Australia Luxury Place - Longitude 131 at Ayers Rock

Amidst the endless expanse of red desert of Australia is the Voyages Longitude 131 degrees. The hotel offers luxury at the highest level. Equipped with a breathtaking panoramic view of the Shrine of the Aboriginal people and with all the luxurious comforts, guests staying at one of 15, with canvas-covered tents.

Tent camp on the outskirts of the national parks

The unusual tent camp is secluded on a sand dune, just a few miles away from Ayers Rock on the edge of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, the world is both natural and cultural world heritage. The Ayers Rock, called Uluru by the Aborigines, is a mysterious mountain. Below ground are 36 contiguous inselbergs, which are called by the locals Kata Tjuta.

Colors in the Red Centre of Australia

This so-called Red Centre of Australia promises a fascinating play of colors: bright red, no matter if rain showers in the evening sun, a bright yellow in the morning or in a dark blue gray to one. Rest, relaxation, nature and wilderness, the camp offers comfort and luxury as well as with library and swimming pool.

Stories of adventurers

A historical journey of discovery begins in the 15 private Luxury Tents, because each tells tent with its individual features the adventures of another Australian adventurer. The approximately 40-square-foot, freestanding tents are decorated with natural materials and earth tones and furnished with a mix of classical colonial and contemporary furnishings. Through the large windows there are stunning views of the Ayers Rock and the vastness of the Red Centre.

Champagne  at sunset

Dune House in the center of the hotel complex is a restaurant with bar and lounge. French cuisine is served, among other things, cooked with Australian products. Table 131 is a special experience: a dinner under the stars. At a desolate sand dune will be served champagne and canapes for an unforgettable sunset. Then there is a three-course meal at the starry sky.

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First rivers Google Street View will be photographed in Amazon

The idea was born in Copenhagen two years ago, when the superintendent of the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation (FAS), Virgilio Vianna, met two Google executives during a debate on climate change. "I proposed the idea and was immediately approved. Two years later, we are here, "said Virgilio Viana, quoted by the BBC. 

Here is the Forest Reserve of the Rio Negro, stop opening, the equipment to test Google Street View on top of a boat. It is the first time it is used for panoramic photography centered on the water. And here is also the community of tombs, two hours from Manaus, the state capital. 

The Google team that is in Brazil - to train employees of FAS and some natives, who will be responsible for the bulk of the work - called a meeting at the tomb to reveal to their residents for the purpose of the project, which record the daily life of the community, such as has happened in New York, London or Lisbon. 

"What we want is people to show that these forests and their communities from their point of view," notes Virgilio Vianna. "It is very important to show the environment and lifestyle of the native population, but also touch the world for the challenges of climate change, deforestation and poverty alleviation," he stresses. 

FAS, a non-govermental established to promote biodiversity conservation in the Amazon, and above all that these photos serve to relieve the consequences of current global policies for the environment, especially the effects of deforestation on the landscape. 

At the technical level, this project is also a challenge for Google. In addition to the photographs taken to navigate the Rio Negro and Amazon River (the second longest in the world), there is the forest and the car in exchange for a tripod with wheels to ride the equipment by local communities.

"Everything here is very different. We are used to make images of places that have formal addresses, which is not the case in these communities, much less the rivers and forest, "says Tuxen-Bettmen, Google. The end result can then be viewed on Google Maps and Google Earth with high-resolution photographs of one of the less accessible regions of the planet.

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Ancient route to the scenic lakeside town overlooking Lake Lucerne

With the steepest railroad in the world"From the first two bridges that meet already perceives the indescribable beauty of the landscape that makes it so fascinating Lucerne to all travelers. A beautiful lake, not too large and well sheltered by the mountains, not glimpse any way out. From here, the majesty of the Alps is affirmed in all its grandeur, the milder slopes to snow-capped peaks: and only a strip of lawn and woods separates them from the lake. "

So he wrote back in 1804, the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer talking about this small medieval town, also known as the "Queen of the Mountains", for the view it offers across central Switzerland. And the lake "of the four Cantons" which has inspired poets and composers and the mountains (from Rigi to Mount Pilatus) still are the pride of the area. The eye-catching, especially at sunset, is the Chapel Bridge, fourteenth-century Chapel Bridge, made entirely of wood (one of Europe's oldest covered bridges, built around the first half of the 300 as a defense in case of attacks from the lake) , surmounted by the Water Tower 
(Wasserturm), octagonal (thought inspired by the castles of Frederick II of Swabia) that emerges from the river Reuss and has been, over the years, archive, storage of valuable spoils of war, the treasury state, but also a place of imprisonment and torture.
The bridge is the symbol of the city and was destroyed by fire in 1993 (due to a cigarette), then rebuilt the same as the original. Triangular panels in the ceiling you can see some of the original paintings of the 600 (originally 110 were saved and if I am only 34) who survived the fire, which adorn the monument, depicting the history of the city and represent scenes from the lives of patrons, Saints Maurice and Leodegarius (French bishop). Some niches are empty, because the Lucerne does not have wanted copies.

The lake (in the past was an important axis of movement and, until 1863, also the only trade route to the Gotthard Pass) 
 reminds me a little 'a landscape of fjord, but is characterized by the mild climate of the lake. It is worthwhile to take a cruise on board a steamboat, the warmth of a summer night or early autumn, when the waters are covered with a light mist, almost like a veil covering the face of a beautiful lady , leaving still see its beauty.

While browsing parade before the eyes of some of the most famous and elegant hotels (including Gutsch, a hotel that apparently had been disputed by Michael Jackson who wanted to buy it, but now only works as a bar and an ideal place for a drink on the terrace view) most important museums and monuments, including the KKL (Culture and Convention Centre), designed by Jean Nouvel, stands out for design of glass and steel. And 'in its rooms, exceptional acoustics, which held some of the concerts

Source repubblica.it