This is a poignant and intimate alternative, setting words from AE Housman's A Shropshire Lad.
Azalai Hôtel Salam, on the north bank of the Niger (222-1200; www.azalaisotels.com), is a smaller and more intimate alternative to the Sofitel.
This show of works on paper offers an intimate alternative to Mr. Scully's familiar muscular approach to stripe and grid painting.
Not only is it, at an hour and ten minutes, a more compact and much more intimate alternative to Handel's "Messiah," it is also, like the Cloisters itself, a cultural treasure that we can proudly claim — authentically European, forever New York.
For a more intimate alternative to Delhi's five-star hotels, try The Manor set amid manicured lawns.
Beijing is also seeing a resurgence of its traditional courtyard houses, like Cote Cour, a hip, stylish and more intimate alternative to the "chains".
Come summer, music websites are plastered with ads for the steady stream of boutique festivals hoping to capitalize on a more intimate alternative to large-scale music consumption.
With just 11 rooms, the Ginger Lily offers an intimate, tranquil alternative to the bigger resorts nearby.
That might sound like a prosaic pitch, but consider this: Spending hundreds of dollars to go to Broadway to see an over-amped derivative musical or a play compromised by star casting when there are reasonably priced, intimate and vital alternatives that belong to an illustrious New York tradition?
Because they are not practical for the sorts of weekend getaways and business trips modern travelers are accustomed to, trains are having a sort of renaissance as luxury vessels, becoming intimate, earth-bound alternatives to cruise ships.
