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Offline Yorkie

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #1560 on: September 10, 2011, 08:10:24 pm »
Quality of photograph does not help but I'll take a stab at

Kasbah des Oudaias  -  Rabat-Sal-Zemmour-Zar
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #1561 on: September 10, 2011, 08:13:26 pm »
No, sorry.


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« Reply #1562 on: September 11, 2011, 01:38:17 pm »
Only one guess, so here are a few clues especially as Yorkie seems to be saying my photo is rather poor. :o
(I think I need a few more tips DaveR) :'(

It is a hotel in the Middle East. It cost approx 3 billion USD and took 3 years to build.
It was designed by a firm of UK architects.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #1563 on: September 11, 2011, 01:48:43 pm »
Atlantis, the Palm Resort in Dubai?

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #1564 on: September 11, 2011, 01:53:50 pm »
No sorry but I know what you mean and it isn't all that far away from there.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #1565 on: September 11, 2011, 02:06:22 pm »
Found a slightly better photo!

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #1566 on: September 11, 2011, 02:07:26 pm »
Mina A' Salam Hotel Dubai
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #1567 on: September 11, 2011, 02:08:08 pm »
No sorry, not in Dubai.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #1568 on: September 11, 2011, 07:08:23 pm »
Emirates Palace Hotel (Abu Dhabi)
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #1569 on: September 11, 2011, 07:16:47 pm »
Hooray! Correct and well done.

http://www.emiratespalace.com/en/facts/index.htm

An amazing, but a little bit of a ridiculous building. We stayed there during the "soft opening" in November 2005.
Some of the public rooms were not quite finished and we saw gold leaf being applied to the walls and ceilings.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #1570 on: September 11, 2011, 07:54:22 pm »
Bit more expensive than a Travelodge then?   WWW

Another hotel but which one and where?
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #1571 on: September 12, 2011, 09:11:42 pm »
This is the Vila Gale Cerro Alagoa Hotel in the Algarve - for our Spring holiday in 2012.    ;)
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #1572 on: September 18, 2011, 01:13:16 pm »
Where is this rock formation?

I have also added a clue.

Dolce & Gabbana - Light Blue Fragrance Commercial

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #1573 on: September 18, 2011, 02:05:53 pm »
Capri?

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #1574 on: September 18, 2011, 02:39:14 pm »
Es Vedra, Ibiza?