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 [...]
The Amsterdam canals are nominated for Urban Wonders of the World, and inspired by that special feature at UCityGuides.com, we’re bringing you a special photo report highlighting the seven most wonderful urban attractions of the Dutch capital (the 7 Urban Wonders results will be announced in July). 1. PRINSENGRACHT Strolling down this canal/street is walking [...]
New York’s iconic Guggenheim Museum will be celebrating its 50th birthday later this year, and has just opened a special exhibition to mark the event. This year is also the 50th anniversary of the death of Frank Lloyd Wright, the building’s architect who died only months before the museum’s official opening. Considered Wright’s masterpiece, New [...]
After 30 years of planning, nearly five years of construction, and 130 million euros later, Athens’ New Acropolis Museum will finally open this month. The official opening date is June 20, and the admission price will only be one euro until December 31st, 2009. For the first three days after the inauguration, only etickets will [...]
In our previous Architourist Report we took you to Oscar Niemeyer’s Brasilia, the Brazilian capital that has been nominated for Urban Wonder of the World. For this report we’re still in the same country, and bring you an iconic landmark from the same architect, but this time in Rio de Janeiro. Technically it’s in the [...]
A UNESCO World Heritage Site and now an Urban Wonder candidate, Tel Aviv’s White City and its collection of Bauhaus buildings are finally getting much deserved attention and renovation. The thousands of international style constructions are slowly being given facelifts, and one exemplary case was turned into a special hotel. It is an old movie [...]
This is the first special of a regular series entitled “The Architourist Report” at UCityGuides.com, using photography to highlight the most fantastic architecture around the urban world. We start with the landmarks of Brasilia, the Brazilian capital designed by Oscar Niemeyer that’s been nominated one of the world’s urban wonders. If you haven’t yet voted [...]
From ancient to modern times there have always been selections of the seven most wonderful constructions of pretty much anywhere. Now UCityGuides.com is giving you the chance to help choose the seven ultimate urban creations of all time. No, these are not simply major landmarks or mere relics of the past. These are models, pioneers, [...]
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, [...]
Because New York doesn’t sleep and lives up to its name by always offering something new, there have been a few exciting additions to the Big Apple recently. Over the last year there were museum openings and reopenings, the unveiling of new architectural icons, and of course, exciting new restaurants and hotels. UCityGuides.com has been [...]
