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6. Palaces and Gardens The Royal Palace and the National Garden in Athens have been mentioned, and while the present palace is a modest affair—the old, conspicuous palace is now the Parliament Building, with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of it—the garden, south of the Parliament, is huge, heavily wooded and cool, with a labyrinth of delightful walks, a wonderful place of retreat on over-warm summer days.

CAPRI: The Grand Hotel Quisisana is the most de luxe in rating, but give thought to the cliff-edge Caesar Augustus, hanging, it seems, "way in the middle of the sky." This was good enough for Farouk, both before and after his abdication. CERNOBBIO (on Lake Como): Hotel Villa d'Este, not to be confused with the palace- garden of thatgarden of that name at Tivoli (Rome), is one of the most famous luxury hotels in all Europe. This lovely old aristocrat, with lake-edge tea garden, was once the palace of Caroline of Brunswick, the Princess of Wales.

In Athens, the new and sumptuous Athenee Palace, the Grand Bre-tagne and the King George, all de luxe, are all on or very near Constitution. Square; the Acropole Palace, also with de luxe rating, but not quite as grand I as the others, is in another quarter, beautifully located opposite the park of 1 the Archeological Museum, on October 28th Street. Among first-class] places, four that are very convenient to the center are the Minerva, the' Athinon, the Delphi and the City Palace. In the suburb of Kephissia, Hotel Pentelikon, in garden surroundings, is new and de luxe and there are numerous good first-class places there, three of the most attractive being the Cecil, the Semiramis and the Palace. Kephissia, incidentally, is much cooler and breezier than Athens.