Ratanada Polo Palace, Jodhpur

Advantages: Colourful, characterful, cheerful, chockfull of history
Disadvantages: Dry and dusty, dirty too

...there is now a middle class of businessmen, officials and professionals, who are presumably somewhere comfortably housed, although the visitor sees little sign of it. Travelling through the countryside, the overwhelming impression is of overcrowding, primitive facilities and what can only be described as squalour. Places for visitors to stay are equally extreme in their range. At the luxurious end are converted palaces. We saw, but did not stay in, the two most famously exorbitant of these: the Lake Palace at Udaipur, which shimmered whitely in postcard perfection as if afloat on the lake, filled by the last monsoon after two years of muddy drought; and the Umaid Bhawan Mahal at Jodhpur, grandiose and vast, 347 rooms built of marble and sandstone blocks chiselled to interlock so precisely as to require no mortar to bind them, swarming... Read review

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Advantages: The place has EVERTHING & MORE
Disadvantages: there's never enough time

...in comparison. San Francisco was nice, but, well it was just not Vegas! Gambling pays for all the extras, of course. But enjoy the free shows, they are plentiful. See the battling galleons outside the 'Treasure Island' on the hour each afternoon. Enjoy the dancing fountains outside the Bellagio, orchestrated to synch with the classical music over the speakers. Caesars Palace has undergone a $300 million - yep, that's right - facelift and upgrade in the past two years and one improvement has been the 'Forum Shops' An indoor wonderland of all the biggest and most famous designer names - Gucci, Polo, St Laurent, Escada etc, all here. But each evening the statues and roman columns come to life and the shoppers stand entranced as the show unfolds before them. Gods and Goddesses emerge, so lifelike it's difficult to tell they are merely 'animatrons... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent variety of shops, reasonable prices.
Disadvantages: Very busy of a weekend

...One of the best alternative shopping experiences in Liverpool is the Palace. The Palace can be found on Slater Street which is a small road just off Bold Street. The Palace consists of 3 floors containing a mixture of various shops selling things from clothes, recordsa, video games, drug paraphenaelia and many other unusual things. It is very popular with young people and teenagers but is frequented by all ages. On the third floor, there is a lovely bar called the 'Baa Bar' where you can sit and enjoy the excellent food or just relax over a drink. There is also an excellent Piercing Studio on the third floor that does every piercing imaginable!... Read review

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