Kokopelli's Cave Bed & Breakfast, New Mexico and Marmara Antalya in Turkey.
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Farmington, New Mexico
This time we lead you to a really special place which offers luxury and trill at the same time. It's pretty much unusual combination of accommodation, we admit, but you are just arrived in New Mexico, in Kokopelli's Cave Bed & Breakfast, privately owned luxury cliff located north of Farmington.
But, let's visit Farmington, the city situated in the San Juan River Valley for a couple of reasons. Firstly, because your future accommodation is closed during December, January and February, and secondly, but connected to the first one, you have a lot of time to decide to go or not to go, so why not to see what that area offers for the start.
Farmington is the largest city in the Four Corners area. The whole place is known for its year-round pleasant climate, so if we can judge the day by how the morning started we are doing just fine. So, put the first plus for Four Corners area in your notebook. Pinon Hills Golf Course which lies in the area was rated by Golf Digest as the number one municipal golf course in America. Plus No2. Four Corners area hides San Juan River, a true fishermen Mecca, well-known river for the size of fishes that swim in that river. Please, the notebook. Canoeing, white-water rafting, horse riding, and mountain bike trails are just some of the sport activities you can practice. Add to that antique shops, art galleries, national parks and historical spots, and the time that you spend in Farmington will just fly.
Kokopelli's Cave Bed & Breakfast, your potential accommodation, is situated on a west-facing vertical cliff 213 meters below the top and this is the trilling part of the story. Luxury part is that the cave offers kitchen, washer and dryer, hot and cold running water, waterfall-style shower, and hot tub, and among everything a view of the sunset from the balcony or from the cliff tops above. Do you still have that notebook?
Antalya, Turkey
Antalya in Turkey has 300 days of sunshine per year, so this is one more destination which you can visit if you don't want to spend your vacation looking in the sky. It is probably the most commercial part of Turkey and true heaven for tourists that like history.
Visit Perge, the city situated some 18 kilometres from Antalya. Perge was important city for the Christians during the Byzantine period. There you will see the ancient theatre and U-shaped stadium with the capacity of 12,000 people. Or, visit Termessos, the ancient site mentioned in UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List. The oldest and the largest city is Xanthos which saw a tragic story. When people who defended the city from Persians realized that they cannot succeed, they killed their women and after that they committed mass suicide throwing themselves into the flames.
Marmara Antalya is situated on the southern coast of Turkey and it's the world's only revolving hotel. Be careful to book the room in the right building because there is another building behind it and people often make mistakes which disappoints them. That building is a part of Marmara Antalya but it doesn't spin - the lower building is your target. Six enormous electric motors spin the hotel very slowly and every seven hours the hotel completes a full circle changing landscape for completely experience. Marmara Antalya offers outstanding authentic decoration and everything that you will need for a pleasant vacation.
Turkey cuisine probably doesn't belongs to most favourable cuisine in the world, but it is with no doubt interesting and tasty. It is the combination of lot of vegetables, lot of boiled food, strong spices and a mix of unusual tastes. Enjoy in colourful Antalya. ■