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                <title>Tours and the surrounding Loire Valley</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Tours is the main town in the Loire Valley but there are lots of other pretty villages such as Saumur, Langeais, Luyns, Amboise, Blois and many more.  You can find great local food and wine in La Touraine, now officially recognised by Sarkozy, and others I hope, as the gastronomic capital of France as well as the Garden of France. For couples or families it's a great French summer holiday without the crowds of the south.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Cancun and the coast of Mexico</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Cuncun is a fantastic place with beautiful sandy beaches and sky blue seas! I spent my honeymoon there and to have 'real mexican' food every day...what a treat!]]></description>
                
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                <title>Shakespeare's Head Pub</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Shakespeare was to rhyming couplets what this place is to bangers and mash. Mix loads of different sausages (from a fine local butcher in Hove) with as many different types of mash. Good job the bangers and mash is so good because it's the only food they do (aside from a smashing Sunday roast.) Top staff and great music seal the deal. I live in Mexico City now and miss this place massively.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Globe/ Chang Thai Restaurant</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Thai Restaurant and Globe Lounge Bar. Great Thai food, comfy lounge bar with sunny patio and terrace.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Black Cat in Shanklin</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This small restaurant, serving Thai food, is a great pick. The menu offers a wide choice of dishes and having tried a few different ones, I have to say they are all equally delicious. <br><br>The food is always perfectly cooked and offers exceptional value for money. The atmosphere is very friendly and the staff are delightful. An absolute must for those who enjoy Thai food. It is best to book ahead however, as they do get very busy.]]></description>
                
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                <title>A visit to Douz for sun and action</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The Douz Festival is based on an ancient Bedouin gathering when Saharan tribes met to trade and, legend has it, to marry off their daughters. Instead, today, the Saharan Bedouins compete in camel, horse and dog races, folklore performances and traditional plays. Their backdrop is the 150-mile salt lake of Chott El Ferid, which set the scene for the film, The English Patient and the golden sand dunes that were a setting for Star Wars. <br><br>Walk about, listen to bands from competing tribes, ride a camel called Mustapha, attend a busy market and eat fresh fish, such as red snapper, sea bass, bream, grouper, red mullet, tuna and prawns. The sweet baklava is to die for.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Piccolino</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Great Italian restaurant, family-friendly, excellent quality pizza and pasta dishes.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Promenade de Bastions</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The Promenade des Bastions runs from the old city down to Place Neuve (the main square of Geneva) and goes past the Mur des Reformateurs - check out the chess boards with giant-sized chess pieces for the public to use for Sunday afternoon games.<br>There are also numerous cheap cafés.]]></description>
                
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                <title>1917 Blinis &amp; Vodkas</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[If anyone feels like having a pleasant evening with candlelight and intimate ambiance, try 1917 Blinis &amp; Vodkas. They have a good assortment of smoked fish (salmon, tuna, herring, etc) on top of freshly baked blinis and a choice of 30 different kinds of vodka from Estonia, Russia, Poland, France, Argentina, etc. And the location is perfect: next to the Teatro Real (Madrid's Opera House).]]></description>
                
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                <title>Pasta e Vino</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Fantastic restaurant on Cerro Concepcion - all pasta and gnocchi dishes and a great wine list. Highly recommended.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Fidel's Cafe - Cuba Street</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[It may be hidden up the far end of Cuba Street but don't let that put you off. Walk that little bit further because this place has some fantastic coffee and food especially their iced chocolates and savoury muffins. It has a cool kitsch interior as well as outdoor seating so is a great place to hang out and relax. Check out the great local clothing stores on the way down Cuba Street too, especially Frutti and Carly Harris.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Art Hotel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Beautiful, stylish and the best hangover curing breakfast I've ever had... that could be because it included Buck's fizz in the buffet.<br><br>It's walking distance to the centre of the city but secluded enough within its diplomatic quarter to be quiet.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Jo Burger</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Great little burger bar on the Rathmines Road, great selection of organic meats, three different types of veggie burger and great imaginative and tasty options for the garnish. <br><br>There's a DJ booth in the corner and the crowd is young and hip. Alcohol is available and they have a great South African beer. Costs around €12.50 a burger and €5 a beer so not cheap, but is good value. Open quite late on the weekends.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Avoid Charlies Chinese franchises</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Charlies popped up a few years ago as a sort of fast food Chinese restaurant and there are now three or four of them about the centre of town. The food is standard Dublin prices, or in other words a bit more than it should be, and is all right if you get it when the place is quiet. Other than that stay the hell away from them. It's a magnet for the drunk and serves up the vilest food when it gets busy. I've been ill the last two times I've eaten there, and won't be returning.<br><br>The main problem is that for the same money you could get a decent enough meal elsewhere.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Friday brunch at the Fairmont Hotel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Moet Champagne brunch that, in my opinion, is the best Friday brunch in Dubai. More expensive than most, but worth it. Food cooking stations of all types from Indian to Thai to Japanese, plus oyster shots and a cheese room. And the Champagne just keeps flowing... and flowing. I've been several times now and I never get tired of it. Plus the desserts are to die for. It gets very busy, so reservations are a must.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Gallery Cafe - Whitworth Art Gallery</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A fantastic venue for a wonderful lunch. I highly recommend this award-winning cafe, run by 'The Modern Caterer'. The menu is packed with a number of mouth-watering choices, all of which are home made. A main course plus a drink will cost around £5-£6 so not expensive for good food. Great to call in just for a coffee to take in the pleasent atmosphere. Also during fine weather outside tables are available to enjoy your meal alfresco.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Tinseltown</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[I visited this diner in Leicester yesterday lunchtime and was really looking forward to it. I ordered and received my meal - the burgers were awful and tasted like a burger van burger. The burger was a chargrilled cardboard brown disc - you will not attract return visits serving burgers of such a low quality.<br><br>I then paid £1 each for two toppings - cheese and pineapple (one four pence cheese slice and one small slice of pineapple) - a topping should cover the top of the burger not just the centre of the burger.<br><br>My wife had a steak wrap! Soggy wallpaper wrapping up gristle and boiled, not fried, onions!! <br><br>The standard of food is without doubt the worst I have ever experienced.]]></description>
                
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                <title>L'univers du Bonbon</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This sweet and chocolate shop on the main street of Chamonix is delightful with free chocolate samples and gorgeous-tasting white and black chocolate, fill your bag with as much as you want - it's all good, but be warned it's not cheap!]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Cheshire Smokehouse Cafe</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This is a little gem located in Morley Green just outside Wilmslow and a short distance from Manchester Airport. I recommend the all-day brunch. Not exactly cafe prices but this is not your average cafe, it's an upmarket version. Good service and excellent home-produced fayre.]]></description>
                
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                <title>La Tablita parilla restaurant</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The most succulent Patagonian lamb grilled to perfection asada style, or huge tasty steaks. The pampas-reared animals taste a world away from northern hemisphere fattened stock. This is a stylish large modern restaurant with expert staff full of banter to guide you through the menu. You may need to book.]]></description>
                
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