E: 09/05 Win a £200 Hotels.com voucher (email)

weeowens

guardian.co.uk

Thanks to misslinda for the formatting

[EMAIL="viewfinder@observer.co.uk"]viewfinder@observer.co.uk[/EMAIL]

answer: Kingston,Jamaica

Clues:


This city was founded as the result of a natural disaster, and almost destroyed 200 years later after another.

Kingston was founded in July 1692I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"]citation needed[/URL][/I as a place for refugees and survivors of the 1692 earthquake that destroyed Port Royal

In 1907, 800 people died in another earthquake known as the 1907 Kingston earthquake, destroying nearly all the historical buildings south of Parade in the city

Piccy#1

Piccy#1: Wyndham Hotel

Piccy#2

It is surrounded by colourful mountains:


Kingston is surrounded by the Blue Mountains, Red Hills,


Piccy #4 is a bridge in Kingston on Thames: here & here

This week’s winner will receive a £200 voucher from Hotels.com, which can be used at more than 200,000 places to stay across the world, from quirky B&Bs and family boltholes to boutique hotels. Hotels.com customers can get a night free for every 10 stayed with its Welcome Rewards scheme.
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■ Last week’s answer was Trondheim, Norway. The winner was Tim Millington of Leeds.

I'm using someone elses PC atm & it has a few issues.I will tidy the above links out as soon as I can :-)