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Relax at the Radisson Blu Resort in Tunisia

Pack your bags for Tunisia! A new Radisson Blu Resort & Thalasso has opened in Monastir. It's the second Radisson Blu in Tunisia and boasts 280 rooms on beachfront property -- facing the Gulf of Hammamet in the Mediterranean Sea. The resort has 264 guestrooms, 14 junior suites and two senior suites, all equipped with high-speed access (no fee!) and a private balcony or terrace overlooking the pool and sea.

Of course, it's nice to have a comfortable room, but when you really want to unwind, you're looking for the spa. The Radisson Blu in Monastir has a 150,000-square foot facility in the Royal Elyssa Spa Cinq Mondes & Thalasso, with a 48,000-square foot Thal'ion Thalasso center that specializes in restorative treatments using seawater. The spa facilities are set to open early next year and will also have a fitness club and salon. The saunas, hammams and treatment rooms are great, but you'll want to get to the top floor, where you'll find 20 spa suites, many of which will boast private Jacuzzis.

Gallery: Radisson Blu Resort & Thalasso, Monastir, Tunisia

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Rare Glass Bucket Sells Above Estimate

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions, Art

More proof that the art and antiquities market is still strong when it comes to the really rare pieces was delivered by the Sotheby's "Arts of the Islamic World" today in London. A medieval Islamic glass piece known as the "Rothschild Bucket" brought in 1.6 million pounds ($2.3 million). The winning bid was more than double the top estimate but far more than it brought in at Christie's in 2001. As Bloomberg reports, back then the enameled piece brought in 75,250 pounds with fees during a sale of the collection of the late Baroness Batsheva de Rothschild and was believed to be a modern fake. Since then it has been reappraised as genuine and is thought to have been made in either Syria or Egypt during the Mamluk dynasty which ruled from 1250 to 1517.

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