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Aug16

County Donegal

Located in the Province of Ulster, County Donegal is the most northern county of the twenty-six counties of the Republic of Ireland. With its sandy beaches and natural beauty, Co. Donegal is a favored destination for many travelers. It presents spectacular landscapes and seascapes, windswept peninsulas, precipitous cliffs and a host of golden beaches…that rival any in Europe.
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Aug16

Joffre fall

Karijini National Park is in between the towns of Tom Price and Newman in Western Australia. This is that state’s second largest national park with an area of 630,000 hectares. Rock formations visible in the park were laid down over 2,500 million year ago. Aboriginal legend has it that the gorges of Karijini National Park were formed by giant serpents that snaked through the rocks and now reside in the park’s glistening waters. Joffre waterfall is the tallest in the park.


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Aug14

Turkiz Hotel Thalasso Centre and Marina

Turkiz Hotel Thalasso Center is located in Kemer, known in the ancient world as Paradise on Earth. The luxurious 5 star Tuerkiz Hotel Thalasso Centre is located on the Turkish Riviera approximately 55 km from Antalya International Airport and 45 km from Antalya City Centre. The best way to reach the hotel from the airport is by hire car or taxi.
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Aug13

Mount Kailash, Himalayas in Tibet

The majestic Himalayas figure prominently not only in the topography of India but in its history and mythology as well. The youngest mountain range in the world, and yet the mightiest, the Himalayas are many things to many people. Mount Kailash  is believed to have been formed 30 million years ago. Then Himalayas were in their early stage of formation. It is one of the most esteemed places in the Himalayas.
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Aug13

The Lodge at Kauri Cliffs

Soak up panoramic Pacific Ocean views from this elegant boutique hotel in New Zealand’s North Island. Set on 6,000 acres near Matauri Bay, Northland, The Lodge at Kauri Cliffs affords spectacular 180-degree views of the Pacific Ocean. Kauri Cliffs is located on the northern edge of New Zealand, approximately 25 minutes from the Kerikeri Airport. Several helicopter companies operate flights from Auckland to Kauri Cliffs. Travel direct to Kauri Cliffs is approximately 1 hour. The lodge overlooks the golf course and consists in a spacious living room, meeting room, card room, fitness centre and small computer room.
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Aug12

Carton House, Co. KIldare

Relish the freedom to enjoy the authentic woodland, meandering Rye River and Carton lakes of the 1,100-acre private Estate on which Carton House is superbly located. Carton House Hotel is a 4-star hotel located in Maynooth just 20 km west of Dublin’s city centre and 30 minutes from Dublin’s international airport.
Old Carton was originally part of The Duke of Leinster’s Country Estate at Carton and retains that wonderful ambience from another era. Following a fantastic makeover, Carton House is now welcoming guests to experience this enchanting world, steeped in history, but with all the comforts of a hotel. Carton House he has taken a relatively flat and open parkland area and transformed it into a great and very  golf course.
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Aug11

Thatcher’s Coffee

Thatcher’s sell locally-baked goods and coffee while making their own seasonal pastries on site, however they go a step further with an interior replete with sustainably-designed furnishings. The whole atmosphere is a sleek comfort that provides a sense of history for the goods consumed there. Through carefully-considered interior design elements, Thatcher’s offers the conscious consumer a new sense of the goods they choose to purchase and support.
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Aug10

Huka Lodge, New Zealand

Huka Lodge is located in Taupo, New Zealand and just 300m upstream from the famous Huka Falls. 800 yards from Taupo Bungy, 1100 yards from City Centre Taupo and 4.1 miles from Taupo Airport (TUO). Huka Lodge was founded in the 1920s and has been consistently chosen as one of the top retreats in the world.Originally built as a fishing retreat, this inland ecosystem offers some of the best trout fishing in the world. Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, Kate Winslet, and Barbra Streisand have been guests.
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Aug10

Castello di Vicarello

Castello di Vicarello is a beautiful castle, which sits on a hill overlooking the Maremma countryside in southern Tuscany, and it offers absolutely everything that any of your senses would want of a Tuscan vacation. About 50 years ago, it was practically a ruin, completely abandoned, when the Baccheschi Berti family saw the potential. With much love and care, and quite a few lira, the family transformed the ruin into an exquisitely luxurious yet completely unpretentious Tuscan paradise that opened for guests in 2003.
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Aug10

Chairama SPA

This fascinating Spa center is located in a traditional square in Bogota between two other building. The activities are organized into four levels and related to the different thermal levels of the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta through botanical and animal shapes.
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