Or you incorporate the request in a letter to the hotel. Devote your evenings to high-grade theater recitals, and concerts . Around you in the gilded auditoriums of a thousand rococo structures are Europe's thoughtful elite, the most demanding audiences on earth, a large and highly trained corps of refined and cultivated spectators whose very presence lends tangible excitement to the evening. With the exception perhaps of the Lido in Paris, the flamenco bars of Spain, and the fado cafes of Portugal, there's not a single European nightclub worth crossing the street for, in my view. Rather, it is theatre, concerts, or recitals that one ought to pursue in Europe.
Smart tourists react accordingly in choosing their destinations.
Within a country, prices decline when one moves away from the capital city or the popular tourist areas. Generally speaking, prices decline as you move southward in Europe, except, of course, in the more noted resort centers. Visit the Eastern European countries or Russia . The nations of Eastern Europe are also among the cheapest in all of Europe. I'm talking now about food.