Savoy Othon Hotel

... up the atmosphere, arts and craft stalls and another impromptu street party which started down by the beach and continued around our hotel. Awesomeness continues to abound in Rio. 16/2. We booked a day tour to see the sights around Rio, which we could ...

... favelas) and consequently, didn’t get ripped off by tour agencies who were charging US$79 for a return shuttle service from the hotel (as opposed to US$1.50 on the metro). We found our seats in the grandstand, Sector 11 of the Sambodrome and ...

... under the Norman Emperor Baldwin I.     Athens now saw a period of Frankish control. In 1205 the Burgundian crusader  Othon (Otto) de la Roche (d.1234) took Athens as Grand Seignoir, then as Lord of Athens in 1208. He took most of the ...