UCityGuides.com Travel News Blog » Prague http://www.ucityguides.com/blog UCityGuides.com Travel News about Hotels, City Attractions, Restaurants, Bars and Clubs, and Gay Guides Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:18:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 TOP 10 MOST ROMANTIC CITIES IN THE WORLD http://www.ucityguides.com/blog/2011/02/01/top-10-most-romantic-cities-in-the-world/ http://www.ucityguides.com/blog/2011/02/01/top-10-most-romantic-cities-in-the-world/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:18:11 +0000 UCityGuides.com Editor http://www.ucityguides.com/blog/?p=579 Top 10 Most Romantic Cities in the World

The most romantic month of the year is here, the time when everyone starts thinking about Valentine’s Day or a romantic getaway.
Whether for Valentine’s or for a honeymoon at any other time, we have created the list of the world’s 10 most romantic cities in the world.
Of course there are the predictable destinations always associated with love and romance, but also others you may have overlooked.
Think of strolls down tree-lined boulevards, picturesque neighborhoods, fairytale architecture, magical views, horse-drawn carriages or trips down a canal, passionate dancing, and sensory pleasures. Think any of these seductive cities: THE 10 MOST ROMANTIC CITIES IN THE WORLD

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]]> http://www.ucityguides.com/blog/2011/02/01/top-10-most-romantic-cities-in-the-world/feed/ 0 THE WORLD’S 10 MOST HAUNTING AND FAMOUS CEMETERIES http://www.ucityguides.com/blog/2010/11/01/the-worlds-10-most-haunting-and-famous-cemeteries/ http://www.ucityguides.com/blog/2010/11/01/the-worlds-10-most-haunting-and-famous-cemeteries/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:07:27 +0000 UCityGuides.com Editor http://www.ucityguides.com/blog/?p=562 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

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Part gallery, part shoe store, Prague’s new 66 Gallery is a cool new addition to your shopping list in the Czech capital. Opened last December and designed by local architects, the shop presents redesigned sneakers of the Czech brand Botas which was born in the mid-60s. Graphic designers transformed the classically styled shoes and you can see hundreds of them and the yellow boxes they come in, together with art and design exhibitions. You’ll also find a number of locally designed products, from notepads to T-shirts, meaning that this is one of the best places for “best of Prague” gifts for yourself.

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]]> http://www.ucityguides.com/blog/2010/03/15/cool-shopping-in-prague-the-66-gallery-store/feed/ 0 THE TOP 10 MOST BEAUTIFUL CAFÉS IN THE WORLD http://www.ucityguides.com/blog/2009/11/30/the-top-10-most-beautiful-cafes-in-the-world/ http://www.ucityguides.com/blog/2009/11/30/the-top-10-most-beautiful-cafes-in-the-world/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:58:10 +0000 UCityGuides.com Editor http://www.ucityguides.com/blog/?p=415 Cafe Imperial, PragueWhen European cafés became the preferred hangouts of their city’s intellectuals in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they turned into cultural institutions with ornate, palatial interiors. Many if not most of them remain open today, although the main visitors are now tourists guided by their guidebooks. Those cafés are now essentially museums where coffee and pastries are served at high prices, while others have been turned into full-blown restaurants, and a few still attempt to keep their cultural heritage alive by hosting literary and other cultural events.
The biggest café cities are Paris, Vienna, Venice, and Budapest, where café interiors are at their most sumptuous, but you’ll find some extraordinarily beautiful cafés throughout Europe and even in the big cities of the Americas that emulated the grandiosity of the Old World.
At UCityGuides we’re always looking for what’s new and extraordinary, but also love to spend some time in what the past has done best. So after countless coffees, pastries, calories, and overpriced drinks, we bring you the list of the ten most beautiful cafés in the world: THE WORLD’S 10 MOST BEAUTIFUL CAFÉS

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UCityGuides.com has made a list of the 10 cities that have best managed to survive through time as exceptional places filled with remarkable beauty, soul, and distinctive natural scenery, and while beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, you’ll agree that these are indeed the most beautiful cities on the planet:

TOP 10 MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE WORLD

]]> http://www.ucityguides.com/blog/2009/10/26/the-worlds-10-most-beautiful-cities/feed/ 0 A PRAGUE SPRING BREAK… IN WINTER http://www.ucityguides.com/blog/2009/02/17/a-prague-spring-break-in-winter/ http://www.ucityguides.com/blog/2009/02/17/a-prague-spring-break-in-winter/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:59:19 +0000 UCityGuides.com Editor http://www.ucityguides.com/blog/?p=47 Prague barSpring is arriving early in Prague. One month before the official start of the season, Prague is celebrating the traditional St. Mathew’s Fair which welcomes spring around Europe. It takes place in the Prague Exhibition Grounds starting on the 21st of this month with a number of attractions.

Another excuse to go to the Czech capital now is the special “Andy Warhol – Motion Pictures” exhibition organized by New York’s MoMA together with Pittsburgh’s Andy Warhol Museum. You’ll find the American artist’s screen tests and non-narrative films produced between 1963 and 1973 in the Galerie Rudolfinum until April.

Also new in Prague is the recent opening of the Buddha Bar Hotel, the first hotel of the famous Buddha Bar restaurant. This boutique hotel features a contemporary Asian interior design with French colonial influences and offers a wide rage of services which have already earned it a 2 U_Star rating in UCityGuides’s U_Star awards. You’ll find state-of-the-art fitness facilities, spa treatments, the trendy Siddharta Café, and of course, the legendary Buddha Bar restaurant serving a blend of Asian and Pacific-Rim cuisine.

Another option is the one U_Star-rated Andel’s Hotel, a very reasonably priced design hotel that seems to be the favorite of Hollywood film crews who’ve used Prague as a backdrop.

When it comes to dining, Czech out the local cuisine at V Zátisí, which also mixes some international flavors and features an elegant and sophisticated design to match the fine cuisine.

For after-dinner drinks head to Barego, the bar in the Mandarin Oriental for its signature champagne cocktail.

Detailed information about all of these places is found in UCityGuide’s complete Prague City Guide.

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