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Press Release: Go Dutch

Thursday 14th August 2008

Sea, shopping, stylish architecture! Go dutch this summer and take the train to the Rotterdam for 2 nights from £209 per person.

You don’t have to head to the med to enjoy a drink overlooking the sea; Rotterdam’s Old Harbour is the perfect place to watch the world go by with a glass of something refreshing.

If you’re interested in modern architecture it doesn’t come more modern than Rotterdam. Pay a visit to the futuristic cube houses (Piet Blooms Kijk Kubus). These 1980’s cube houses are more like art forms than houses, nonetheless houses they are, as the cats sleeping in the windows prove.

Rotterdam isn’t just about stylish architecture on the outside, if you want to stock up on some stylish personal architecture visit Marlies Dekkers’ popular lingerie shop on the fashionable Witte de Withstraat,
or for a different sort of bust visit the Sunday antique market at Schiedamsedijk.

Visit Rotterdam with Railbookers and stay at the modern 4* Hilton Rotterdam from £209 per person for 2 nights including breakfast and return train travel. Book now and enjoy a free welcome drink, and free starter or dessert and drink with any meal booked in the hotel's restaurant for all Thursday to Sunday arrivals before 31 October 2008.

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Notes to Editor:

Price quoted for the Hilton Rotterdam. Price valid for arrivals before 31st August 2008. www.railbookers.com    Eurostar trains run from London St Pancras International or Ebbsfleet International to Brussels Gare du Midi (Zuid Station). Eurostar runs from London St Pancras International to Brussels in approximately 1 hour 51 minutes. Change trains at Brussels Gare du Midi and connect onto the hourly Benelux train for the 2 hour journey to Rotterdam.

Times Green Spaces competition:

Nominate your favourite Green Space from anywhere in the world in The Times Green Spaces competition and you could win a five-night trip for two to Venice via Zurich and Turin with Railbookers. For your chance to win visit http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/holiday_type/green_travel/article3668108.ece and get your nominations in before September 1st 2008.

Railbookers:

Railbookers tailor-makes short breaks and holidays to Europe by Eurostar and rail, including handpicked quality hotels.

 

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