
A visit to the Royal Carthusian Monastery of Valldemosa
Majorca is full of tourists — mostly British — who flock of the sun-drenched Spanish island in the Balearic Sea for its high-rise hotels, social beach scene and techno-fueled nightlife. Visit specific portions of the island and you'll certainly find all those. But a vacation on Majorca can ...
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A wilderness treehouse hotel 30 minutes from Seattle
Seattle is a Spot Cool Stuff favorite city. We love experiencing its vibrant urban heart. And we love how easy it is to escape that for the accessible natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest.
A case in point (literally, a "point") is The Treehouse Point. The complex—part treehouse hotel, ...
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Gazing from the Tower Club at lebua
Bangkok is a city full of luxury hotels, each of which offers a high level of personalized service. However, one luxurious hotel (with a high level of personalize service) rises above the rest, literally: The Tower Club at lebua.
The Tower Club suites occupy the top floors of ...
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Websites for booking bargain island vacations
Arranging a trip to the Caribbean online? There are lots of general travel websites—Travelocity, Expedia and Funjet Vacations among them—that cover the Caribbean along with the rest of the planet. But many of the best deals, and much of the most useful planning information, are found on websites ...
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Flip-flops with independent toe suspension
If you had to spend an entire vacation wearing no other footwear besides a pair of flip-flops which model would you want to take?
Spot Cool Stuff has been busy lately researching this exact question. We've been testing more than two dozen pairs of flip-flops across several categories. ...
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Cliff-side eating by the Yangzte River.
There are lots of blogs that repost photos of cool-looking places. Usually these websites give very little information even identifying the location shown in the photo, much less practical tips on how to travel there.
Spot Cool Stuff is a different in this way. We aren't about spreading memes. ...
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