Sentences with phrase «than the port town»

While many first - time visitors to Flores get little further than the port town of Labuan Bajo and its immediate surrounds, one of the highlights of Flores is the peak of Kelimutu which lies to the northeast of Ende and offers fabulous views of the surrounds.

Not exact matches

The party won control of 11 town halls and a large district in the port city of Marseille in municipal elections on Sunday, more than double its record from the 1990s.

Coastal disappointment with the gains of piracy suggests that foreign governments trying to end piracy should consider offering port towns alternative industries or jobs that could be more attractive than hosting pirates.

This puts him only slightly further up the evolutionary scale than the Sodom - and - Gomorrah - style mouth - breathers of Argos, a port town scheduled for heavenly demolition unless they feed their Princess Andromeda (Alexa Davalos) to the Kraken (or as Fiennes, amusingly on his own trip, calls it, «the krah - ken»).

Here, at the windy confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, it feels more southern than Midwest when you arrive at the old river port and factory town of Cairo, once made famous in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

If you'd like to see more of the island, it's less than a 10 - mile drive to the picturesque town and port of Corfu, the local tennis and golf clubs, the Gouvia marina and two other beaches.

Even though Richard the Lionheart married Princess Berengaria, daughter of the King of Navarre here in 1119, Limassol remains a bustling port town rather than a place of romance.

Even today, La Rochelle is principally a port city, rather than a tourist town, with a fishing port, a commercial port, a sailing marina and a ferry port.

More than just an historic port and museum town, the city is a cultural center hosting many events, including one of the largest Caribbean carnivals in Europe and the largest Jazz festival on the continent.

If you prefer a quieter beach, try the beaches to the east of town rather than the ones centred around the port, or head west to Anissaras with its intriguing rockpools to keep the children entertained.