The Pargue Castle , one of the most important landmarks of the Czech Republic , is the largest castle complex (70,000 square meter area) in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its religious and secular buildings represent various styles of architecture, including Gothic, Renaissance and Roman. Majestic Vladislav Hall , decorated with Gothic and Renaissance style elements, hosted banquets, coronation festivities,
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Religious & Secular Buildings, Gardens of Prague Castle
This summer, we jumped in our pink Cadillac and hit the road. As we indicated a few months back , our Stateside voyage across to the last frontier was a hotel hunt of epic proportions and turned in some treasure… We couldn’t believe our luck when we stumbled upon Dunton Hot Springs (left), a one-time ghost town, sat snug in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains . The old mining village has been converted into cosy boutique cabins, and you can still have a drink in the original Saloon, where former patrons have included Butch and Sundance.
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New hotels: Rockies retreats and eastern jewels
Switzerland is more famous for cheese than for vegetarian specialities, but Zurich has some excellent veggie restaurants. The most famous is the Hiltl, founded over a hundred years ago. Most of the vegetarian restaurants in Zurich serve mainly lacto-ovo-vegetarian food, so vegans should check with the staff for vegan options.
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How to find a Veggie Restaurant in Zurich
You must be famished! Shoreditch is just a stone’s throw away and worth the trek for these six dining options after the shows. Bacchus 177 Hoxton Street bacchus-restaurant.co.uk Bar Music Hall 134 Curtain Road barmusichall.com The Drunken Monkey 222 Shoreditch High Street thedrunkenmonkey.co.uk The Light 223 Shoreditch High Street thelighte1.com Saf Restaurant & Bar 152-154 Curtain Road safrestaurant.co.uk Favela Chic 91-93 Great Eastern Street favelachic.com
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SomethingsToKnow: Shoreditch Restaurants for LondonFashionWK
Having spent many years in London without enjoying even so much as a half-decent sushi meal never mind one I would consider going back for, the last few months have been nothing short of revelatory. First, Ten Ten Tei in Soho back in March provided a teasing glimpse of a higher standard of sushi. Then, the biggie – Asakusa , a restaurant so vibrant, so exciting, and (perhaps most crucially) so reasonably priced that it has become my new benchmark – the sushi restaurant to judge all others in the capital.
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Sushi of Shiori, Euston
Photo: Gauthier Soho Welcome to Bon Vivant ’s summary of the critics’ restaurant reviews. Enjoy! AA Gill, The Sunday Times AA Gill visits Tinello , a ‘simple and smart’ restaurant in Pimlico with ‘very reasonable prices’ and a ‘soigné atmosphere’.
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Bon Vivant’s Restaurant Reviews Summary
I get lost on YouTube! While perusing the internet yesterday, I found this old show that Chef Marco Pierre White did in the late 80′s on British television. Apart from being a wildly fascinating character study, it is very cool to see the man cooking in the Harvey’s kitchen – the place of so much lore. His technique is amazing and the speed at which he moves during service is something else
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What I Do In The Middle Of The Night In My Cabin In The Woods In The Middle Of Nowhere
Of all the strange fads and trends that sweep through the Twittering classes of London, I never thought the concept of the underground restaurant would ever catch on. It seemed like such an odd idea, paying someone to host a dinner party and being forced to make small-talk with a bunch of people you’d never met; and after all, if I wanted to pay £20 for my dinner aren’t there enough overground restaurants in London to take your money, and provide a bigger menu and a nice quiet table for two by the window into the bargain? And yet, persuaded by more open-minded and enthusiastic people than myself (hard to believe such people exist, I know), in March last year I found myself knocking on the door of a handsome Victorian townhouse somewhere in Kilburn, and ushered into the front room of Ms Marmite Lover’s original Underground Restaurant along with 20 or 30 others
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Ben Greeno at Tudor Road, Hackney
To play us out of the summer, our TuneSmith , Rob Wood, selects the sounds of September. This month: dad-friendly dance and the awe-inspiring Terry Callier… ALBUM OF THE MONTH We Can’t Fly by Aeroplane When? You aren’t on the guest list any more Why
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Listen up: TuneSmith’s musical recommendations for September
Arang Korean restaurant/barbecue sits on Golden Square in Soho – a large, spacious cantine-style room with tables lit by what appear to be neon snooker table lamps each of which has an industrial ventilation tube zooming out of it that hovers, Bladrunner style, over your table’s hotplate. The hotplate is the centre of fun at Arang, although by all means do not limit your choices to the barbecue section as the starters, noodle and rice dishes are all worth a go, including a stellar Bi Bim Bap. The staff are smiley and will help you pronounce the tongue twisters on the menu without the sort of patronising glare from l’enfer you might get in a French restaurant when ordering wine with an English accent, they are also incredibly efficient with food arriving in a smooth and steady flow and every little pot of pickles or dipping sauce explained properly.
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Sizzling Kimchi at ARANG
Today, a brief tale of David and Goliath, this battle taking place within the web-wide travel industry at last night’s Condé Nast Traveller Readers Travel Awards , held at the very grand and grown-up Royal Institution of Great Britain . Mr & Mrs Smith were up for Best Travel Website.
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We’d like to thank the Academy…
With sunshine making a last-gasp summer appearance and the Ibiza closing parties calling, here’s some last-minute-getaway wardrobe inspiration… Silk-georgette kaftan, £200, Tallulah & Hope Fab up your late-summer look with one easy piece: this dreamy Liberty print sheer kaftan dress will take you from beach to bar to boutique hotel quicker than you can say ‘Mojitos in Mykonos ‘. Think Chloé meets Palm Springs pool party, and wear belted with your good old glads and Aviator ‘Bans, or with your new clogs and denim cut-offs.
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Poolside glamour? We’ve got it covered…
Fowey, an achingly picturesque village on the south coast of Cornwall, is a fantastic little spot to spend a bank holiday weekend. Blessed with charming narrow streets, expansive harbour views and some lovely old pubs serving great local beers, it has a lot going for it, and you’d have to be incredibly unlucky to have a bad time here. The secret of a good holiday, I always think, is the management of expectations.
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Food For Thought and The Other Place, Fowey
Schiphol is one of the world’s busiest airports and is often used not just as a gateway to Amsterdam but to all of Europe, especially for passengers flying from the US. Schiphol is also used by many budget airlines such as Easyjet catering to the weekend break market.
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How to get to Central Amsterdam from Schiphol Airport
Vinoteca What do you say about a restaurant in which the food is incredible, the service exceptional and the wine selection exciting but from where you want to escape because of the noise of customers having such a good time is just too much? As with many places serving food today (I purposely choose to avoid definitions such as restaurant, gastro-pub, trattoria etc as this applies to all), you get the feeling they never thought of soundproofing the location when decorating and as so often happens today, noise is confused with atmosphere. I might come across as “difficult” but I really would have loved the sound of laughter, people talking over each other to be heard to have been broken by something, anything
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Vinoteca – London wine bar with an appetite
“Always” hit the #1 across Europe and spent six months on the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 in United States. The single sold three million copies world wide and became Bon Jovi’s one of the biggest hits.
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Copenhagen is a long-time favorite destination for shoppers from overseas – Swedes frequently make use of the bridge over to their neighboring country to sample the Copenhagener’s signature chic-but-trendy style of dress . lthough Strøget (literally means ”the sweep”) is the famous shopping street cutting right through the centre of the capital, this is usually packed with tourists
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Copenhagen Shopping Malls
If you’re kicking yourself for not organising a bank holiday hideaway, seek solace in planning a future escape (three days of picnics and park life are looking unlikely – as usual – with storm clouds on the horizon). We’d like to point you in the direction of the delightful Derwent House , in colourful Cape Town
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Hotel of the week: Derwent House
Leaving maps and guidebooks behind, we’ve entered the Internet era and traveling itself has really changed. Far more conveninent than those big maps or huge guidebooks we were used to brining on vacation, the iPhone, the Blackberry or any other android-compatible smatphones can really make our life easier.
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Best Beaches in Puglia, Travel Apps, and Hot Chocolate
Seems like everywhere you turn, everyone is feeling the crunch. With tough times like these, people are trying to pinch those pennies wherever they can, especially on vacation. Certainly in a city like Miami , that attracts millions of tourists year round because of its warm weather, beaches and non-stop nightlife ; you can definitely burn a hole in your wallet if you’re not careful
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Miami Cheap Eats