Hints and tips:
...Villa Borghese Start your morning early with a jog across the beautiful pine-rich gardens of the Villa Borghese; take a break at the terrace on the Passeggiata del Pincio and, through the umbrella canopy...
...“This is because mosses have a strong association with particular micro environments....
...They already used pine trees and local rocks to give their gardens a Japanistic style....
...Among six new villas that Simpson Travel is adding to its Corsica collection in 2024 is the four-bedroom Villa Occhinello, set among granite boulders and gnarled olive trees, and with a pool overlooking...
...connect with nature, whether with extensive hiking, horseback riding or mountain-biking routes in summer (the local Ursa trail is recognised as a best-in-Europe leading quality trail by the European Ramblers Association...
...Aspirational local brides in bejewelled dresses pose on the promenade, kids scamper and dive and flirt along the rocks below; patrician villas hide in the pines and palms around it....
...That association with craft rather than art is what Clarke has been trying to address in his large-scale pieces....
...The latter in particular is a proper destination, its genius loci built on long associations with aristocracy, artists and the Cannes Film Festival....
...Developers are prospecting, and new-build, high-end villas slowly but inexorably appearing in the pines....
...Branson has had a long association with the island....
...The Roman College is a sprawling complex of villas. Cypress and pine trees rise above tiled terracotta roofs....
...How does that make you feel knowing that your community is a banking desert?...
...In 2002, Maslon House, an elegant villa designed by Neutra in 1962 in the Rancho Mirage district, was demolished — to a national outcry....
...Pudding was a pine nut-rich cassata of buffalo ricotta....
...One of those is Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, president of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad, who has been peppering panel discussions this week with remarks that may have made uncomfortable...
...Its architecture shines with invention and integrity, all the more so since it was restored and reopened earlier this year by charity Association Cap Moderne....
...Between clusters of glittering skyscrapers, congested highways and older, sandy-coloured residential areas, it was hard to know where the building stopped and the desert began....
...The development is costing upward of €75m, with individual villas starting at €3m....
...Ordinarily it would be full of holidaymakers in search of autumn sunshine and a villa with a pool on what is perhaps the prettiest island in the Canaries....
...Sudden coolness on my bare arms; desert silence, which is its own presence, in my ears; salt on my lips. You could taste it....
...But the huge urban villa — which stands opposite the Russian consular compound in Munich — was as austere inside as it was embellished outside....
...Islands in the Mediterranean are in demand too, and especially for holidays staying in private villas....
...Four nights cost from about £4,365 per person, including two nights in a garden view pool villa at the resort with breakfast and dinner, two nights all-inclusive luxury mobile camping, flights from London...
...“A lot of homeowners flew down before the flight restrictions came in, deciding they would rather ride out the storm here than in London.”...
...Owners pay service charges (or homeowners association fees) that can often be offset by putting the residence into the hotel rental programme and earning an income — Rosewood residences at Baha Mar command...
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