The Crowne Plaza Hamburg City Alster is located in a residential neighbourhood along the Alster a few stops along the U3 from the main station (Hamburg Hbf) and city centre. Continue reading
Crowne Plaza Hamburg City Alster
Author: Danny
Holiday Inn Dresden am Zwinger
The Holiday Inn Dresden am Zwinger is located just a few footsteps away from the Zwinger (former Royal palace) and City centre of Dresden. The building itself seems to have been a former socialist official building but has been renovated inside in a contemporary and inviting design. Continue reading
Holiday Inn Krakow City Centre
The Holiday Inn Krakow City Centre is located right next to the old town of Krakow, just across from the park with most sights and attractions in walking distance. The station is also only a 20 minutes’ walk away, right next to big shopping centre. The Hotel itself consists of an old building repurposed as the main entrance and lobby of the hotel, surrounded by a U-shaped modern building in which most rooms are located. Continue reading
Novotel Katowice Centrum
Even though the name of the Novotel Katowice Centrum makes it sound like it is located in the centre, it is actually located right outside the centre behind the University and along the a main road opposite the Silesian museum. This location is ideal of you are travelling by car, but when you come by train like us, it is a 20 minutes’ walk across town. Luckily the main attraction of Katowice, the Silesian Museum is right next door. The hotel itself looks and feels very socialist era like, and in fact it is, it used to be the Orbis Katowice (Orbis was the hotel and travel agency of the former communist Poland). They also had a gimmick in that they decorated one elevator into a forest theme and played a tape of birds chirping in the background Continue reading
InterContinental Prague
The InterContinental Prague is located along the bank of the river Vltava at the end of Pařížská street, near the main square end across the river from the Prague Castle, about as centrally located as you can get in Prague. The hotel was one of the first ‘western’ hotels in the former Eastern European socialist states and was constructed between 1968 and 1974 in a Brutalist design by the Czech architect Karel Filsak. It has been listed as an architecturally significant building by the Conservation Office of Prague City Council. Continue reading
A return trip by train to ‘exotic’ places for only 150 euros
Even though booking train tickets online can be quite a hassle, there are possibilities to travel by train to far flung places like Ukraine, Belarus and Northern Sweden for €150 or less, as written by Treinreiziger.nl . Continue reading
Hoftrammm, the tram dining experience
If you are or staying in a hotel in The Hague, like the Hilton The Hague, on a city trip you might want to go out for a special dinner. One of the more peculiar dining settings in The Hague must be the Hoftrammm, a tram rebuilt into a restaurant. During a ride of about 2 and a half hours you get a scenic tour of the city while enjoying an exquisite 5-course meal designed by topchef Pierre Wind. Continue reading
