One of the most popular places in London for shopping and having fun with the whole family on a sunny weekend. Walk up and down Camden High Street and have a snack in the numerous pubs and cafes or take a canal boat trip.
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One of the things I like in London is the variety of restaurants with so many different kinds of cuisine and flavours. London has everything for everyone's taste. From fish and chips to the most sophisticated dishes. Exotic and ethnic cuisines are to be found in most areas of London. But also traditional English food in many pubs and restaurants like Maggie Jones's in 6 Old Court Place near Kensington High Street .
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The ideal place for fossil enthusiasts. On the beaches and foreshore of Swanage but also in other coasts of Dorset you will find thousands of them.
This small pub was build in 1720. Right on the riverfront of the Thames. Excellent views of the river - good food and beer.
76 Narrow Street Limehouse E14 8BP
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A good idea for a weekend city break with all the family is Canterbury. Visit the Cathedral and other historic churches like St Martin's church and take a boat tour along the Stour river.
Probably one of the best pubs in Rochester. Slightly out of the tourist route as it is behind the high street, the castle and the cathedral on the smal road leading out of Rochester.
Small and cosy with open fire in winter. Only two bars with the saloon serving excellent food at lunchtime - except on Sundays.
10 St. Margaret's Street Rochester, Kent:
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A visit to London must surely include a boat trip on the Thames. Reasonably priced and interesting for everyone. I would recommend doing this early on during your trip because from the river, you can get your bearings and identify historical sites like the Tower of London that you may wish to add to your list of places to visit on land.
Live the Living History in Den Gamle By (the old town) with reconstruction of life as it used to be centuries ago.
Viborgvej 2 8000 Aarhus C
Tel +45 86 12 31 88
Viborgvej 2 8000 Aarhus C
Tel +45 86 12 31 88
www.dengamleby.dk/
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Take a shopping trip strolling in Strøget and stop for a drink or a quick lunch at Nyhavn and afterwards go to see the baroque style Marble Church (Frederikskirke) just oposite the Amalienborg Palace.
Another place ideal for the whole family is the Zoo of Copenhagen in Frederiksberg and the Tycho Brahe Planetarium. Another must is a visit to the Statens Museum for Kunst.
Luxury and elegance in an authentic 15th-century mansion. Hotel de Tuilerieen is situated very close to the Groeninge museum and all the historical sights of Bruges.
Dijver 7
B-8000 Bruges
www.hoteltuilerieen.com/index.php?p=/en/home
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Hamburg is a paradise for shopping. Here are some top shopping centres and department stores in the city of Hamburg.
The Alsterhouse at the Alster U station Jungfernstieg, Karstadt at Mönckebergstraße 16 a few minutes' walk from the main station (Hauptbanhof).
The Quarre shopping centre in Wandsbeck Wandsbeker Marktstrasse 103 U Station Wandsbek Markt, the shopping centre in Mundsburg U station Hamburger strasse.
Located a few meters away from Rochester Castle. One of the best pubs in Rochester, ideal for a good pub lunch. Car park at the back.
10 St. Margarets Street Rochester Kent
Asklepion in the most important historic site of Kos island, it used to be a therapeutic centre in the antiquity and a temple dedicated to the God Asklepios. It is built on 4 levels and is a fine example of Greek architecture of the 4th century BC. Here taught the famous Hippocrates of Kos.
2-3 miles southwest of Kos town.
www.greekisland.co.uk/kos/kos.htm
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travel.guardian.co.uk/article/2003/jun/19/greece.restandrelaxation
Great park in the middle of Hamburg, a nice place for children and family. You can find beautiful gardens, a Japanese garden, mini golf, ice skating, roller skating and trampoline. From May to September there is music on the bandstand.
Edmund Siemers allee from Damtor U station
Gorch Falk Wall from Stephansplaz U station
One of the most famous cafes in Copenhagen. Quick lunches, sandwiches, drinks and various pastries.
Ostergade 61
Amagertorv
A mixture of German beer bar (kneipe) and restaurant with many German dishes. Big portions small prices.
Schanzenstraße 87 20357 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 436620
One of the places you must visit in Vienna is the Cathedral of St. Stephen's Cathedral or Stephansdom a masterpiece of Gothic architecture.
Stephansplatz 1 Vienna
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