Sentences with phrase «sleepy provincial town»
Visitors to Hue are often taken aback to discover that the sleepy provincial town of Hue was once...
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Trat is a sleepy provincial town which many people just pass through on their way elsewhere.
Donna Leon characterizes Venice as «a sleepy provincial town.»
Over the past half century, the nation's capital, Ankara, has transformed from a sleepy provincial town into a cosmopolitan city, while Istanbul, long a sophisticated tourist mecca and industrial center, has grown into a megacity of 20 million situated at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.