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Although it makes commercial sense for hotels to cluster in a city's prime tourist quarters, for some holidaymakers the experience of stepping out of a lobby and onto a street full of more hotels, souvenir shops and other tourists can be disappointing. But there's no danger of a letdown at Hong Kong's Langham Place Hotel (www.langhamhotels.com). It's situated in the heaving heart of Mongkok?a working-class district famed for being one of the most densely populated places on earth. Guests thus enjoy the best of both worlds: five-star luxury within, and the "real Hong...
Lastly, if you want to refuel after seeing some local sights, try America's Dog at Navy Pier, tel: (1-312) 595 5541. With its myriad attractions, shops and amusements, Navy Pier is a hugely popular Lakeshore tourist draw?and after a long day there, many visitors make a beeline for America's Dog. Magnanimously, this hot-dog stand also offers New York-style dogs with speckled brown mustard and sauerkraut toppings. But you haven't come to Chicago to order one of those now, have...
Although it makes commercial sense for hotels to cluster in a city's prime tourist quarters, for some holidaymakers the experience of stepping out of a lobby and onto a street full of more hotels, souvenir shops and other tourists can be disappointing. But there's no danger of a letdown at Hong Kong's Langham Place Hotel (www.langhamhotels.com). It's situated in the heaving heart of Mongkok - a Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments...
...shamuses. Falco wisecracks his way through the empire's sleazy underside to provide amusing lessons on the way crime, greed and cover-ups were endemic even in 70 B.C. In the 17th Falco novel, See Delphi and Die, the Eternal City's original tough guy takes on the tourist industry. (Rome invented that too.) Davis' crimes are wickedly convoluted, but Falco's facetious tongue and domestic complications are the real...
...Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder of life survive unmolested in the pristine Dulong Valley in northwestern Yunnan province. You can now see for yourself, thanks to a new dirt road connecting the valley to the nearest town, Gongshan. Anthropologists need not be worried about a tourist invasion: it takes nine hours to drive this precarious 90-km track, followed by several hours of trekking, before you reach the area where the Dulong live. That means only the most committed travelers will likely make the journey. If you want to spice up the adventure further, local tour operators...