The best restaurants in London: the panoramic Portrait Restaurant

For an appetizer, a dinner or brunch in London must choose the right place, the one best suited to enhance our lasting memory and add value to our break. Here is a place that seems suitable features to boast: the Portrait Cafe Restaurant of Orange Street.

Portrait Restaurant

The restaurant is located within the roof terrace of the National Portrait Gallery, restored and arranged to allow visitors to enjoy a superb panorama of the city. The Portrait Restaurant dining so admired Nelson’s Column, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. Continue reading “The best restaurants in London: the panoramic Portrait Restaurant”

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Restaurants in New York: Freemans

In the middle of the Lower East Side of New York, here is the way Freemans Restaurant, unknown to tourists but very popular with the locals, who enjoy the casual atmosphere and good food.

Freemans Restaurant

Intent of the founders was to recreate the atmosphere of “colonial” of the nineteenth century, with rustic kitchen, simple and inspired by the traditions of the old world is no accident that the house specialties is the brunch with typical products of the countryside of upstate New York, with plus a reserve of good Italian wine, French and local. Continue reading “Restaurants in New York: Freemans”

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New York: Alma Restaurant

New York is not just Manhattan, but for those visiting the city for the first time this is a hard thing to believe: the lights, the shops and the Manhattan skyline monopolize the attention of all visitors.

Alma Restaurant

Well, to convince the city that goes beyond Mannahattan – so that the natives called the island – you can try a dinner at Alma Restaurant, a small Brooklyn restaurant. Continue reading “New York: Alma Restaurant”

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Three bars to enjoy the Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin

Prenzlauer Berg is now one of the most alive, interesting, culturally vibrant of Greater Berlin, the one born after the reunification of the two ermanie. Young couples, intellectuals, and the trend, have chosen to live there, and also from the tourist point of view, the neighborhood, not without its appeal, as the residential center of Wohnstadt Carl Legien (protected by UNESCO), the Planetarium “Carl Zeiss”, or Mauerpark, a large green area, built where once was the former Berlin Wall. So, a visit to visit, to walk in walk, can be useful to write down some addresses, please tell those of Bang Bang Berlin.

Cafe Morgenrot

Cafe Morgenrot: Not happen every day to get in a cafe that promises a political and cultural debate on the facts of today, along with a trade fair trade coffee. But the Cafe Morgenrot collectives left undertake to promote equality and dialogue beyond divisions. But it is not only challenging speeches, but also ethical menu, coming right up to the vegans. From Friday to Sunday buffet that customers can pay from 5 to 9 euros depending on how much they can afford, as if to say, accessible to all. Continue reading “Three bars to enjoy the Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin”

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Legendary pub, the Whitelock’s in Leeds

Pubs in Great Britain is serious, so serious as to merit articles and posts in major British newspapers, which now greeted with satisfaction the change of ownership for the Whitelock’s First City Luncheon Bar in Leeds, in the hope that the new owners know how to bring it back to its former glory.

Whitelocks bar

But beware, if the customers in the past may have complained about the quality and price of beer, no one has ever complained about the pub, its furnishings, Victorian atmosphere that you breathe, so well preserved, so that the BBC will speaks as the hidden gem in Leeds.

Furniture made with tiles and brass, with tables and chairs the color of old oak trees. Born in 1716 as the Turk’s Head, was renamed in 1867 when it was purchased by Whitelock, who were its owners until 1994 has been repeatedly cited by major British artists, including John Betjeman, who called it “The real heart of Leeds”. Continue reading “Legendary pub, the Whitelock’s in Leeds”

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A tea in London at Wolseley

The Wolseley, is the classic place where 90% of tourists does not go after a quick look from the outside architecture and refined furnishings, unbeatable location, all very tourist – unfriendly especially if you maybe in t-shirts and backpacking…

Wolseley

Ok, maybe it is advisable to wear something more than shorts and t-shirt, but otherwise do not worry: this “all-day restaurant”, which serves breakfast, lunch and dinner and it is enjoyable at any hour of the day is frequented by londiners rather than tourists, and is accessible to all. Continue reading “A tea in London at Wolseley”

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Eating in London: The authentic Neapolitan pizza of Fratelli La Bufala

If you are in London and you’re tired of fish & chips, or you can not get sushi-fusion, if you are at that time that sooner or later, it happens, the gastronomic nostalgia for the beautiful country, you can opt for a true Neapolitan pizza, which until recently it was just a mirage in these parts, but now something has changed.

Fratelli La Bufala

Fratelli La Bufala (already present in Miami, New York and various European cities) has opened at the end of March 2012 in the heart of the city, the Trocadero in Piccadilly Circus, full-time and remains open daily from 8 am to midnight; even here there are many proposals for pizza, but you can go just for the appetizer and drinks will be served with the typical taste of the restaurant. Continue reading “Eating in London: The authentic Neapolitan pizza of Fratelli La Bufala”

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Best terraces and landscaped gardens of the hotels in Old Montreal

Exploring a city is always wanting to find a terrace or roof garden from which to admire the buildings and squares from continuing to discover small urban features while you rest your feet and savor a good cup of coffee. In the case of Old Montreal this possibility is offered to discerning travelers with a series of choices…

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We start from the Jardin Nelson, a restaurant with a green space with fountain and huge umbrellas, that allows you to watch the artists at work in the Place Jacques Cartier.

From 11 to 23 guests have access to Terrasse Nelligan one of the best kept secrets of Old Montreal, eat a delicious barbecue while watching the St. Lawrence River, the old port and the Notre Dame Basilica. Auberge Bonaparte, on the sixth floor, offers guests a rooftop terrace with a very broad view of the old town, to enjoy a drink while the lights of the day give way to darkness. Continue reading “Best terraces and landscaped gardens of the hotels in Old Montreal”

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The best restaurants in Florence

Eating well without spending a fortune, this is the dream of many, especially when visiting the city, where a Coca Cola can cost 8 euro also hurt the little bar if you choose to take a break! Indeed, the favorite Florentine restaurants that normally eschew the most crowded places of foreigners. If you want to eat well and spend little, should seek out these places.

Nerbone restaurant

The Trattoria Ruggero, Via Senese, near Porta Romana and the Boboli gardens is a typical Florentine trattoria with customers in the local area, the quality of the food is excellent and the dishes are simple: try the roasted chicken with baked potatoes! Another excellent restaurant is Trattoria del Carmine although, because of its location in a corner of Piazza del Carmine, it is also frequented by tourists: excellent chicken salad and memorable apple pie! Continue reading “The best restaurants in Florence”

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The Broderna Olsson the Temple of garlic in Stockholm

The Broderna Olsson of Stockholm, a kitchen full of garlic, no dish is served without garlic, you can always ask for more, never less. When you leave restaurant, you have the feeling of having been marinated in garlic. This is the mission that was entrusted to us by the Lord!

Broderna Olsson

This is the declaration of intent which stands on the site, this restaurant opened in Stockholm more than twenty years ago. First-floor restaurant and bar downstairs, you can order 101 different drink made of vodka, in addition to beer with garlic, seeing is believing. There are those who say that dessert contains garlic. Continue reading “The Broderna Olsson the Temple of garlic in Stockholm”

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