Sentences with phrase «with ancient walls»

Almost all the separate regions of Sardinia are great for kids: Alghero in the Northwest is an ancient town with ancient walls, with nooks and crannies to explore, nature parks to romp around in and beaches lined with mysterious caves.

Dubrovnik offers a wealth of history, beginning with the ancient walls that surround the city and served as powerful protection against invaders.

Explore more of Hungary and follow our guide out of bustling Budapest to the picturesque medieval town of Szentendre, set on the banks of the Danube and awash with ancient walls, cobbled streets and beautiful vistas.

The incredible ruins of Corfe Castle are well worth a closer look, with its ancient walls telling of some of the major events to occur throughout the history of Britain.

Tabarca Island: protected marine environment with ancient walled village where time stands still.

Away from the beach, you'll find lush green parks full of colourful tropical birds, spectacular caves with ancient wall - paintings and some fascinating attractions.

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The television follows a winged Mexican through Mexico's jungles, over rivers and mountains, to the ancient cities and into the mighty pyramids, where (as pictured above) the ancient peoples of Mexico can be found, along with their occupiers, artfully disporting themselves in front of wall paintings.

They then mutter an oath in a dead language of the ancients, and the camera pans to reveal Roger Goodell leather - strapped naked to the wall with an apple in his mouth.

On the wall was a chart of the farm fields, each with an ancient name.

This ancient precursor of tennis is played indoors on a court resembling a Medieval street, complete with sloping roofs, openings (like windows) in the walls and the two sides of the court are not the same shape.

They piled boulders left by ancient glaciers into two large rings, put black amphibolite rocks on top, layered the wall with charcoal and burned it.

The boundaries of ancient valley walls are defined by textural and albedo changes and are also associated with lateral river migration.

Still, for every Breath of the Wild there's also a Horizon Zero Dawn, and though enamouring and immersive, the post-apocalyptic setting finds itself rife with a glut of metal flowers, ancient vessels, and Banuk artefacts that do little than to add minor lore amongst walls of text.

The two maps I explored — Ancient Forests and Wildspire Wastes — were truly varied, with vine - covered walls, watery caves and hidden paths inside the tree canopy.

Paintings and prints frequently carry particular meaning within Petzold's films, as examples of the ancient tradition of ekphrasis, probably none more so than in Phoenix's immediate predecessor Barbara (2012) with its conspicuous Rembrandt print, but likewise in much earlier works like Die Beischlafdiebin (The Sex Thief, 1998) with a Gerard Richter on the wall — another artist conspicuously engaged with multiple forms of peculiarly German afterness.4

In Lauren Topazian's fifth - grade classroom, the walls are covered with artifacts of ancient civilizations.

Ancient kitchen implements — a candle mold and poissonnière, a moulin à legumes, chalky with rust — cluttered the dining room walls.

I hate cities where there are too many people crowded in ugly buildings, but love the hearts of old cities with Mediaeval buildings, ancient walls, tiny streets.

The history of this breed begins with drawings on the walls of ancient caves in southern Africa.

Choose from a tented camp with its own kitchen, or Honey Bee Suite with its wooden interior and canvas walls, both lost in the midst of an ancient, indigenous forest.

King David is the new Tower of David Museum night time experience in which the ancient citadel that guards Jerusalem's Old City will be illuminated at night with 250,000 lumens and 35 million pixels as the story of King David is projected onto the walls.

• Cape Town: Savor Constantia, a wine region within city limits • Dubai: Go over-the-top with a stay at One & Only The Palm resort • Egypt: Take a Nile cruise • Fez, Morocco: Step back in time in the ancient walled medina • Jerusalem: Visit the Holocaust museum at Yad Vashem • Kenya: Stay among the Masai at Campi Ya Kanzi • Knysna, South Africa: Eat oysters at 34 South restaurant • Namibia: Go on a desert safari along the Skeleton Coast • Oman: Stay at the Six Senses Zighy Bay • Petra, Jordan: Marvel at the ancient hard - carved site • Serengeti: Learn to take wildlife photography on safari • Seychelles: Lounge on Anse Source d'Argent beach

A grand and ancient stone wall lined one side of that road and the other side was covered with rolling vineyards.

And even though most people are not particularly familiar with the city's ancient history there is a general agreement that the Western Wall and the Temple Mount are important sacred sites for both Jews and Muslims.

The Fairmont Orchid's Spa Without Walls is true to its name nestled amid verdant waterfall, bordering the oceanfront shoreline and providing a healing retreat in a natural therapeutic environment with ancient healing arts infused into every treatment.

During your guided visit, admire the paintings that remain on the walls, and look for signs of the early fast - food restaurants beloved by ancient Romans.On the quest for amazing scenery, combined with history and spirituality, you'll visit Montecassino sanctuary.

The ancient walled city of Tulum is the closest, with Chichen Itza and Coba also within easy reach.

Highlights include observation, interaction and diving with the ancient Nautilus, as well as clear water, plummeting walls and amazing shark action.

Croatia, blessed with an array of stunning islands, ancient walled ports and untouched wilderness is a destination ripe for discovery.

With enormous tree roots snaking across crumbling stone walls, ancient trees towering overhead, and long, dark hallways and courtyards to explore, this is a place that feels mystical and almost secretive.

Popular with visitors are the ruins of the ancient temple at Kamari and the remains of dwellings on the sea bed, the Cyclopean wall with traces of an Acropolis on the Hill of Ai Giorgis, the ancient quarry at Petrokopio and the shrine to Poseidon at Agia Triada.

• Next door to Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Sanctuary Visitor Center • Oceanfront pool • Ancient Hawaiian fish pond (rock - wall - protected beach right in front of property for calm ocean lagoon swimming) • Monsoon Indian oceanfront restaurant and bar on ground floor • Access to large private rooftop deck with amazing ocean and Haleakala views, propane barbecues, and picnic tables • Shuffle board courts and equipment • Free Parking • Walk along unobstructed white sand beach for miles

This area is connected to a comfortable dining room with fully equipped kitchen, located at the base of the ancient town walls.

Visit the New Seven Wonders of the World plus the sole surviving ancient wonder with our round - the - world itinerary taking in the Colosseum, Petra, Taj Mahal, Great Wall, Machu Picchu, Chichen Itza, Christ the Redeemer and the Pyramids of Giza.

Along the back wall of the sitting room, an ancient canoe has been topped with glass and transformed into a 6m - long table; a stunning centrepiece for a buffet dinner.

The setting for fictional King's Landing from the popular television series Game of Thrones, Dubrovnik's ancient walls are still sun - baked in the autumn, with warm yet pleasant temperatures common and many tourists still willing to take a dip in the sea at this time of year.

Encased by square medieval walls, this ancient fortified city is symmetrically perfect, white - washed terracotta topped houses contrast charmingly with the surrounding green countryside, in fact Aigues - Mortes is also famous for its nearby salt marshes.

Resting on a large estate in a beautiful walled garden Villa Belong Dua features a series of five pavilions — positioned in accordance with ancient cosmology, which house the villa's charming living areas, along with stunning swimming pool.

Our first stop is Erice, a charming ancient town with medieval walls, perched atop Mount Eryx.

Decorated with ancient Balis story photograph on the wall creates a real Bali ambiance.

A friendly welcome and good food is what to expect in this gorgeous tiny ancient cafe with six tables, a zinc bar, tiled murals adorning the walls.

From its historic centre with its ancient Moorish walls and spectacular Baroque Cathedral with its ornamental Velez Chapel to world - class museums, elegant shopping streets and hundreds of lively restaurants and tapas bars serving mouth - watering cuisine, it's got all the ingredients for a truly relaxed Spanish holiday.

Delhi's Metro network has entered the capital's ancient «Walled City» for the first time, with the launch of the new Heritage Line.

In this small valley is a carved stone gateway, ancient disused bathing places (the king's on the left, the queen's on the right), and three meditation niches hewn out of the rock face, with slanting roofs and carvings decorating the wall above.

Day 6 Tour of Pingyao, one of China's best preserved ancient cities, lined with Ming and Qing dynasty houses, temples and towers and encircled by 14th century walls.

As Sousse is one of Tunisia's oldest cities, there are countless historical attractions to visit on your stay, with most of them concentrated within the ancient walls of the medina.

Entered from a dramatic black and gold hallway, the Heriot's sitting room is panelled with ancient oak panels from St Giles» Cathedral and has walls hung with tapestry.

Before you know it, you're passing through Bedugul, with its vistas of the entire southern coast, and then up over the walls of an ancient crater.

Continuing our journey towards the world heritage area of the ancient Willandra Lakes, we arrive at Mungo National Park with its amazing Walls of China and spectacular wildlife.

All the new apartments have Heathfield floor lamps and desk lamps in the bedrooms, and the walls have been decorated with Asanderus wallpaper: the ancient east meets contemporary designs with bright colours, creating a sense of new fashionable style throughout the apartments.