Lonely Planet India - August 2016

Vardhan Kondvikar Editor

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... that we announce that this month we’re not going off to the South Pole or to stay

with some acid-spitting cannibals in Pongo-pongo-land. Instead we’re taking you to places

that you can visit easily with kids grandparents and the like. But going here doesn’t mean

we’re taking you to plastic wonderlands – even in the safe easy-exploration heaven that

is Europe there’s plenty that’s still offbeat (and not yet discovered by the rabid hordes).

In Rome we’re literally going to do as the Romans do and take local suggestions

and tips that go beyond Dan Brown into hidden little corners and great eateries. In France

we’re stepping outside the glitzy playground that is Paris and exploring smaller places like

La Baule Nantes and Amiens quiet spots with a crazy side (think beautiful creepy-crawlies

and goopy things to sink into). In Flanders we’re stuffing our faces going from waffle shops

to snorting chocolate to some of the best beer anywhere. But fear not: it’s so easy and pretty

to walk around in the calories will stay away from you like Thomson and Thompson keep

away from common sense. And in Switzerland we go straight to the cows to glorious

chocolate and cheese and one seriously twisted museum.

As a bonus we also have a new side to the Big Apple exploring beyond the skyscrapers

of Manhattan and finding new ways to look at it from above below and possibly sideways.

Don’t say we didn’t warn your family.

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It is with the utmost regret...

Ghent in Flanders Belgium

is a beautiful easy-to-explore city

on the water.

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New York the USA

Rome Italy

France

Switzerland

Flanders Belgium

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