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Jan27

Nimb Hotel

Located in the Tivoli Gardens, the Nimb is one the finest places to stay in Copenhagen. Opened in 2008, this is an intimate boutique hotel placed in historical Moorish styled building. The white marble facade dominated by towers and minarets look like an Arabian palace, but inside is designed with typical Nordic style – with pale colors, dark oak and grey Oland stone.
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Jan27

Santiago de Compostela

In 2000, the city was listed as a “European City of Culture”.  According to a legend, Santiago de Compostela, Spain is the city where the remains of the apostle Saint James were found. Santiago de Compostela, Spain is a cultural capital offers example of historical, architectural and tourist attractions.
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Jan26

Dewi Sinta Villa

Dewi Sinta Villa andRestaurant Tanah Lot, is situated around 16 km from Bali  outside airport Ngurah Rai, reached within 20 minutes by car.
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Jan26

Borneo Jungle Trails

The most extraordinary attractions in Borneo, however, are natural. If  you come to visit Borneo you will bump into some of the most ancient and species-rich rain forests on earth. In less than a week, you can plunge into an exotic world of primeval flora and endangered fauna, visit — or live with — a local tribe, and still have time for urban pursuits — i.e. eating and shopping.
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Jan26

Strahov Monastery

 

The Strahov Monastery is settled about 1.5km ( 1mile) west of the Prague Castle. Supported in 1140 by Consort Vladislav II, the giant soul Strahov Monastery looks strike from its Petrin Comic plus inform over the busiest areas of the “Mala Strana “. The monastery was rebuilt in Gothic style after a fire destroyed the complex in 1258. The new monastery shortly started to expand and in a myopic time-frame it became a eye of noetic and unworldlyspirit.
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Jan26

A real model of an ideal town

The village of Crespi d’Adda is one of the best preserved example of the “worker’s towns” in Italy. The town was founded in 1878 by the cotton manufacturer Cristoforo Benigno Crespi. The idea was that of giving to all employees a small villa, with a garden and and common services like public lavatory, a theatre, a hospital church, school, community center and cemetery.
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Jan26

Welcome to San Gimignano

It is a small walled medieval town in Siena Province, 56 km south of Florence. Rises on a hill on 334m high, San Gimignano is visible from the bends of the highway. It is famous for its medieval architecture, especially its remarkable towers but also the fabulous frescoes and other works of 14th- and 15th-century Italian art to be seen here.


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Jan26

Waldorf Astoria, Shanghai

 

 

Waldorf Astoria Shanghai mixes the history and culture with a taste for 21st century modernism. Located at the center of  The Bund, this urban accommodation is housed in Renaissance-style building, once the legendary Shanghai Club. Built in the early 1900s, the building has been transformed in hotel with the typical Waldorf’s ultra-luxe style that offers all amenities expected by modern travelers.
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Jan25

Phinda Zuka Lodge

Phinda Zuka is an exclusive-use house with accession to a large accumulate of Phinda Snobbish Gamy Bespeak in boreal Kwa-Zulu Natal, Africa.  Unshared Safari Lodge -  get the beauty of this coastwise  reserve all to yourself in this exclusive-use safari lodge – nonsuch for families. 


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Jan25

The gateway to your next Caribbean vacation

Turtle Inn Resort is owned by film director Francis Ford Coppola and this is the one of his trio of Central American resorts. Other two are Blancaneaux Lodge in Belize and La Lancha in Guatemala and we already are talked about them. Turtle Inn hosts thatched-roofed cottages sit directly on the beach.
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