The UK’s Golf Monthly magazine has listed its top 20 golf courses for Europe, 2009 in its latest edition. You’ll have to buy the April, 2009 edition to see the exact rankings and why the editors chose the courses, but here is a sampling of what they consider to be the best on the continent.   The Iberian Peninsula is the top destination for European golfers, and it has a number of courses in this...

Recently, architectural and construction firm Gensler broke ground on what is set to be the tallest building in China, the Shanghai Tower. Located in the Luijiazui Finance and Trade Zone, the building broker ground in December and will be ready for its new occupants in 2014. This region will become China’s first super tall building district and is located next to the Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World...

In the heart of Paris, plans are being made for a new mixed-use community called Hermitage Plaza. This new development will have two of the tallest towers in Europe – and the tallest in Western Europe – that are being designed by Sir Norman Foster and his firm, Foster + Partners.   The project is set for the area east of La Defense and is meant to create a sustainable, high-density community along the...

Overseas property investors considering Vietnam will be interested in knowing that Phu Quoc Island has been named by Vietnamese citizens as the top domestic travel destination in the country. The Best Brands of Vietnam 2008-2009 campaign was organized by the Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper and the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and surveyed readers of the paper and other residents...

One of the last homes designed by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright is now on sale in California’s Central Valley. The Fawcett House is a 3,700 square foot home that was designed by Wright in 1955 and completed in 1961, two years after his death.   The six bedroom home is located on 80 acres in the famed farming country of California. It has four and half bathrooms and a low-pitched roof with...

An organization entitled the New7Wonders Foundation has undertaken a campaign to name the new seven natural wonders of the world. The first step of the process narrowed the nominees down to 261 nominees from 222 countries and territories around the world. Now, at the group’s website, voting is ongoing to name the top natural wonders in each of seven categories.   Currently, the top vote getters are the...

The Hotel Molindo del Santo in Benajoan, Spain has been voted one the Best Hidden Gems in Europe by the users of Trip Advisor website. The TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice awards are voted on each year by the site’s users and honors the world’s best hotels around the world in various categories. The hotel is in the small town of Benajoan not far from Ronda, which is about 90 kilometers east of Malaga...

The largest airport in Oman, Muscat International Airport, is undergoing a major renovation and expansion. The development of the airport includes a brand new terminal building, 32 air bridges, two runways, 6,000 parking spaces and more.   Muscat International Airport is located near Oman’s capital of Muscat and, as the country’s busiest, had some 3.2 million destination passengers in 2008 and is...

The Tivoli Victoria hotel has recently opened in Vilamoura along Portugal’s southern coast. The hotel is set on 40,000 square meters of land and is surrounded by two top notch golf courses of the Oceanico Golf Club, the Victoria Golf Course and the Millennium Golf Course.   There are a variety of suites and rooms at the hotel, which is located in one of the prime resort areas of the Algarve region. For...

One of the most established UK private sales websites is reporting a 30% increase in sales compared to this time last year. This surprise leap in sales in a depressed housing market could well be a direct result from a new TV programme being aired by the BBC called “ Axe the Agent?”. The morning television show teaches British home sellers how to avoid paying agents commission by selling their homes...