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Oct31

St Martins Lane

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Hotel St Martins Lane is a dramatic and daring reinvention of the urban resort. Entered through improbably tall, luminescent yellow-glass revolving doors—the tallest in London—St Martins Lane’s lobby is a soaring and theatrical space that offers a provocative manipulation with oversized columns and angled niches painted a deep fluorescent yellow, complemented by Portuguese limestone floors.
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Oct14

Paula Rego Museum

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Paula Rego Museum, is located just outside the Portuguese capital by the beaches of Cascais. The museum includes paintings and drawings by Portugal’s most acclaimed living artist. The museum is named after Paula Rego, who was born in Lisbon but has been living between Cascais and London since the 1970s. In the British capital she married artist Victor Willing and was appointed the first associate artist of England’s National Gallery. She’s also considered one of the best living painters in Britain, and her works can be seen in several museums around the world, from the British Museum in London to the MoMA in New York.
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Oct07

Hotel Ibis London Docklands – Excel

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Ibis London Excel is a great 2-star hotel! Only 10 minutes drive from London City airport and central London. The hotel is ideal for business stays as well as holiday visits.
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Oct03

The Geteway hotel, London

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The hotel is two minutes from Clapham South Tube station with easy access to the city, West End and Wimbledon. The hotel is just over 4 miles from the very tourist heart of London and the West End.
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Sep26

A Jewel in the London’ Crown

 
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St Pancras International is the largest ever construction project in UK. This is the key destination to London for Eurostar passengers. Built in 1868, it became the main London terminal which connects the centre of London to the European high speed rail network. The route of High Speed 1 uses over 150 bridges, including the longest high speed rail viaduct in the world and the largest ever tunnels under London.
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Sep01

Martinique

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Martinique’s Creole chic is a Caribbean wonder. As a Department of France, the island gets all the benefits of the north European Euro – zone, allied to the technicolor brilliance of West Indian music and culture. It’s a heady and glamorous mix. The downside of the French umbilical is overdevelopment and overcrowding, which can be dismaying if you arrive from another island, but after a day or so the sheer of the island will captivate you. Photo by: *** Olivia ***
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Aug31

Lofoten Islands

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Lying just inside the Arctic Circle west of Norway are the Lofoten Islands, a chain of fabulous mountainous islands with wooded hillsides and lovely white sandy bays. There are five main islands in the group: Austvagoy, Gimsoya, Vestvagoy, Flakstadoya and Moskenesoya and three smaller ones. Although the islands are so far north, they enjoy a fairly mild climate due to the Gulf Stream. Photo by: joepvanwyk
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