After our lists of the hottest spots in Paris, London, and New York, we’ve now gone around Lisbon to check out what’s new — as always incognito to bring you our independent report on what we find is hot and worthy for the savvy urban traveler. BRASSERIE ROSSIO GOURMET The just-opened Altis Avenida Hotel faces [...]
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 [...]
Whether stunningly sited or blending extraordinary architecture with magnificent scenery, the world’s most beautiful cities are captivating. While globalization has stripped many great metropolises of their aesthetic authenticity and bought much of their soul, there are still many cities that remain true to themselves, clinging to their cultural, architectural, and natural heritage. UCityGuides.com has made [...]
Lisbon’s design biennial is back in town. The city’s biggest design event that started in 1999 expanded to Amsterdam last year, while this year’s edition in the Portuguese capital takes place from today to the 8th of November. It also focuses on architecture, and this time the theme is “It’s About Time.” The special exhibitions [...]
Travelers from around the world have voted in the last few months and have finally decided which are the ultimate urban creations of all time: GRACHTENGORDEL CANALS, AMSTERDAM The monumental result of 17th century urban planning that created one of the most pleasant and beautiful cities in the world. PASSEIG DE GRACIA, BARCELONA With a [...]
It’s June! That means summer! That means beach! That means urban pleasures in the sun, and in some lucky metropolises, urban beaches! No, we’re not talking about those seasonal man-made beaches increasingly common in European cities located far away from the coast. We’re talking about shores created by nature, facing real oceans, and with the [...]
Lisbon is preparing itself to become a major design destination. Its Santos Design District is slowly becoming an attractive neighborhood for the design-savvy, the ExperimentaDesign biennial returns later this year, and today it’s opening its Design and Fashion Museum. Referred to as MUDE, the museum is an expanded reincarnation of a design museum that opened [...]
Hotel & Spa Villa Olimpic@ Suites | Barcelona This brand-new Barcelona hotel opening this month is all about comfort and pampering. It offers both regular-sized rooms and suites, as well as its own spa and gym for body and beauty treatments, including a relaxing Jacuzzi in the sauna area. There is internet access in every [...]
Chi Sing | Berlin The center of one of Europe’s most energetic capitals now has a new restaurant designed for tranquility. The inspiration for both the cuisine and the décor is Huê, a city in Vietnam. The clean, minimalist lines of the origami-influenced interior extends to the seating area outside, where you can also sample [...]
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, [...]
