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Masala

This Indian mom-and-pop place is just what the doctor ordered if you have a taste for a well-made...

Mirellie

If you like Kogo, you'll love Mirellie. It has the same great Yugo-inspired pizzas, seafood, and ...

Sahara Café

This brand-new addition to the city's long list of cafes really stands out for its subtle, modern...

Zahrada v Opere

Czech designer Borek Sípek, the man who remodeled former president Havel's offices in Prague Cast...

Angel

Head chef Sofia Smith has carved out a niche for herself, taking traditional Czech staples like d...

Hergetova Cihelna

The main draw here is the riverside terrace with an unparalleled view of the Charles Bridge -- pl...

Pálffy Palác

This restaurant is a real treat, rain or shine. In bad weather, eat in the 17th-century baroque d...

La Degustation

Without a doubt, this is one of the city's best dining spots. It is housed in an Old Town corner ...

Jáma (The Hallow)

This place has been popular for several post-revolutionary years and draws an agreeable mix of Cz...

Kolkovna

Hard-core pub aficionados will claim this is not a true pub, since it's relatively free of smoke,...

Sport Bar Praha-Zlatá Hvezda

Prague's original jocks-on-the-tube American bar has moved down the street into a more traditiona...

Tretter's New York Bar

This wildly popular cocktail bar, situated a couple of blocks from Old Town Square, is modeled lo...

Hapu

This is a cocktail bar with a difference. There's no flash and no attitude at this strictly neigh...

Bakeshop

Prague's lucky enough to have an American-style bakery and sandwich shop that would be the envy o...

Cukrkávalimonáda

This cozy spot serves simple but excellent salads, sandwiches, and pasta dishes. The warm atmosph...

Globe

A mainstay for younger English-speaking expats, the Globe is split into a fairly well-stocked boo...

Grand Café Orient

Round off your visit to the cubist House of the Black Madonna with a pit stop at this lovingly re...

Kavárna Obecní dum

An afternoon here feels like a trip back to the time when Art Nouveau was all the rage. The refur...

Pivovarský dum

Good Czech beer is not made only by the big brewers. This very popular microbrewery produces its ...

Pizzeria Rugantino

Pizzeria Rugantino serves generous salads and the best selection of individual pizzas in Prague. ...

U medvídku

Bright and noisy, the "House at the Little Bears" serves a better-than-average vepro, k...

Café Savoy

This lovingly restored 19th-century cafe recalls Prague's coffeehouse heyday under the Austro-Hun...

6 (Prague) Prague Castle & St. Vitus Cathedral

Hilltop complex that dominates the city of Prague A castle in Prague was built by Prince Boriv...

4 (Prague) Old Jewish Cemetery

Just 1 block from the Old-New Synagogue, this is one of Europe's oldest Jewish burial grounds, da...

4 (Prague) Old Town Hall & Astronomical Clock (...

The Heart and Soul of the City of Spires The glorious architectural confusion of the oldest se...

2 (Prague) Estates Theater

Mozart Lives On in This City of Music Prague has enjoyed an unparalleled cultural renaissance ...

2 (Prague) U Fleku

Raucous and Rowdy, the Czech Beer Experience "Wherever beer is brewed, all is well. Whene...

Garden View Hotel

Bistrot Bruno Loubet

A collective cheer went up among London's restaurant-goers when Bruno Loubet returned to the capi...

Bocca di Lupo

The hugely popular "mouth of the wolf" is a smart restaurant with an open kitchen, tile...

Café Spice Namaste

Walk into this large restaurant divided into two dining rooms and you're instantly cheered up by ...

Cambio de Tercio

This is the place for exciting, modern Spanish cooking. The menu has wide appeal. It offers conve...

Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester

Alain Ducasse is the name here, but it's talented Jocelyn Herland who earned three Michelin stars...

Cassis Bistro

Marlon Abela is something of a star -- a restaurateur who owns top restaurants in London (includi...

Club Gascon

Pascal Aussignac set up Club Gascon in Smithfield in 1998, bringing the rich tastes of his native...

Fifteen

Jamie Oliver, bestselling cookbook and app author, TV personality, and international restaurateur...

Galvin Bistro de Luxe

The Galvin brothers, Chris and Jeff, opened Galvin Bistro de Luxe in 2005, considered at the time...

Ottolenghi

The cool, sleek, white interior of this traiteur-cum-cafe has become the meeting place for the ch...

Bar Boulud

French-born, U.S.-raised, superstar chef Daniel Boulud opened the doors of his first London ventu...

Hereford Road

Once a butcher's shop, and now a restaurant in the St. John mode of British no-fuss, no-fancy coo...

Le Café Anglais

This is a grand brasserie in feel with huge windows, high ceilings, and banquette seating, locate...

Moro

When it opened in 1997, Moro's Spanish and North African cooking helped put Exmouth Market on Lon...

North Road

Nordic cooking is notoriously under-represented in London, but this venture from Danish chef Chri...

Pied-à-Terre

You could easily walk past the entrance to one of London's best restaurants without a second glan...

St. John

"Nose to tail eating" characterizes Fergus Henderson's no-nonsense approach. All parts ...

The Goring

Still family-owned after a century in business, this favorite, comfortable hotel offers afternoon...

The Square

One of our favorite London restaurants, The Square has remained consistently true to its aim of s...

The Wolseley

With its vaulted ceilings and pillars, polished marble, huge chandeliers, and Art Deco interior, ...

Tom Aikens

Chef Tom Aikens has a remarkable capacity to shrug aside life's mishaps (an abrupt departure from...

Zaika

Zaika's name translates as "sophisticated flavors." The cooking is complex but the fina...

69 Colebrooke Row

Showing that size certainly isn't everything, 69 Colebrooke Row is one of London's smallest bars ...

Draft House Northcote

For anyone serious about their ales, a visit to the Draft House is a must. It's an attempt to rec...

Harp

Wedged between Covent Garden and Trafalgar Square, the Harp is a much-loved traditional pub offer...

Holly Bush

The Holly Bush is the real thing: authentic Edwardian gas lamps, open fires, private booths, and ...

Mark's Bar

Attached to noted restaurant Hix, this dark and stylish bar offers up a slice of Manhattan deep i...

Royal Albert

New Cross has spent much of the last decade lumbering under the tag "up and coming" wit...

Vertigo 42

For a truly unique London experience head to Vertigo 42, the champagne bar at the top of Tower 42...

13 (London) Tate Modern

Welcoming more than four million visitors a year, Tate Modern is the world's most popular modern ...

9 (London) British Museum

The "BM" has been number one for a long time. It was the country's most popular museum ...

9 (London) National Gallery

Its collection may not be of quite the same monumental scale as some of Europe's other great gall...

9 (London) St. Paul's Cathedral

London's skyline has changed dramatically during the past 3 centuries. Buildings have come and go...

8 (London) Victoria and Albert Museum

Of the three great South Kensington collections, the V&A is perhaps the least ostentatious, w...

7 (London) Hampton Court Palace

The 16th-century palace of Cardinal Wolsey can teach us a lesson: Don't try to outdo your boss, p...

7 (London) Tower of London

On a sunny summer afternoon, the Tower, one of the best-preserved medieval castles in the world, ...

5 (London) Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens

Once a favorite deer-hunting ground of Henry VIII, Hyde Park is central London's largest park. Wi...

5 (London) National Portrait Gallery

Most galleries acquire their collections according to some notion of quality, with the aim of dis...

5 (London) Natural History Museum

It seems fitting that one of London's great museums should be housed in such a grand building, a ...

5 (London) Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

These world-famous gardens are home to thousands of elegantly arranged plants, but Kew Gardens, a...

5 (London) Wallace Collection

Located in a palatial setting (the modestly described "town house" of the late Lady Wal...

4 (London) Dulwich Picture Gallery

Just 12 minutes by train from Victoria station, this houses one of the country's most significant...

4 (London) Regent's Park

Designed by 18th-century genius John Nash to surround a palace for the Prince Regent (the palace ...

4 (London) Sir John Soane's Museum

Sir John Soane's House is a magical, labyrinthine space and a must-visit for anyone with an inter...

4 (London) Somerset House

Until around a decade ago, most of this grand riverside building was closed to the public. Since ...

4 (London) Tate Britain

The Tate family of galleries has grown significantly over the past couple of decades, with offspr...

2 (London) Hitting the Markets

Located west of Notting Hill, Portobello Market is the granddaddy of all Saturday street markets....

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Caledonian Backpackers

Attrium

Since 1993, this has been one of the most acclaimed and stylish restaurants in Edinburgh. Meals a...

Cafe Royal Circle Bar

Another well-preserved, Victorian-era pub, the Cafe Royal was nearly demolished in the late 1960s...

Guildford Arms

This pub dates to the late 19th century, designed by architect Robert Macfarlane Cameron. Through...

The Kitchin

After opening this contemporary restaurant in 2006, the appropriately named chef/owner Tom Kitchi...

Roti

Not a typical Indian restaurant but rather a fine restaurant that specializes in Indian cuisine. ...

Restaurant Martin Wishart

Despite a vaunted Michelin star and local awards, chef and owner Martin Wishart is the antithesis...

The Shore

Looking out on the oldest docks in Leith, this pub fits seamlessly into Leith's seaside port ambi...

Spoon

This particular spoon is far from greasy. Instead, the contemporary cafe just off High Street com...

5 (Eginburgh) Edinburgh Castle

Impregnable and Most Famous Icon of Scotland One of Europe's loveliest capitals owes much of i...

4 (Edinburgh) Palace of Holyroodhouse

Official royal residence and onetime home of Mary Queen of Scots The Queen's official residenc...

3 (Edinburgh) Scottish Parliament Building

After much controversy over its cost -- the better part of £500 million (about $925 million at th...

1 (Edinburgh) The Real Mary King's Close

Beneath Edinburgh's City Chambers lies a warren of now hidden alleys where once people lived and ...

1 (Edinburgh) Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour

Trace the footsteps of such literary greats as Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Sir Walt...

Hatters on Newton Street

Simply Heathcotes

Installed in old registry offices, this restaurant is spacious and with a contemporary decor. It'...

The Lowry Restaurant

This citadel of good food is installed within an avant-garde, ultracontemporary setting in the Lo...

Yang Sing

Manchester's large population of Asian immigrants considers Yang Sing their favorite restaurant a...

Manchester United vs. Blackburn

4 (Manchester) Imperial War Museum North

Usually identified as one of the most striking museums in the north of England, it contains thous...

4 (Manchester) Manchester Art Gallery

Following an extensive expansion and rejuvenation, this gallery today is the proud owner of one o...

3 (Manchester) Manchester Town Hall

Alfred Waterhouse's (1830-1905) Manchester Town Hall is one of the great public buildings of the ...