Huge, rightly famous, beer hall. People packed together on benches at tressle tables to drink excellent beer in vast quantities, served and kept in order by formidable, efficient hospital matron style waitresses.

Hofbräuhaus am Platzl
Platzl 9 (behind Marienplatz);
tel: 089 290136 10;
www.hofbraeuhaus.de

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Great, stylish, modern hotel just outside the City Walls and a short walk from the Wavel.

Straszewskiego Street 17, 31-101 Krakow;
tel: 12 618 88 88;
email: Sales.Krakow@radissonsas.com;
www.radisson.com/krakowpl

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Fabulous Gaudi house with gorgeous exterior and fascinating interior - tour with audio guides. Highlight is the rooftop with chimney pots on tiles like a beached sea monster.

Passieg de Gracia

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Fantastic restaurant, where we had our best, and possibly priciest, meal ever. The highlight was the Sea Urchin Mille Feuille. Lovely, comfortable rooms with attentive but not intrusive staff. We booked by e-mail from the UK.

42 East 20th Street www.gramercytavern.com (212)477-0777

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Great value hotel. Staff came out to welcome us and collect bags as we arrived by car. Our room was large and comfortable and had a large terrace with stunning views across rooftops as the autumn sun set. Service was enthusiastic and helpful.

Hindley Street;
tel: (08) 82315552

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Vast palace, with a dull exterior but lavish interior. They don't make too much of the fact that much of the building was destroyed in 1944 and then rebuilt a few years later. So you shouldn't either.

Residenzstrasse 1

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Very pleasant restaurant serving Bavarian food, such as half-metre long sausages.
Most entertaining when huge sun umbrella blew over in early evening breeze.

Kannengiessergasse 3
Tel: +49 69 282141

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Attractive square for drinking and eating in the sun. But when we were there (July 2005), the venue for what seemed like the All-German scaffold throwing championships, as some sort of event was packed away.

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It may be the ugliest building in Budapest but the views across the River and the all day pudding buffet, with excellent service, made it a superb location for a three day stay.

Also try the Pierrot Cafe in old Buda for lunch. Relaxed pavement dining with lovely food.

Then the Statue Park, six miles out of town, is fascinating.

Apaczai Csere Janos Ut 4; tel: 1 266 7000; marriott.com/property/propertypage/BUDHU

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Classy restaurant with comfortable patio at front, great for evening meal with people watching.

Adjacent to Rennaissance Prague Hotel - also very good. V Celnici 3 224 235 158

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