Posted on 10 May 2009
Rio de Janeiro’s multicultural heritage is reflected in the highly diversified choice of restaurants.
It is simply impossible not to find a restaurant which suits one’s palate and budget in Rio: the arrays of choices is almost dizzying, ranging from the local, Portoguese-influenced cuisine, to Italian, French, Japanese, Chinese, Mexican and Lebanese or other Middle Eastern [...]
Posted on 10 May 2009
Rio de Janeiro hotel scene is experiencing rapid changes in our days. Fortunately, the times when horrible towers were built on Rio’s shoreline with the purpose to amass as many tourists as possible seem to be over.
In recent years, a few new classy hotels such as Fasano have opened up and overall quality standards of [...]
Posted on 19 January 2009
Krakow is probably the best place in Poland if you want to taste some good, traditional Polish cuisine and it isn’t bad either if you stick to international cuisine.
Polish cuisine has a reputation of being greasy and excessively heavy, but we’d rather define it as substantial, generous in meat and poultry.. and certainly not grey [...]
Posted on 19 January 2009
Few cities can claim to the same variety that Bangkok offers, as far as nighttime entertainment is concerned.
Bangkok’s high octane nightlife has few equals in the world for excitement and energy: locals live every single night as if something special had to happen… and it often does.
Plus, being relatively inexpensive, it will allow you not to break the bank while [...]
Posted on 19 January 2009
Although Madrid’s hotel industry is not as advanced as in other major cities, there is an increasing number of truly stylish and classy hotels.
Long gone are the days when Madrid’s hotels were generally poor in hygiene and style. Nowadays, Madrid features a number of luxurious hotels and a good range of options for average budgets.
Thanks to [...]
Posted on 19 January 2009
It’s rather curious that a city which barely twenty years ago virtually had no restaurants may now boast some of the best restaurants of the continent.
Amazing as it may seem, while in Moscow you’ll never miss your favourite Indian, Chinese, French or Italian restaurant. Let alone Russian…
If we had to pick our fabulous four, the [...]
Posted on 17 December 2008
A cozy and charming bistro in the neighborhood of Botafogo, Carême is arguably the best restaurant in Rio for a romantic dinner.
Named after one of the greatest chefs and possibly the first “celebrity chef” of all times, Antonin Carême, this restaurant was already well popular before its owner Flavia Quaresma became a housefold name with [...]
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