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City Breaks

When time is tight, a weekend city break is the perfect way to explore a new destination and have a break from the norm, whether close to home or further afield. Read on for some city break ideas.

Lip Smacking Foodie Tour of Las Vegas

Escargots at Brasserie Bardot, Lip Smacking Foodie Tour of Las Vegas

As a first time visitor, searching for the best things to do in the city of sin, it was a foodie tour of Las Vegas that jumped out and tickled my taste buds. Exploring a destination by its food offerings is often the best way to get to know a place.

Known as a gambling mecca the world over, it’s a little known secret that Vegas is fast becoming a foodie destination. While the who’s who of celebrity chefs are queuing up to open restaurants in Sin City, I discovered Lip Smacking Foodie Tours offers the inside track on the best places to dine.

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Glasgow City Break

Glasgow Street Art

It’s over 25 years since Glasgow was named as the European City of Culture, yet the city is bursting with more culture now than ever before. In fact National Geographic has named it one of the top 20 best places to visit in the world for 2016. This buzzy destination is home to an outstanding collection of museums and galleries (mostly free entry), a world-class music scene and a fascinating mix of historic and contemporary architecture. On their Glasgow city break, Mrs & Mr Jones discovered all this, alongside fabulous shopping, hotels and restaurants.

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Winter in New York

Staten Island Ferry (© Sara Chardin)

The recent snowstorm in the United States, brings back magical memories of winter in New York – the city that never sleeps.

Friends had warned me that New York would be freezing in winter, but I wasn’t expecting the plane to touch down on snowy tarmac. As a first time visitor, I grabbed a yellow cab for my journey to Manhattan Island. The cab driver seemed thrilled his passenger was so excited to be in his city, and pointed out the Chrysler Building glittering in the darkness – “It’s the one that looks like a Christmas tree.”

Here’s my 10 top tips for making the most of winter in New York:

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Finding Myself in Venice

Venice at Dusk

I’d been to Venice before. That time, my travelling companion got most upset that I’d not sought comprehensive directions to our hotel and we got lost. Very lost. We traipsed up and down streets and up and over canals in the darkness. It was my birthday and he just about managed to forgive me in time to share a pizza on our balcony overlooking a little square. That was my most vivid memory of Venice.

Vague, hazy memories of the Rialto Bridge and St Mark’s Square only came back to me, in a déjà vu sort of way, when I returned, now almost 15 years later. This time, I was determined to get to know the city a little better.

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