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Friday 16 November 2012

The Most Expensive House in the World!

"Antilila" in Mumbai, India is the world's most expensive house, or rather mansion, costing $1 billion dollars! The house is owned by the Ambanin family who created the 27 storey 40, 000 square foot tower!



Fun facts:

There are nine elevators

3 helipads

6 floors for parking (one is a car service station)

Cinema for seating for 50 people

Ballroom

600 staff (they have a family of 6 so that means there is 100 staff for every family member!)

Yoga studio

Dance studio

Ice cream shop

Snow room (spits out manmade flakes of snow)

Spa

Health centre (two floors)

Beauty salon

4 swimming pools

Modern lounge

Traditional lounge

Room for the world's largest collection of antique sewing machines

Hanging Gardens

Roof (with a panoramic view of Mumbai's skyline AND the Arabian sea!)

-and don't forget the Lobby!

Click below to see a video about Antilia...





Vote on my poll to answer an important question about Antilia!

Question: Would you rather live here in this house in India, or in your own home?

Wednesday 7 November 2012

Richard E Grant's Hotel Secrets


Above you can watch the trailer for Richard E Grant's Hotel Secrets. This program is all about the wonders of hotels in the world that have so many secrets hidden behind the doors of them, Richard E Grant just has to unveil them to the world.
This includes the hotel where Oscar Wilde died in, the famous and glamourous Beverly Hills Hotel and many more amazing hotels.
There are so many cool and fun hotels yet to be discovered, so join the famous actor, Richard E Grant as you travel the world with him on an exiting journey unfolding untold stories of the rich and famous, and even the poor.
Everything I have told you so far was just from the first episode so tune in to the next episode named, Scandals, this Sunday at 9pm!