Dreaming to buy a private island? Estate agency Savills offers the Great Whale Cay island in Bahamas. The island is located 30 minutes by boat from Nassau. It has been privately owned since the early 1900’s and spans 850+ acres of lush, ecologically unspoiled land with high elevations and extraordinary white sand beaches. This L-shaped island has over fourteen miles of waterfront property surrounded by coral reefs and deep water. Whale Cay boasts some of the best fishing and diving in the Caribbean.

There are situated historic buildings (Great house, lighthouse, and church), rare flora and fauna. The prospective owners will have full control of the island and own 94 per cent of the land, although there is also a possibility to purchase smaller parcels of land or the whole thing. The island is sold with outline planning consent to develop the land into a luxury private island resort, with commercially operated airstrip, marina, hotel and resort homes. Price: $80 million.
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The Rania Experience is a unique combination of solitude atmosphere with a highest service and comfort rest standards. Rania offers royal recreation conditions. First of all this is a small private tropical island situated in the middle of the Indian Ocean and almost hidden from the whole world. An exclusive rest is provided by three luxury beach villas with a fantastic ocean view, equipped by all necessary goods.

Also guests can rent the Onboard Rania, a yacht accommodation with a comfort two double and two twin bedrooms equipped by the full entertainment system, open-air barbecue, lounge areas, Jacuzzi and etc.

During their stay on the island, guests enjoy exclusive use of the pool, spa, entertainment pavilion and beach. Here, every request is facilitated by guests’ personal butler, who can be summoned by mobile phone from anywhere on the island.

While guests might be tempted to simply sit back and enjoy its uninterrupted ocean views, the Entertainment Pavilion is well-stocked with diversions both high and low tech. The all-inclusive rate covers everything guests need to create the private island/sea escape of their dreams. More info from raniaexperience.com.
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Golf weekends or golf holidays are rather popular nowadays. And this is the case. Why don’t to take your friends, family or relatives and spend with them a wonderful time? Gut Altentann is higly recommended for this purpose. Created in 1988 Gut Altentann Golf & Country Club became a pleasure resort for Austrian elite. Designed by world-renowned architect Jack Nicklaus, Gut Altentann has an area of 6,750 yards and it has been chosen to host the European Tour’s Austrian Open. The Altentann Golf and Country Club is located on the Waller Lake, in the heart of the Salzburg Alps, that is beautifully carved through the mature woodland of Mozart’s homeland.

Since January 1999 Gut Altentann Golf Club is part of the very exclusive association: Finest Golf Clubs of the World. The course itself offers a variety of long and short holes, with constant fairness yet very protected greens. The condition of the course is perpetually ideal, giving the fairways and greens the consistency and softness of emerald green carpet. Streams and ponds add to the overall aesthetic effect at Gut Altentann, which epitomises the joys of golf in beautiful Austria.
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There is no doubt that France can be found the world’s best premium wines and champagne. France is one of the oldest wine producing region in Europe. Consumers always interest in wine, particularly quality wine, and all wine-lovers have got an excellent opportunity to taste the best France wine during the Wine tour around France. Wine tourism was born in the early 1980s when wine-makers realized the advantages of selling their wines directly to consumers and have gradually opened their cellars to visitors.

Thus, more than 20 per cent of Burgundy wines and 23 per cent of Alsace wines are now being sold direct to tourists from the cellar door. Consequently, there has been a growing interest in the French wine industry which has assisted in its development as a tourism asset. Burgundy is one of the most charming regions in France and tourists from all over the world enjoy having a rest and tasting the best wine here. Less then 200 km north-east of Paris starts the Champagne region. Think Veuve Clicquot, Moët et Chandon, Ruinart, Krug, Pommery, Dom Pérignon.

Bordeaux is the most extensive wine producing region of France. Think Petrus, Yquem, Cheval-Blanc, Mouton Rothschild, Château-Margaux, Haut-Brion. Mostly reds made up of a blend of red grapes. Mostly white wines produced near picturesque villages in France’s northeast boundary. Twelve different varieties of grape are grown in Alsace: gewürztraminer, riesling, pinot gris small-fruited white and pink muscat, muscat ottonel, pinot blanc, white auxerrois, pinot noir, white sylvaner, white and pink chasselas, klevener d’Heiligenstein (or pink savagnin), and chardonnay. And not for nothing there’s a popular saying: ‘In France, there are as many wines as vineyards’.
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