Sofitel Imperial

... at the Sofitel and the Riad.  Its a cab ride up there - all the way to the top of the medina to the Sofitel Palais Jamai.  We timed it perfectly and watched the sunset, ordered drinks and snacked on all the free snacks then waited till 7.20pm ...

... but I was turned away at no fewer than 6 hotels and decided not to spring for the $600 a night room that the four star Sofitel Imperial was asking for!  Apparently, its high season here... who knew?  Finally, I'm about to resort to going to the ...

We get an early start to try and beat the heat. Our first stop is the Citadel. After a short bus ride, we offload for a walk across a narrow bridge through the gateway to get there- and let me tell you, walking across a street is no casual stroll- we ...

... have learnt so much from my 7 day trip to Mauritius and I only wish we had longer. We then drove out of town back to Sofitel L' Imperial hotel for the last time and checked out. We then went to SSR (Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam) airport and a couple of hours ...

... President: Navinchandra Ramgoolam.  We are now waiting for Dad to come back with the hired car and take us to our hotel:Sofitel L'Imperial Resort and spa which is only $4809.56 Australian dollars which is really good value for the 3 of us for ...

... . The chariots are made of a tin-bronze alloy with gold and silver. They were modeled after chariots and horses of the imperial court.  Chariot Number 1 has a standing charioteer. He has a long sword and a bow holder with feathered bronze arrows, a ...

... in 1070 by Emperor Ly Thanh Tong and dedicated to Confucius. In 1076, Vietnam's first university, the Quoc Tu Giam or Imperial Academy was established within the Temple to educate Vietnam's bureaucrats, nobles, royalty and other members of the elite. The ...

... forth. There are also nine steps between each level at the Temple of Heaven. The next location was the Echo Wall and the Imperial Vault. We played with the echo wall by talking directly at the wall and listened for a response from a tourist from another ...

... are made of yellowish sandstone quarried from the hills above Edfu.  These statues were given the name Memnon in the Roman Imperial era, after a soldier who died in the Trojan war.  The north colossus wa once famous for emitting a musical note ...

... onto Palatine Hill.  Phew!  Palatine Hill is jam-packed with history -- "the huts of Romulus and Remus," the huge Imperial Palace, a view of the Circus Maximus -- but there's only the barest skeleton of rubble left to tell the ...

... aren't crazy about mixing in some chocolate, and I hadn't had a mocha done my way in a long time. Ahhhh. The imperial apartment tour was mediocre - first you get to tour the imperial dinner service (yawn). Thousands of silverware, candles, table ...

... as we left Chefchaouen in a hurry we were we filled with excitement and the hopes of falling in love with the biggest of all Morocco's imperial cities. We arrived shortly before it got dark and shared a cab to the center of the old city with a German ...

... gated community... but anyway...  I wasn't aware of how old the city of Xi'an actually is. It originated as the 'imperial capital' playing host to 12 ancient imperial dynasties from 1,000 BC onwards although it was occupied long before then. You can ...

... of Hanoi. Although a fairly ugly city, Hue is crammed with ruins of 19th Century structures ranging from the Citadel, the Imperial Palace and various Emperor's tombs that are dotted in the surrounding vicinity. A lot of these sustained damage during the ...

... a pleb like me who is much more interested in Chinese pop culture and modern history than 5000 years of mostly imperial stuff (unless there are fortifications involved because fortifications make anything lovely), is a significant point. The beer, that ...

... . It’s being restored as well at the moment because of damages over the years, but it was still very cool to see the old imperial city. Lizanne was feeling pretty tired, so decided to go for a nap for the afternoon (in the suite - did we mention we ...

Today we spent the day at the Blue Bay beach in Mauritius. Located on the Eastern side of Mauritius, the other side of Mauritius to our hotel however it took just 55 minutes to drive in opur hire car. This beach is rated as one of the top 5 beaches in ...