For lovers of food, Rome is an unrivaled destination. The Eternal City has perfected the art of fine dining over centuries and its greatest restaurants celebrate the freshness and flavors that are the hallmarks of Italian cuisine in settings of incomparable ambiance. The following restaurants are among the city’s greatest with prices that reflect the outstanding quality of the food, refinement of service and opulence of decor. Reservations well in advance are highly recommended. In a city of exceptional …More

From rowdy beer pubs around the Campo de' Fiori to upscale wine bars on the Piazza del Popolo and alleys surrounding the Piazza Navona to hip cocktail in lounges on the backstreets of Trastevere, Rome’s watering holes offer something for everyone. These bars in particular stand out for their attention to quality drinks, exceptional ambiance and accommodating service. In trendy Trastevere, Freni e Frizioni hosts Rome’s hippest crowd in a reconverted garage. Creative types imbibe on the well priced …More

The Czech capital is rightly famous for its raucous beer gardens and homey brew pubs but the bar scene certainly isn’t limited to those choices alone. An abundance of elegant and cosmopolitan cocktail lounges abound where Prague’s elite meet to consume the finest quality wines and spirits in settings of class and culture. So step away from that beer stein and step up to one of these trendy establishments where you can rub shoulders with Prague’s beautiful people. Barego in the Mandarin Oriental …More

Montreal is a shopping tourist’s mecca. You can find everything from the obscure to the opulent and pick up tchotchkes for everyone you left at home. A good place to start is Old Montreal, the original port town from the 1600s, these days centered around rue St Paul Ouest.  The old stone buildings now house a collection of cafes, boutiques and, of course, art galleries carrying works of varying sizes and quality, from the subtle and stylized to the downright kitsche.  Also on St Paul is a growing …More

When it comes to trendy, Madrid is tops, especially for dining.  Conceptually creative restaurants present innovative food that draws hordes of hipsters who make for great people watching.  If you’re someone who lives to see and be seen, then these are the Madrid restaurants that you must not miss. Boasting not only a menu by famed chef Ferran Adria but a stunning contemporary dining room in a sumptuous historic building, La Terraza Restaurant in the Casino de Madrid is the city’s top …More

Everyone knows that Tel Aviv is the center of Israel for culture, youth, and art. And if there’s a nucleus of Tel Aviv, a place where everything the city stands for is embodied in full, in-your-face Technicolor, that center would undoubtedly be the legendary Shenkin Street. Bustling cafes, restaurants, juice bars, uber-trendy fashion boutiques, avant-garde art galleries, and much more characterize what may be Tel Aviv’s most famous street. It’s not a long street; you can pretty much walk its …More