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Sultan’s Armed Forces Museum
Muscat, Oman
Any tourist visiting Muscat must stop at this fantastic museum, which is located within the 150-year old Bait-al-Falaj fort, the original headquarters for Sultan Said bin Sultan’s armed forces. It displays Omani weapons and armory and also gives tourists an insight into Oman’s history, politics and relations with other international states and powers. All visiting heads of state take a trip to thi...
Museu Nacional do Azulejo (National Tile Museum)
Lisbon, Portugal
If you must see only one museum in Lisbon make it this one. Housed in a 16th century convent, this place pays homage to one of Portugal’s most famous exports the azulejo (tile). The exhibits cover everything, from the azulejo’s beginnings in the Ottoman empire to the present. Star attractions include a 36m panel depicting a pre-earthquake Lisbon and a gold-bedecked baroque chapel. The cafe also ge...
Garden of Dreams
Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: +9771 442 5340 Price: Adult/child: Rs 160/40 Opening Time: 9am-10pm Beautifully restored, this garden is one of the most peaceful and beautiful places in Kathmandu. Built after Feild Marshall Kaiser Shamser (1892-1964) visited the gardens of Edwarian England, he won the funds from his father (the prime minister of the time) in an epic Rs 100 000 game of cowrie shells. ...
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Paris, France
The largest cemetery in Paris is spread out over nearly 120 acres and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. Known as the City of the Dead, the cemetery has thousands of elaborately decorated tombstones and mausoleums. Numerous narrow paths wind through them. More than 300,000 people are buried here, with the cremated remains of thousands more in the columbarium. The property...