The Regent Palace Hotel is located in Glasshouse Street, London and was by John Mowlem. At that time, it was the largest hotel in Europe with 1028 bedrooms. The hotel is situated opposite the statue of Eros, in Piccadilly Circus, near Shaftesbury Avenue, Leicester Square and Regent Street. The Regent Palace Hotel was located on a triangular site close to the north side of Piccadilly Circus bordered by Glasshouse Street, Sherwood Street, Brewer Street and Air Street. The hotel was completed in 1915.

The building is a steel-framed structure and required 6000 tons of steelwork for the structure. There are nine floors above ground level. In its early days it was owned and managed by J. Lyons and Co who formed a subsidiary company called Strand Hotels Limited. During the First World War, a considerable section of the hotel was requisitioned by the British Government and during the Second World War, 2 separate bombs caused minor damage to the hotel

Located near Soho, it was an obvious meeting point for ladies of the night to ply their trade in the 1960’s. These days have long gone through legislation and Soho has retreated back to its old boundaries. The Regent Palace closed on the 31st of December 2006 the hotel became increasingly uneconomic to operate as a hotel to the standards required by a 21st century clientele. The Crown Estate plans to redevelop it. The historic art-deco Atlantic Bar and Grill and Titanic Restaurant will be preserved.

The Matterhorn or Cervino, as it is called in Italian is without doubt the most familiar mountain in the European Alps. On the border between Switzerland and Italy, it stands tall over the Swiss village of Zermatt and the Italian village Breuil-Cervinia in the Val Tournanche. The mountain gets its name from the German words Matte, meaning meadow, and Horn, which means peak.

The Matterhorn has four faces and each one faces the four compass points: the north and east faces overlook, respectively, the Zmutt Valley and Gornergrat ridge in Switzerland while the south face fronts the resort town of Breuil-Cervinia in Italy and the west face looks towards the mountain of Dent d’Hérens which straddles the Swiss-Italian border. The north and south faces meet at the summit of Matterhorn to form a short east-west ridge. The faces are steep, and only small patches of snow and ice cling to them because regular avalanches send the snow down to accumulate on the glaciers at the base of each face. The Hörnli ridge of the northeast is the usual climbing route.

The Great Western Royal Hotel is now renamed to the Hilton London Paddington. It is a hotel that forms part of the Paddington station complex in London, England. The hotel was built on Praed Street in 1851–54 and was designed by architect Philip Charles Hardwick. The Hotel effectively forms the main facade of the station. The Great Western Royal Hotel was built by Cubitts, the building firm founded by Thomas Cubitt.

Originally, the hotel was extensively ornamented inside and outside, and there is a surviving allegorical sculpture in the pediment by John Thomas. The Great Western Railway originally leased the hotel land then later took full control of its operation in the later nineteenth century, and in the 1930s extended and remodelled it under the direction of their architect P. A. Culverhouse. In accordance with Government policies on privatization of British Rail, the hotel was sold to the private sector in 1983. It was renovated and reopened under its present name, as part of the Hilton Hotels chain, in 2001.

The Dorchester is a leading luxury hotel and a very famous one on Park Lane in Mayfair, London, overlooking Hyde Park. It has a reputation for providing hospitality for the rich and famous and is very popular among the high class people. The Dorchester Hotel opened on 18 April 1931 and was created by Sir Malcolm McAlpine and Sir Frances Towle. During the construction, the use of reinforced concrete allowed the creation of large internal spaces without support pillars.

The construction was carried out by Sir Robert McAlpine and was completed in 1931. In the Second World War, its modern construction gave the hotel a reputation of being a very safe building. Cabinet Ministers such as Lord Halifax and Duff Cooper stayed there during this time. Winston Churchill, when he lived in the hotel, had a wall built to add privacy to his balcony and it still exists today. The Dorchester is managed and owned by the Dorchester Collection; a collection of seven luxury hotels in the England, the United States, France, and Italy. It was organized in 1996 to manage and run the hotel interests of the Brunei Investment Agency.

Vatican City is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome. It has an area of approximately 44 hectares and with a population of around 800, it is the smallest independent state in the world by both population and area. Vatican City is a city-state. It came into existence in 1929. It is thus clearly distinct from the central authority of the Roman Catholic Church. Ordinances of Vatican City are published in language Italian

The Lateran Treaty in 1929 brought the city-state into existence. Vatican City is a non-hereditary elected monarchy which is ruled by the Bishop of Rome – the Pope. The highest state functionaries in Vatican City are all clergymen of the Catholic Church. Apostolic Palace, which is the residence of Pope, is located here. The economy is non-commercial and is supported by Catholics throughout the world.

The Alhambra means “The red fortress” and is a world heritage site listed by UNESCO. It is a palace and fortress complex of the Moorish rulers of Granada in southern Spain and was known as Al-Andalus when the fortress was constructed. It occupies a hilly terrace on the south-eastern border of the city of Granada and the terrace or plateau where the Alhambra sits measures about 740m in length by 205m at its greatest width.

It was the residence of the Muslim rulers of Granada and their court in the past. The Alhambra is now one of Spain’s major tourist attractions exhibiting the country’s most famous Islamic architecture, together with Christian 16th century architecture and later interventions in buildings and gardens that marked its image as it can be seen today. The Palace of Charles V was erected by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in 1527, within the Alhambra.

Brown’s Hotel is a luxury 5-star hotel in London, England and it is owned by The Rocco Forte Collection. The Brown’s hotel is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. Placed in the heart of Mayfair on Albemarle Street, Brown’s Hotel is one of the most historic and beautiful hotels in London. It is located within a short walk from Bond Street, West End Theatres and St James’s. Brown’s Hotel was created in 1837.

In 1859, Brown’s was purchased by the Ford family. Henry Ford then purchased the St George’s Hotel in Albemarle Street, which backed on to Brown’s, and combined the two hotels, adding a fifth floor to both properties. On Albemarle Street, a new front of stucco and entrance portico was built.

Alexander Graham Bell’s first successful telephone call in Great Britain was made from Brown’s. In 1886, Theodore Roosevelt stayed at Brown’s before his second marriage. Royal guests have included Napoleon III and Princess Eugenie, Queen Elizabeth of the Belgians, Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia and King George II of the Hellenes

Austria comprises of 9 states, namely Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Vienna. Due to the Alps influence, Austria is largely mountainous. Austria is amongst the richest countries in the world and back till the 1980’s most industries and trade was nationalized but now that’s changing a little bit with private investors doing their bit. As part of the European Union it’s a trade stronghold. There’s a large German influence here, alongside the traditional Hungarian touch and Czech, Jewish, Italian and Bavarian presence can be felt from time to time. Tourists can enjoy snowboarding and skiing because of the Alpine conditions.

The capital city of Hungary, Budapest also happens to be its largest city and enjoys a seat of prominence in central Europe. Interestingly Budapest is separated by river Danube. Pest is flat terrain and Buda is hilly. It has a temperate climate ranging between mild and rainy. Budapest offers brilliant transportation facilities with buses, trams, suburban railway lines, the metro, and the boat service. In certain places you’ll be dependent on either of the following:

· trolleybus

· funicular

· cyclecar

· chairlift

· rack railway

· children’s railway

The Danube finds its way to the black sea and as such in summer you could use the river route to travel till Vienna.

Uzbekistan shares borders with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. The Ferghana, Tashkent, Bukhara, Khorezm (Khwarezm, Chorasmia) and Samarkand regions have enjoyed immense popularity over the years. Uzbekistan is by far a dry and landlocked nation. The locals mostly speak Uzbek, while Tajik and Russian are widely followed. When seeking for conveyance, travelers can use government operated trams, buses, trolley buses, and taxis. Uzbekistan also has an auto production unit despite its desert status in alliance with Korean Daewoo. If you choose to travel via train, you’ll not only get around to neighboring provinces with Uzbekistan but also to other republics of the USSR.