2010 July travel tips and stories. Vacations ideas, cruises spa and resorts

STAY is a stylish and spacious hotel placed on Copenhagen‘s Islands Brygge. STAY has a view overlooking the water and the city, and easy access to the vibrating boroughs that have lifted Copenhagen into the global big league. The hotel has timeless design and favorable prices and offers its guests the same freedom that the city’s inhabitants enjoy, such as the option of cooking your own food, own house rules, and a tranquil environment that lets you think.
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The 1992 Summer Olympic Games had a dramatic effect on Barcelona, not least in their architectural legacy. With its spatial dynamism and curvilinear energy, the Montjuic Telecommunications Tower built to transmit television coverage of the Games – has since become an iconic symbol of the Catalan city. The tower is in the heart of the Olympic park Santiago Calatrava.
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Cafe de Unie has sometimes been dismissed as ”facade architecture” for its eye-catching design that more closely resembles a Piet Mondrian painting than a building. Red, blue, and yellow dominate a three-dimensional geometric graphic design meant to attract passerby into the cafe. It is typical of the De Stijl movement of which Mondrian, J.J.P. Oud, and Gerrit Rietveld were the main proponents.
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A few years ago, Genoa was far more grit than glamour — a way station to more fabulous places like Cinque Terre and its industrial port was among the more forgettable spots along the Italian Riviera. However, a complete restoration of its seedy waterfront, combined with an influx of young, well-funded entrepreneurs, has made Genoa a city bustling with cosmopolitan wine bars and restaurants.
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This summer, almost in every emerging neighborhood in Leipzig, Germany the streets were buzzing of artists and students. Early 20th-century cinema turned intimate music hall, Mohna. Outside, on Wolfgang-Heinze-Strasse, three heavily pierced student-types in studded jackets were hurrying toward Conne Island, one of Leipzig’s better-known music venues. Therefore, Leipzig does call itself the City of Music.
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The Centurion Palace, which is the Sina Group’s newest property, is an intriguing play of contrasts. The facade in airy Venetian Gothic style, like a beautiful piece of old lace, conceals modern accents, design features, strong colours and the unique atmosphere inside the hotel.
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Djupvik Hotel, on the beautiful island of Gotland, is perfect place for travelers and quests, who want a special holiday, a romantic escape or a tranquil hideaway. It is perfect location for relaxing, enjoying a delicious lunch, a refreshing drink or a delightful dinner. It is also a perfect venue for holding a mini-conference or meeting for business at hand. 
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The Sign Hotel was opened last year, it was declared as the biggest hotel in Stockholm. The hotel is part of Clarion hotels chain, and comes across as a sort of overblown diorama of the Scandinavian sensibility. It’s a few blocks — a walk of five minutes, tops — from the train’s terminus. Although it faces a pretty square, its situation is ultimately more functional than fun or romantic. The main business and high-end shopping districts are closer than the oldest part of the city.
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The Der Teufelhof in Basel is an unique hotel with 33 rooms. These rooms are situated either in the historic building called the Art Hotel, or in the more modern part of the building, the Gallery Hotel. The Art Hotel has eight rooms and one suite, all of which have been created as works of art to live in. Changing, thematically arranged exhibitions are held in the Gallery Hotel, which has 18 rooms, three junior suites and three suites.
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Cuenca is a medivial city in autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha in central Spain. Cuenca is also known for the casas colgadas, or hanging houses, cut improbably into the cliffs and dangling dangerously over the ravine, as well as its Moorish history, a quirky cathedral built in fits and starts over the course of several centuries, and an unexpectedly excellent selection of (mostly Spanish) modern art.
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