. . . and a goldfish in every room.
Where serious whimsy meets serious luxury, the Hotel Monaco is a decadent, silly place ideal for fun-loving sorts who don't mind smaller rooms and the lack of an all-out gym. All the rooms in the renovated 1910 Beaux Arts building have loads of character and include canopy beds ...
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The McCool coast of northern, Northern Ireland
Many of the historical myths and stories of Ireland involve fighting with England, Wales and Scotland. So it is with the legend of the Giant's Causeway, which folklore says was built by the giant Finn McCool so that he could walk from Northern Ireland to Scotland to do ...
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Plug into any outlet on the planet
Most so-called universal plug adapters aren't. Universal, that is. They are capable of converting between the most common outlets like the C-type (used in much of Europe) and the A-type (North America and Japan). But your typical plug adapter can't conform to the M-type of plug (southern Africa) ...
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Spain’s high design Oscar contender
It sounds like the sloppy half of The Odd Couple, but really The Room Mate Oscar is the most hip hotel on one of the most elegant squares in the whole of Madrid.
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A review of the Single Room Hotel
Some billboards advertise hotels. In Berlin, there is a billboard that IS a hotel.
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Literally, the coolest bar on The Strip
Where else would the first permanent ice lounge in the United States be located but in the middle of a hot desert?
The new Minus 5 Ice Lounge, adjacent to the Mandalay Bay Resort on the Las Vegas Strip, is 2,000 square feet of frigid wonderland complete with ...
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