Amir Palace

... to bed at 12 midnight the night before, so you do the math.   Nonetheless, we planned on making it to Buckingham Palace and then to see the Westminster Abbey.  We walked to Buckingham from our place (approximately 2.5 miles) and took a few ...

... the sun was out at 10am (so was I may I just add) and it was so unbelievably hot!! Went for a walk to see some Sultans palace...not sure whether is was his royal residence or a library that we found but took loads of snaps anyway!! And may I just add had ...

... take about 2 hours. We started from the hotel and visited the roads alongside the Doha fort, National Area, Souks, Amir's Palace, the Cournice, The new Business districts, The Dow Harber, Golf Course, Qatar University and than we ...

... out to be our favourite place. The old city, where we were staying was beautiful, set next to Lake Pichola, and the Lake Palace. The people were friendly, and the shops were really cool! We actually went out on lake Pichola, and paid for the cheapest ...

... the end, and the other two almost facing each other on the sides – Imam Mosque, Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque and Ali Qapu Palace, respectively. After a few strolls round and lots of photos, I sat down near the pool and was approached by a very friendly ...

... with a traditional tea house where I spend the last hours of the day. Note the classic architecture with the pool leading to the palace and dazzling mirror and tilework. Next morning I am due to extend my visa. After over 2 hours at the visa office, it ...

... maybe 20-30 tourist at the moment I was there. The highlight of the city was this Imam Square, where 2 mosques, a bazar and a former palace was placed. I spend 4 nights total in the city and two of the evenings I went out with some of the others from the ...

... , so not as bad as we thought! I'm going to get things sorted tonight hopefully!! We've also been to see the Grand Palace (before New Years but we forgot to tell you all!) It's stunning - there's just gold absolutely everywhere, amazing attention to ...

... here we crossed the square to the Ali Qapu palace, which sits directly opposite the Sheikh Lotfollah mosque. This multi storey palace has a massive balcony overlooking the square, from which the shah used to watch the polo matches played in the square. ...

... pleasant but equally strange Japanese-Korean sushi bar before having an early night in our gloomy and miserable Russian built Tashkent Palace Hotel. It may have been advertised as being in a great location but that was the only positive attribute we ...

... the most breathtaking entrances that I could have imagined. The drive was lined in guards who looked like they belonged in a royal palace from the past and beautiful white pillars holding flames. Stepping from our rickshaw, we felt quite out of place, but ...

... square is quite large (supposedly the 3rd largest in the world after the Red and Tiananmen squares), bounded on 2 sides by mosques, a palace on another and an arched entrance into a bazaar on the 4th. There are stone pedestals at either end, which were ...

... just by the mediterrain sea. We got a nice little appartment facing the sea. However, two of my colleagues (Vittorio & Amir) found themselves at the other side of the building so missing the wonderful view. Our local colleague, Amar came to visit ...

... walls and a deep moat, crossed a drawbridge. The family cementary was enlarged and, towering on a scale all its own, Amir Temir's White Palace (or Ak-Seria)took shape." Well unfortunately, the White Palace has since collapsed and all that is left is ...

... acquiring United Nations Security Counsel approval prior. Then as hit with the identical smart bomb dropped on Milosevic's presidential palace in Serbia the night of April 22nd 1999, political science chairperson then at the New School, Professor ...