With no Olympics, World Cup, or World Fair, 2011 sounds like a largely uneventful year. That means there’s no major reason to visit (or avoid) any particular city, and no one destination will take over much of the travel media coverage. With that in mind, we guide you to the best city-break options for the [...]
Istanbul’s already-rich offer of boutique hotels just got richer with the recent opening of “The House Hotel.” This is the second of The House chain, this time in the Nisantasi neighborhood which is known for the city’s best shopping. The sophisticated interior has a contemporary-classic look, with each of its 45 rooms featuring a walk-in [...]
Istanbul is this year’s European Capital of Culture and one of the first exhibitions in the culture-rich calendar for the entire year is “Love by Any Other Name” telling the “love affair” between the cities of Venice and Istanbul during the Ottoman period. The Turkish city (previously known as Constantinople and Byzantium) has had a [...]
The last decade has brought some radical changes to the travel industry. From low-cost airlines, to last-minute online booking, to the large number of stylish hostels, to the boutique and design hotel concept. There were even new destinations, with Eastern Europe (particularly Prague and Budapest) becoming one of the most popular city breaks in the [...]
Milan’s Design Library Café has taken the Uward for Best New Café while the library itself is now one of that city’s main design destinations. A second branch was opened in Shanghai, and just over a couple of weeks ago, a third one in Istanbul. Just like the previous two, the Turkish city’s Design Library [...]
As UCityGuides.com was experiencing the best of the urban world to bring you its ultimate city guides, it came across some fantastic places and experienced some extraordinary services. All of that is highlighted in each city’s guide, but then there were other experiences that needed special recognition. We’re talking about an unexpectedly outstanding airport publication, [...]
The world’s 10 most rewarding cities, based on character, cultural attractions, art, street and urban life: New York – It defines the urban lifestyle and the ultimate cosmopolitan destination. You’ll be tempted into shopping more than you wished, paying high admissions to some of the world’s best museum collections, and find yourself having to make [...]
