He wanted to create a second Black Sea-Marmara channel, an idea stemming from the annual summer ritual when wealthy pashas and the rich elite decamped to the waterfront to escape the oppressive heat that hung over the city's densely populated hills.
The Copamarina, with its airy, large rooms with patios facing the pool and waterfront, is an escape from the supermarket feel of the San Juan hotel strips.
Brooklyn Bridge Park has plenty going for it already: the waterfront promenades, the little corners where you escape into nature, the playgrounds and soccer fields.
Salcombe's position near the mouth of the Kingsbridge estuary, its extensive waterfront and sheltered harbour create the perfect escape without the need to travel the extra two hours down into Cornwall.
I have visited other flea markets in the city — Hell's Kitchen; the Antiques Garage; the Williamsburg Flea on the waterfront; Skylight One Hanson — but there's no escaping these motley groups of castaways posing as desirable commodities.
NEW YORK, July 21 (Reuters) - Sweating crowds on the East Coast and in the Midwest flocked to waterfronts and urban cooling centers on Thursday to escape a massive heat wave that has killed at least 22 people this week.
During the high summer season — particularly on weekends, when Romans journey two hours to dine on fish and escape the oppressive heat of the capital — waterfront spots accessible by land attract crowds, with hardly an inch to lay your towel on the rocks.
This Carolina town has it all -- historic houses, picturesque waterfront views and a double-decker bus tour to take in everything this delightful fall escape has to offer.
Watching the trial play out in a federal courthouse by the waterfront in Boston, not two miles from where the bombs went off, it is impossible to escape the conclusion that some sleight-of-hand is at play.
"But Colonia has not escaped modernisation of its port, opening of new hotels and real estate development on its waterfront".
