California Hotels

Prekestolen, also known as Preacher’s Pulpit or Pulpit Rock,  is a 604-meter high mountain cliff above Lysefjorden. These valleys were created by icebergs that fell as they melted - it’s one of most spectacular fjords in Norway.

The climb takes two to three hours. There are some lakes, so you can refresh yourselves, some people even swim there. The top of the cliff is 25 square meters and almost flat, rise vertically 1000m over the water. These fantastic scenery of the surrounding mountains is one of those “must see’s” - it’ll stop your breath.
About 100,000 people visit the incredible Prekestolen every year.

The Maroma Resort is a top class resort, built in the style of the old Mexican haciendas. The hotel is made up of a series of huts with roofs made of palm leaves. The resort set along 25 acres of beachfront on Mexico’s Riviera Maya, just a 20 minute taxi ride from the Cancun airport.

This boutique hotel has 65 rooms and a four bedroom villa, which have bamboo shutters and terraces with double hammocks. The rooms are elegant and spacious, offers king-size bed and luxury bath, all feature locally materials. Each bathtub in the rooms is different, individually designed and set amid hand painted Mexican floor tiles. Example, the inviting handmade hammocks are made of silk from the Yucatan. The televisions and DVD are only on request, so it is great to escape from the real world.
Things to do: Yucatan Peninsula is home to many famous Mayan archaeological sites, such […]

The Hotel Cipriani is one oasis of luxury in Venice, Italy, located on the island Giudecca, which is famous with its wines. This five-star and ultra-rich hotel and its excellent service, charming furnishings, all-marble bathrooms, three restaurants, bars, spa, tennis courts and Olympic-size swimming pool, is one great European destination.
The Hotel Cipriani’s 105 rooms are decorated in traditional Venetian style and offer amazing views of the delightful walled Casanova gardens and St Mark’s Square. The hotel’s interior is a combination of pastel colored walls, murals, frescoes and gilded ceilings.
The hotel offers a full-service spa. The menu of Casanova Spa (as it’s called) including jet-lag eliminator, facial and body treatments with exclusive La Prairie products, Scen Tao and hot stone massage, and a special “Dreaming, Floating, Energizing”category, in which the client “floats” in a water-filled plastic blanket for only $129.

The hotel’s Fortuny restaurant has a terrace, which is set in […]

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I really like how Asimov wraps up the extended Foundation series. Specifically, I’d previously complained while reading Pebble in the Sky that it was hard to believe that everyone simply forgets that they originated on Earth — this book and Foundation’s Edge go a long way to resolving that annoyance for me. Its also good to find out what happened to Aurora and Solaria finally — especially given the Solaria mystery has been bothering me since Robots and Empire.

Speaking just about this book so a moment, I do find the use of sex as a plot development method quite odd. There are three examples that bother me — when Bliss is slipped through interstellar customs with the explanation that she’s just a whore and therefore not important enough to make an issue of; the second is when Trevize basically shags his way out of an awkward situation, despite the […]

 The Arena di Verona is hosting to the grandiose Verona Opera Festival. The festival takes each year between June and August in Verona, Italy. Each year visitors come from all over the world to see the Verona Opera summer season, which includes standards from the repertoire -  famous Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida, Tosca, Turandot, Nabucco, Carmen, Madame Butterfly and Barbiere di Siviglia (Seville’s Barber).
87 Opera Season 2009 - June 19th - August 30th

  The festival’s program for summer season to 2009 - click here.

The 5-star Parker’s Grand Hotel is located on a hill in the heart of Naples. It has enchanting views over the bay to Capri and the gulf of the Chiaia beach. Established in 1865, the hotel is close to the shopping area including famous boutiques such as Bulgari, Versace, Gucci and Valentrino. A ten minute walk from the hotel are the Royal Palace and the National Museum.
The Grand hotel Parker’s has 5 floors, each of them furnished in different styles: Louis XVI, Directory, Empire and Charles X. It offers 73 luxurious bedrooms, 9 suites and a Presidential suite. Luxury rooms are decorated with antique furniture, paintings, sculptures, all dating back to the 19th century.
The hotel amenities include banqueting room, bar, 7 meeting and conference rooms, gym, private motorboat, diving, vineyard tours, champagne bar, a historical library made up by 700 volumes, cigar and whisky room, wireless internet connection […]

The 2900-passenger Norwegian Gem is the latest in the Jewel class family of ships, sister ship to Norwegian Pearl, which was launched in 2006.
Ship Statistics
Ship Completed: 2007
Guest Capacity: 2846
Length: 965 feet
Beam: 125 feet
Number of Passenger Decks: 12
Number of Rooms: 1190
Number of Restaurants: 12
Number of Pools: 3
Number of Elevators: 12
Voltage: 110/220 AC
Gross Tonnage: 114,500 Tons
Cruising Speed: 25 Knots
Total Staff: 1,180

Ship Highlights
 * 30 different cabin categories
 * 12 restaurants with culinary choices from around the world, including Chin Chin and Azura, Le Bistro French Restaurant, Teppanyaki Room and 24-hour casual Blue Lagoon diner.
* Courtyard Villas with concierge lounge and butler service. This area has a lap pool, hot tub, steam rooms, small gym, and lovely sun beds and hammocks.
 * Bora Bora Health Spa & Beauty Salon
 * Body Waves Fitness Center - features state-of-the-art equipment and open 24 hours a day for those who are jet-lagged or love to work out at odd […]

The “Red Lizard train” - passenger train of the 19th century, runs through the red and pink rocks, split by canyons of the Sahara Atlas mountains, Tunisia. This is one of the most spectacular train trips one can take. The scenery is wonderful. This old fashioned train travels through stony desert landscapes, mountains tunnels, steel bridges, water springs, deep gorges, but also stops at green oases. The train and track were built in 1910 so the Governor of Tunisia. The “Lizard” also used to serve the phosphate mines from Metaloui, but now it is only a tourist attraction. Nowadays, the only way to visit the gorges of Selja is by train. The old-fashioned train leaves every day around 10 am from the station of Meltaoui (about 40kms from Tozeur) and the train line follows an old mining track. The average speed is 40 km per hour.

The interior and atmosphere […]

The prestigious “Le Jules Verne Restaurant” is located on the second floor in France’s most famous landmark - The Eiffel Tower. With more than 6.7 million visitors last year, it’s the symbol of Paris. The restaurant has a private elevator, which zips you up 125 meters above ground. No trip to the French capital is complete without it.
The restaurant’s main attraction is the panoramic view of Paris. Sitting in the heart of this 118-year-old iron structure, the Jules Verne looks out over the town from 125 meters above - as you can imagine, the views from this restaurant are amazing.

In 2007 the restaurant’s chef Alain Ducasse and his designer Patrick Jouin, transformed the place using a chocolate color and amber lighting. All the decor had to be light on this  iron structure. And because space is tight, the kitchen, where the food is washed and prepared is located underground. Le Jules […]

The 5- star Paradisus Varadero hotel is located the most beautiful Varadero beach. The hotel is at  13 km from the town of Varadero , from city center, 30 km from the airport of Varadero and 144 km from the capital, La Habana, Cuba.

 This resort offers 421 Rooms and 1 Garden Villa. The rooms with  either ocean view or tropical garden view. All rooms are equipped with bedroom, full bathroom with hairdryer and bathrobe, satellite tv, direct dial telephone, safety deposit box, coffeemaker and coffee  service, minibar, iron and ironing-board,sauna, jacuzzi  balcony or terrace.
Extra cost- hairdresser , launderette, ironing service, boutique,  press shop, shopping mall, currency exchange, tour desk, spa, souvenir shop, car rental, dive centre, medical services.
Also has  elegant restaurants- Gourmet Restaurant Turey,  Mexican Restaurant, Grill Cairi ,Aqua-Bar Toa, Beach bar.
Attractions- Ambrosio cave, aerobics, mini-bowling, giant chess game,  shuffleboard, darts, beach volleyball, ping-pong, volleyball court, billiards, 3 […]