Travelling
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Angel Hotel (Cardiff): A Review – Standard Double Room
About Angel Hotel The Angel Hotel in Cardiff City Centre is a well-established hotel with 102 guestrooms, event spaces, meeting rooms, a restaurant, a café and conference space. The original hotel dates back to 1666 when the original coaching inn was built for mail coaches to serve Cardiff. The current building is a Victorian-era one…
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Hiroshima Castle: Japan’s Carp Castle
Located in the famous city of Hiroshima in eastern Japan, Hiroshima Castle has played an important part in Japan’s history. One of the most accessible castles, it is not to be missed! History of Hiroshima Castle Sengoku Period The castle’s story begins between in the late 1500s when one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s councillors, Mori Terumoto,…
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ABQ BioPark – Botanical Garden in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Kanazawa Central Hotel: A Review
About Kanazawa Central Hotel Kanazawa Central Hotel is a 3-star hotel in downtown Kanazawa that caters to a wide range of clientele. The hotel has the main building and the “Annex” or “East Building”. Kanazawa Central Hotel is billed as a Japanese business hotel but also offers gender-segregated public baths, its own restaurant, laundry facilities…
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Kanazawa Castle: Museum of Stone Walls in Historic Kanazawa
In Japan’s Hokuriku region lies an excellent example of a Japanese castle: Kanazawa Castle. Located in the city of the same name, this partially restored castle is an excellent place to go to beat the crowds at other castles and is a quick trip from Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. Kanazawa Castle – A Rich History…
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Buttes of Sedona
In northern Arizona lies Sedona, a town known for the surrounding buttes (isolated hills with steep sides and a flat top (similar to but narrower than a mesa). Sedona sits on the border of the lower desert of southern desert turns into the high deserts of northern Arizona and Utah, combining dry, arid landscapes with…
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Hiking in the Kiso Valley
Japan’s Kiso Valley in Nagno Prefecture lies near the Japanese Alps. History of the Kiso Valley Kiso Valley has been important to Japan for at least the past 1,500 years. There are records that mention the Kiso Mountain Road opened in 702 to connect current Nagano Prefecture to lands to the south. The region has…
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Kapa’a Beach: Tropical Paradise (Kaua’i, Hawaii)
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Hirosaki Botanical Garden
In northern Japan’s Aomori Prefecture lies Hirosaki, a small city. Known for its apples and orchard, this city boasts one of Japan’s few remaining original castles. Within the castle grounds is the Hirosaki Botanical Garden, a beautiful example of Japanese and international flowering and medicinal plants. General Information Hirosaki Botanical Garden is Hirosaki’s largest in-city…
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Kaze no Garden (Wind Garden): Site of a famous TV show (Hokkaido, Japan)
Located on the island of Hokkaido in the well-known town of Furano, which features attractions such as Panorama Road, Lavender Fields and Farm Tomita, also boasts another famous garden that was the setting of a famous television show in Japan. Sharing the same name as the show, Kaze no Garden (or Wind Garden), is an…
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Rokka no Mori: Wasteland turned Garden and Art Gallery (Hokkaido, Japan)
Located just to the south of the city Obihiro, Rokka no Mori (or 六花の森, literally the forest of 6 flowers) is a garden and art gallery in Hokkaido, Japan. Set up by the Rokkatei company, one of Hokkaido’s (and by extension, Japan’s) leading confectionary companies, the garden opened in 2017 on the site of a…
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Iceland roadtrip: Reykjavik and ‘Round the Island (12 Days)
Iceland – the Land of ice and Fire – should be your next summer travel destination. If you are looking for a combination of untouched nature, friendly people, and excellent examples of natural phenomena, I would definitely suggest Iceland to you. We did a 12-day Iceland roadtrip to take in the sites that travellers who…
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Hotel Litli Geysir: Staying near Strokkur Geyser
About Hotel Litli Geysir Hotel Litli Geysir is a 3-star hotel near Iceland’s famous Stokkur Geysir. The hotel serves as a cheaper alternative to its sister hotel, Hotel Geysir, which is a 4-star hotel. These are both run by the same company. In fact if you decide to have breakfast (separate from the price of…
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Strokkur Geysir and Geysir Geothermal Area (Iceland)
Located in southwestern Iceland, Strokkur Geysir is a regularly erupting geyser in Iceland’s Geysir Geothermal Area. Located only a short trip from the capital, Reykjavik, it is easy to reach by car or bus and can easily be included in a day trip. History Strokkur Geysir made burst onto the Icelandic scene in 1789 when…
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Hótel Snæfell – Hotel by Aldan: A review (Iceland)
