Traditional restaurants are off the hook in cities like Barcelona or London where a new way to enjoy dinners exists. This restaurants are more peculiar and underground, it is not about creating a new cuisine but a new way dinner experience.

In Barcelona a very one of a kind dry cleaner name Dont Tell was founded in 2009. In fact, the dry cleaning business is more a facade, it hides a restaurant inside that you will not find unless you have a reservation and the code to get in. You can find more information about how get your “clothes cleaned” on the restaurant’s website : http://www.tintoreriadontell.com/

London is full of underground restaurants. Like Dont Tell in Barcelona there are secret restaurants, supper clubs and even restaurants that change their location every week. You can find a list of this underground restaurants in the Time Out website : http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/features/8001/London-s-underground-restaurants.html

Will you try?

Who does not know the Space Invaders video game?

Created in 1978 by Taito it rapidly became one of the top video games of the 80′s! A few years later this game inspired a french urban artist who prefer to remain anonymous under the nickname Invader. On the late 90′s Invader started to paste very colored mosaics representing the characters of the game, on the street walls of cities such as París, Los Ángeles or Hon Kong. He creates this “invasions” on this great cities and it has become a new way of visiting and discovering new places of a city and hunt with your camera this little invaders. Today he is not the only one to paste this characters, other anonymous people are also using this way of expression and pasting new mosaics on the streets of the cities. París has today more than 350 all over its streets will you find all of them?

Here you will find the oficial Space Invaders of París, Los Ángeles, Bilbao, Hong Kong, Tokyo and some more : http://www.space-invaders.com/gmap.html

This web lets people upload their photos of Space Invaders they found all over Paris : http://space.invaders.paris.free.fr/ Be aware, take your camera with you next time you visit Paris, take a picture of this little invasors and maybe you’ll have discovered a new one!

The tiny town of Buñol (Valencia, Spain) is a quite place all year round. It is, but not on the 31^st of August. On this day they celebrate La Tomatina. It all starts with someone scaling a two storey high, greased pole to seize a joint of ham. Then, the “World’s largest food fight” begins. As soon as the pole is conquered, water cannons are fired to signify the start of events.

More than 100 tones of tomatoes are stocked in the central plaza del pueblo (town’s square) and then it’s the biggest and messiest party-fight ever seen. Tomatoes fly everywhere and participants desperately scramble for fistfuls of squashed tomatoes to fling at each other.

Fruity, tasty and messy fun, we are glad we will not be the ones cleaning afterwards. Thinking of a few people you could throw a tomato too? Make your reservation with Hotelopia!

Malaga smells of Feria. The Feria is one of the most important festivals of the year in this city. It will be held between the 13^th and the 20^th of August and it will have “casetas”, music and live concerts.

This feria is different to others because daytime and nighttime have different ambiences and the parties are held in different places. During the day, the feria takes place in the city centre, but when the night comes it is the “recinto ferial”, where the party goes on until late.

Tickets to fly to Malaga are always cheap and you can get the best hotel offers in Hotelopia, so get your party mode on, take sunglasses and a pair of shorts because Malaga is the perfect mixture of the summer: beach and party!

Rome, The Eternal City

Taking a trip through history, art and culture at any time of the year is made easy by visiting The Eternal City. In its streets, you find yourself in a great outdoor museum, where you can’t avoid visiting essential sites such as the Coliseum, the Trevi Fountain, the Roman Forum, the Piaza di Spagna, the Vatican Museums with the wonderful Sisteen Chapel or the St. Peter’s Basilica, among others.

Thousands of years of history have contributed to make Rome a unique city, with so many places to admire that a single visit is simply not enough. This is where the saying: “non basta una vita” (one life is not enough) comes from. Rome will captivate you with its mixture of tradition and modernity, in a somewhat chaotic large city… and full of dynamism, life and people who want to get to know it and to enjoy it to the maximum.
Don’t wait any longer and start preparing your Roman holiday!

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Asturias is a Principality and an Autonomous Community in Spain. It is situated on the north coast, on the Cantabrian Sea. The capital city of Asturias is Oviedo. Oviedo is worth a visit; however if you are planning to visit this place in summer, don’t forget to check out what festivals are on, as there is always a party going on in Asturias in summer. We would like to point out some of them:

- El Carmín de la Pola (Pola de Siero):  It is celebrated on the month of July, just alter the celebration of Nuestra Señora del Carmen (16th July). People gather around in a big garden “prao”, as asturians call it, they talk, eat good food and drink homemade cider. After people go down to the streets to ask for water, and locals throught it from their houses.

- El Descenso del Sella ( The International Descent of the River Sella). This is the most known festivity in Asturias. In 2011 it is celebrate on the 6^th August and it consists of a race of canoes down the river, from Arriendas to Ribadesellas. After the competition there is a celebration with good drinks and party.

There are many others, religious and not religious parties so don’t forget that summer is one of the best moments to visit the beautiful city of Oviedo, Gijon and all the towns around it! Book your hotel in Hotelopia and do not miss a thing!

Marbella is the place to be when it comes to summer parties in Spain. Night clubs by the beach and a little bit more expensive than usual, but who cares when you are rich?

If you really want to feel like a millionaire, you shouldn’t miss the millionaires’ annual white summer party. This is one of the Marbella summer’s musts and if you happen to be around this part of the world, it is a great opportunity to hang around with the upper class. The event is sponsored by jeweler Chopard and it will be held on the 30^th july in the Finca La Concepción, a mansion house.

It will be themed as An evening from Las Vegas Live and it includes Champagne reception and canapés as well as an entertainment of a big and orchestra, showgirls and a Sinatra sound-a-like, among others. The party will continue in the after party, which is also included.

Entrance to the bash is affordable, even for not millionaire people! The celebration of your life for only 120€! And find a hotel nearby with Hotelopia.

The Mont Sant Michel is one of the wonders of the western world. This hill situated in Normandie is one of the most beautiful places to be visited in France. The hill forms a tower in the heart of an immense bay invaded by the highest tides in Europe.

It is said that at the request of Archangel Michel, the Bishop of Avranches built a church on the rock and some centuries after the Bennedictines settled a community. It has been one of the most important pilgrimage places in Europe (with Rome and Santiago de Compostela)

A beautiful medieval town that has been kept throught the ages and can only be visited depending on the tides, because when the tide goes up, the hill becomes and island, and only when it’s down it is linked to solid earth.

UNESCO has classed the Mont Saint-Michel as a world heritage in 1979 and it welcomes more than three million visitors a year. A marvellous place that not everyone knows about, so when hello becomes salut don’t forget to visit the fantastic abbey, the museums and the parish church.

Jamiroquai, which is one of the reference groups of Funk since 1992 and the leader of the Acid Jazz, will be in concert in the next few months in Spain, France, Belgium. The world tour is taking the british band all around Europe during this summer and until the end of November. The last concert will take place the 3^rd of December in Lotto Arena, Antwerp.

Check out the dates and fly to see one of the biggest funk bands of all times!

Do you to be transported back to the good old days?  In Rome, there is an annual celebration for those who want to relive the Italy of the seventies, eighties and nineties. It is called Roma Vintage. This year it will take place between the 11^th of June and the 15^th of August; so there’s still plenty of time if you are feeling tempted by the idea.

If you are the nostalgic kind, then this vintage festival will be right up your street. It is set in St. Sebastian Park (Parco di San Sebastiano) and the organized activities include dance, theatre, cinema sports, meetings and markets. You can choose to go shopping for vintage items in one of the markets, see stylish cars and watch cult film screening. Other options are live music concerts and dance.

The festival has an area for children and it is free! So, put on your Ray Bans, take your mini cooper and enjoy the pleasure of going back in time to the best decades of your life!

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