City Reports

You can now download city reports using your fax machine.

Using Britain's most talented travel writers, we have got under the skin of foreign cities. You could now go to Paris or Vienna and live like a true local. You would know your way around each city and would impress friends, family and clients by your intimate knowledge of what should be a foreign city. This sort of information is absolutely priceless so look at it now and go native!

Vienna
Venice
Rome
Paris
Amsterdam

Until recently a pale shadow of its former imperial glory, Vienna is re-inventing itself as the major European centre for contemporary and modern art and performance with opening from June 2001 of the $150M Museumquartier project. But watch our for the trams - they will glide up on you unawares.

To download this destination Vienna report, dial 09060 100 875 from your fax machine and press start when instructed and it will print out immediately.

Something of a conundrum. It inspires strong emotions - of awe and exasperation, often in equal measure. You love it for the romanticism, the sense of walking in history and the photos you'll get. As Truman Capote said, it's like eating a whole box of chocolate liquors in one go. You hate it for the crowds, those bloody pigeons, the mediocre food (but not always),the extortionate caffe lattes on the piazza San Marco, the sulky gondolier and the day you got lost.

To see why DH Lawrence was right about Venice dial 09060100 874 from your fax machine and press start when instructed and it will print out immediately.

Why go to Rome? Because it's there. Because it's dripping with history but also because it is a vibrant capital city which offers a slice of real life so often missing in the tourist swamped Venice of Florence. Rome is deeply rooted in its past, yet always on the move. Everywhere you go, from the Forum to the Pantheon, from the Piazza Navona to Piazza del Popolo, from the Trevi fountain to the Spanish Steps, different slices of history clamour for attention. Yet everywhere, Romans are going about their daily business, so busy juggling chaos that they hardly have a thought for those old stones.

To see what the Romans see, dial 09060100854 from your fax machine, press start when instructed and it will print out immediately.

It is the genius of Paris that it lives up to so many of its own clichés. Romantic, sophisticated, bohemian, glamorous, artistic, seductive, Paris is diverse and generous enough to satisfy them all. It may be famous for its wealth of art treasures but the greatest work of art is the city itself. But watch out for getting stranded after the metro has shut. There are few taxis even if you ring for one!

To fall in love with or in Paris call 09060 100 871 from your fax machine and press start when instructed and it will print out immediately.

Hazy memories of stag nights and hedonistic back-pack jaunts may have left you with a rather one-sided view of this wonderful old city. This time when you step out of central Station get your head down and keep going through that sleazy square mile of foggy cafes, young ladies dancing in windows and dubious fast food joints. See that over there? That's Dam Square; and there on your left is the Royal Palace. There's the Admiral - a fine bar.

For a concentrated Dutch experience, call 09060 100 872 from your fax machine.