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City breaks have never been so popular, particularly in the credit crisis has much in the pockets of consumers. With many Britons decide to change their summer vacation for a couple of well-planned short breaks, here are our suggestions for a stay in town to head to Europe this year.
One of the rising stars in Eastern Europe, Krakow in Poland is at the heart of the country, arts and culture. This beautiful city is the second largest Poland's largest and has a population of about 800,000 people. Visitors will appreciate the old town with its historic market place, the wealth of museums, including an impressive Czartoryski Museum and the Wawel Hill with the castle and cathedral.
Many travelers planning to visit Auschwitz, the former Nazi concentration camp located 60 km from the city. A regular bus service from the bus station Krakow.
The local cuisine includes a large proportion of meat, dumplings and cabbage and the student population of great size, great beer Polish low prices, vodka and cheese clubs - what's wrong love?
This compact city is on the Wisla River, near the Carpathian mountains. Balice the airport can be accessed from several airports in the UK with airlines such as Ryanair, easyJet and Lot.
Independence of the Spanish city, Barcelona is a classic city break destination. The Catalan capital is cool apart from the rest of the country through culture, language, attitude and has reinvented itself over the last twenty years.
The medieval quarter, Barri Gotic, La Rambla, a pedestrian street filled with market stalls, bars and street theater, and the Port Vell, port area attracts thousands of visitors throughout the year. Picasso Museum and the Parc de Montjuic also Features.
The city is full of the extraordinary work of Antoni Gaudi, a Catalan architect working in the 19th century. Some of his most famous creations include the (unfinished) Sagrada Familia, Casa Batlló and Parc Güell.
Football fans want to go to the home of FC Barcelona at Camp Nou and likes girls beach in Sitges, the super cool coastal town just half an hour from Barcelona by car or train. El Prat and Girona are the closest airports to Barcelona, with companies British Airways, Air, KLM and easyJet flying from the United Kingdom.
In recent years, Budapest has been so successful as a destination weekend for British travelers. The numerous cheap flights and gay service town we now have to discover one of the places most frequented and cultivated in Eastern Europe.
Budapest consists of two separate cities, Buda and Pest, was placed in front the other on the Danube. Buda is the cultural environment, with many cafes, bars, music and intellectual coffee scene. Pest is the center commercial, but also houses several museums, fantastic river parliament building and the recently restored Cathedral of St. Stephen.
Budapest is famous for its spas and saunas, one of the Gellert Baths be available in the art nouveau Hotel Gellert in Buda side of the River. Castle Hill, Royal Palace, the Labyrinth of Buda Castle and Margaret Island are all worth a visit.
The Hungarian airline Malev British Airways and Aer Lingus all landing at the main airport of the city, Ferihegy International.
Bruges may sound more avant-board box of chocolates for many but medieval port city of Belgium is an unexpectedly cold. And just an hour's drive from Calais is perfect for travelers from the United Kingdom looking for cutting through the Canal a few days.
Whether exploring the maze of cobbled streets and canals, taking in art galleries, museums and well preserved medieval architecture and Noordzandstraat Steenstraat shopping or simply sip a beer Belgian (or ten) with mussels and fries, there is something you entertain in a short relaxation.
The central Markt and the bell tower, Burg Square (home of the Basilica Holy Blood), the Lac d'Amour, Groeningemuseum, Notre - Dame Cathedral and Museum GRUUTHUSE everyone should be on the list of tourism. Refreshing, permanent residents of the city are always friendly and helpful to tourists, although there has around four million every year.
Whole the center of Bruges is a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and is easily accessible by car or Eurostar.
The mother of all destinations in the rupture European city should be in Paris. Ignore the stereotypes, the French capital will charm you and you want to return again and again.
The best way immerse themselves in the unique atmosphere of the city is to walk along the Seine and around the various "neighborhoods" with his personality clean. Dip in and out of cafes and shops in the bohemian Marais, see the Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Notre Dame and the Arc de Triomphe, browse the works of literature in the eccentric bookshop Shakespeare and Company in the Latin Quarter, devour pancakes warm to the Pompidou Center, to discover the Pigalle previously naughty and Moulin Rouge.
There is much to enjoy Paris, it is impossible to enumerate a few sentences. But if you are looking for original works of art, good food, good wine, stunning architecture, night clubs, antiques or flea market is located, jazz, cinema, theater or even romance, you will find here.
Passengers from the United Kingdom can achieve Paris by Eurostar or plane to Charles De Gaulle or Beauvais. Air France, British Airways and easyJet fly to Paris.
About the Author:
Max Clarke is a part-time copywriter for a holiday services company, Holiday Extras, writing about travel and Heathrow airport parking
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