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Langenlois Resort is located approximately 10 minutes from Langenlois Trainwaystation and an one hour(92km) by car from the Vienna International Airport.

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The Do & Co Hotel is situated in the very heart of Vienna overlooking St. Stephan’s Cathedral. The hotel is design by architect Hans Hollein, one of true pioners of post modernism. Do & Co is housed in the popular Haas-Hans building which itself is one of Vienna’s cultural landmarks.

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This an apartment residence located in the heart of Bratislava, one of the Europe‘s most amazing and historical capital and the only one bordering two other nations- Hungary and Austria. The Mamaison Residence has a fantastic location, just a brief stroll away from the old quarter in the city center and is sitted in the lovely green district of Palisady overlooking the city’s medieval Castle.

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The Levanate Parliament is situated among the Austrian Parliament and Vienna City Hall. There’s easy access to the whole city. The hotel is sitted in a Bauhaus building dating from 1908.

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When I mentioned a sleeping pipes like part of accommodation might not sound luxury but it is. DasPark Hotel turns concrete pipes into quite comfortable space for your next overnight stay. Almost like a camping a bit more elegant of course, the DasPark Hotel is a series of inconventional hotel room pipes located on a beautiful flora-filled backdrop just steps from the Danube River, Austria.

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Europe’s most colourful event – The World Bodypainting Festival. It’s an annual festival held in Seeboden, Austria, near the Millstatter See, on the third week of July every year. 25.000 visitors are expected in the upcoming world championships for bodypainters. The World Bodypainting Festival is the largest artistic event of this kind and draws thousands of people every year. Artists from 40 nations – including Australia, North Korea, Canada, USA, Columbia, Argentina and South Africa – will be coming to this impressive Event. The festival is the best gallery in the world for artists to exhibit their bodyart work. The bodypainting will take place in the Klauber Park in Seeboden, where the unique surroundings of Lake Millstatt provide the appropriate impressionistic backdrop. The bodypainting work at the event is of a high artistic quality. The female – as well as the male bodies – are painted aesthetically, either to the given theme, or from an artistic.

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The famous gold museum in Lima is one of the city’s top tourist attractions, and contains an enormous collection of 10,000 gold, silver and copper pieces, some of which are excellent. The museum was briefly closed in 2001, with the suspicion that many of the pieces on display are fakes. However, the museum is still well worth visiting. In addition to the precious metals, the museum has a fine collection of textiles, stone carvings and ceramics, including a large collection of erotic ceramics. However, the overall collection is poorly displayed and has appalling labelling. This private collection contains a staggering display of pre-Hispanic gold, Paracas textiles, and ceramics; some replicas be found within exhibits. There’s also an excellent bookshop, and large display of military objects connected with important people from world history.

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Telc lies in the southwest of Moravia in the Czech-Moravian Highlands, Czech Republic. It probably dates back to the first half of the 13th century. Telc underwent a great boom in the 16th century during the time of the Lords of Hradec. It was then that the originally Gothic castle in the town was rebuilt in the Renaissance style and the houses surrounding the main square took on their current appearance with arcades. The Baroque can be found on the hill above the town near the road in the direction of the town. The square area is characterised by two public fountains and by the Marian column which are situated in its eastern part.

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The Vienna Secession in Austria was part of the highly varied Secessionism movement that is now covered by the general term Art Nouveau. It was formed in 1897 by a group of 19 Vienna artists who had resigned from the Association of Austrian Artists, housed in the Vienna Kanstlerhaus. The first president of the Secession was Gustav Klimt.
Even by today’s standards the Secession is a daring building with its cupola of golden laurel leaves and its art deco facade. It is one of the key works of Viennese Art Nouveaux architecture and was planned and built by Joseph Maria Olbricht, a student of Otto Wagner, to serve the needs of an artist association Olbricht himself belonged to.

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The ancient city of Ephesus (Turkish: Efes), located near the Aegean Sea in modern day Turkey, was one of the great cities of the Greeks in Asia Minor. Ephesus, located 600km (373 miles) southwest of Istanbul, is one of the grandest and best-preserved ruins of the ancient world. According to evidence dating from around 1400 BC, the Hittites were the first to settle the site, which they named Apasas.
From the entrance at the Eastern gate of the city, there is the Eastern Agora, Odeon, the Temple of Domitianus, Polio Fountain, Trajan Fountain, Scolastica Bath, hillside houses, the Temple of Hadrianus, Celsus Library, Lower Agora, Marbled Street, Grand Theater, Arcadianus Avenue and the Church of the Virgin Mary. Near Ephesus is the house of the Virgin Mary.

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