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Areias Do Seixo – A magical Portugese Gypset Hotel

Areias Do Seixo Hotel has the Eclectic style of the modern nomad. Combining contemporary elements and free spirit certainly is in our Top 5 favorite hotels! A joyous bounty of harmoniously integrating aesthetic design and sustainable environmental awareness.

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Hacienda Venecia – Caldas

While exploring the lush Zona Cafetera in Colombia, the Hacienda Venencia is a good place to stop and take a Colombian coffee farm tour. It is an even better place to spend the night.

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California Academy of Sciences – San Francisco

The California Museum of Sciences is a magnificent structure, by Architect Renzo Piano, that houses the Kimball Natural History Museum, Steinhart aquarium, the Morrison planetarium AND a tropical forest habitat! The reptile collection is worth coming alone – even if just for Claude the albino alligator!

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Ici Icecream Parlor in Berkeley

Highly recommended by trusted friends, we made our way with anticipation to ICI in Berkely.  Immediately our attention was grabbed by a chalkboard notice of “Peppermint Ice Milk”.   Well, it turns out Ice Milk is perfect – lighter then Ice Cream, more luscious then sorbet.  What a simple, taste-altering concept.   So many times, the simple things are the most striking.  The purest. Ice creams,… Read More