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...designated a World Heritage Site, paving the way for its modern revival and a clutch of new tourist developments. The zócalo was restored, and new nonstop flights from the U.S. brought more visitors. With the opening in spring this year of La Purificadora, www.lapurificadora.com, Puebla has a hotel that does it justice too. Created by the team behind Mexico City's chic Hotel Condesa DF, La Purificadora takes its name from the 19th century water-purification plant and ice factory in which it's housed. Today, the structure has been given new life by famed Mexican architect Ricardo...
...with everything from tamarind and ginger to green tea. No visit to Puebla, however, is complete without experiencing the local specialty, mole poblano. This chili-based sauce is laced with up to 30 ingredients, from almonds and sesame seeds to cinnamon and chocolate, and the mole served at Casareyna Hotel, tel: (52-222) 232 2109, is considered Puebla's best. If you've really caught the local culinary bug, make the half-hour trek to Cholula, an Aztec site where one of the world's tallest pyramids towers over a produce-packed market square. You can pick up spicy mole...
...pleasures. Poland is preparing to join the European Union in May, and Poles hope the higher profile that comes with E.U. membership will help put their country's undeserved reputation for dowdiness behind them. "The image of Poland will only improve," predicts Adrian Ellis, manager of Warsaw's plushest hotel, Le Royal Meridien Bristol ($400 a night). Business travelers are streaming into the capital, he says. "Warsaw's time will come...
John Quero, manager of Warsaw's Hotel Rialto, agrees. Quero sees Poland as an emerging "niche" weekend destination, "exciting and different from London, Paris, Rome." The Rialto (starting at $263 a night) is tailored to that kind of visitor. Poland's first boutique hotel, it opened last year as an alternative to the other five-star hotels and has since won acclaim for its spare, Art Deco decor and excellent cuisine. Low-cost airlines such as Air Polonia can take travelers into Warsaw from London for as little as $30 for a round trip...
...said the city’s OK came just in time for the first scheduled ride to take place. City officials could not be reached for comment because of the holiday weekend. Instead of departing from Widener Gate as originally intended, Vamoose buses are now leaving from the Charles Hotel. But in Boston, Vamoose’s initial plan to start a service from Copley Square has met with a steady disapproval from Boston city officials. “We’re not going to Boston at all right now,” said company co-owner Florence Bluzenstein...