For serious swimmers, a 32-meter lap pool is framed on one side by windows overlooking the mountains.

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On a recent visit to Delaplane Cellars, the large tasting room was crowded and every table overlooking the mountains was filled.

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Set in the dense forests of the Kii Mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean, three sacred sites - Yoshino and Omine, Kumano Sanzan, Koyasan - linked by pilgrimage routes to the ancient capital cities of Nara and Kyoto, reflect the fusion of Shinto, rooted in the ancient tradition of nature worship in Japan, and Buddhism, which was introduced from China and the Korean Peninsula.

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We lived up on a big hill overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Typical is the Bay Estate on Corfu, a compound of three patrician villas (two with five bedrooms, one with four) plus infinity pool and tennis court on a five-acre promontory overlooking the Bay of Kaminaki, with the mountains of Albania in the distance.

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Tibidabo perches in the mountains overlooking Barcelona and is accessed by a rickety, 100-year-old funicular.

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Ivanishvili moved back to Georgia in 2003 and built a 108, 000-square-foot compound in the mountains overlooking Tbilisi.

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On my third day at the camp (and as many days without a sighting) Bakkes and I sat on canvas chairs overlooking a vast plain, our view framed by the Entendeka mountains.

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