Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / November 2003

First of all, excuse me for misspelling previously the Port wine word.
I am planning a trip to the Douro region.
Can you all please tell me anythign related to tourism in that area
and Port wines too.

We're trying to choose between the Alsterhof near KaDeWe or the
Hackescher Markt in Mitte for a three-day stay in March, 2004.  Any
advice?

anyone ever done the 'mini cruise' from newcastle to bergen that
fjordlines do?
aparently you get a day in bergen too, whats bergen like for things to
do? cheap eats? museems?

We're planning a trip to Italy next May.  For two weeks we will be touring with
a group from our church, but my husband and I will be going 3 1/2 days early
and visiting Naples, because my grandfather was born there.
I have heard that there is a lot of petty theft in Naples.  True? ...

Last year I was visiting the south of Spain, Marbella, Malaga.
Is the first time I found a great apartment to rent. Good price,
atention, close to the beach, swiming pool and all kind of comodities.
The person to contact is Marisol, very nice and serious. I send you

Doesn't it just piss you off that pompous leaders feel that they have
to shut down a city just so that they can visit?  I'm not disputing the
fact that extra security is needed because of all the loonies we now
have in the world.  But what I am disputing is the need to visit the

This recent rash of bombings in Istanbul is really sad to see. When I visited
there in June some people thought I was nuts but I figured you had about the
same chance of getting attacked in pretty much any other big city as you did in
Istanbul. Now I have to say I would not go there ...

THE Falkirk Wheel, the restaurant at Harvey Nichols and a fish and chip van
in Tobermory are among hundreds of new entries in the 10th anniversary
edition of the widely-respected travellers' bible, Scotland the Best.
The sixth edition of the award-winning book aims to be definitive ...

basically me and 3 friends have decided to travel during our summer
vacation, but have encountered several problems:
firstly, should we invest in some kind of camper van, that would also be
suitable for basically living in, and use this alone to travel in??

I'm soon to depart on a six month tour 'round Asia, Australia and
America.  One of things I will of course want to do is record my trip
with photos, and I have a new digital camera for this very purpose.
But, what am I going to do about storage of all these pictures?  I

George Bush met The Queen, and he turned round and said:
"As I'm the President, I'm thinking of changing how the country is
referred to, and I'm thinking that it should be a Kingdom."  To which
the Queen replies, "I'm sorry Mr Bush, but to be a Kingdom, you have

I will be arriving in London late January, and will be there for about
3-4 days before moving on to Spain. I have already had a long visit in
London with a day trip to Bath and Stonehenge, so I am not interested
in seeing it again. What I am interested in is renting a car and

EDINBURGH's tourism industry has generated more than GBP 1 billion for the
city in a single year for the first time.
Industry experts predict that record will be beaten again this year, thanks
to the growing success of Edinburgh's summer festivals and spin-offs from

hi to all,
is it necessary to have reservations for overnight trains in italy wa
beforehand online? and is coutteches absolutely necessary and require
or are ordinary tickets as in seat reservations gd enuff... pls hel

I'm planning a trip to Ireland, and I found the photograph of this "ghost
castle" we'd like to visit on
http://community.webshots.com/photo/3893639/3893729fZStwiEkIZ - so if anyone
knows the exact location of it, please be so kind and share!