The domed Dom

Advantages: beautiful;, fascinating, reasonable, the coffins
Disadvantages: chrage for toilet and church, museum and website only in German

...Last year I had a very unique opportunity to work in another country. I normally work at St Paul's Cathedral and got the chance to work in the Berlinerr Dom (Berlin Cathedral) for a week as an English tour guide. I was living right on top of my work place, as I was staying in a guest apartment in the cathedral's bell tower. I fell in love with Berlin and its cathedral so thought I would give...

duskmaiden 02.04.2008 17:26 · Read review
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Big Bad Dom

Advantages: Easy enough to read, amusing anecdotes mixed with more serious stuff, nice concept
Disadvantages: Awful photo reproduction, RRP too high, humour a little childish in places

...[NB: This book's correct name is The Dark Tourist.] Introduction A "dark tourist", so Dom Joly informs us in the introduction to this usually interesting and often entertaining read, is someone who deliberately seeks out destinations where unpleasant things have happened. In some cases this is even officially encouraged: the Tourism Ministry in Guyana has, or at least had, a scheme to...

davidbuttery 29.10.2011 16:55 · Read review
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Dom Pedro Palace

Advantages: friendly staf and extensive breakfast
Disadvantages: not the best location

...When we went to Lisbon we stayed at the hotel Dom Pedro palace. From the outside the hotel looks very modern and luxurious but the inside is a different story. The inside screams almost classic Mediterranean and is tastefully decorated. The lobby itself is a bit boring when you first walk in but luckily that improves when you enter the rest of the hotel. Checking in went easy and the only thing...

JL132 29.02.2012 22:40 · Read review
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