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...After restoring an 11-bedroom palace in Asturias, it opened Son Vell, a 34-bedroom gem on Menorca, last June....
...But Genoa is an incredible lens on Italian culture, a unique window.”...
...Visitors enter through pyramid-shaped portals surrounded by hieroglyphic inscriptions with the names of the country’s ancient rulers, and huge windows provide panoramic views of the Giza pyramids....
...Honestly, what they’ve done with 6mm birch-face ply and walnut stain is less makeover and more time travel....
...Sadly for Unilever, there does not appear to be a hidden gem in its jumble of businesses....
...I certainly recommend investigating antique and junk shops, eBay and the like — unusual gems are always waiting to be discovered. Another great source is Haines Collection....
...But the views onto the Prinsengracht, the city’s noblest canal, remain, as do the beautiful sash windows from the original structure....
...Its many windows catch whooshing monsoon winds, negating all need of mosquito nets or air-conditioning, although Jannah is almost unique in Shela for offering the latter....
...There was concrete on the floors, oil spillage, fire damage and you could not see out of the windows. The wiring and plumbing were shot....
...We’re not quite as sure that it’s a clear slam dunk, but we’ve got to give him credit for unearthing this gem of a memo....
...Spice Lab Tokyo Gicros GINZA Gems 10F, 6-4-3 Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo 104-0061 Good for: Upscale dining, great cocktails Not so good for: Small meals FYI: Prix-fixe menus only: from ¥6,000 ($40/£32) for lunch...
...Website; Directions The Cross Keys (Hammersmith) A hidden gem of a pub in an area not short of good drinking spots....
...“These are not big splashy paintings, but gems to be enjoyed and loved privately. We can reach those buyers....
...— other fast favourites were lower-key, under-the-radar gems that you’ll probably have never heard of. So the nation’s culinary capital is indeed back, and more delicious than ever....
...The wine list mixes traditionalist gems such as Pierre Gonon St Joseph and Egon Müller “Scharzhof” with naturalista domaines that have long been ubiquitous....
...There’s a scene where he challenges PayPal cofounder Max Levchin to an arm-wrestle over whether to ditch Linux and rebuild on Microsoft Windows, which sets development back by a year....
...Tresanton might be the Platonic ideal of the Cornish seaside hotel, with its mullioned windows and local art on the walls (it also has an 8m yacht, Pinuccia, for exploring the coast)....
...In 1958 she had founded the Victorian Society with the poet Sir John Betjeman in the dining room, ensuring that this house and other 19th-century gems have survived intact....
...When clients are shown gem sizes and cuts, cubic zirconia is used instead of diamonds....
...Smith has produced a photobook that works as a piece of literature, opening windows on a life of incident and inquiry....
...Intentions went straight out of the window when I was handed the à la carte menu....
...So there is sadly rarely enough time to take in its gems — Leonardo’s “Last Supper” and the avant garde art in the Prada Foundation — or to catch a match at the incredible San Siro Stadium, recently saved...
...All in all, Nura is a hidden gem that Greenpoint didn’t even know it needed....
...Smashed windows. Chaos. The elite — taken hostage while some were still in stocking feet or lingerie — are marched to the bandits’ mountain lair....
...“At that time, all the males would be hosted at the bottom, and the females would stay up the top, looking through windows, so the men could not see their faces.”...
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