Ranged around three sides of a large swimming pool in gardens of palm trees and tropical plants, these villas are brightly designed to make the most of their magnificent surroundings.

Ignoring the dark, magnificent surroundings, he dragged himself up a last set of stairs to a vast hall covered ankle-deep in ash, through which occasional black tiles were exposed.

On a makeshift pitch in magnificent surroundings, we were trounced, but the score mattered little and the memory of the game will never fade.

From the Grange you can walk to Calke Park where deer and sheep wander in magnificent surroundings.

Play was held in the magnificent surroundings of the Trade Banquet Hall of the Hotel, Manhattan Square.

A tour of this area takes in Renaissance Frederiksborg Castle, often dubbed Denmark's finest, thanks to its magnificent surroundings, outstanding history museum and Knights' Hall.

Now let us all enjoy these magnificent surroundings before, like the first Atlantis, they sink forever beneath the waves.

The guests were given great freedom of movement, with etiquette reduced to a minimum, so that the whole affair had the air of a country house party in magnificent surroundings.

Whether it was from awe at finding himself in such magnificent surroundings, or fear at the reception he was to receive from its owner, was a matter for conjecture.

Foster gawked at the magnificent surroundings as he stood in front of his assigned seat.