Sentences with phrase «from cultural landmarks»

Less than an hour's drive from the cultural landmarks of Reykjavik and set against a backdrop of majestic mountainous lava fields, ION promises to provide an unforgettable experience - tailored to fit your travel aspirations.

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From St Martin's church to the Bull Ring, there are so many cultural landmarks that stand out as idyllic backdrops to dates, and with a plethora of eateries and entertainment venues, the city is leading the UK into a future that places the nation among the best worldwide date locations.

Home Alone prompts neither and the film has impressively evolved from a 1999 Kevin Smith punchline to a genuine cultural landmark.

A gap in a well - educated and deeply informed adult's cultural knowledge prevented him, however briefly, from comprehending and engaging with young African Americans about a landmark Supreme Court decision in a public forum.

Gone is the paradigm, outlined in the landmark Johnson Report of 1966, wherein it was assumed that the impact of an educator in the classroom was to a large extent limited by the socio - economic and cultural environment from which the children came.

Set in the prestigious Gold Coast neighborhood at the start of the Magnificent Mile, this iconic landmark features breathtaking views of Lake Michigan and is steps from the city's most exciting cultural and historic attractions.

Discover the best American experiences, from the majestic outdoors to important historical and cultural landmarks.

Ibis Styles Bangkok Khaosan Viengtai is perfectly located on Rambuttri Road, next to the heart of Khaosan Road and few minutes drive from Bangkok's... Read more most popular cultural landmarks.

Ubud, near Bali's cool central upland, is a treasure trove of cultural landmarks, ranging from ancient temples and Read More»

Located steps from picturesque Rittenhouse Square park and surrounded by exquisite Center City shopping, dining and cultural landmarks, AKA Rittenhouse Square offers sophisticated and spacious studio, one -, two - bedroom and penthouse suites complemented by luxury amenities and finishes.

That said, if SBIFF wants to entice film fans from around the world, it needs to better utilize the area's natural and cultural landmarks.

Though it's famous for fancy chocolates, high - end watches, and its corporate industry, Zurich has plenty of affordable and cool offerings, too, from its blossoming boutique hotel scene, glut of free cultural landmarks, and versatile shopping options.

Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay is one of Balis renowned five - star luxury resorts, located on the popular sunset and seafood cafe - lined Jimbaran Bay.The resort enjoys a stunning location with most of its villas spread out over a headland overlooking the bay and the Ngurah Rai International Airport runway in the northern horizon.The transfer from Ngurah Rai itself to the resort is a 25 - minute shuttle or taxi ride.Balis other famous but livelier beach resort areas, Kuta and Legian, are a further half - hour drive from the bay.Roads uphill from the resort lead you to the Garuda Wisnu Kencana cultural park and the premier world - class reef break under the landmark sea temple of Uluwatu, half an hours drive southwest.

Situated a stone's throw from the Grand Place is one of the most famous statues in the world, and one of the city's cultural landmarks.

Andros is rich with cultural and historical landmarks, including a lighthouse with cannons from an old wreck, an old pirate's well and cave, native colony ruins, quaint towns with evocative names, plus a sisal and a batik factory.

Nevertheless, historical and cultural highlights from earlier eras are abundant, and whilst westerners may have learned about landmarks such as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and the Terracotta Warriors from guide books or the internet, nothing can compare with the extraordinary experience of seeing them at first hand.

From cultural spots and historical landmarks «Jogja» town is best known for, to among its great shopping streets and Read More»

«With a prime location, just five minutes from Tunis - Carthage airport, ten minutes from downtown Tunis and close to major shopping malls, golf courses and cultural landmarks such as Tunis Medina (Old City), the hotel is well positioned to attract business and leisure travellers looking for a convenient and contemporary five - star property when visiting this thriving Mediterranean city.»

This Uluwatu Tours package will start to visit Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park planned to be established a landmark or Bali mascot, in the form of a giant statue, that is a statue of Lord Vishnu riding a Garuda bird, then continue the tour to visit the Beautiful Padang - Padang Beach is one of the best white sand beaches, then we continue to visit the main site is Uluwatu Temple is amazing temple sits on 70 meter protuding cliff with some group monkey nearby, then the tour will continue to watching Kecak and Fire Dance Performance near the uluwatu temple, is a Balinese dance takes story from fragment Ramayana, and then the last site during Uluwatu tours is visit Jimbaran beach to enjoy the delicious seafood dinner on the beach at local restaurant.

Not to be missed are the quiet, windswept roads of East End with their stunning sea views, cultural landmarks like the Botanical Gardens and Pedro St. James, the white sandy beaches of Seven Mile Beach and a trip to «Hell» and back from the heart of West Bay.

The impressive Cathedral, with its world - famous bell tower Giralda, historic landmark of Seville and its rich cultural legacy, is easily reachable from the hotel.

Avenue SE, across the street from DC's landmark Engine 25 fire station, the multi-level, foursquare home turned cultural center lies in the heart of Ward 8.

Eberle's subjects run the gamut from political, art, and cultural figures to architectural landmarks and technology.

Appropriated print advertisements from 1968 — a landmark year in the Civil Rights Movement — are stripped of their context to open up questions of cultural stereotypes and the way the media perpetuates them, while in the series «Branded» he inverts the work, adding contemporary ad copy to provocative images.

THE quick, echoing clicks of Thelma Golden's herringbone mules on the blond wood floor announce her presence long before she comes into view inside the Studio Museum in Harlem, the cultural landmark on 125th Street where she landed a year ago after an abrupt departure from the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Unlike, let's say, the wider historical account, which includes the whole bohemian world that is inseparable from its political and social surroundings in Dore Ashton's essential volume New York School: A Cultural Reckoning, or Irving Sandler's landmark Triumph of American Painting: A History of Abstract Expressionism, your observation that the beginning of pluralist taste in art begins with Cahill and continues onward to the works of Allen Ruppersberg and more recently, deliberately formed art collectives like Bernadette Corporation and the Bruce High Quality Foundation.

The author also discusses the blood quantum rule, cultural appropriation, Indigenous use of intellectual property laws, Two - Spirit identities (Indigenous transgender individuals), the landmark Delgamuukw and Tsilhqot» in cases (recognition of Aboriginal title), non-benign myths about Indigenous peoples, the six - volume Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) final report on the residential school system where at least 6,000 Indigenous children died, Canada's Stolen Generations (between 1960 and 1990, 70 - 90 % of Indigenous children in Canada were removed from their homes and placed into non-Indigenous homes), Inuit relocations, the issue of access to safe drinking water for First Nations communities, the five - volume report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Indigenous lands, education, treaties, and treaty - making.

Does the social and cultural desirability of preserving historical landmarks through government regulation derogate from the constitutional requirement that just compensation be paid for private property taken for public use?

No - fault divorce laws were adopted beginning with California in 1969 and then spread to all 50 states.5 During the 1960s and 1970s, legal access to birth control including oral contraceptives became increasingly available, and in 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court made abortion legal in the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.6 These cultural changes created new opportunities for women and led to an increased presence in the labor market, doubling from 30.3 million in the 1970s to 72.7 million in the mid - 2000s.7