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Just a short stroll from the famous Santa Monica Pier as well as downtown Santa Monica and the popular 3rd Street Promenade, The Oceana is the perfect destination for business or a romantic and relaxing luxury vacation. At Santa Monica hotel, you can hide away and enjoy spectacular ocean views while staying completely connected. Inspired by the azure calm and bright sun native to the French Riviera, Oceana’s colorful surroundings inspire and provide a welcome haven from the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles.

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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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Founded pull 1979, MOCA is the only museum in Los Angeles devoted exclusively to contemporary art. It is committed to the collection, presentation, and interpretation of work produced since 1940 in all media, and to preserving that work for future generations. In a remerkably short time, MOCA has developed one of the nation’s most celebrated permanent collections. Now numbering over to 5,000 works and steadily growing, this invaluable cultural resource provides vast opportunities for education and excitement to thousands of national and international visitors.

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Nestled among the Monterey Pines, Park Hyatt Carmel - the Highlands Inn a 4-star luxury property, offers stunning ocean views, award-wining dining, and unparalled Park Hyatt service. Overlooking the Big Sur coast, this is a picturesque retreat and longtime favorite among honeymooners, celebrities, and nature enthusiasts alike. Since 1917, the resort has been the premier destination for travelers to the spectacular Central Coast. Hyatt Carmel Highlands is recognized among the world’s finest hotels as part of Condé Nast Traveler’s 2010 Gold List and Travel + Leisure’s 2009 “T+L 500″ World’s Best Hotels.

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Located among rolling valleys and a protected wildlife sanctuary, just north of San Diego, Four Seasons Residence Club Aviara gives you a vacation home within a beautiful Pacific coastal community. All major international and domestic airlines serve San Diego International Airport, which is about 35 minutes from the Resort and the staff can arrange door-to-door shuttle service and limousines to and from San Diego International Airport.  This luxury complex offers magnificent views, championship Arnold Palmer golf and reflects outstanding service and surroundings that are hallmarks of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.

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Secluded on California‘s Palos Verdes Peninsula, near the beach, Terranea Resort is a luxury Rancho Palos Verdes hotel in Beach Cities. It is a world-class resort features breathtaking views of the coast. This luxurious resort offers exceptional accommodations, and first-class amenities, all in an unrivaled location. Internationally respected experts in hospitality, community design, and conservation have come together to make Terranea Resort Southern California’s most celebrated and special resort environment.

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A mild sub–tropical climate that brings alternate bursts of burning sun, sharp gusts of wind and sudden rain showers. This is the Easter Island, known as Rapa Nui by the locals. Located on this mythical island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Posada de Mike Rapu is considered as one of the best hotels in Latin America according to the Travel + Leisure magazine. Belongs to Chile, the island is one of the most isolated islands in the world.

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Located minutes away from the Providencia business district in the central core of Santiago, the San Cristobal Tower is part of Starwood Hotels and Resorts’ Luxury Collection. Situated very close to the city’s popular shopping centers and attractions, this luxury property offers its guests exquisite surroundings, unique service and quality. Offering many marvelous modern facilities and amenities, San Cristobal Tower was considered as one of the “Top 10 Hotels in South America” by Condé Nast Traveler’s readers.

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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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Miraflores Park Hotel is a city center luxury hotel in Lima located close to many of Lima’s definitive cultural and historic attractions including Parque Kennedy, Huaca Pucllana Museo de la Nacion and Parque de la Reserva. Situated in Miraflores district, only 100 metres from Beach Circuit Avenue, the hotel offers an attentive service and impressive views of the ocean. With only 82 guestrooms, Miraflores Park Hotel combines the service of a boutique hotel with the amenities of a much larger property.

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