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  • Check out what Foster+Partners managed to create for Banyan Tree in Corniche Bay.

    Tree House overlooking L.A., a Luxurious Place of Retreat 2008

  • The Luxor Temple sits right on the bank of the river, separated from it by a splendid riverside drive called the Corniche.

    Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

  • The Luxor Temple sits right on the bank of the river, separated from it by a splendid riverside drive called the Corniche.

    Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

  • The Luxor Temple sits right on the bank of the river, separated from it by a splendid riverside drive called the Corniche.

    Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

  • The Corniche is a good road, but all up hill and down dale; and he knew how much more time he lost by jumping off and running his bicycle up a hill than he made by letting it rip down the descent.

    The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Edgar Jepson 1900

  • They will likely join the locals on the city's promenade, known as the Corniche, home to hotels, skyscrapers and the giant countdown clock that has almost reached zero.

    The Guardian World News 2011

  • The Corniche is a beautiful, tranquil part of Beirut that's perfect for sunset walks.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Muhammad Lila 2011

  • It has appointed itself the special guardian of roads and roadways, so far as the placing of signboards along the many important lines of communication is concerned; it has been the means of having dug up untold kilometres of Renaissance pavement; has made, almost at its own expense, a magnificent forty-kilometre road known as the Corniche de l'Esterel; and has given the backward innkeeper such a shock that he has at last waked up to the needs of the twentieth-century traveller.

    The Automobilist Abroad

  • Of the one thousand automobiles at Nice in the season it is certain that nine-tenths of the number that leave their garages during the day will be found sooner or later on the famous "Corniche," going or coming from Monte Carlo, instead of discovering new tracks for themselves in the charming background of the foot-hills of the

    The Automobilist Abroad

  • Firstly we went down Bellie's high street to the Corniche which is the seafront area of the island, lined with skyscrapers on one side and a huge man made beach on the other, all very impressive, but not the first you notice about this country.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2008

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