Sentences with phrase «many picturesque»

Countries around the world — from Chile to South Africa to the picturesque colonial town of Trinidad in Cuba — are home to cities that have done away with the practical in favor of the fun, whether due to a city - wide artistic streak, a cultural love of color, or a Hollywood payout.

Cusco and the picturesque Sacred Valley of the Incas is another low - cost area to live.

Among the property's features was a picturesque rope swing suspended from a tree.

The remaining nine now include two par threes — the fourth and the eighth — that are vintage Thompson: challenging and picturesque.

The capital of Estonia is Tallinn, a picturesque city of 400,000 whose winding medieval alleyways offer an elegant contrast to its digital present.

Why go: If picturesque beaches and warm weather are what you're after, look no further than the British Virgin Islands.

Puerto Vallarta is one of Mexico's most picturesque beach destinations, with historic white - washed buildings, and cerulean seas set against a rugged mountain skyline.

Best Time To Go: Fall, when the leaves are changing color Don't Forget To Pack: Your digital camera P.S.: Take a rowboat ride on picturesque Otsego Lake, the «Glimmerglass» of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales.

If picturesque beaches and warm weather are what you're after, look no further than the British Virgin Islands.

While wandering Argentine Patagonia, you'll see everything from picturesque lakes to towering glaciers and mountains.

One day last December, Estuardo Porras flew above the mountains of central Guatemala in a helicopter, passing over picturesque Lake Atitlan and a steaming volcano on the way to El Faro, his coffee plantation.

The office, which is based in Wheeling, a sleepy and picturesque town just south of the Ohio border, had for years been aggressive in going after the bad actors involved in the region's opioid crisis.

But with its proximity to technology hubs like San Francisco and Seattle, Canada's western province — and in particular Vancouver, its picturesque urban center — could have the most to gain from its national neighbor's newfound isolationism.

With parks, bike paths, microbreweries, coffeehouses, and snow - capped mountains, Portland is one of the country's most picturesque and eco-friendly cities.

With its unique architecture all around the town and beautiful locales such as the Jardin Majorelle, Marrakech is undoubtedly one of the most picturesque locations on this list.

As she and her husband struggle to find the best school for their daughter, «I worry about the experiences she'll have early in her life on the other side of town where the parks are picturesque and pristine and none of the other kids have beads and braids like her, and how that might impact her culturally.»

Employees have access to two areas where they can enjoy picturesque views — the office bar, located on the 12th floor, as well as a rooftop deck.

Last year prices exploded as families pushed to get into this neighbourhood, but Horn still sees value, particularly given that homes in Walnut Grove are close to the picturesque but more expensive Fort Langley community.

Nevertheless, the picturesque and historic city in the south of England stormed the vote and knocked all of the UK's major cities into the shadows.

The three waterfalls that straddle the border between the U.S. and Canada transformed into a picturesque winter wonderland.

While far from a picturesque journey, I believe I am stronger for enduring the missteps and scrapes of my youth.

Perched on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Pepperdine's picturesque campus is home to five graduate schools, two of which offer dynamic undergraduate programs: Seaver College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, and the Graziadio School of Business and Management.

Not to mention that, thanks to the choking fumes they spew over Cuba's picturesque boulevards, classic cars aren't nearly as cool as you'd think they'd be.

On the east shore of the picturesque Puget Sound lies Clyde Hill — a small, exclusive Seattle suburb.

The office is within walking distance of Lake Zurich and just around the corner from the picturesque city center

The sunshine poured down on us as 128 matches were played over three days at our five picturesque North Shore venues — North Shore Winter Club, Capilano Tennis Club, Murdo Frazer Public Courts, West Vancouver Tennis Club and Hollyburn Country Club.

Europe, perhaps more than any other continent, is known for its picturesque old villages.

by Judi Lees I pedal a country road surrounded by pastoral postcard scenes: picturesque, weathered wooden farmhouses, dense forests cut a brilliant green contrasting fields...

We think of risk as a phenomenon to be watched from afar, like some wonderfully picturesque flaming lava flow from a volcano.

We fished each day and enjoyed daily lunches of freshly - caught fireside grilled fish on several of the many small picturesque islands in the middle of the «grand» lakes.

There's also a less picturesque side to being an entrepreneur, one...

In February of 2018, a dead sperm whale washed up on along the picturesque shoreline of Cabo de Palos in Spain.

New Hampshire, with its picturesque towns, expansive wilderness and mountain views, is a quintessential New England state.

The picturesque village of Calsazio, listed on eBay Italy, comes with a «Buy It Now» price tag of just 245,000 euros ($ 333,000).

It's located in the picturesque Tice Valley area.

Following your trishaw - ride, proceed to your awaiting riverboat for a picturesque, one - hour cruise along the Singapore River with open bar service with champagne.

After some beautifully picturesque descriptions of what this unity looks like, it closes by saying that where this unity is kept, «there the Lord ordains his blessing».

The Rt Rev Dr Alastair Redfern told the Derby Telegraph that the popular picturesque tourist destination is a hot - spot for traffickers who rent out homes to use as brothels to maximise their profit.

I had a job as an emergency room physician, and was chief of the medical staff at a picturesque hospital.

It was one of more than 800 monasteries closed by Henry VIII but the ruins later became a centre for the Picturesque art movement in the 18th century.

Nestled in the picturesque Bavarian Alps, Ettal became a sanctuary for Bonhoeffer as he found himself zwischen den Zeiten — still officially a pastor of the Confessing Church charged with training ordinands for ministry, yet drawn inexorably into a conspiracy against Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime.

A lively opening, yes, but unfortunately, the poem maintains the postcard - picturesque tone throughout.

I found the author's way of describing things — especially supernatural things — really picturesque.

Their minds were practical, their interests ethical, their manner of thinking picturesque and dramatic.

The downtown is still picturesque, but much of the time it's also empty; people do their shopping at one of the new malls that have taken over the farmland around the ever expanding city limits.

In the end, animal sacrifice was altogether substituted for human sacrifice, and this provision, represented as a merciful evidence of Yahweh's grace, was made picturesque in the legendary story of Abraham and Isaac.

The Luskos live in the picturesque skiing village of Whitefish, Montana, where snow - capped mountains fill almost every view.

On the other hand, the pressure to confess something in the name of strength, might and picturesque beauty is something to be wary of.

Rembrandt participated in this consumer paradise as artist, art dealer and collector of exotic artifacts that often lend picturesque credibility to his biblical subjects.

Rev Richard Coles has warned the Church of England is in danger of becoming nothing more than «a picturesque... More