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| view from hotel terrace | view from hotel room |
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| water feature | hotel pool |
We are staying at Fairmont Hotel. It is built on a very ancient lava flow. In the 1960s they decided to create hotel complexes along the coast. From the main road one turns towards the coast and you travel for a couple of miles across the brown/black lava flows and then the the landscape changes into beautiful manicured lawns and shrub lined roads. The hotels are landscaped with beautiful gardens complete with cocount palms, tulip trees, banana trees, hibiscus shrubs etc. All very artificial but very lovely gardens.