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Coral Lodge  15.41 in Mozambique, Africa is a unique luxury lodge at a prime beach location near the UNESCO World Heritage city, Ilha the Mozambique. Because of its unique location, Coral Lodge 15.41 can offer you a great number of activities with lots of variation. You can simply enjoy the resort, the beach and the water sports or satisfy your curiosity of  Mozambique rich history and the culture of the Macua people.There is also the possibility to combine your cultural and/or beach holiday at Coral Lodge 15.41 with a true Mozambican safari.
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The Brihadishwara Temple at Thanjavur, India is the world’s first complete granite temple by patron RajaRaja Chola I. The temple is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Great Living Chola Temples”. The temple stands amidst fortified walls that were probably added in the 16th century.

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Paraty is a UNESCO designated fishing village located in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest. The architecture of this village is a well preserved example of the colonial Portuguese period. Paraty is a very popular tourist destination because of its historic qualities, excellent restaurants and pousadas, and access to many pristine islands off its coast.
The cultural attractions in Paraty also include a cultural center with nice historic exhibitions, museums, a theatre, as well as a myriad of annual cultural and party events and festivals in Paraty.
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Situated in the South Pacific Ocean, 700km north-east of Sydney, Australia. Lord Howe Island is a small, breathtakingly beautiful island, just 11 km long and 2.8 km at its widest point. Included on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1982, the island is bordered by a reef-fringed lagoon, rolling surf, and the world’s southern most coral reef. Capella Lodge is the only Lord Howe Island accommodation with lagoon, mountain and ocean views.
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In 1309, the Grand Master Sigfried von Feuchtwangen moved the capital of the Teutonoic Order from Venice to a monastery at Malbork. The fortified monastery, constructed in the preceding three decades, was due for redevelopment. The subsequent periods of construction only truly finished with the purchase of the castle by the Polish king in 1457, by which time the fortress had become the most powerful in Europe. Photo by: roj czech
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If you want to see a valley so magnificent that it gets you thinking about what the Garden of Eden might have looked like, travel to Cuba. Richly, fertile, with endless tobacco, sugarcane, and coffee plantations, the western province of Pinar del Rio is a blessed with a lush greenness, beautiful rivers, and natural springs. The pretty village of Vinales is nestled into the breathtaking Sierra de los Organos mountains, and the Vinales Valley is UNESCO-protected. Photo by: rikun1401
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A stunning seventeenth-century colonial harbor town on Brazil‘s Costa Verde, Paraty is a perfectly preserved UNESCO World Heritage site. Paraty meaning ”river of fish” in the Tupi language, was founded in 1667. The town’s growth was based on its location at the end of the Gold Trail connecting Rio and Europe to the gold mines in Minas Gerais by the sea. Photo by: Rodrigo_Soldon
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