If work or other pressures have meant you’ve spent less time with your partner recently than you would have liked, a weekend away could be just the ticket.

And if you’re looking for somewhere to whisk your partner off to on a romantic break, Prague, ‘the city of 100 spires’ is the perfect fairytale location. Stroll around and relax in ancient squares as you drink in the diverse and perfectly preserved architecture. Amble hand in hand down medieval cobbled streets and visit Charles Bridge. The city’s oldest stone bridge, it was constructed six centuries ago and is one of the Czech capital’s most romantic locations.

It leads to the Mala Strana, with its beautiful architecture and gardens which the two of you can enjoy free of charge.

If you think your peaceful time together could be ruined by rowdy stag parties roaming the streets, don’t be. In the main, these groups tend to stick to specialist bars and clubs, out of the way of a couple who want to enjoy quieter short breaks in Prague.

At Golf Weekend Breaks, we bring you some of the very best deals on city breaks to Prague the internet has to offer. Book just your accommodation, or flight as well for complete packages on city breaks in Prague.

Our hotels provide three or four star comfort, and our city breaks to Prague can be arranged at short notice, allowing you to jet off spontaneously. See our website for more information.

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The city of Athens is one of the oldest in the world and wherever you go there are signs of past glories. It has a recorded history of more than 3000 years and has probably been occupied for far longer than that. Even the shortest of weekend breaks in Athenswill give you time to soak up the history. In fact, you can hardly take city breaks in Athens without being awed by the architecture of millennia.

On a weekend breaks in Athens, you’ll find that it’s one of the leading cities of the modern world. While ancient monuments dominate the city, keen observers will also be interested in the strong Bauhaus and Art Deco influences of the more recent city buildings. Athens is also an architectural stronghold for the famed International Style. The variety of buildings are stunning, and Athens deserves credit for many more buildings than those we’re accustomed to seeing in travel brochures.

With a population of more than four million, Athens is a bustling city that is as rich in culture and cuisine as it is in history. The scenery in and around the city is spectacular. The parks are worth a look, particularly for British visitors. With their tall, shapely palm trees and miniature pine forests, they provide an interesting contrast to the broadleaved trees and manicured lawns we are used to. You can even take a cable car up into the mountains outside the city and soak up the view over Greece. There is a great deal to see on short breaks to Athens.

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For golf, for shopping, sight seeing, and for history, city breaks in New York are wonderful, but there is even more than that on offer in this amazing place. New York is home to many of the world’s most interesting collections of art both modern and classical, and outstanding museums of science and natural history.

There is more to see than anyone could hope to experience on short weekend breaks in New York, so it’s best to choose the museums and galleries that interest you most and make sure you devote enough time to really enjoy them without rushing through. If your short breaks in New York have to be really short, you can always choose one of the many smaller art galleries in the Chelsea district, for example.

If you do have time on your city breaks in New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the best to visit. It’s host to important collections from around the world, from classical Greece to the islands of the South Pacific, and plenty from closer to home as well. And don’t forget the Guggenheim too!

The American Museum of Natural History is also in New York. It’s a great place to take kids, with a host of special activities and exhibits designed to be fun and informative for the whole family. If you have a boy or a girl who likes dinosaurs, for example, then this may be the very best the place to go on short breaks in New York.

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Dubai is one of the great cities of the modern world. For British visitors it offers a stunning window into the Arab world at its most decadent. The warm weather and blue skies are also an undeniable draw for those usually confined to the cold, wet United Kingdom, where any given weekend may prove rainy and grey even at the height of summer. One of the best reasons to take short breaks in Dubai is that you are virtually guaranteed to have sunny weather every day. In the warmer months, hotel swimming pools are often cooled for the comfort of guests rather than needing to be heated.

Golf often plays a big part in weekend breaks in Dubai. The weather is overwhelmingly clear and sunny, and the golf courses are undeniably world class and the best in the Middle East. The city is host to more than half a dozen golf clubs - if you only come for a couple of days at a time it will take you several short breaks in Dubai to play them all.

But there is also more to city breaks in Dubai than sporting opportunities. The shopping is incredible - and then of course there is the swimming, all the relaxing in the sun you can handle, and the exotic and interesting culture of the United Arab Emirates to explore. The food and hotels are among the finest anywhere on the globe - in fact, the world’s most luxurious hotel finds its home there - and there is plenty to do for golfers and non-golfers alike.

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If you’re looking for a break which provides a huge experience without costing a fortune, short breaks in Prague could well be the answer.

One recent survey found the Czech capital to be one of Europe’s best-value destinations. In a poll of 15 world-class cities, Prague beat its eastern European counterparts as the cheapest city – with prices for British tourists falling by over a third in a year, despite the weakening of the pound against the koruna.

The average price of a typical three-star hotel in Prague has fallen markedly already this year – sparked by the opening of many of new hotels combined with a dip in visitor numbers.

With a coffee typically costing less than £1.50, a beer under £1.75 and a decent meal around £20, a 48-hour travel card and a sightseeing bus tour on weekend breaks to Prague costs under £25, making this city great value.

Equally, if you’re able to head off on weekend breaks to Prague at short notice, you can often save money at the last minute as well.

At Golf Weekend Breaks, we have some fantastic value trips to ‘the city of 100 spires’, whether you just book your hotel through us or your flight as well. We offer some of the very best hotel prices on weekend breaks to Prague you’re likely to find anywhere online, staying in comfortable, high-standard accommodation.

The amazing architecture and culture of this dazzling city are just a few clicks away.

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For short breaks, Athens is one of the finest destinations to choose. Here, history isn’t something you need to go into a museum to see. It’s right out on the streets and part of the everyday life of the city. For the citizens of this great and ancient metropolis, the Parthenon is just as commonplace a sight as the houses of Westminster and Big Ben are to Londoners. On city breaks in Athens, you’ll see history everywhere you go.

Much of Classical Athens remains standing, albeit in ruins. The Parthenon is just one example that is well known all over the globe, and attracts visitors from many different countries. The temple of Hephaestus is another must see attraction for anyone considering city breaks in Athens, and there are many more ruins and partial remains from the same period scattered around the area. They are complemented by many fine neo-classical buildings that do much to lend Athens a sense of history and an elegance of architecture.

Of course, architecture is just the start. As you would expect, Athens has a huge number of fine classical statues dotted about the city, and many more in museums and collections. Interested visitors will not have a moment with nothing to see.

For those interested in a period even further back in time, the Cave of Schist can be included on weekend breaks in Athens. It was occupied at least 9000 years ago, if not more. Few sites in the world can boast such ancient signs of human occupation, especially in large cities.

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The city of New York has a rich culture and history. Originally the territory of the Algonquin, Iroquois, and Lenape tribes, the area was settled by the Dutch at the beginning of the 17th Century - not long ago in terms of European history, but the American story packs a lot of great events into that brief 400 years. On short breaks in New York you can see living and breathing evidence of world-shaking happenings all around you.

After passing into British hands for a little over a century, the city was fundamental to the American Revolution. On short breaks in New York you can find out much about this fascinating period of history, often neglected by British and European writers and reporters. There is plenty to learn and a great deal to see whatever time period interests you the most.

More recent history is also unmissable even on the briefest of city breaks in New York City. Among other attractions are Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. While the latter is far better known and weekend breaks in New York aren’t complete without a visit to it, Ellis Island may have an even more significant story. As the main entry point for European immigrants from 1892 to 1954, the great waves of immigration that made America and especially New York so vibrant and so richly multicultural all passed through Ellis Island. It is especially poignant as a reminder of those dispossessed by the Second World War, who went on to seek and find sanctuary so far from home.

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On short breaks in Athens you can expect warm weather. Greece is famous for its sunny days and clear, cloudless blue skies. In winter, visitors on city breaks to Athens can expect maximum temperatures of about 13 Celsius to 16 Celsius during the day, falling to 5 or 7 Celsius at night. It may rain a little, but overall the climate in Athens is much drier than much of the Mediterranean and certainly far drier than the United Kingdom.

In summer, temperatures rise to an average maximum in the low thirties. On weekend breaks in Athens, swimming and sunbathing are the order of the day, and conditions are perfect for exploring the ancient monuments around sunset when they are spectacularly lit and at their most dramatic. On the way back to your hotel you can stop at any one of the city’s fine restaurants for dinner.

In the evenings temperatures sink to around 21 Celsius, pleasantly warm but not too hot to get a good night’s sleep. Humidity is low in summer, which makes heat much more comfortable.  The city is host to several international-standard hotels, and staying in one of these over your weekend breaks in Athens will add even more enjoyment to your visit. Choose one with a swimming pool for summer visits or take a trip to the coast in the hottest part of the day. Concerted efforts have been made to reduce water pollution in Athens’ sea waters and they are now popular with water-loving locals and visitors alike.

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This city is universally acknowledged as one of the great modern metropolises. As a destination for city breaks, New York ranks with Dubai, Tokyo, Athens, Sydney, London and Paris as one of the most exciting. The iconic skyline is well known the world over, famous from countless appearances in movies and on television. Part of the excitement of short breaks in New York is just being in the Big Apple, but there is so much to see and do as well.

The Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, and Central Park are all popular with visitors on weekend breaks to New York. There is also exquisite cuisine to be sampled - in quality of restaurants it rivals any other city in the world, and in sheer diversity it’s among the very best. Whatever your favourite food, city breaks in New York can provide it. A visit to China Town is an unforgettable culinary and cultural experience and that’s just one of the many specialised districts to experience.

Even the pizza and the hotdogs you can buy for lunch on any street corner are famous and well worth trying. They are quick and cheap, so you can maximise your time in the renowned shopping at Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s department stores. For clothing, shoes, and jewellery, New York is one of the top shopping destinations. Be sure to tour the Christmas window displays if you travel in the festive season, when the street vendors can also make you hot roast chestnuts and other seasonal treats to keep you warm in the snow.

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The great thing about weekend breaks to Prague is how much you can pack into your holiday in a very short time. Because it’s a pretty compact city centre, with most of the main things you’ll want to see located close together, you can get around easily on foot.

Short breaks to Prague are like taking a step back in time, since the old medieval buildings, gothic churches, baroque domes and Renaissance squares are all so fantastically preserved.

The area immediately surrounding the castle dominates the city, and includes the St. Vitus Cathedral, the Royal Palace, museums, and the Golden Lane. Also not to be missed is the ‘little quarter’, which has scarcely changed since the 18th century. Cross Charles Bridge, lined with stalls and statues, to reach the old town. Watch the procession of figures on the 400 year old astronomical clock in the old town square, which is packed with gorgeous pastel coloured town houses, palaces and inns. Wenceslas square is near, as is the national museum.

Even on short breaks to Prague, you can absorb the essence of this magical city. At Golf Weekend Breaks, we offer great value short weekends to Prague staying in comfortable, well-located three and four star hotels. We use our award-winning technology to bring you the very best deals. And because we’re ATOL-protected, you get extra security. Learn more from our website. You could be jetting off on one of our short breaks to Prague within days.

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