Today, everything here revolves around shopping in big department stores and luxury boutiques. The famous Alsterhaus and places full of tradition such as Streit's cinema are also worth seeing. And if you are hungry or just want a refreshment, you can go to Alsterpavillion. Sit down, watch other people, and relax. Amazing.

4. Fischmarkt

The Fischmarkt is not only famous here in Germany but in entire world. When you are there you will know why. We call them "Marktschreier," or Market Screamer. Men and women who has an ostentatious job. All time. Their entire life.

You can watch them every Sunday morning from 5 to 9.30 a.m. (7 to 9.30 a.m. from Nov. 16.th to Mar. 14th). Since 1703, customers come from near and far to bargain with vendors praising wares of virtually every type at Hamburg's oldest, most traditional open-air market

5. Landungsbruecken (Waterway Station)

The 700 metre-long floating dock at underground station Landungsbrücken is Hamburg's waterway station. This is where harbour tours start.

The first Landungsbrücken were built in 1839 and served as moorings for steamers. They were erected at edge of harbour because it was possible to load coal there, which they needed for their engines. Since they sailed with stoked fires onboard, they posed a cauldron of dangers for harbour. Another reason for erection of Landungsbrücken for steamers at harbour's edge.

From 1907 to 1909, an entire waterway station grew out of first Landungsbrücken. In Second World War, Landungsbrücken were seriously damaged. The moving pontoons of today have existed since being rebuilt between 1953 and 1955.

Today, colourful souvenir shops offer waterfront memories to buy, and cosy fish restaurants serve as much fresh plaice or North Sea shrimps as you can eat. The tower on eastern side indicates water level as well as time, and ship’s bell tolls every half an hour.

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What continent am I on? I ask myself as they check me in with pen and paper. There is no computerized check-in process here. Messages are individually delivered to villas, bungalows, and guest houses. There is no state-of-the art anything. No television. No email checking. No alarm clock in room. However, you can watch movies outside near candle-lit pool and outdoor fireplaces.

Relish European tradition of nightly bed turndowns with a chocolate treat and fresh flowers on your linens. Savor a homemade breakfast with freshly squeezed juice from ornamental citrus trees growing right outside your room. Refresh from desert sun in cool waterfalls of stone fountain. Allow Korakia’s therapist Michael and Patty to treat you to soothing massage modalities: couples massage, zen shiatzu, reflexology, Energy Works, or The Korakia Combination. Let time stand still as you engage in conversation or relax in seclusion until sun kisses mountains.

The key-hole grand entrance to lobby houses huge, intricately-detailed wooden French doors left open to unify indoors with outdoors. A warm, citrus breeze drifts in from front courtyard and demands my attention to look up and examine stone paved courtyard and exotic central fountain.

French doors on opposite side are also left wide open, framing a custom-designed mosaic pool (with a crow at bottom of pool!). Fallen bougainvillaea petals surround trees. Everything in me - writer, dreamer, artist, photographer, explorer, individual - sensorizes. Famous celebrities, renowned photographers, leading publications, supermodels, and designers travel to this Mediterranean-but-in-the-U.S.A. location for inspiration, too! Nothing is set up, staged, or propped. Everywhere I turn is a perfect photo op or artist’s lookout point. Mix in Moroccan music, heavily-spiced tea, and pine nuts for a transporting exprience!

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