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Accor Hotels around the world competition
For their 10th Anniversary, Accor Hotels has started a competition for guests to enter and win up to 10 round the world trips to stay at any of the Accor Hotels, plus a number of stays all year long.
The competition has 10 phases and entry to the first ends on April 8, 2011.
For more information, visit the Accor Hotels website.
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Dialogue Museum
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This museum is a one of its kind tourist attraction… It has nothing to see! A room in which people have to observe the realities around them is called “Dialogue in the Dark”. The experience is that of a blind man observing the world through his other senses. In the restaurant “Taste of Darkness” visitors have to rely on their noses and sense of taste to distinguish between dishes. A third feature ...
South African Museum and Planetarium
Cape Town, South Africa
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St Paul's Cathedral
London, United Kingdom
The fifth and current iteration of St. Paul’s Cathedral was consecrated in 1708, but the diocese of St. Paul’s has been in existence since 604AD. After the Great Fire of 1666, the decision was made to rebuild the cathedral from scratch rather than trying to restore the severely damaged Gothic version. The new design, by architect Sir Christopher Wren, was a Greek cross in the Baroque R...
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