With the average person spending an estimated 2 weeks kissing in a lifetime ebookers.com the online travel experts suggests getting started soon by combining your annual summer fortnight abroad with national kissing day on 6th July. So pack and pucker up with ebookers.com to the most famous smooching spots around the world�.

Sweet Kiss

Hershey Kisses Chocolate Factory, Time Square, New York One of the US�s best loved sweets Hershey's Kisses chocolates were launched in 1907 and are still going strong today. Why not visit the Hershey store in Time Square where you can light up a pyramid of Hershey�s Kisses chocolates with colours coinciding with the Empire State Building or even send someone their very own personalized Giant Hershey�s Kiss. While it's not known exactly how Hershey's Kisses got their name, it is a popular theory that the candy was named for the sound or motion of the chocolate being deposited during the manufacturing process. New York, 3 nights �525pp: Price includes return flights with United Airways, airport tax, and three nights at the 3* Milford Plaza. Price valid until 10th July 03.

French Kiss

The Rodin Museum, Paris Home to thousands of Rodin�s sculptures including one of his most famous works �The Kiss� the Rodin museum is a spectacular place to indulge your artistic desires. �The Kiss� sculpture was inspired by Dante's tale of Paolo and Francesca, lovers entwined for eternity in the Inferno; this statue was initially part of Rodin's Gates of Hell. Of the many couples sculpted during his tumultuous liaison with Camille Claudel, The Kiss is the most sensuous. The poet Rilke compared it to "a sun that rises and floods all with its light." Paris, 2 nights �115pp: Price includes: return scheduled flight from London, airport tax, two nights accommodation at the 2* Prince Albert Monceau and breakfast. Airport transfers and regional departures are available on request. Price valid until 31st August.

Kiss Chase

Romeo & Juliet landmarks, Verona, Italy Follow the trail of Shakespeare�s infamous Romeo and Juliet around the legendary town of Verona. View the home of Juliet Capulet and stand where Romeo and Juliet reportedly shared their last ill- fated kiss. Apparently in Verona's Registry of Birth & Death, there is really a lady by the name of Juliet Capulet who lived and died sometime in the 1500s and a man named Romeo Montague too. Verona, 2 nights, �179pp: Price includes return flight from London, two nights hotel accommodation at the 3* Piccolo Hotel and breakfast. Price valid between 07 Jul -09 Jul 03.

Wish Kiss

Kissing Stone- Ireland The Blarney stone is a stone set on the wall of the Blarney Castle tower in the Irish village of Blarney. Kissing the stone is supposed to bring the kisser the gift of persuasive eloquence (blarney). The origins of the Blarney Stone�s magical properties aren�t clear, but one legend says that an old woman cast a spell on the stone to reward a king who had saved her from drowning. Kissing the stone while under the spell gave the king the ability to speak sweetly and convincingly. Situated between the main castle wall and the parapet it requires some dexterity to reach the stone. Kissers have to lie on their back and bend backward and downward holding onto iron bars for support. Aghabullogue, near Blarney, County Cork, Ireland, 7 nights �66pppweek Semi-detached house for 6. This is an excellent touring base with Blarney being 10 miles, Cork city 17 miles and the delights of Killarney and West Cork an easy day trip away. Log onto http://www.ebookers.cottages.co.uk/ or call 01756 695 087 quoting property reference: 6394

Forbidden Kiss

Eternity Island, Hawaii Setting of the most famous on screen kiss ever Sergeant Warden (Burt Lancaster) and Karen Holmes (Deborah Kerr) starring in the 1953 film �From here to Eternity� were the forbidden lovers, meeting for a secret rendezvous in a secluded cove on Eternity beach. As the waves crashed and the moon sparkled on the sand, Lancaster and Kerr, both dripping wet from their romp in the ocean, rolled around in sand, locked in a tight embrace. Why not recreate the scene with your own Hollywood heart throb? Radisson Kauai Beach Resort, Hawaii 7 nights �1119: Price includes return flights with American Airlines, seven nights accommodation at the 3* Radisson Kauai Beach Resort and all pre-paid taxes.

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Kissing Facts: � The world�s longest kiss took place on January 28, 2002. Louisa Almodovar and Rich Langly of New Jersey kissed for a record 30 hours, 59 minutes and 27 seconds on a segment of the American TV show �Ricki Lake�

� It�s illegal in Indiana for a moustached man to �habitually kiss human beings�

� In Hartford, Connecticut it�s illegal for a husband to kiss his wife on a Sunday

� In Cedar Rapids, Iowa it�s a crime to kiss a stranger

� In medieval Italy Kisses weren�t taken, or given lightly. If a man and a woman were seen embracing in public they could be forced to marry

� In Russia the highest sign of recognition was a kiss from the Tsar

� Eskimos, Polynesians and Malaysians rub noses instead of kissing

� Canadian porcupines kiss one another on the lips

� African tribes pay homage to their chief by kissing the ground where he has walked.

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