Parkhotel Delta is an attractive and upscale privately owned and managed 5 star family resort in Ascona, Switzerland. The spacious 20-acre hotel site lies in a quiet, peaceful area on the shores of Lake Maggiore. There is sufficient space on the approximately 80.000 m² of parkland for any number of activities.
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The Pygmy marmosets are the smallest living monkeys in the world. They inhabit the rainforests in Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil. This species live in the upper canopy of the forest and survive on an omnivorous diet of fruit, leaves, insects, small reptiles. Image from: Frösö Zoo via DRB
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Hotel Adler Spa and Sport Resort has been owned and managed by members of the Sanoner family since 1810.
The Adler Dolomiti Spa and Sport Resort is a 5-star hotel in St.Ulrich, a lovely location in the South Tyrolean Dolomites. The Hotel Adler offers a combination of cultural, artistic and gastronomic experiences and a regenerating pause immersed in healing thermal waters. The award-winning Adler in the Dolomites has been selected as one of the “Top 10 Relaxation/Spa Hotels in the World” by the Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards 2010!
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The city of Monterrey lies at the foothills of Mexico’s storied Sierra Madre, surrounded on all sides by a breathtaking landscape of mountains, deserts, canyons and forests. Habita Monterrey, the latest hotel from Mexico’s award-winning Grupo Habita. Inside the hotel’s sixties-style exterior, Parisian visionary Joseph Dirand has created a dramatic and hyper-modern interior in black, white and grey with furniture from avant-garde designer Rick Owens. Photo by: Pascal Rohner, pd-sign.ch
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Because of the site states, the hotel adapts to the sloping topology of the steep hill it rests on and then breaks into four distinct strands that divide the site into north and south plots. Whereas fifteen luxury villas occupy the northern plot, the southern portion contains gardens and areas for relaxation. The facade is clad in operable perforated wooden panels that both serve to separate and extend the private living space into the outdoors.
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Val d’Isere, France, is a very popular winter resort, includes around 10,000 hectares of skiable terrain. There are more than 300km of marked runs for every level of skier, tried-and-true off-piste itineraries for serious experts. All of this brings Val d’Isère holidaymakers and extreme skiers from all over the world. The lift and cable car system is ultra-modern and very efficient. Ninety-nine lifts can move more than 3,000 skiers per hour, uphill.
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The monastery of St. Joachim Osogovski, set amongst verdant green woods near the northeastern town of Kriva Palanka. The nowadays monastery has two churches – the old one, Holy Mother of God, and the new one, St. Joachim Ossogovski. In the summer it has been used for an architecture summer school – at any time travelers can stay here and enjoy the peace and the beauty.
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A tiny coral-ringed island off Zanzibar, with beautifully-designed thatch bungalows, genuinely ecological aims and some of the world’s best snorkelling. Chumbe Island Coral Park is set on a rocky islet nestling in turquoise seas between east Africa and Zanzibar. All of this inspired German creators, who came in 1995 and saw its untouched coral reefs. They dreamed of turning it into an island retreat which would be the cutting edge of sustainable design and ecotourism. Photo by: #1animal
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Hotel Weihrerhof Ritten is a 4 star hotel located at Wolfsgruben 22 in the city of Ritten, Italy. Hotel Weihrerhof offers modern accommodation in a relaxing mountaineer style and stunning views of the Dolomites.
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The Electric Ramps at the Old Centre in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, are covered by dramatic envelope that intended to create the improvement of the visual impact in the historic district. The ramps are created due to extreme winter conditions of the historical city. This hilly topography made it possible for the urban structure of the historical centre to remain intact. Nevertheless, it has also led to the creation of ghettos and to isolation from the rest of the city.
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