Lucha libre (Mexican wrestling) might not be to everyone’s tastes but for aficionados of old-fashioned low-brow entertainment, a series of Friday night matches at Arena Mexico is guaranteed fun. With its bulletproof box office window, where you can only see the fingers of the person receiving your money and giving your ticket, to all the [...]
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Photo Story: Cities in Miniature
This week at Urban Travel Blog we thought we’d feature something a little more fun than usual by publishing photos of some of our favourite cities in (fake) miniature. According to the fount of all knowledge, by blurring parts of a photo it is possible to “simulate the shallow depth of field normally encountered in [...]
Photo Story: Borough Market
Known in its heyday as ‘London’s Larder’, the 4.5 acres of Borough Market in Southwark is the capital’s oldest food market, and its origins can be traced back to Roman times although it has moved several times since (so whether you’re inclined to call it the same market would depend very much where you stand [...]
Photo Story: Rue Saint-Denis
Last week Monika Chodakowska revealed the romantic side of the City of Light via her photos of Paris in autumn, but providing the ying to her yang this week is Pablo Bermejo. The Spanish photographer took his lens to Paris’ ‘vibrant’ Rue Saint-Denis, a street notorious for its association with sex shops and prostitution. Originally [...]
Photo Story: Paris in Autumn
Summer’s over, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing as far as visiting Paris is concerned. August rarely finds Paris on good form. The locals have either packed their suitcases into a Citroen and patriotically headed down to the gorgeous beaches the line the coast from Brittany to Bordeaux, or else airported themselves out to [...]
