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 [...]

Halloween/All Saints’ Day/All Souls’ Day Special: From celebrity resting places to historical and monumental burial grounds, to haunted graveyards, these are THE 10 MOST HAUNTING AND FAMOUS CEMETERIES IN THE WORLD ________________________________________ Back to UCityGuides.com – The Ultimate City Guides or check out UCityGuides.com Hotels – Design, Boutique, Luxury, Cheap Hotels

BAR BOULUD You’ll notice the new restaurant in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel has a New York feel and that’s because it was first conceived for the Big Apple by French chef Daniel Boulud. But it ended up in London after Boulud’s almost three decades of living in the great American metropolis where he was awarded [...]

The new hotspot of London’s East End is the new Town Hall Hotel and its restaurant and bar. It’s located in the former Bethnal Town Hall, an imposing building now offering 98 spacious and stylish rooms and apartments, with each apartment having been given its own Scandinavian-inspired look. But more than its accommodation, it is [...]

Circus Club, London Circus Designed by Tom Dixon, Circus is currently one of London’s hottest venues, mixing bar, restaurant, and cabaret entertainment. As expected, it’s a glamorous and sophisticated space, serving refined Pan-American cuisine and innovative cocktails. Cocomaya One of the city’s favorite chocolate shops recently opened at a new site in Marylebone. It’s also [...]

Valentine’s Day may be over but that doesn’t mean the gift of chocolate to someone you love or to yourself should have to wait another year. In London you can have a sweet day every day at the new William Curley patisserie in the Belgravia neighborhood. Curley is an award-winning chocolatier and this is his [...]

Usually museum or gallery cafés serve as places for refreshments or a light meal after a visit to the exhibitions.  They are in most cases a complement to the art experience and not destinations in themselves. However, Saatchi Gallery in London is an exception. Its annex, Gallery Mess, now offers a café, restaurant, and bar [...]

London has just opened a gay tourism office. Actually, the big news should be that London “finally” has a gay tourism office. If Amsterdam has one, so should London, as one of the world’s gay capitals that it is. But better late than never, and now LGBT visitors can find complete city information (not just [...]

“Eyeballs” – SHONA HEATH, 2008 Created for December 2008 British Vogue editorial, photographed by Tim Walker. Painted acrylic, painted wood. 6 Pieces. 82 x 52 x 30cm; available at SHOWstudio Founded by photographer Nick Knight, SHOWstudio.com has been selling some fabulous exclusive creations for some time, but now there is also a retail space in [...]

What to think of a cafe whose slogan is “snob food”? Whatever comes to mind, it certainly draws attention, and once you try it, you’ll never settle for less than its delicious selection of fresh pastries, breads, gourmet salads, and sandwiches. Found in a handful of locations in London, Napket‘s latest address is in Piccadilly, [...]