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New York Marriott Financial Center
New York Marriott Financial Center Hotel is in downtown Manhattan, New York, USA. In the heart of NYC's Financial District, a great 3 star New York hotel with easy access to the World Trade Center, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and South Street. ...
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Quinta Real
Quinta Real Hotel found close to the Old Quarter of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. This elegant special category Monterrey hotel is designed to meet, and even surpass, the standards of the most exigent business or leisure travellers. ...
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Sobrado da Vila Pousada, Praia Do Forte
Sobrado da Vila Pousada Hotel is at the entrance of the village of Praia do Forte, Bahia, Brazil, on Linha Verde, right at the end of Estrada do Coco. A 3 star Praia do Forte pousada on one of the most famous and beautiful beaches of the northern coast of Bahia. ...
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Sparta

Sparta is the capital of the prefecture of Lakonia, located 225 km from Athens, built in the heart of a fertile plain near Evrotas river. On the same site as ancient Sparta had stood, the city forms a modern, well designed urban centre.

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Sparta

Modern Sparta was built originally on the pattern of a blueprint designed by Bavarians in 1834.

The Dorians had created ancient Sparta in 1100 BC as a state with a special regime. It was the terror of Athens, which explains why clashes between them had been permanent, culminating into the Peloponnesian War, out of which it emerged victorious.

Until the time of Alexander the Great, Sparta and Athens were the biggest city - states in ancient Greece.

In 146 BC the Romans conquered the region. Known as Lacedaemon in Byzantine years, Sparta fell to the Franks after the Fall of Constantinople in 1204, becoming the seat of a Catholic bishopric.

In 1266, although the fort of Mystras had already been built and the Franks handed it over to the Byzantines, its inhabitants abandoned it and the city became deserted.

Only a few ruins remain of once mighty and powerful Sparta. Odd remnants of the shrine of Chalkioikou Athinas worshipped up to the 4th century BC, the Wall and the Roman Arcade.

To the west of the temple, excavations led to the discovery of the church of Christ the Saviour with which chaste Nikon had an association (10th century). Only a short distance away lie ruins of what is left of the Leonithaio, (5th c BC) where Leonidas' remains had been carried, to the shrine of Orthias Artemidos (6th c BC) and the Menelaion.

Traces of ruins were discovered at Amykles village, site of the ancient city of the Achaens of Lakonia also called Amykles, while on Vafeios hill, excavations brought to light a dome like tomb dating back to the Mycenean Age. Precious finds discovered in tombs are on display at Athens National Museum.



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Austria Trend Messe
This fabulous three stars plus hotel in Vienna is located directly opposite the Messe Wien Neu, Vienna's fair and convention centre, the elegantly curved building on the corner of Perspektivstrasse and Messestrasse connects the exhibition grounds and the recreation area of the Wiener Prater....
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Kummer
Hotel Kummer is situated in the Mariahilfer strasse, in the heart of one of Vienna's busiest shopping centres. The city centre and the West railway station, the State opera, the Hofburg, the Spanish riding school, major museums, theatres offering operettas and musicals and the flea-market, all are within a few minutes' reach of the hotel. The nearest Underground station is the U3, Neubaugasse....
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Sol Y Luna
In Cancun's heart the Sol y Luna Hotel is just a few blocks from Tulum Avenue, about 25 minutes from the International Airport and near the handicraft markets and business area....
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