Pavilion Hotel, London, England

Pavilion Hotel

Pavilion Hotel is a most unique hotel in London. It has 30 rooms in the hotels and each room had been set up by specific theme so customer can pick up their favorite room. It located near Oxford Str and Hyde park.

Harpers & Queen magazine described the Pavilion Hotel as "London's chicest little Hotel". According to the Evening Standard newspaper it is "London's hottest crash pad for style slaves in W2."
The Pavilion is popular amongst the fashion, media and music world. A diverse collection of bands, pop stars and actors have visited the hotel.The Hotel has become extremely popular with the fashion, music, tv and film industries. Supermodels, Oscar winning actors, famous musicians and tv stars have all visited the walls of the Pavilion.

Casablanca Nights:
This magical room takes its inspiration from the sun soaked lands of North Africa. A heady mix of rich colours, sumptuous fabrics and moody lighting, this room looks best at night, when the giant traditional Moroccan lantern casts intricate patterns across a ceiling twinkling with silver and gold stars and over twin Edwardian beds draped in mosquito nets. Solid deco furniture and lots of leopard print fabrics add an eclectic touch.

Highland Fling:

Green With Envy:
A cosy room with 2 beds, Green With Envy is filled with beautiful and idiosyncratic objects. An Arts & Crafts style wardrobe is cleverly juxtaposed with faux tortoiseshell dressing table and old fashioned chintz headboard. Walls are painted a deep velvety green and windows are lavishly draped with yards of sumptuous dark green silk. The overall effect is one of cocooned opulence.

Better Red Than Dead:
This is an intimate double bedded room decorated almost entirely in shades of red. A voluptuous symphony of claret, vermilion and burgundy is elegantly combined with antique French furniture, theatrical curtains and flamboyant bed hanging. The result is an enchanting and original room, peacefully located at the back of the building.

Honky Tonk Afro:
This room is a humorous interpretation of the decade of unbounded excess that was the 70's. Walls are a vibrant lime green, boldly trimmed with fluorescent pink feather boas. Curtains are sequinned in true disco style and tied back with furry dice! Heart shaped mirrored headboards are complemented by hippy glass beads in jewel colours draped around the bed. There is a disco ball (of course) and walls are adorned with pictures of icons from that era. This is a room that knows no restraint kitschy, over the top and totally groovy.

Funky Zebra:

Diamonds Are Forever:

Gold Finger:


Rhythm In Blues:

Chapter & Verse:

White Days Soul Nights:

A light and frothy confection in shades of white and cream, "White Days, Soul Nights" is a peaceful attic room with a double bed and a deliciously airy feel. Restrained, painted antique French furniture is offset by white painted floor boards, whilst magnificent gilt and crystal wall sconces lend an opulent note. A window pelmet imaginatively fashioned from an antique wedding dress is the finishing touch.

Indian Summer:

Enter The Dragon:
Very oriental bordello in style, this is a spacious, first floor balcony room with twin beds. The spirit of Eastern exoticism is captured in this exciting room by the extensive use of imagery and pattern - on walls, curtains, even ceiling - and by the carefully assembled collection of Chinese treasures: carved and gilded wooden masks compete for attention with antique wedding chests and intricate screens, while an English Victorian bamboo desk reminds us of the West's long standing fascination with the East.

War & Peace:
War & Peace is just one example. Located at the front of the house, with leafy tree top view, this small but striking room has been decorated to resemble a campaign tent from the era of Napoleonic wars ( The Hotel was actually once the private residence Napoleon's private Doctor). Red and white striped walls and a tented ceiling from the basis of this fantasy. A 4-poster single bed upholstered in the red and gold braid of an officer's uniform continues the theme. Antique prints and military paraphernalia abound. Even the bedside lamp has been fashioned from the base of an old rifle. Classical with a hint of humour, this is one of the Hotel's most popular single rooms.

Monochrome Marilyn:
The smallest single room in the Hotel, tucked away at the very top of the house Monochrome Marilyn is a superb example of design within a tiny space. Black & silver has been daringly used as a colour scheme, austere but somehow elegant. Yet despite the restrained palette, the Hotel's trademark veracity has been successfully injected into this room through the use of Andy Warhol inspired images of Marilyn Monroe pasted all over the walls. Silver swags and satin curtains at the window add a further touch of Hollywood glamour. Though diminutive in size, this room is a hauntingly beautiful space, like the star herself.

Secret Garden:
The bedroom meanwhile has been inspired by vintage British Cinema. Walls are papered in a traditional floral design from Colfax and Fowler, an established bastion of English Country style. Solid oak furniture and heavy tapestry curtains further enhance the old fashioned ambience, whilst any hint of fustiness is dispelled by a painted and gilded four poster bed hung with silk and glass beading and unexpectedly exotic flourish in an otherwise sombre environment.

Silver Salon:

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Christmas Market, Germany

Christmas Market

The traditional German Christmas Markets
held in cities, towns and villages throughout the country start in the last week of November and run through to Christmas Eve or a day or two before. They are usually open every day from 10am to about 8 or 9 pm.

The traditional and romantic Christmas Market, visitor might want to consider heading to Germany where gifts are not mass-produced but craftwork of real quality.

History of Christmas Market:

The centuries-old tradition reaches back to a time when regular seasonal markets took place throughout the year. Christmas Markets were a welcome occurrence during cold-weather months. They were joyful occasions for weary villagers and added a bit of light to long winter nights.

The first Christmas Markets were little more than winter markets that lasted a couple of days. Instead of the cosy stands that line Christmas Market alleys today, traders in some cities laid their goods out in the streets.

Through the years, each Christmas Market has stayed true to its own particularities, with each specializing on local delicacies and traditional products. In the past, only local tradesmen were allowed to sell their wares at the city’s market, which led to the distinctive regional character of today’s markets.

Now, the Christmas Market become a popular Festival Season in German, if you want a impressively Christmas, the romantic, beautiful and amusedly Christmas Market will be the right spot.

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Battle of Orange, Italy

Battle of Orange

Battle of Orange is a ancient festival that held in Ivrea town and come alive in February. It is the largest food fight in Italy.A three days battle by using the orange as the weapon to take down their enemy.

It's memory the 12th century to revolt the inhumanity Raineri di Biandrate, a local duke. Raineri di Biandrate always abused his new bride. Until one day, the duke offend to a wrong woman, Violetta la Mugnaia , as a miller's daughter she chopped his head off. This enkindle a revolution so till today, the oranges battle.

The carriages represent the duke's guard and the orange throwers the revolutionaries. Spectators are not allowed to throw oranges, but visitors are allowed to enlist in the teams. If they wear a red hat they are considered part of the revolutionaries and will not have oranges thrown at them.

In estimated, they using 4 hundred ton of orange in the battle each year.



Here's the view of the Battle of Oranges in Ivrea:











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Venice, Italy

Venice

Venice was founded by local people who moved to islands in the lagoon for protection against invasions by barbarians in 5th century.

Map of Venice

The city is actually built on a number of islands, and therefore there's a lot of water. A lot of water was pumped out of artesian wells which resulted in settling of the ground that Venice is built on. But now, the sinking of Venice become a serious problem that will destory the building heritage.

Venice is a non car zone. Venice City can visit almost by the ferries, boats, cycling, on foot and gondola(Venice traditional boat)

Gondola in Venice

The Bridge of Sighs (Italian: Ponte dei Sospiri)
The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone and has windows with stone bars.Before, it's use for connects the old prisons to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace.The Bridge of Sighs in Venice received its name in the 17th century, because the prisoner who passed through it's two passages inside on their way to the prison cells on the others side would more than likely see the beautiful sight of the lagoon and the island of S.Giorgio and freedom for the last time.


Saint Mark's Basilica
(Italian: Basilica di San Marco a Venezia)
Saint Mark's Basilica
is the cathedral church of Venice, is the most famous of the city's churches. Its status as a symbol of Venetian wealth and power, from the 11th century on the building was known by the nickname Chiesa d'Oro (Church of gold).


Festa del Redentore(Redeemer's Ceremony) in Venice It is a solemn procession set up in 1576 when a terrible plague ended and it was then decided to build the Church of the Health. This event is celebrated at about the end of July with the building of two bridges of boats connecting the Basilica of St.Mark, Venice to the Church of the Health and the latter to the Church of the Giudecca in Venice. In the evening dinner is served on board the lighted ships, awaiting the traditional fireworks.
Church of the Health

The Rialto Bridge (Italian: Ponte di Rialto)
The Rialto Bridge is one of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice built in 1181 . It is the oldest bridge across the canal, and the most famous in the city.The development and importance of the Rialto market on the eastern bank increased traffic on the floating bridge. So it was replaced in 1255 by a wooden bridge.



Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo
Plazzo Contarini del Bovolo is a small palace in Venice, best known for the external spiral staircase.The palace dates from the 15th century, and is in need of restoration. The staircase leads to an arcade, providing a charming panoramic view over some of the roof-tops of the city. The palace is located in a less-traveled side-street near the Campo Manin, near the Rialto.







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