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The Arkansas Arts Center, located in historic MacArthur Park, is Arkansas’ leading cultural institution and serves over 300000 visitors a year. Located on the corner of 9th and Commerce streets dominion MacArthur Park, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, it is one of the leading cultural institutions in the state. The Arkansas Arts Center was founded in 1960, but the idea began in 1914, when the Fine Arts Clubs of Arkansas formed.

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In May 2003, Tacoma Art Museum (TAM) opened a new facility twice the size of its previous home, allowing the museum to develop on its vision and mission. It features flexible exhibition space in a numerous galleries that wrap around an open-air stone courtyard. The galleries showcase Tacoma Art Museum’s collection of American, European, and Asian art, highlighting Northwest artists; also traveling local and international exhibitions. The interior reflects the museum’s spirit, from the emphasis on education spaces that are designed to initiate art evident to the framed views of Mt. Rainier and Tacoma’s growing core.

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The elegant Montelucia Resort is ranked as #1 Hotel in Arizona by Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards and #13 Top Resort in the United States and Canada.  One of the most luxurious in Scottsdale, this 35-acre retreat so resembles an Andalusian pueblo blanco that you’ll forget you’re in Arizona. Montelucia Resort is a top-rated luxury hotel inspired by the rich history, culture and architecture of Europe’s Andalusia region. Points of interest close to the resort include Sun Devil Stadium, Downtown Old Scottsdale Shopping Center, US Airways Center, Scottsdale Fashion Square, the Heard Museum, and Biltmore Fashion Park.

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Set in the heart of the American southwest in the Sonoran Desert on 450 glorious acres the Fairmont Scottsdale is the ultimate desert oasis. Newly redesigned gem blends alluring Spanish-style architecture with a modern, contemporary edge.  Actually, this is the grandest of Scottsdale resorts. The grounds, a mystical landscape of lagoons, fountains, fire pits, colorful desert plants, and expansive green spaces, offer lush contrast to the desert surroundings. If you choose to celebrate Passover in Arizona, this 5-star resort is the perfect choice.

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Near the chic beaches of La Jolla and Del Mar, this Spanish colonial-style complex stands in sixteen hectares of grounds set on the hillside, amongst the eucalyptus and orange trees, cacti and hibiscus. Set on 40 acres of lush landscaping amid the horse farms, citrus groves, and multi-million-dollar houses, Rancho Valencia is a year-round retreat from the conventional routines of every day life. It was named Number Two of the Top 75 North American Resorts by Conde Nast Traveler. San Diego International Airport is 24.4 miles away.

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Big Sur is the jewel of the California coast, one of the most spectacular places in North America. Located in a place of extraordinary beauty – 1,200 ft above the Pacific on a grassy hillside, Ventana Inn is a magnificent Central Coast California resort. Overlooking Big Sur’s beautiful Pacific coastline, this luxury resort is close to Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park and Point Sur Lighthouse. Founded by the screenwriter of the movie Easy Rider, this hotel with “stunning views” is approximately a 1 hour drive from Monterey Peninsula Airport and 3 hours from San Francisco.

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Founded by the Spanish in the early 16th century, Guanajuato is located on 2,008 m above sea level. The city of Guanajuato is a cultural capital of the Bajio region in central Mexico, and is considered as one of the most charming destinations in the nation. It’s a lovely, colonial city that looks like old Europe. Located about a five-hour drive northwest of Mexico City, this is a picturesque town of pleasant little plazas, cobblestone streets lined with stairs and houses of pastel-colored facades and balconies trimmed with iron work, and flower-filled window boxes.

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Overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea, La Posta Vecchia is an elegant residence located just 20 km north of Rome. Once a private residence of famous billionaire John Paul Getty this splendid residence is the perfect choice for those who like spacious artistic and sophisticated interiors. Today, 17th Century ochre–washed villa Vecchia is one of the grandest hotels in Italy. The American billionaire transformed it into a temple of art, which preserved all of its natural splendor.

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Wurzburg is 275km north-west of Munich, in Bavaria and is considered by Goethe to be one of the most beautiful towns in Germany. Its most remarkable monument is the Residenz, one of the largest and most beautiful baroque palaces in the country. This magnificent Baroque palace was created under the patronage of the prince-bishops Lothar Franz and Friedrich Carl von Schonborn in the 18th century. It took sixty years to complete; the palace was built from 1720 to 1744 and the interior finished in 1780. 

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Designed by Sterling Prize-winning architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios LLP, this rusty-looking tower block is the Broadcasting Place located in Leeds, United Kingdom. Conceived as a public partnership for property group Downing and Leeds Metropolitan University, it is a landmark building rising to 23-storeys. It is an education & mixed-use development that provides approximately 110,000 sq ft of new offices and teaching spaces together with 240 student residences.

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