Riad Kniza in Morocco

One of the most famous places to stay in Morocco is Riad Kniza. It has eleven luxurious and well-designed Moroccan style rooms and suites. The rooms are built around lovely courtyards. It is fascinating to see the lovely and intricate carvings on the grand doors, the colorful tiles and walls, and the very lovely rugs on the floor. The architecture of the Riad Kniza is marvelous and takes you back to Moroccan garden homes of long ago and their restaurant serves delightful authentic Moroccan dishes and is reputed as having one of the best Moroccan tables in town.

Dating from the 18th century, Riad Kniza is a small, luxury "Hotel de Charme" in the heart of the old Médina of Marrakech, completely restored by Haj Mohamed Bouskri using traditional materials and artisans to recreate an authentic Moroccan experience as in days gone by.

Haj Mohamed, aside from being one of the most renowned antique dealers in Marrakech, has been a professional guide for the past 34 years and has shown the best of Marrakech to many VIPs and celebrities including former US Presidents and international movie stars including Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Aniston. - Riad Kniza















The Royal Suite Bahia



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Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família in Barcelona Spain

Sagrada Familia

The expiatory church of La Sagrada Família is a work on a grand scale which begun on March 19, 1882 from a project by the diocesan architect Francisco de Paula del Villar (1828-1901). At the end of 1883 Gaudí was commissioned to carry on the works, a task which he did not abandon until his death in 1926. Since then different architects have continued the work after his original idea.

The building is located in the center of Barcelona and it is one of the most frequented by tourists. Millions of people every year visit The expiatory church of La Sagrada Família becuase of its extraordinary architectural and its religious function and history.

Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family) has now become the most famous building and landmark in Barcelona, Spain but it was originally intended to be a modest, Neo-Gothic church. The building is still under construction to this day.

World AIDS Day

Christmas Concert 2006

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The Amazing Marina Bay Sands in Singapore

The amazing Marina Bay Sands in Singapore is a place of opulence that boasts of over 2500 rooms & suites, with state-of-the-art convention and exhibition facilities, modern and spacious theaters, world-class casino, art and science museum, world-class entertainment and the best shopping with over 800,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and Singapore's first large-scale luxury shopping destination, and the famous Sands Sky Park.

The Sands SkyPark is an awe-inspiring engineering wonder. This unique structural masterpiece, designed by visionary architect Moshe Safdie, floats atop the three soaring Marina Bay Sands hotel towers 200m in the sky.

Stretching longer than the Eiffel tower laid down or four and a half A380 Jumbo Jets, with an impressive 12,400 square meters of space, the Sands SkyPark can host up to 3900 people. The gravity-defying cantilever is one of the largest of its kind in the world. From this privileged observation deck, hundreds of visitors at a time can feast their eyes on the unforgettable panorama view. - Marina Bay Sands

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The London Eye

The London Eye which is also commonly known as the Millenium Wheel from Merlin Entertainments is a giant 135-metre (443 ft) tallFerris Wheel located on the banks of the River Thames in the British capital. It is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe and the most popular tourist attraction in United Kingdom, but this ride is definitely not for the faint of heart.

Some interesting Facts about the London Eye

The circumference of the wheel is 424m (1.392ft) - meaning that if it were unraveled, it would be 1.75 times longer than the UK's tallest building One Canada Square.Each rotation takes about 30 minutes, meaning a capsule travels at a stately 26cm per second, or 0.9km (0.6 miles) per hour - twice as fast as a tortoise sprinting; allowing passengers to step on and off without the wheel having to stop.

The London Eye carries 3.5 million customers every year. You would need 6,680 fully booked British Airways Boeing 747-400 jumbo jets to move that number of fliers!

The Merlin Entertainments London Eye opens daily except on Christmas Day (25 December) and during its annual maintenance period from 8th January to 21st January 2011 inclusive.

The first flight takes place at 10.00 am.

















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