Salt of the earth - a health theraphy
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According to time.com, sitting in a natural or man-made salt cave and breathing in the air is the latest alternative healing therapy. This regimen, known as speleotherapy, has long been used in Eastern Europe, where natural salt mines are found, and is said to relieve allergies, asthma, eczema, hypertension, ulcers and stress.
Try it at the following places which replicate the experience of being in a real salt cave:
- Megi’s Spa and Breathing Salt Spa, Park Ridge, Illinois, US
- La Casa Day Spa’s Salt Sauna, New York, US
- Pravasolnajasknya Spa, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Solna Jeskyne in Pregue, Czech Republic
Have a wonderful salt therapy.
China Luxury Train
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China’s first luxury train has just opened for bookings for its launch trip on September 1, 2008, offering passage into regions of China previously inaccessible to luxury travelers.
The Tangula trains travel on two routes, the Northern and the Southern, offering three - and four night journeys. Price start from US$3,300. The Northern route runs from Beijing to Lhasa and back, while the southern route runs from Beijing to Lijiang and back.
The trains are custom-built with deluxe amenities including 24/7 butler service, in-room wellness treatments, full-size beds, flat-screen TVs, gourmet cuisine, and fine wines and spirits. For bookings, contact Tangula Reservation Center at 86 10 5809 5333 or email reservations tangula@kempinski.com
License to Chill
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Looking like installation art sculpted out of ice, the four railway stations of the Nordpark cable railway in Innsbruck, Austria, are a study in contradiction. Designed by Zaha Hadid, the queen of dramatic form in public spaces, these architectural marvels are at once solid and fluid, supermodern structures juxtaposed against a traditional alpine landscape.
Dispensing with conventional walls and corners, Hadid has the glass roofs gliding across in one breathtaking wave-like motion.
Ascending to the topmost station of Hungerburg on the funicular railway, which opened last December, you cannot be certain which are drawing your eye more - the stunning mountain vista or the stations themselves.