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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great houses
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All over the world, travelers can use their miles and points to stay in traditional hotels, safari camps, glamping tents, treehouses, manor houses and even on Richard Branson’s Necker Island.
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The island is nestled between the two forks of Long Island and is known for its unspoiled beaches and beautiful manor houses.
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Those images featured sleek, low-slung villas with panoramic windows integrated into the Mediterranean cliffside.
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Eleven suites and villas, each with a fireplace and a head-on view of The Remarkables.
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Scenic cruising through the Moselle Valley reveals a landscape of steep vineyards and hilltop castles, complemented by AmaWaterways’ exclusive tour of Burg Lahneck Castle and its storied past.
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The figures for the first time give the public a concrete idea about the King’s personal wealth, as opposed to the castles, jewels and artwork that go with the job but aren’t the monarch’s personal property.
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The ranch is home to two mansions with a gym and tennis court, as well as guest houses, and a tunnel leading to an underground shelter approximately the size of a basketball court, according to the outlet.
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Camouflaging with the seaside mansions and balikçi (fish restaurants) in the village-like Çengelköy neighborhood, in a calm bay on the Asian side, the 19th-century facade was originally an Ottoman distillery.
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Future building potential also exists for another two dwellings.
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The park service offers educational tours of the dwellings as well as bird-watching, nature walks, and wildlife-viewing tours.
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The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.
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While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.
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Constructed in a restrained neoclassical style, Clarence House was intended to be more comfortable and manageable than many of the grand royal palaces of the era.
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The neighborhood/area The resort is a half hour north of Chiang Mai, in the Mae Rim Valley known for its waterfalls, temples, and palaces.
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And, of course, there are plenty of castles, estates, and old manors to get your history fix.
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Blackwood, with her firsthand knowledge of drafty manors and unhinged families, explains with remorseless precision what lies behind the fantasy—what happens when the houses, and the people in them, are neither charismatic nor lovable.
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