Imperial Rooms

... (1271-1368), when their society seems to have been entering the feudal stage. The Mulam villages paid tribute in grain to the imperial court twice a year. In the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) the Mulam areas were divided into "Li," under which were "Dongs" ...

... attractions. I figured this would keep me busy all day... How right I was! I spent a really long time admiring the imperial rooms, following the audioguide on my ipod (downloaded earlier) which was far more comfortable than the audioguides they had there, ...

... . The eastern section contains the impressive Hall of Great Affairs (Da Zheng Dian). Here emperors ascended the throne, enacted imperial edicts, and welcomed victorious generals and soldiers. A group of pavilions, known as the Ten Kings Pavilion, stand ...

... luxurious guest rooms, fully renovated with an exquisite mix of antiques and up to date furniture and fixtures, the Hanoi Imperial Hotel provides the ultimate accommodation and comfort; a magnificent view of Hoan Kiem Lake and stunning city’s life. ...

... nabidla vietnamsky caj, doporucila, ktera mista stoji za navstevu a naopak na ktere pamatky nemame chodit.  Odpoledne jsme stravili v Imperial city, ktere bylo sidlem Nguyen Dynasty v letech 1802 az 1945 a ted spada pod UNESCO. Krome Imperial City ...

... trees which gave it a multi-coloured appearance. The Palace itself is fairly nondescript, (Eve expected something much grander and "Imperial") but the history is amazing. Only a few specific parts of the Imperial Palace grounds are available for public ...

... , so those were all loaded up on my phone, even without cell service, so it was easy to make our connections to the Imperial Palace area, and quite a bit easier to navigate without our luggage.  This time only two transfers, which put us only a five ...

... Perfume River which runs through the city and acts as the boundary between modern day Hue and the Citadel in which the Imperial City is located. Contrary to areas of Britain which are often given names that mask their rundown reality, the Perfume River ...

From Hanoi I took a short flight down to Hue, an Imperial City and World Heritage Site, located about half way down the east coast of Vietnam. I stayed in a Backpacker Hostel for 2 nights and 1 day. The hostel was very cheap, with spacious, clean dorm ...

... of a medley of Mozart with the Friedrich Schmidt Platz as the backdrop. Schloss Schonbrunn (Palace) - Habsburgs Imperial Summer getaway with 1400 rooms. It was the Austrians attempt at not being outdone by the French Palace of Versailles. Trip to ...

... a small city and a UNESCO world heritage site. It's main site is the 19th century citadel, the remnants of a once magnificent Imperial city. Gia Long, the founder and emperor of the Nguyen dynasty, moved the capital to Hue. The citadel originally had 148 ...

... After the amazing demonstration we drioe to Antonio Pereira (is a village located in Ouro Preto County) to visit open pit public imperial topaz mine. Over there the oldest "garimpeiro" called "cheirinho" with means little smell was already waiting for us. ...

... maybe one pound fifty?). Pete stayed in bed, recovering from the journey, while I braved the heat and went across the river into the Imperial City (huge walls surrounding all of it). After being quite short with a guy on a cyclo, who was trying to talk to ...

   While Moscow still feels a little like it's only got a one foot in Europe, there can be no doubt about St. Petersburg. It was built during a time when the great cities of Western Europe were trendy in the eyes of the Russian Tsars, and ...

... ) so definately dont want to rockup this late somewhere without a reservation again. Day 1 Meknes is my second (of four) imperial cities, after Marrakech. Decided to hit the sites and wander around a bit. Had some pancake and croisant for breakfast since ...

... end...!   On the roof of the riad were fantastic night views of Fed and its huge medina - Sophia and I explored some of the rooms (you can actually stay here too) then we caught a petite cab back - we had the driver that was Fangio in a previous ...

... space of time. The sun was still up so we spent an hour or so relaxing by the pool and playing cards before returning to our rooms to get ready for dinner which we had decided to head into town for. Tuan at recommended a restaurant or two and I had read ...

... is right outside the Hofburg Palace so I went and visited there. On display was the silverware collection of the Habsburgs, the Imperial Rooms and the Sisi Museum (which is dedicated to the life of Empress Elisabeth). Seeing all the silverware, ...

... , costs only 100 rub (~$3.33). This time I also had a map of the museum and managed to navigate to the places of interest: imperial rooms, Italian and French paintings, exhibition of Japanese art, etc. Also, I've seen more of Picasso than I ever wanted to ...

... exterior view with its location on the hill above the town. It is a working abbey so we only toured the Imperial Rooms, the library and the church. Magnificent ceiling paintings and gold leaf. Displayed were centuries old manuscripts and vestments which ...