#TTOT Round-Up: Architecture Travel

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Here's the round-up of this week's #TTOT talk about "Architecture Travel!" 

Q1 via bevshemaine: What is your favorite architectural style & which country represents it best?

• PollyEJHolidays: I love Art Deco, particularly in New York. It's sleek and impressive
• AdelaideTrip: I love the Parisian Gothic. Gargoyles anyone?
• toffeebugs: Japan has nice architectural structures especially the old houses in Kyoto and Nara
• sudhamathew: In India, I love Rajasthani havelis and old Kerala wooden houses
• SaraKateTravel: I really like Baroque & Gothic, & both Prague and Krakow have stunning examples of such styles. Can wander their streets for days
• cookiesound: The architecture of Angkor Wat in Cambodia fascinates me every time I'm there
• NvGtravels: I've got a passion for Islamic architecture and have seen the most incredible examples in Uzbekistan
• TheAlexLop: Gaudi, Barcelona. You feel like you're walking through gingerbread houses made of dragon bones

Q2 via christinahegele: Which city is best for marrying architectural style with surrounding landscape?

• mapthegap: It's not a city - but the Great Wall of China is beautiful in the surrounding landscape
• Roopunzel: The architecture of Petra definitely has been able to marry into its surroundings well 
• monaibra: Amalfi coast in Italy does this beautifully! Especially Positano!
• TendToTravel: Bali. No doubt. Those cool green paddy fields with the thatched rood. Vernacular architecture at its best
• theridingdutch: Kuala Lumpur also blends nice with the hills and the rainforest, there's green everywhere you walk
• ElleninTurkey: Amsterdam. The architecture and the canals are a perfect match. Every step brings another photo op
• JauntingKerrs: Love the heavy wooden alpine structures in the Alps -- they look so sturdy and cozy

Q3 via LizJarvisUK: What is the most breathtaking/memorable building you've seen on your travels? 

• chowandchatter: Has to be Taj Mahal
• roniweiss: La Sagrada Familia is pretty nuts, right?
• bpmojo: It's not a building, it's a group of building, but hey! Machu Picchu
• MalloryOnTravel: The monansteries of Meteora took my break away  
• nomadicchick: Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Hands down! 
• TheMinuteTour: I've never seen it, but have always wanted to see the Burj Al Arab
• traveldudes: The Hong Kong skyline seems a bit like one huge building
• whereisyvette: That would be the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. Just jaw-dropping
• EuroTravelog: Brunelleschi's Dome in Florence, Italy

Q4 via christinahegele: Show us your best example of architecture travel in a picture! 

London, earthXplorer

Florence, packDsuitcase

 

Barcelona, kelaussie29

Sedlec Ossuary in Czech Republic, easyJetHolidays

Q5 via HotelPRGuy: Which hotel has the most unique architectural style?

• MyDestination: Underwater hotel in Fiji!
• cookiesound: Gibbon tree house in Laos. Sleeping 60m above ground is not for faint hearted
• waegook_tom: I'd have to say the cave hostels in Goreme, Cappadocia, are pretty unique - even if a bit damp 
• kymri: The Zhiwa Ling in Paro, Bhutan
• dogjaunt: My vote = dangling tree house "orbs" on Vancouver Island

And there you have it, "Architecture Travel"! 

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Have YOU got anything to add to the "Architecture Travel" discussion? 

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