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Recent Examples of alcazarThe unique cultural makeup of Cádiz—with its famous Moorish alcazar, with its echoes of Arab-Andalusian culture playing alongside Spanish Catholic aesthetics—and its quiet way of life have been a steady guide for Judeline as she’s found her artistic voice and its visual direction.—E.r. Pulgar, SPIN, 20 Sep. 2024
For Local-Secret Spa Vibes: Four Seasons Hotel at Tower Bridge
A short stroll from the Tower of London, a historic medieval castle close to Tower Bridge, this neoclassical gem whose ballroom was the site of the inaugural General Assembly of the United Nations in 1946, feels almost cinematic.
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Rooksana Hossenally,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
But the true money shot was a spectacular sequence set in The Sandman’s HQ, a glistening sand castle, with light filtering through a glass kaleidoscope in the ceiling.
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Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2025
Kendall also participates in a toga party and is entertained by a provocative belly dancer in a male seraglio.
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J. Hoberman,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
Despite Miller’s visual panache — when’s the last time a seraglio was depicted on the big screen? — these anecdotes are ultimately as unsatisfying as Campion’s Dog.
For those who want to head to the main hotel, guests of the villa have full access to the those facilities too, which include the saltwater infinity pool carved into the rocks, the Dior Spa Eden-Roc and the five clay tennis courts.
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Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
For Season 7, Love Island USA premiered on a Tuesday night which meant that the second night in the villa would be aired on a Wednesday.
It’s set today in modern-day L.A., somewhere on the coast in a palatial mansion, which is a very sort of film noir setting.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
4 June 2025
At one point, the head of the family Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville) pays respect to the mansion that made the show famous — the real Highclere Castle in Hampshire, England — by giving it a pat and a kiss, apparently as the family says goodbye to it.
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