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

One of the oldest and most esteemed film festivals on the planet, the 67th Venice Film Festival in Venice,Italy starts this year on September 1 and runs through to September 11  2010 when the awards and winners will be announced.

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The Queen’s Court is ideally located in the city center of Budapest and is within a few minutes walk from the city´s business centers and institutions. The Queen’s Court’s central location makes it highly accessible both for those who would like to use public transportation as well as a private car, as a large secure underground parking garage is available for our guests. With its calm, warm and sophisticated atmosphere, the Queen’s Court provides spacious, individually designed suites with all the expected 5-star hotel services.
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Nowadays people have always wanted to climb higher and see further. There is power and prestige in being high up but there is also exhilaration. People want to go up, maybe even to be a bit scared. The Stockholm Globe Arena, known as the Ericsson Globe, apparently is the world’s largest round building and the cute little glass orbs climb up the rounded the skin of the structure.
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L’Arc Paris, Restaurant-Bar & Club, has been open for four months and at least the Club has already become the place where you go if you want to be with the chic, the famous and the beautiful. Mostly, you go there to be seen. L’Arc occupies the former premises of l’Etoile Nightclub at 12 rue de Presbourg, with views of Arc de Triomphe.
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This luxury hotel is situated in an elegant mid 20th century building, recreated with a highly stylised contemporary interior by Spanish born designer Patricia Urquiola. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group operates in 25 countries, but this is its first entry into southern Europe. Mandarin Oriental Barcelona’s official opening was celebrated in November 2009 with a lavish gala attended by the city’s style leaders and elite.
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Saffire Freycinet is a luxury resort that just-opened on Tasmania’s East Coast in Australia. Its surroundings are splendid, truly in touch with the beauty and depth of nature. Distinct in its design, exclusive in its features and set apart by its approach to uncompromising service, staying at Saffire is an experience that will enrich and uplift, changing the way you feel about life.
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Five miles of pristine beaches and 12 miles of ocean trails await you. Turtle Bay Resort is located less than an hour away from Honolulu and only a few minutes from The Polynesian Cultural Center. The resort features two lushly landscaped pools, two championship golf courses, ten tennis courts, horseback riding, hiking and mountain bike trails, a surfing school, world-class dining and shopping. Famous landmarks include Sunset Beach, Banzai Pipeline and Waimea Falls Park, all of which lie within five miles of the resort.
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NOMA is a wonderful restaurant, not about only an olive oil, foie gras, sun-dried tomatoes and black olives. On contrary, the restaurant have been busy exploring the Nordic regions discovering outstanding foods and bringing them back to Denmark: Icelandic skyr curd, halibut, Greenland musk ox, berries and water. The staff pay careful attention to the qualities of their culinary heritage, and also aim to create something brand new.
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The Encounter Restaurant is a recognizable landmark and one of the most famous edifices in Los Angeles as a whole. For many years, the structure housed a coffee shop that would provide a quick meal and cup of Joe for travelers. Just a few years ago, Walt Disney Imagineering utterly revamped the interior, converting it into a Jetson-esque restaurant and bar, complete with retro-style multi-colored patterns on the carpeting, blue and red lava lights, opalescent surfaces and moon-cratered walls.
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Espacio Escultorico is a place of innovative art project in Mexico, located in the University Cultural Center. The sculpture garden at UNAM, is a popular gathering place for students and locals alike. The concrete wedges of this sculpture form a circle around a volcanic rock formation where visitors come to meditate.
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