Great Hotels and Flights
June 1, 2009 by Janet7 · 32 Comments
Many people think that the absolute highlight of a visit to a hotel ATHENS is the dazzling vestiges of the ancient, the classical Greek city, most famously epitomized by the Acropolis and its enclosing archeological sites. Even on a brief tour to one of the exquisite hotels, however, it is a shame to see Athens purely as the location of ancient sites and museums. Although the neighbourhoods may be hurting for the style and monuments of most European capitals, they are worth at least some tour. The old nineteenth-century quarter of Pláka, to be exact, is a delight, with its mix of Turkish, Neoclassical and Greek-island architecture, and an array of alluring little museums devoted to traditional arts, ceramics and music. Just to its north, the bazaar area, around Athinás and Eólou, retains an almost Middle Eastern atmosphere in its life and trade, while the National Gardens, elegant Kolonáki and the hill of Lykavitós offer a break from the maelstrom. Further afield, but still well within the limits of Greater Athens, are the monasteries of Kessarianí and Dhafní, the latter with Byzantine mosaics the equal of any in Greece.
Another popular hotel resort, and a place where you need to find cheap flights to is Paris, France. Some times, Paris can feel inhumanly magnificent, the arrogance of its monuments around the chilly pomp of the Panthéon, the industrial clean of the Eiffel Tower and the almost spiritual glasswork of the Louvre pyramid. Yet it also operates on a very human scale, with exquisite, covert little nooks tucked away from the Grands Boulevards and very bold little communities revolving around games of boules and the local boulangerie and café. And even as Paris’s culture is transformed by its large immigrant and gay populations, even as extravagant new buildings are commissioned and erected, many of the city’s streets, cafés and restaurants remain remarkably, defiantly unchanged.
Bonjour Paris!
May 31, 2009 by Janet7 · 35 Comments
Paris, the City of Lights, is a dream vacation for many Americans, but finding low cost flights to Paris online can be a time consuming and frustrating process. The mega search sites offer dozens of flights, but in this economy, finding a reasonably priced flight online can seem impossible.
However, there are three sites that can help you find flights to Paris with ease.
SmarterTravel.com searches the web and brings the lowest cost flights to your inbox for you. No endless searches ending in frustration. Just check your e-mail each morning and all the available fares from your home airport come straight to you. Sign up at their site and they will send you everything from last minute fares and hotel deals, to special web only fares that must be acted upon fast.
Another site that offers Paris flights is SkyAuction.com. This is a travel auction site and with a little luck, you can be jetting off to Paris at amazingly low prices. A quick glance at their site shows flights available for as little as $1.00 per ticket. Check the listing carefully for any added taxes or fees and travel blackout dates. You can register for free and don’t need to provide your credit card information until you win. The site also includes auctions for hotels and cruises.
The third site is costlessflights.com. All of these sites do demand flexiiblity, but you can soon be sipping champagne while gazing at the Eiffel Tower and enjoying the City of Romance. Good luck and Bon Voyage!