Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / November 2003

When does the official Italian holiday start?  I mean when do thier
schools get out, what is thier typical vacation time?   When is the
official school season?  I want to avoid the crowds.  I heard May-Jun
and Sep.-Oct. are good, but does anyone know for sure?  What part of

just would like to know what kind of prices locals would pay for the cool
sunglasses that street peddlers sell on the streets in roma or firenze etc.
thanks

I will spend next weekend in London, and would be very grateful if you could
recommend any pub for dinner there, my hotel is near Victoria Station.
Thanks.

Any ideas for days trips from Amsterdam within about 1 hrs train
journey?
So far I have Haarlem and Utrecht on my list.
Are the Belgian towns/cities within striking distance: Antwerp,

My best friend and I are planning on Partying Across Europe this summer and
are trying to begin to plan.  Does anyone have any suggestions as to where
to go or what to do??  Any other tips about traveling are greatly
appreciated too!!  Thanks!

I am interested in hiring a car to pick up in Munich and leave in Venice.
Does anyone have any experiences that are worth reporting?

I can recommend a so called "christmas beer"
the best in Amsterdam is the Heineken "strawebock"
its dark brown, little bit acajou, little bit sweet, a wonderful taste

Most cost effective way?  How long is a train ride from Amsterdam to Poland?
Thanks in advance.

EDIT: This forum seems more popular than the main European forum, hence,
posting this thread in here too!
This is a great forum! I've been a lurker for some time now but I've
finally worked up the courage to post and ask my question.

Six of us are going to Amsterdam for six days in May of 2004 and we
are looking for a pretty nice hotel sort of in the middle of
everything, and we have narrowed it down to The Park Hotel and the
Crown Plaza - American hotel.   Both of them are about the same price

Hi all, I was wondering if someone here could help me. I'm going to
spend a month in Vienna next month, and everything I've read about the
city seems to give it glowing reports, but I can find very little
about the crime/safety situation there. How safe is it compared to

Hi, I will be going out to Benidorm in Spain soon and wonder if anyone can
tell me the current price of a pack of 200 cigarettes there, in Euros,
please. Thanks...

I shall be traveling to Madrid the first week in December and would like to
find an inexpensive hostal/pensione near the airport , perhaps at a stop on
linea 8 from Barajas to Nuevo Ministerio. This would save transporting my
bag etc. into Madrid proper.

iam a student doing an excerise and i would if you could give me some
information on english lakes thankyou

Dear Sirs,
Can anyone please explain me or refer me someone that can explain me
very well the grading system of Port wine:
I want to know the follwing table score are given according to what