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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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St. Catherine Palace in Pushkin Russia
A Travel Blog entry by billnpat from St. Petersburg, North-West Russia, Russia
... 2010 Our last day here. We took the Metro, then a minibus out to the famous town of Pushkin where the great "Catherine Palace" is located…. It is another huge 18th C palace and garden complex, supposedly Elizabeth and Catherine II's summer place. We ...
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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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St. Petersburg - Sheremetyev Palace
A Travel Blog entry by chop49 from St. Petersburg, Russia
... on to the palace. There we were greeted with one of the most amazing sights we had seen in a long time. A palace groundskeeper was standing next to the palace having a smoke and chatting away with an older lady (a museum or palace employee, ...
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In Bruges...and the Belgian Royal Palace
A Travel Blog entry by dcarlson from Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium
Let it be known that if I ever come in possession of a royal palace, either through a forgotten pedigree, fair purchase or dumb luck it would be ornate, interesting and all together awe-inspiring. Or in other words, everything the Belgian Palace isn't. ...
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Russian Palace Roulette
A Travel Blog entry by paulej4 from St. Petersburg, North-West Russia, Russia
... Explore its many glorious sights including the city’s birthplace at Peter and Paul Fortress, the Hermitage museum, Peterhof Palace, St. Isaac’s and Spilled Blood Cathedrals, Yusupov Palace where Rasputin was murdered, and enjoy a cruise along ...
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Catherine's Palace and Church on Spilled Blood
A Travel Blog entry by wareameye from St. Petersburg, Russia
... intended to be totally free for independent sightseeing in St. Petersburg. However, I have planned an optional tour to see Catherine's Palace in Pushkin, which is where the original "Amber Room" was located. Although the original was lost after the war, ...
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Sun City, South Africa - Palace of the Lost City
A Travel Blog entry by traveltowrite from Sun City, South Africa
... . trees surround the 25 acre estate owned by a family that leased it to the sun international resort for 100 years. sun international built a palace here in 1992. a palace in which i currently am staying. where the floors are made of individual 1x1 ...
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Mountains of West Sikkim
A Travel Blog entry by backagain from Pelling, Sikkim, India
... padded benches for the monks to sit, and elaborate and intricate tapestries and paintings on the walls. We also saw the ruined palace of the chogyals. From the Lonely Planet: 'Lephas, the ‘original’ Sikkimese people, migrated from Assam and ...
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Another Day, Another Russian Palace
A Travel Blog entry by tfsnews from St. Petersburg, North-West Russia, Russia
... Natalia. She pointed out the factory where the 1905 workers' protest originated. In a peaceful protest at the Winter Palace, unarmed workers were shot under orders of Nicholas II. This was a precursor to the 1917 Revolution. Natalia ...
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Catherine's Palace and the Canals of St Petersburg
A Travel Blog entry by shewolf from St Petersburg, Russia
... . There is a theory that the amber slabs still remain in Germany. In the early 1980's a faithful reconstruction of the palace was started and some of the original furniture and draperies were saved before the Nazis destroyed the property Finally, we ...
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Peterhof, the Tsar's Summer Palace
A Travel Blog entry by chop49 from St. Petersburg, Russia
... tour guide, and by Leonid (Leon) our driver for the 45-minute to one hour drive out along the coast to Peterhof, the summer palace of Peter the Great (and later Tsars and Empresses). I was delighted to see that my sarcastic wit in the Hermitage the ...
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Doing the Gaucho Dance
A Travel Blog entry by jennykelly from Fred West Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
... Up to this point we have traveled 1,500kms . We're at a temporary standstill at this stage, holed up in the Palace Hotel in Frederico Westphalen or Fred West as the locals call it. It’s a nice place to be but I’m so looking forward to hopping ...
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Part 1 - Lapa Palace Hotel
A Travel Blog entry by mkanamori from Lisbon, Portugal
... ears). As my other had stayed in a very nice hotel on his previous visit (for business), we chose the same hotel, in the embassy district of Lapa to the west of the city, with a lush garden and outdoor (heated) pool. Our room had a balcony facing the ...
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Bethlehem
A Travel Blog entry by fletcherclaytor from Bethlehem, Palestinian Territory
... is broadcast across the world on Christmas Eve. We walked around the grounds a bit and stopped for a coffee at the Casa Nova Palace hotel. We spent some time in a gift shop--picking up some olive wood ornaments in a 14 point star shape. On the ...
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Hello Birmingham & your hundreds of Twilight Fans!
A Travel Blog entry by amzzie85 from Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Today we checked out of the Strand Palace Hotel, and entered the Fresh Air with a smile. The small rooms with a tiny opening window really starts to get to you after a while, so it will be nice to break the stay up a bit. We took our first "London ...
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Mongolia & Ulaanbattar - The WILD Wild West
A Travel Blog entry by jmabro from Ulan Bator, Mongolia
... worse the Chinese travel agent decided to change us from our pre-confirmed 4 star Chinggis Khaan to the REALLY terrible Palace Hotel, should be a 0 star! After much discussion between the Geman-speaking guide, the hotel receptionists and the travel agent ...
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Five Hours West To East Of The Middle
A Travel Blog entry by stephspeirs from Amman, Jordan
... drove us around in circles as the meter ticked over, we were just hanging to find our beds. We checked in to Abassi Palace Hotel In downtown Amman, and our heads barely touched the pillows before we were sleeping like little jetlagged babies. We hadn't ...
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West Coast - Cairns to Bryon Bay
A Travel Blog entry by ang_and_steve from Bryon Bay, Australia
... Goldcoast today but took a quick detour to Springbrook National Park. On our way out of Surfers Paradise we did catch a glimpse of Versace Palace hotel, the only Versace hotel. It was really spectacular, too bad we didn't see it the night before or Steve ...
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Splendor and Oppulence
A Travel Blog entry by bruceandanne from St. Petersburg, North-West Russia, Russia
... busy train stations in both St. Petersburg and Moscow. Our first visit today was to the Hermitage located on Palace Square. The State Hermitage Museum consists of 5 buildings, 4 of which are joined together on the square (. ...
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Another Wonderful Day
A Travel Blog entry by bruceandanne from St. Petersburg, North-West Russia, Russia
... must have had similar thoughts as many of us went for another piece. While having our lunch we were driving to the Peterhof Palace which was about 1¼ hours out of the city. The original building at this spot was a small ...
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