"The Grand Hyatt Shanghai is the 'highest hotel in the world" (located on 57th Street to the tune of the 87-story Jin Mao Tower), and offers spectacular views of the Bund, Huang Pu River and any the city from every room. Jin Mao Tower is the third tallest building in the world.
The rooms at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, in the contemporary art deco combined with traditional Chinese imagery, are the most spacious in the city. The bathrooms are partic...
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Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Established by the ruling family to welcome heads of state and official delegations visiting the United Arab Emirates, the Emirates Palace is a Hotel of superlatives. Located on a strip of private beach for 1, 3 km, the Emirates Palace Hotel combines luxury with Arab art amenities and facilities of a truly 5 star hotel.
Designed along the lines of an Arabian palace, it offers rooms and suites that are sure to captivate you. They are extremely spacious, opulently d...
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This luxurious resort is beautifully situated on a tongue of land on the seaside comfortable and neat rooms and suites offer a relaxing stay, complete with swimming in the many private bays.The vast resort is full of tranquil spots to escape and rejuvenate. The spa complements the beautiful array of leisure activities.
Located 40 km from Athens, 15 km from the airport, 15 km from Cape Sounion, on the coast of Apollo, the Grand Resort Lagonissi completely renovated in 2002 is loc...
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A new luxury hotel on Las Vegas Strip, The Palazzo Resort in Las Vegas is ideal for business travellers. It meets all the needs with its spacious meeting rooms, suites well equipped and many places to dine and relax. It opened in December 2007, right next to its sister property, the Venetian Hotel. The project costs about 1.9 billion. This huge hotel has an area of 645 473 m² in total on 50 floors (although the floors 4, 13 and 14 do not exist).
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Burj al-Arab is the most luxurious hotel in the world. Burj al-Arab is 322 m high, being the second largest building, which is used exclusively as a hotel. Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea holds the record though. Burj al-Arab, or 'Arab Tower "is a symbol of Dubai. It is built on an artificial island and its foundations are moored 45 m below the seabed. It has 60 floors and 18 elevators. Burj al-Arab hotel has 202 suites. The 202 suites, all with two levels, feature bay wi...
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The Nautilus house is located in Mexico. This charming house was designed by Senosiain Arquitectos, being inspired by a seashell. The house is owned by a couple with two children and has won the “House of The Year 2007” award. ...
The Crooked House is located in Sopot, Poland at Bohaterów Monte Cassino Street. The house was constructed in 2004 and was designed by the Polish architect, Szotynscy Zaleski, who was inspired by the drawings of Jan Marcin Szancer and Per Dahlberg. It extends on over 4,000 square meters and it is now the most photographed building in Poland....
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The Steel House is located in Lubbock, Texas and stands at the top of the Ransom Canyon. It was designed by the architect and sculptor Robert Bruno, being the home of the artist. The construction of the house took 23 years and was made out of 110 tons of steel. ...
The Upside Down House was designed by a Polish businessman and philanthropist, Daniel Czapiewski, and it is located in the Education Centre in the small village of Szymbark, Poland. It aims to be an art statement about the Communist era in Poland as well as the current state of the world. The house was built in 114 days, due to the fact that workers were disorientated by the strange angles of the walls. ...
This house is located in the Montrose neighbourhood in Houston, Texas and it was designed by Dan Havel and Dean Ruck at Art League Houston. The tunnel was made out of two small houses scheduled for demolition....
The Maldives is an island country situated in the Indian Ocean, which includes 26 atolls and 1.195 islets. Crystal waters, wonderful sandy and clean beaches, refreshing palm trees and great holiday resorts… Everything here reminds of absolute beauty and serenity.
Maldives reminds of paradise with its white sand beaches, turquoise lagoons, coral reserves and spectacular sunsets that simply take your breath away. The island is small but bo...
A cube is a dwelling house in the form of a tilted cube on a pole, also called pile dwelling or tree house. In the seventies cube houses built by the Dutch architect Piet Blom in Helmond and Rotterdam . His basic idea, that is built on columns, so the space under the building can remain open, was inspired by Le Corbusier .
The cube house Blom are three floors: the bottom of the so-called street house with kitchen and living room, in between the sky ho...
Fairy chimney houses are located in Göreme, a town in Cappadocia, Eastern Anatolia, which is the center of Turkey. Its origin dates back from the Roman period, being carved in rock and it represents now an amazing site with rock-hewn churches and chapels, along with some reminiscences of the underground cities. Thanks to its unique geological formations and archaeological sites in the world, was included in UNESCO in 1985....
This house is located in Hazard, Kentucky and was was built in 1940. It features oval windows,in the shape of eggs, while the eyes are made of automobile headlights.
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The Stone House is located in Nas montanhas de Fafe, Portugal. It was built in 1974 between four large stones found on the site, its resistance being secured mainly by the two immense stone walls. ...
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Prague Castle is the castle where the Czech kings, emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, the presidents of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, serve or have served. The crown jewels of Bohemia are kept. Perhaps the biggest castle in its area, and extends into effect on 570 meters long and 130 large.
Located on the hill overlooking the Hradcany Prague Old Town and Malá Strana, this monumental complex is emerging from a crown of gardens and roofs and dep...
Perched atop one of the hills of the Serra da Sintra, Palacio da Pena dominates the valley of his incredible versatility and its flamboyant colors.
In 1839, Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, regent of the kingdom, says the completion of his summer palace in the Prussian Baron von Eschwege Ludwig, on the ruins of the monastery of Our Lady Hieronymite de la Pena. The prince died the year of the completion of his palace in 1885. Ludwig von Eschwege amused to mix styles: Moor...
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The castle of Mont Saint-Michel is located on Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, in the department of Manche. A historical monument, the site appears since 1979 on the World Heritage List of UNESCO and is managed by the Center of National Monuments. It is often compared to the seven wonders of the world.
Unlike other castles in France which started in "career" playing the role of defensive structures or sites dedicated to art, Mont St. Michel was ...
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The Potala Palace is a palace-fortress of the seventeenth century Dzong, located in Lhasa, on the hill Marpari ("red hill") the center of Lhasa Valley. Including a "White Palace" and "Red Palace", and their ancillary buildings, the building embodies the union of spiritual and temporal power and their respective roles in the administration of Tibet. Built by the fifth Dalai Lama, Lobsang Gyatso (1617-1682), including the palace was the principal...
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Matsumoto Castle is one of the historic castles of Japan. Located in the city of Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture, near the city of Tokyo, it is one of the main tourist attractions in Japan. The castle has its origins in the Warring States Period. At that time, the Ogasawara clan had built a fort on the site, whose name was originally Fukashi castle. Later, he was instrumental in Takeda Shingen and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The main tower of the castle is classified...
Neuschwanstein Castle is located in Allgäu, Bavaria and it was built during the ruling times of Louis II of Bavaria, its construction having started in 1896. The castle is one of the most famous attractions of Bavaria and Germany. The interior architecture is characteristic for the nineteenth-century romantic stream. Due to its irrepetable beauty, the castle is called "the fairytale castle". ...
The Alcazar of Segovia is located at the confluence of the rivers and Eresma Clamores, adapting to the rock on which it rises, forming more or less a rectangle, pointed. From here, there is a great view of the church of Vera Cruz, the town of Zamarramala and Monasterio del Parral.
Its origin is uncertain, although it is known that this was an ancient promontory fort by its strategic position was a real defensive bastion. So certainly, Romans and Arabs have all lef...
Castle Howard is a great baroque residence located in Yorkshire, England, 40 km from York. This is one of the largest castles in the country. It was built between 1699 and 1712 for Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle by John Vanbrugh.
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, treasurer general of the kingdom approach firstly William Talman, but then commissioned John Vanbrugh, a fellow of his political club, to build his country residence. This is the first realization of Vanbrugh,...
Hohenzollern Castle is the ancestral seat of the princely family and formerly reigning German Imperial House of Hohenzollern. It is located in Baden-Württemberg, between the towns of Hechingen and Bisingen. The hilltop castle is located on the 855-meter high, isolated and prominent mountain peak of the Hohenzollern. The origin of the castle dates back to the Middle Ages, being built in the 11th century, then completely destroyed in 1423 and reconstructed in 1461. ...
Castello di Ripa d'Orcia was part of the territorial organization of the Sienese Republic at least since 1271. During the 1300s belonged to the powerful family of Salimbeni who remained masters until the fifteenth century. In 1438 Siena Ripa permanently inserted in your county. The exact dating of the building, consisting of a massive square tower surrounded by a walled enclosure of irregular shape with a single access door, is difficult because of the numerous renovations and additions made ...
Peles Castle is a castle in Sinaia, Romania, built between 1873 and 1914. It is considered one of the most beautiful in Romania and Europe. Peles Castle in Sinaia, the summer residence of the kings of Romania, was built at the wish of King Carol I of Romania (1866 - 1914), by Johannes Schultz and architect Karel Liman, and was decorated by famous decorators JD Heymann Hamburg, August Bembi in Mainz and Berhard Ludwig in Vienna.
Peles Castle may be cons...
The Georgia Aquarium is located in the city of Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, on Pemberton Square. It is the largest aquarium in the world (30 000 m³ to 30 million liters of water). It contains more than 120 000 animals of 500 different species. The building was built with a donation of $ 250 million from Bernard Marcus, founder of Home Depot. It is located north of Centennial Olympic Park near downtown Atlanta....
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Dubai Aquarium & Discovery Centre, United Arab Emirates
The Dubai Aquarium and Discovery Centre is located in the world’s largest shopping mall, the Mall of Dubai and was developed and operated by Oceanis Australia Group. The Dubai Aquarium officially earned the Guinness World Record for the world's "Largest Acrylic Panel", as it has the following dimensions: 32.88 m in width, 8.3 m in height, 750 mm thickness and 245,614 kg in weight. The acrylic panel is larger than Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan. Its 750 mm thic...
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The Sealife and AquaDom aquarium is located in the heart of the former East Berlin, divided into two parts with a single ticket available. Located inside the Radisson hotel in Berlin, in the lobby, the AquaDom is the largest cylindrical aquarium in the world. At a height of 25 meters and a diameter of 11 meters, this aquarium almost one million liters houses nearly 2,600 fish from 56 different species. The Sealife recreates in aquariums and ponds adorned with déc...
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The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is the 2nd largest aquarium in the world. In 1975, the International Specialized Exhibition of 1975, devoted to the sea and its future, took place in Okinawa at the Ocean Expo Park, built for the occasion. Subsequently, the park use declined and the authorities decided that a new tank would not only boost the region but also to highlight the maritime traditions of Okinawa. The aquarium was designed by Yukifusa Kokuba and was opened on 1 November...
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The Oceanogràfic is a complex of approximately 100 000 square meters located in Valencia in Spain, where are represented the various marine habitats.
It was opened December 12, 2002. Designed by architect Felix Candela, lily-shaped, is the largest aquarium in Europe with 110 000 m² and 42 million liters of water....
The aquarium can meet all the varieties of marine life inhabiting Western Australia. In a transparent tunnel, you can visit the deep ocean and its many inhabitants, so close that they seem to be close at hand. Sharks, giant stingrays, turtles and countless fish surround you on all sides. The must is to dive together, snorkeling or bottles, in the midst of these sharks as terrifying for those who watch! Whale Watching from September to December....
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