5 Ways to keep it cheap

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By Audrey Sykes—

Europe’s ski towns are scattered across the Alps and serve as ideal winter getaways for those living up north. Innsbruck, Austria is one of the favorites and one of the cheapest. It’s bigger than surrounding towns, with a larger population and thus a lot more to offer in terms of quality and prices.

Here are some tips for visiting Innsbruck on a budget:

1. Fly there

Innsbruck is one of the few ski towns with an airport, and in my opinion the only affordable one. Low-cost airlines fly in and out of the valley numerous times a day, which beats the frequent changes and possible weather delays travelers encounter when taking the train (and rarely are there special rail offers coming from surrounding countries).

Drink here!

2. Ski there

Another plus is Innsbruck’s convenient location to ski areas. Over a dozen different resorts surround the town and are accessible by car and public bus. Terrain varies from steep back country to easygoing trails and many freestyle parks.

Cheapo Tip: Buy the half-day tickets for the best rate. Rental stores are not only abundant, but also offer competitive prices.

3 Drink there

Innsbruck is one of those legendary European locations where beer flows cheaper than water, and I recommend taking advantage of it. Stiegl, Ottakringer, Zillertal and the local brewery Theresienbrau are some of the best beers on tap.

Beware, however, that Austrian beer sizes follow that of their Bavarian cousins: The average size is a half-liter stein.

4. Sled there

The old-fashioned wooden sleds are cheap, easy to handle and a lot of fun. Any winter sports rental store will carry sleds, and it’s a perfect activity for when the streets are snowed over. Watch out for the cars, stick to the daytime and bundle up—these mini race cars can move it!

5. Sleep there

On top of being a good deal for winter sports and food, Innsbruck has a lot to choose from for accommodation. There are a handful of Innsbruck hostels that stay cozy at a low cost and budget hotels are plentiful. Even bed and breakfasts can be found at a lower price than other more touristy Austrian ski towns.

the Garden of Rodin Museum

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Snow is an uncommon occurrence in Paris and snow that sticks is practically a miracle. Last Saturday morning about 11AM the snow came swiftly and steadily, and I watched with baited breath to see if it would stick. Stick it did, and I was racking my brain deciding where I should go to take photos. The garden at the Rodin museum is one of my favorite places in the summer and I thought, imagine how beautiful the great black Rodin statues would look dusted with pure white snow. The wonderful surprise was there two were massive white Henri Moore sculptures and the texture of the snow on the white marble is quite stunning. If you are ever lucky enough to be in Paris when the snow sticks, treat yourself to the garden at the Rodin museum and let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Nhow hotel,

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This is one  modern 4-star hotel in Milan, Italy. The Nhow hotel was built in 2005. It’s located a bit outside the city center in Via Tortona, a re-purposed industrial park. The area has enticing restaurants and bars, exhibition center, design and photography studios and shops.

The hotel offers 249 rooms: 74 standard rooms, 135 superior rooms, 23 junior suites, 10 breakout rooms, 3 suites, 3 spa suites, 1 presidential suite.  Rooms are well laid out and spacious.  All rooms are stylishly decorated and offers: Satellite TV, mini-bar, bathroom with shower and /or bathtub and neon lighting, with connection.

Services in hotel are: Concierge, Room Service, Meeting Facilities, Laundry, Newspapers, City maps, Dry Cleaning, Ironing Service, Fax/Photocopying.

Embryo Nightclub, Bucharest,

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The four-part logo of this night club in Bucharest refers to the organic theme that inspired its design: the various stages of development of an embryo. The entrance area leading into the windowless ground and basement floors is like a vagina; in the underbelly of the club a three-dimentional wall made of Comadur panels in the form of an oversized cell structure encloses the space. Complementing this variably colored, womb-like space, the rest of the interior fittings and the light membrane also imitate organic forms. The procreative process is also represented in the indirect lighting slots in the bar area, which are in the form of sperm cells.

José Vasconcelos Library

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Located in central area of Mexico City, The José Vasconcelos Library is a work of art – its glass walls invite the outside in. Its design belongs to the Mexican architect Alberto Kalach. His project wins an international competition in which 590 proposals were submitted by firms from all over the world. 

Recently concluded the library houses an initial heap of 500,000 volumes distributed in crystal shelves that hang from the five levels of the building. The furniture is in harmony with the latest technology and concepts in library architecture. This Library also possesses a music room, conference rooms and an auditorium that seats 520 people. Some of the services this library provides are a cafeteria, a bookshop, a space for temporary exhibitions and 700 available computers with internet access.