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	Save Money With These Alternatives to Popular European Cities

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8-16-2007 9:41 AM

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Athens may be the more obvious destination of choice for history buffs, but Istanbul — just across the Aegean — has an equally storied past, and buildings to rival the <A href="http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2780725-acropolis_athens-i">Acropolis</A> (the breathtaking <A href="http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2793412-hagia_sophia_istanbul-i">Hagia Sophia</A> was a finalist in the recent New Seven Wonders of the World contest). For a bit more background, try Elizabeth Kostova's bestselling novel, <A href="http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:The%20Historian::3004355695:page=compare?clink=dmps/the_historian_kostova/ctx=mid:1,pid:3004355695,pdid:1,pos:1,spc:14489115,date:20070813,srch:kw,x:">The Historian</A>, which provides beautiful descriptions of the ancient city.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-20290548"><DIV>Since the fall of the Wall, Berlin has established itself as perhaps the premiere city for modern architecture in Europe. However, this renewed prosperity has also made Germany one of the most expensive destinations in Europe. Penny pinchers should head instead for Prague, where modern masterpieces such as Frank Gehry's famous Dancing House mingle with excellent Baroque, Rococo, and Art Nouveau buildings spanning the past 600 years of architecture.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-20290548"><H2>Save Money With These Alternatives to Popular European Cities</H2></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3AEB4BFB-0E44-4E3B-A582-546E23428664/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>