Sentences with phrase «once sleepy little town»
What was once a sleepy little town established on the back of a gold rush has been transformed into a cosmopolitan city catering for a wide range of tourism needs.
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Once a sleepy little town, Ubud recently became incredibly popular with tourists after the publication of the best - seller «Eat Pray Love» by Elizabeth Gilbert.
Meaning «place of rest» this once sleepy little town started out as a small farming community producing citrus and Virginia tobacco, but now it is known as the Platinum City due to its extensive mining.
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In his book about the journey, he describes the «sleepy little coast village of Hueneme» as a «ghost of a once flourishing town» due to the establishment of a beet sugar factory.