Now that the Olympics are over the Smart Money blog reports that now is a good time to visit London. Hotels are reducing their rates to fill now-empty rooms. You can read what they have to say here, Cheering Post-Olympic Travel to London.
In addition financial guru, Clark Howard, just returning from a London/Paris trip reports that the deals are there, now. Here is what he says.
On August 13 the Daily Beast published the Perfect 100, a list of ten great cities and ten great things to do in them, along with photo galleries.
Cities on the list include Chicago, Rome, Bangkok, Mexico City, Beijing, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Copenhagen, Sydney, and Capetown. Take a look and see if you agree!
Hutong tour by pedicab, part of the Perfect 100
If St. Petersburg isn’t on your travel bucket list, it might be after viewing this stunning video by arixonix that I found on Flavorwire.
A reminder from the German National Tourist Office about some upcoming wine festivals:
Winzerfest Freyburg September 7 – 10
Duerkheimer Wurstmarkt Wine Festival September 7 – 11, 14 – 17
Ingelheimer Rotwein Festival September 29 – October 7
Weinlesefest Neustadt October 5 – 15
Federweissenfest Cochem Wine Festival November 2 – 4, 9 – 10
And while we’re on the subject of Germany, a new UNESCO World Heritage Site has been named there: the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth in southern Germany. (However, unfortunately the opera house is going to close in October 2012 for renovation.)
This controversial new list, compiled by popular vote, was announced in 2007. Whether you agree or not with what’s included on the list, they are all pretty cool sights to see.
Here they are, in no particular order:
