Copenhagen may lack the instantly recognisable iconic sights that define so many global cities, but this is not necessarily a bad thing. Visitors to many countries nowadays spend their time traipsing from one photo opportunity to another and leave little time to get to know the feel of the city around them. This is not the case in Copenhagen .
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Top 5 Attractions in Copenhagen
Munich has long enjoyed an enviable reputation in the German speaking world as one of the most attractive cities in Europe, making it popular as a place to visit and, for many people, to move to permanently. In the English speaking world, however, the city’s renown seems based almost entirely on Oktoberfest and the associated large scale drinking of beer. This perhaps says quite a lot about the associated cultures but is also unfair, so this is a list of the best sites in Munich which deserve more attention than they get.
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Munich Must-See Sights
The capital and largest city of Portugal is Lisbon with a population of nearly 600,000 people and the greater Lisbon area has nearly 3 million people. One of the most outstanding features of the city is the numerous photographic opportunities that it provides the tourists with. The following is a list of the best places for “photoholics” in Lisbon that you should be aware of and include on your vacation itinerary. Aqueduto das Águas Livres or The Águas Livres Aqueduct One of the most historic structures of its type, the aqueduct features 35 arches. It was built for the purposes of bringing more drinking water into the city of Lisbon and was constructed in the mid 18 th century
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Best Places for Photoholics in Lisbon
The Tube has got sweatier, Brits are getting their toes out and, next door to Smith HQ, the strange half-naked man has started watering his plants again. This means two things: summer is a comin’ and it’s holiday time. Our latest crush is the Maldives , the pearl in the Indian Ocean , and more seductive and colourful than the swimwear-clad contestants at a Miss World competition
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Hotel of the week: Huvafen Fushi
London’s most prominent new development, Central St Giles, is poised to sign subsidiaries of advertising group WPP as the first office tenants and is close to filling its restaurant space a week before its official launch.
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Since the Ibiza nightlife is nothing if not extensive, this will have to be a brief overview bringing you the highlights in no particular order and skimming over the countless, and often nameless, clubs and bars that regularly spring up before disappearing again the next week. Perhaps the most impressive club, as well as the most appropriate name, is Amnesia
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Ibiza Nightlife
Smith’s roving hotel hunter, Mary Garvin , has been dispatched on a very special mission – revisit her Stateside homeland, go deep into the Wild West, and don’t come back without finding hotel gold in them there hills. Oh, and take some nice piccies for the Smith Travel Blog , of course. First stop: Dunton Hot Springs , Colorado Dunton Hot Springs is hot indeed – no chance of getting cabin fever in these parts – unless you sit in the bubbling springs for too long
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Travel gallery: the road to the Rockies – part 1
Helsinki is Finland ’s capital and was originally founded in 1550. Known as the “ Daughter of the Baltic ”, it has been the nation’s capital since 1812. At that time the tsars of Russia began rebuilding the city, giving it the appearance of a miniature St. Petersburg in some cases. Helsinki is a popular tourist destination , especially during the comfortably warm summer months when the locals frequent the many outdoor bars and cafés
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How to get the most out of Helsinki nightlife
If you’re a Smith member , or if you pootle past the Smith homepage every so often, you’ll already know that we run regular competitions to win stays at some of Smith’s most stylish boutique hotels around the world . Usually, you might have the chance to win, say, a weekend at a lovely B&B in the Cotswolds or a European city stay , with some enticing goodies from one of our partner brands. This month, however, we’ve pulled something pretty darned staggering out of the bag: the opportunity to win the trip of a lifetime to Australia .
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Competition: win a 12-night Oz odyssey
Jellymongers?, otherwise known as Sam Bompas and Harry Parr, abandoned their usual jelly sculpting to open up a pop-up Waffle House in London?s Soho, where people could ?waffle? on about the election
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In terms of largest freshwater and natural (not manmade) lakes of a continent, and in terms of volume, all other European lakes pale in comparison to Lake Geneva in Switzerland . Additionally, there are not many winter ski vacation destinations that can compete with this area either. Interestingly enough, 60% of the lake is governed by Switzerland while the other 40% is governed by France. However, this does not detract from the allure of this destination nor its amazing landscape during any season of the year.
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Top 5 Attractions in Lake Geneva, Switzerland
I’ve given up on sushi in London. I’ve tried, honestly I’ve tried – this isn’t a decision I’ve reached based on a handful of trips to Itsu and a pre-flight binge at Yo! Gatwick Airport. I’ve been all over the place – to Tsuru in Southwark, Ten Ten Tei in Soho, even travelled to Willesden Green, for goodness’ sake – nobody should ever have to do that
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Koya, Soho
For all intensive purposes, the city of Paris has always been one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. It is renowned for being one of the most culturally and historically rich cities in Western Europe as well as being known for its cuisine and wines. In recent years, another attraction has come to the forefront where family vacationers are concerned and that is Disneyland Paris . The holiday recreation resort is located in Marne-la-Vallée, one of Paris’ newer east side suburbs. It is situated about 20 miles from the center of Paris and is comprised of the following attractions and entertainment venues: dining and entertainment district numerous retail shopping opportunities seven Disney-owned hotels two primary theme parks When it opened in April of 1992, it was only the second one of Disney’s resorts to have opened outside of the US behind the Disneyland resort in Tokyo. However, it is the first one that is owned and operated by the Disney Corporation that is located outside the US. As of 2008, there were over 15 million visitors to the holiday resort, making it one of the leading tourist destinations in Western Europe .
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Meeting Disney Characters in Disneyland Paris
Malls are something more than a cultural phenomenon in Dubai – it could be said that the lifeblood of the city flows through them. They’re more than places to just visit and grimly look at overpriced clothes. They’re everything. People come to drink coffee, relax, watch films, eat, do grocery shopping, buy gifts, walk around, play arcade games, smoke Shisha (Arabian water pipe), and even get their car windows tinted.
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Dubai’s Best Shopping Malls
It may have taken a load of men in sharp suits and colour-coordinated ties several days to choose who would be ruling the UK roost, but over at Smith HQ, decision making comes easily. Particularly when a glorious stone former nun’s house in Provence is involved… Style Characterful converted convent Setting Lush L’Occitane land Why this week? There are few times in life when one needs to be pushed to go to Provence, so go willingly to Le Couvent des Minimes , stay for three nights, pay for two , and come up smelling of lavender
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Hotel of the Week: Le Couvent des Minimes
Going party and drinking cocktails in New York If you are in New York and are planning to have a party night, you might start with some drinks. Here are some tips on where to find unsual cocktails in New York City : – Cafeteria has a wide choice of cocktails on the menu, such as Lychee and Lavender, made of rain organic lavender infused vodka and fresh pureed lychees, or Inferno Bloody Mary, containing house infused japaleño vodka, flambeed serrano peppers and Cafeteria’s own signature Bloody Mary mix. – Located between Allen and Eldridge, Macondo brings Latin street food (comida latina) and cocktails to a signature level.
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Dubrovnik Walls and Cocktails in New York
The Donmar Warehouse production of John Logan?s Red collected more trophies than any other production at yesterday?s Tony Awards, Broadway?s equivalent of London?s Laurence Olivier Awards, with a haul of six including Best Play. …
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Riga has come into its own as a destination of choice for people taking weekend breaks from Western Europe or using the city as a base for further exploration of the Baltic States. This popularity has led to the formation of a tourism circuit in the city with people seeing the same things. While the main sights of Riga are certainly worth seeing, here is a selection of some sights off the beaten path that visitors may want to consider
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Off the Beaten Track in Riga
There are some really interesting late night openings in London ’s museums. Tate’s late series always goes down well, and the V&A stays open late too. Let’s not forget the John Soane’s candlelight tours and the evening specials at the Dennis Severs House in Bishopsgate.
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Things that go bump… Museums at Night, London
Raquel Laneri, writer for Forbes and author of her own blog, Electric Warrior , packed an overnight back and grabbed her Mr Smith to blog for us from the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York Exquisitely manicured, fantastically quiet and unusually secluded: Gramercy Park in New York City. You need a key to get in and out, and in order to get one you must own one of the apartments located on the perimeter, which cost millions of dollars. I have often walked by imagining what it would be like to luxuriate in the sun there, to take quiet strolls and be one of the elite key-holders in the city.
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Gramercy Park VIPs