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... A Zoroastrian Silent Tower, the place where the last Zoroastrian escaped to as the Arabs killed off the rest, a 7,000 year old palace, and a tiny old desert town that is still inhabited. This area was by far the highlight of Iran · The biggest ...
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Riga
A Travel Blog entry by danskgirl from Riga, Latvia
... hotel asking why we hadn't checked in I said we had and they said no not to the GARDEN palace hotel, then I realise why the GRAND palace hotel is so nice it's 5 star and the best in the country! Well the GARDEN palace woman turned pretty nasty, ah well ...
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kolka kolka kolka!
A Travel Blog entry by washablebeej from Riga, Latvia
... too!!! this is just an incredible spot... admittably not a lot happens around here... but the scenery... wow! Bauska: Rundall Palace... smaller version of the summer palace/hermitage in st petes... stayed in servants quarters... got locked in room... ...
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From Riga to Runsdale to Hill of Crosses to Kaunas
A Travel Blog entry by austega from Kaunas, Lithuania
... be restored and re-opened to the public is the Duke's dressing room. As I say, some parts of this palace are reminiscent of Versailles. Grand rooms, mirrors, painted ceilings, sometimes silk tapestry wall paper. When I say to David that I wouldn't ...
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Im on a BOAT
A Travel Blog entry by sheryl.akagi from Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
... horses really made this one over the top. The band rocked!! (my only other comparisons are London at Buckingham palace, Riga, and in Prague, Czech Republic). I then headed to Östermalm to go to the market. This ...
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Window to the West
A Travel Blog entry by tenvols from St. Petersburg, Russia
... event called Bloody Sunday. Workers marched to the palace demanding lower prices for bread and better working conditions. The Palace Guard became somewhat nervous (Nicholas II was not even at the Palace) and fired upon the crowd. This ...
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Bauska
A Travel Blog entry by sarahbooth from Bauska, Latvia
... following the European styles of the time. First I saw the red of the coach houses with the yellow of the Palace at that point I couldn't see how grand it was until I was in the first courtyard. White statues of lions guard the entrance and then you are ...
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Pushkin, Cathedral and Sphinx
A Travel Blog entry by winston from St Petersburg, Russia
... us in to see the museum but does not make quite such a nice memento. Parts of the Russian Museum are housed in the Mikhailovsky Palace, and while it cannot compete with the grandeur of the Hermitage, it does make for a very grand setting for the excellent ...
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Stockholm, Sweden - Welcome to Scandinavia!
A Travel Blog entry by cessna152 from Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
... days. And then the fun really began. On November 7th 1520, Christian summoned some high ranking Swedish officials to the palace after previously granting them amnesty in return for their surrender. During the night, in a scene straight from a Hollywood ...
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The Hermitage
A Travel Blog entry by winston from Saint Petersburg, Russia
... , had a leisurely breakfast at a local cafe, wrote a few postcards and then headed off to The Hermitage Museum at the Winter Palace, approximately 5 minutes walk from where we are staying. As is usual wherever you are in Moscow and St Petersburg, you are ...
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TALLINN IN THE SNOW
A Travel Blog entry by retiredandcrazy from Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
... bathrooms. Yuk! But, I guess the upside is that if the next hostel is slightly better it will feel like a palace. I guess it all adds to the general experience! We are so lucky, these people are really struggling economically. The tour ...
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Eastern Europe. Europe de l'est.
A Travel Blog entry by julie_sam42 from Warsaw, Central Poland, Poland
... of Warsaw in the morning and a park recommended by the hostel in the afternoon. The highlight of the park was not the royal palace or the nice lake, but without a doubt the red squirrels, which come up and takes nuts (provided by a friendly polish ...
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Haapsalu - just one of those days
A Travel Blog entry by technotrekker from Haapsalu, Läänemaa, Estonia
... architecture and paint selections of the houses as we slid on by. Major attractions here include the ruined Episcopal Palace and the waterfront promenade, which we thought best to visit before the daylight weakened much further. Halfway there a ...
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Basketball World Cup
A Travel Blog entry by vanessaanddan from Vilnius, Lithuania
... in Vilnius was spent wondering around sitting in cafes and bars we did the lonely planets walking tour which took in all the sights the palace, cathedral, churches etc it was meant to end at the sky bar where you could have a drink with great views of the ...
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SUPERLATIVES
A Travel Blog entry by tilman from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
... nbsp; Langham Palace, Hong Kong Worst ...
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Stand By Me Red-ux
A Travel Blog entry by robglaws from St. Petersburg, North-West Russia, Russia
... at the Faberge shop, we tackled the Hermitage Museum which is, quite simply, spectacular. And huge. Situated in the former Winter Palace - the one stormed by the Bolsheviks to spark the revolution - and later additions, it gives you not just a fascinating ...
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All good save the topless, mindless blokes
A Travel Blog entry by paulej4 from Vilnius, Lithuania
... hill where sits what remains of Gediminas Castle, then down to Katedros Cathedral where Boy Scouts lingered, then to the Presidential Palace, St. Anne’s Church, various Vilnius side streets and then back to the Radisson Blu Astorija for a rest stop. ...
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High class and solemn comfort come together in the luxurious Grand Palace Hotel, originally built in 1877 as the Central Bank of Latvia. It is located in the quiet centre of the historical Old Town of Riga and is surrounded by prestigious Unesco World ...
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