Groves of sacred trees are everywhere in Greek myth, and the gods sometimes transformed women into trees.

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Groves of pecan trees now stand half-covered in water.

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We then slow-motored down a series of ever narrower, branch-littered paths, between groves of lush green trees and rice paddies.

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Beyond, the city rose in layers of steep hillsides jammed with high-rise apartment blocks, the remnants of a Portuguese fort, and lush groves of Chinese banyan trees.

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Fourteen suites will feature large private gardens and terraces with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the vineyards and groves of lemon and olive trees.

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