EuroCheapo's Health Articles

Paris Fitness: Five ways to stay in shape

Jan 14 photograph courtesy of Josh Clark on FlickrParis Runners Visiting Paris as a tourist usually means long days of hiking across town, climbing steps, and carrying a backpack. With so much physical activity, you can just forget about the need to hit the gym, right? Well, for us it also means days that begin with a butter croissant (268 » Read more

Posted in Alternative Transportation, Health, Paris

Vienna: Night Run

Jun 14 Vienna’s fascination with sports and healthy living has always been striking. There’s the city’s popular spring marathon, the women’s marathon, the children’s marathon, and a host of additional runs. Registration for the four-kilometer Erste Bank Vienna Night Run 2007 opened this month. The run will kick off at dusk on October 10 and will raise » Read more

Posted in Austria, Events, Health, Local Customs, Sports, Vienna, walking

Paris: Where to get a smoothie

May 24 Photo by Letincelle&Soseau Feeling jaded after all those meals of steak frites and braised veal shanks? Pep yourself up with an ice-cold smoothie at one of the great new juice bars in Paris. Bob’s Juice Bar is located near the Canal St. Martin on the Right Bank. Run by an American filmmaker called Mark, it » Read more

Posted in Bars, City Guides, Food, France, Health, Paris

Paris: Cheap haircuts, only €5

Paris: Cheap haircuts, only €5

Apr 18 Photo by tofz4u There’s yet another perk to being a woman in Paris, in addition to Ladies Nights and being leered at on the metro, of course: cheap haircuts. Haircuts are €5 for all female Cheapos at the Training Center for Jean Louis David. Who says chivalry is dead? This is not actually as scary » Read more

Posted in Budget Deals, Fashion, France, Health, Paris

Florence: The World’s Most Beautiful Pharmacy

Florence: The World’s Most Beautiful Pharmacy

Mar 26 Photograph by angelocesare How many pharmacies can claim frescoed ceilings and whispering shoppers? Only the Officina Profumo Farmaceutica Santa Maria Novella in the former chapel belonging to the Dominican monastery of Santa Maria Novella in Florence. Since the 15th century, this herbalist and pharmacy has collected a faithful following of jet setters and average Florentines » Read more

Posted in Florence, Health, Italy