Sunday, October 25, 2009

The Hooked Nose: The New Park on the Old High Line

The favourite park pass time of people-watching is also provided for. You can present yourself to be watched on the reclining loungers at the Sundeck, or ogle the hapless guests of the Standard Hotel in their rooms and in the hotel's ... The nineteenth-century park was the antithesis of the industrial yard: a place where you went to purge yourself of the poisons of modern life. The High Line Park is something else entirely. It heavily references the industrial but is ...

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Crystals at CityCenter Achieves LEED(R) Gold Certification ...

ARIA Resort's hotel tower, 2. ARIA's convention center and theater, and 3. Vdara Hotel & Spa. CityCenter is poised to achieve a combination of LEED Gold and Silver ratings throughout its remaining hotels, residences, ... Crystals' interior was designed by David Rockwell and Rockwell Group, creating a 21st century park that will celebrate nature and the seasons, and feature “changeable artwork” such as abstract hanging gardens, a lush flower carpet and more. ...

Friday, October 23, 2009

City Guide Natal - Tips for Overnight Accommodation, Leisure and ...

You find the original post here century-park-hotel.b ... | prakasit During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, an African people of Nguni descent migrated.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

» Acapulco – an Ideal Vacation Destination

But if you would like to get away from the beach and water based activities, then I would suggest to visit the Fuerte de San Diego, which is an impressively restored 17 th Century fort built to protect the city against pirate attacks. ... Within the tourist district, the Park Hotel offers very reasonable rates for those non-guests who would like a game of tennis. The Club de Tenis Panoramic is a small tennis club which offers players 2 neatly kept clay courts, ...

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

City Guide Natal - Tips for Overnight Accommodation, Leisure and ...

During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, an African people of Nguni descent migrated southward from Central Africa and eventually, during the mid-eighteenth century, a group of them settled in the area, which is now Swaziland. ... can watch the creation process and meet the artisans who make the Light from Africa shine through their handmade candles which are authentic to the Kingdom of Swaziland. Continue to your hotel where the rest of the day is spent at leisure. ...

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Useful Hotel Information | No SubHealth | My health, I make decisions.

Due to the enormous increase in tourism worldwide during the last decades of the 20th century, standards, especially those of smaller establishments, have improved considerably. For the sake of greater comparability, ... Treehouse hotels Some hotels, such as the Costa Rica Tree House in the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, or Treetops Hotel in Aberdare National Park, Kenya, are built with living trees as structural elements, making them treehouses. ...

Monday, October 19, 2009

Read all about it – Europe's finest booklover breaks | The search ...

Then ramble along to Merrion Square Park to see the statue of a very laid back Oscar Wilde. Get those creative juices flowing at the Writer's Bar in Ireland's oldest hotel, The Gresham with fine art, muted lighting and deep comfy sofas to ... In the 15th century, a book was unattainable for most people â€" until the printing press was developed in the 1430s in Nuremburg. From Munich, take a tour of this city, rich with history from the Nazi era back to gothic times with ...