The important tennis tournament Roland Garrós, which is being played on clay, will attract the elite tennis players from all over the world to Paris from the 23rd of May until the 5th of June. The event, besides having an own media coverage of the large events, will not only capture the attention of sport enthusiasts, but also of foreigners and locals wanting to enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere and romantic characteristics of the city of the Seine.
The origin of this competition goes back to 1927, when the French team, known as “the Four Musketeers”, beat the American team during Cup Davis. Thanks to the triumph of its four members (Jacques Brugnont, Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet and René Lacoste), France was chosen the headquarter of the revenge, which made it necessary to build a stadium with the quality required by the most important worldwide competition regarding team play, in less than one year.
The new stadium, located in an area of three hectares donated by the city of Paris, would be baptized with the name of Roland Garrós in honour of a French official who for the first time steered an airplane through the Mediterranean. Later the precinct gave the name to the tournament.
Roland Garrós has become one of the sports events that can be proud of an excellent international projection. Since the start of the tournament champions with a great importance like Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg, Manuel Santana, Fred Perry and Ilie Nastase have played in the stadium. In the female rows they emphasize on Suzanne Lenglen, Helen Wills, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Arantxa Sánchez Vicar and Mónica Seles.
The Open of Australia, the U.S. Open and Wimbledon complete the list of respected competitions considered in the Grand Slam.
The Grec Festival emphasizes on creativity and internationalization in its theatre, dance and music shows
The 2005 Grec Festival arrives to Barcelona again for its 29 edition with a wide offer of theatre, dance and music. This succession of shows, that will be celebrated from the 27th of Juny until the 8th of August, has turned into a cultural point of reference of the city, which seeks to promote the creation, the concreteness and its internationalization, according to sources of the organization.Conference of HEDNA 2005 in Barcelona
Nowadays the tourists prefer to organize their vacations on their own to reduced the prices