Over the phone, we had made elaborate plans for a picnic by the pool facing the valley below.
Serb forces pounded the city every day from higher ground positions, trapping Sarajevo's ill-prepared residents in the valley below.
You can see the shadow of its perfect conic shape projected on the valley below at the break of dawn.
Our waitress was able to point out the farms from which our lamb and beef had originated, located nearby in the valley below.
The moment when you finally reach the peak and look out at the valley below is sophisticated without a single word.
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The closest town is Aguas Calientes, miles away in the valley below.
But as they sip glasses of sweet cardamom tea, the bucolic bliss is shattered by a large blast in the valley below.
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Each of the five beautifully-appointed, wood cabins is equipped with a claw-foot tub for soaking, a cosy potbelly stove and most importantly, sweeping views of the valley below.
One day last April, as darkness inked across the valley below, somebody climbed up to the Tiger's Lair, accessible by a narrow ledge cut into the sheer granite.
The late August sun and cool evening night added to the ambience of the meal, which was served on an outdoor patio overlooking an infinity pool and the valley below.
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Even in midsummer, it feels like winter at Jungfraujoch: temperatures are cooler and the air thinner than in the valley below, and people sled, ski and zip-line across the snow.
From the valley below, each pier and mast merge to look like a single needle with an elongated eye: Foster's drawings, in fact, depict a thread piercing the eye of a needle.
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To reach the San Giovanni hermitage, which is on a clearly marked trail in the Orfento valley, you have to climb along a rocky walkway with a sheer drop into the valley below and then crawl into the cave.
Several hundred metres east, another platform appears to be suspended in thin air, with only rusted designer steel and glass plates separating you from a 200m drop to the Trollstigen valley below.
Under Ottoman rule, it is believed this rock was used to execute people - marching them to the end of the platform, then pushing them off to meet their grizzly death on the rocks of the valley far below.
When we reach the piste, the valley falls away below us, receding towards the west.
The main lounge and dining room have a more contemporary farmhouse feel and staggering views of the fantastically sculpted Pigeon Valley below, arguably the best in the area.
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Guests can also enjoy the stupendous views of the lush river valley below while sipping coffee grown and roasted on site.
The route would include two underground sections below the Dedham Vale and Stour Valley, measuring a total of 5 miles (8km).
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"Pennsylvania Reserves at Plum Run" takes place on the evening of the second day and depicts the counterattack into the "Valley of Death" below Little Round Top.
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On day three, after about 60km of riding, we crossed the 3, 900m-high Tosor Pass, where a sheer cliff of ice and snow gave way to a narrow corridor with the shimmering Kerege-Tash Valley below.
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For months, a unit led by Captain Dan Kearney holds an outpost high in the Korengal Valley that gives the soldiers a clear view of the land below, but the impression of force exerted without purpose is overwhelming.
Visible below, in the valley, was a running track, a soccer pitch, and a giant dirt lot, where you could hear the shouts and screams of children at play.
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The road dips a precipitous path along the ridge from where the deep geological gash of the Great Rift Valley cascades downwards to meet its bottom at the Dead Sea, 400m below sea level.
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There was some doubt as to whether the team would be able to locate a migrating herd of pregnant females, but one week into the search, they stumbled upon 70 to 80 chiru grazing in a valley below their camp.
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