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E Curb N wrote a review

Dec 2023

A (large) chunk of Easter Island on the mainland!

Vina Del Mar is a typical resort town…beaches, seafood restaurants, casino, flash houses. So I was pleasantly surprised to find there are some cultural attracti...

Date of experience: February 2023

Moai

510 reviews

Vina del Mar, Chile

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Dec 2023

1/2

Cango wildlife ranch capers

Rated 4 stars **** for zoological eccentricity! We were casually admiring the flamboyance of flamingos for their beauty when the wading bird handler asked us if...

Date of experience: July 2023

Cango Wildlife Ranch

2,402 reviews

Oudtshoorn, South Africa

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Dec 2023

1/4

The pulling power of Rhodes Town, old but impressive

Walking through the ancient paved streets of Rhodes gave us more a sense of the history of the place than you get from many of the other Greek holiday islands i...

Date of experience: September 2023

Medieval City

5,807 reviews

Rhodes, Greece

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Nov 2023

1/2

Lindos town: archaeology, atmosphere, shops

It was a long, long winding walk to climb to the top (there is donkey hire available)…eventually, finally, we got there, to be greeted with great coastal views....

Date of experience: September 2023

Village of Lindos

11,919 reviews

Rhodes, Greece

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Nov 2023

1/2

Acropolis now!

Your typical 1st time-visitor to Athens’ Acropolis is usually fixated on seeing the Pantheon first and foremost and make a beeline for it. And with good reason,...

Date of experience: June 2023

Acropolis

37,184 reviews

Athens, Greece

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Nov 2023

1/2

La Conquista’s fractured legacy

The pre-Columbian Qorikancha site was conveniently just around the corner from my Cusco accommodation at the Unaytambo. What remains of the Incas’ “Temple of th...

Date of experience: July 2023

Qorikancha

7,529 reviews

Cusco, Peru

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Nov 2023

Circus and spectacle in Ancient Rome

It’s a blessing that the Colosseum survives in the form it is—despite the passage of Millennia and its past use as target practice by invading armies—as a visua...

Date of experience: November 2023

Colosseum

150,064 reviews

Rome, Italy

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Oct 2023

1/2

Six minarets on the outside and over 20,000 Iznik tiles on the inside

Great experience to visit the Blue Mosque, right up there with the more universally acclaimed Ayasofya for peerless beauty. Particularly exquisite is the Blue M...

Date of experience: May 2023

Blue Mosque

35,294 reviews

Istanbul, Türkiye

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Oct 2023

Mountain high and serrated

The religiosity of its famous ancient monastery attracts many visitors to Montserrat, lured on a spiritual pilgrimage to view the Black Madonna. But even for th...

Montserrat Monastery Half Day Experience from Barcelona

2,855 reviews

Barcelona, Spain

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Oct 2023

1/2

The movie was good but this was better!

I first became aware of this regal jewel of Istanbul when I saw an old film from the 1960s about a gang of jewel thieves led by Peter Ustinov trying to lift the...

Date of experience: May 2023

Topkapı Palace

28,108 reviews

Istanbul, Türkiye

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Oct 2023

Gaudi’s residential gem

I’ve loved this idiosyncratic building ever since I first saw a picture of it in a modernist architecture book. So it was quite a thrill to see it in person. Ga...

Date of experience: April 2023

Casa Batlló

58,701 reviews

Barcelona, Spain

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Oct 2023

1/3

As architecture goes, this structure could not be described as “restrained”

Gaudi’s sprawling, unfinished (unfinishable?) architectural mega-work is Barcelona’s defining cultural property and icon. Only viewed this hard-to-sum-up eccles...

Date of experience: April 2023

Basílica de la Sagrada Familia

166,852 reviews

Barcelona, Spain

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Oct 2023

1/2

Shines in the shadows

Probably doesn’t get the headlines or the crowds that A-list high profile attractions in Florence garner, but Santa Croce is a beautiful and colourfully-decorat...

Date of experience: March 2023

Basilica of Santa Croce

9,295 reviews

Florence, Italy

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Oct 2023

1/2

All that glitters is not original

Didn’t time-manage well enough in Firenze to get past the doors of the Battistero di San Giovanni, but what doors they are! Ghiberti's gold-drenched "Gates of P...

Date of experience: March 2023

Battistero di San Giovanni

4,482 reviews

Florence, Italy

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Oct 2023

1/6

Living the cliche in Pisa

Tourist centro in Pisa is the set of buildings in the Piazza draped round a fetching grass lawn. Architecturally the best of these is the classically stylish Du...

Date of experience: March 2023

Leaning Tower of Pisa

24,095 reviews

Pisa, Italy

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Sep 2023

1/9

Gilding the lily of Louis XIV

Opulent, extravagantly and painfully self-indulgent monument to Louis XIV. The excessive over-the-top grandness of Versailles is all about the astronomical ego ...

Date of experience: September 2022

Palace of Versailles

27,528 reviews

Versailles, France

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Aug 2023

1/6

Wangtianshu scenic canopy views and rainforest walks

Wangtianshu Scenic spot is not close to any other Yunnan towns but worth the extra drive to visit. Enjoyable spot to explore – pleasant and educational boardwal...

Date of experience: May 2023

Bubang Wangtianshu Air Corridor

11 reviews

Mengla County, China

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Aug 2023

1/2

Lively Night Market in a Southern Chinese border town

Gaozhuang Night Market was a real treat, lots to see, lots to eat from the local cuisine, lively vibe, with colourful Dai locals, all with that lush rainforest...

Date of experience: April 2023

Gaozhuang Night Market

20 reviews

Jinghong, China

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Dec 2017

Well guarded & controlled Museo

A surfeit of mostly female guards keep you firmly within the parameters of the Montejo mansion as you progress from section to section of the regal house (ensur...

Date of experience: December 2017

Museo Casa Montejo

728 reviews

Merida, Mexico

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E Curb N wrote a review

Dec 2017

1/6

Rivera all over the walls!

The sheer scope of the Diego Rivera murals adorning the walls of the National Palace was a marvel to behold! The artist charted a pictorial history of Mexico wr...

Date of experience: December 2017

Palacio Nacional de México

3,357 reviews

Mexico City, Mexico

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