Check in to a smartly decorated slope-view room with a private balcony, two queen-size beds, TV, DVD player, free Wi-Fi, plush robes, mini-fridge, and coffee maker.

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Real estate agents have used it to show off properties - potential buyers sitting at home in front of a computer screen can use the mouse to look at every corner of a room or to see what the view is like over the balcony.

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They each had a balcony, a spectacular view, iced water on tap and a direct-dial telephone.

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Drop your book bags on the marble floor, and then practice saying "muy bonita" when you see the view of the Pacific Ocean from your secluded balcony.

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One of the most arduous undertakings was to raise the roof 20 inches a seemingly small amount, but enough to dramatically open up the view of the water from a long upstairs balcony.

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The second-floor balcony has been enlarged to permit a better view of Matisse's spectacular "La Danse, " and his "Joy of Life, " once in a stairwell, has been given its own space.

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It is, in truth, a lousy hotel, but the view on race day is splendid and so it was there that I stood on the balcony and watched the race unfold.

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