the daytime temperature fluctuates around +18 ° C. The island arose relatively recently, about 8,500 years ago, when, as a result of melting glaciers, the isthmus that connected the Isle of Man with Great Britain was flooded. There are three distinct periods in the history of the island: Celtic, Scandinavian and British.
Transport
The Maine Highway network, which meets all the highest standards, is a total of 800 km and is well known to fast-driving lovers: there are no speed limits for the car.
The island railway system operates depending on the time Yeni year and connects only the main town of the island.
Isle bit of history and interesting facts
Isle of Man is not part of the UK or the European Union. Parliamentary constitutional democracy operates here. The head of state is the Lord of Maine, the last decades of his function is performed by Queen Elizabeth II. Parliament (Tinwald) has existed on the island since 979 and is one of the oldest parliaments in the world. The island operates its own legal system, which has a lot in common with the British. In the world business, the Isle of Man is known as an offshore zone.
Since the 1830s, when steamships between Liverpool and the Isle of Man were established, tourism has become the main source of income for the island . The tourist flow has been growing steadily until the outbreak of the First World War in 1913 year, then declined sharply and reached the level of 1913 only after World War II, in 1948 . In the future, the tourists began to interest the island less and less: the growth of the welfare of the British and the development of aviation transport made accessible more attractive, eat the Isle of Man, southern European and North African resorts . However, interest in the island, as the tourist facilities there .
Entertainment, island tours and attractions Maine
In the cities of Maine there are several interesting museums, in particular, the Transport Museum and the Museum of the History of the Island in Pyla, a museum of folk art in the village of Cragnis. The capital of Douglas Island is famous for its horse tram, which has existed here since 1876.
Rashen Castle is one of the best-preserved medieval fortresses in the UK, and invariably attracts history buffs. In general, the island can not boast of a large number of artifacts, most of which are interesting by a weird interweaving of signs of different cultures: Celtic, Scandinavian, British.
Interesting engineering structure Wheel of Lakes, the largest water-lifting wheel in the world, still works, attracts to itself lovers of the history of technology. With nothing incomparable impressions can get on the island cyclists. Specially designed routes take you from the sights to the sights and allow you to get acquainted with the historical and architectural heritage of both the Celts, the Vikings and the Victorian era.