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Feb18

Ravello Festival

Published by iv in Cultural, Europe, Events, Italy, Parks, Photos, Walking

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The Ravello Festival is an annual summer music and arts festival that takes place primarily on the beautiful grounds of the Villa Rufolo in Ravello every summer. Ravello Festival organises classical music performances in the town’s churches, gardens and piazzas.
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Mar18

Brochstein Pavilion

Published by misha in Cultural, History, North America, Parks, Photos, Relaxing, United States of America

The Brochstein Pavilion is created as a landmark destination for Rice University’s campus. The garden at the Brochstein Pavilion gives a powerful spatial framework that has transformed an unstructured, underutilized quadrangle into the center of student activity on campus.
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Feb03

Carcosa Seri Negara- Grand colonial mansion

Published by iv in Asia, Eating, Golf, Hotels, Malaysia, Parks, Relaxing, Restaurants, Romantic, Swimming, Walking

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Seri Negara is one of the best Malaysian luxury hotels. The hotel is consists of two mansions – Carcosa and Seri Negara, which were built at the turn of the century to host colonial civil servants and their guests. It’s was originally constructed in 1904 as the official residence of a high-ranking British official. The hotel is a hallmark of Malaysia’s national heritage.
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Jan21

Sukhothai Hotel Bangkok

Published by iv in Asia, Hotels, Relaxing, Restaurants, Romantic, Spa, Swimming, Thailand, Walking


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Sukhothai Hotel
is a palatial resort situated in the heart of the Bangkok’s Embassy Row. The tree-lined driveway and 6,5 hectares of flower gardens and lily ponds in Thailand. Only a 25-minute drive from Don Muang International Airport.
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Jun02

Gardens have this tendency to remind of sex and rebirth

Published by Asya in Museums, North America, Parks, Relaxing, United States of America, Walking

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The Conservatory of Flowers, built in 1878, is a gorgeous (and restored in 2003) example of the beautiful greenhouses that were constructed during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries to display exotic plants and flowers. This one is built in a dramatic Victorian style, and is one of the architectural highlights of the golden gate park. Golden Gate Park is over 3 miles long & 9 blocks wide, 1017 acres.


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May31

Claude Monet’s Garden in Giverny, Paris

Published by Asya in Europe, France, Parks, Relaxing, Travel Stories

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It’s a joyous riot of color,
abundant and flowing,
a corner of nature just barely tamed,
a paradise made to order by an Impressionist to please the eye

and provide endless motifs to paint.
Giverny is a small French village 80 km to the west of the capital city Paris, within the valley of the river Seine and the northern region of Haute-Normandie. The village is best known as the rural retreat of the Impressionist painter Claude Monet. French impressionist Claude Monet (1840–1926) developed his garden in the Parisian village of Giverny, covering his extensive grounds with brilliant flowers and profuse greenery.
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May04

One of the new seven wonders of the World

Published by Asya in Arts, Cultural, Europe, Monuments, Parks, Spain, Travel Stories

The Patio of the Lions The Alhambra is a beautiful collection of buildings and gardens. The tree-lined walks are luscious, providing pleasant shade and coolness, enhanced by the abundance of water that flows in its streams. This palace structure was started after the Reconquista, the reconquering of Spain performed by the Christian kings, started. This adds to its aura. While the illiterate Christians were advancing, Spain reached its highest cultural level ever, but under the Muslim rulers. The slender structure of Alhambra


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