Surely one of the most rewarding and jam-packed choices for a getaway at Christmas-time in Europe, Verona and the surrounding towns offer an experience like nowhere else. The city of Verona is worth visiting any time of year – particularly in summer – but I’ve already written a whole travel guide for that which youContinueContinue reading “Verona and beyond: The Italian Christmas markets”
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Milan: Stylish and surprising
It’s tricky knowing where to start with writing a travel guide to Milan; in my experience, every time you visit Milano you’re greeted with a different city, and you never know ahead of time which you’re going to get. Glamorous, laidback, modern, historic; Milan is all these things and more, managing to be a bustlingContinueContinue reading “Milan: Stylish and surprising”
Fair Verona and Lake Garda
At last, a piece on the beautiful and romantic city of Verona, and Lago di Garda – specifically, the two towns on Lake Garda that you can reach via train from Verona’s Porta Nuova station, seeing as this is a budget travel blog, but if you’re able to hire a car then by all meansContinueContinue reading “Fair Verona and Lake Garda”
The very best of Florence
I know, I know, the internet has more than enough travel guides for Florence already, but everyone has their own way of doing it and so I felt it could be helpful to share mine. I don’t have to tell you that Firenze is bursting with galleries, museums, incredible pieces of instantly recognisable artworks bothContinueContinue reading “The very best of Florence”
Prague: Chock-full of Czech charm
I pondered about writing a travel guide to a city known as the beer capital of Europe as a person who does not drink beer; everyone I know who’s visited Prague speaks only of the epic pub crawls and Czech beer tasting sessions and getting wasted with a bunch of random similarly drunk strangers, andContinueContinue reading “Prague: Chock-full of Czech charm”
Trieste: Venice meets Vienna
Italy is oftentimes described as a collection of tiny countries bundled together rather than a single seamless one, and Trieste really takes this notion and runs with it. Although definitively Italian in modern times, any visitor to Trieste can’t help getting a taste of Austria, Slovenia, and even Hungary. The actual history of the cityContinueContinue reading “Trieste: Venice meets Vienna”
Zagreb: Croatia’s capital exceeds expectations
The first time I visited Zagreb it was because the airport was handy and I needed a base to visit the Plitvice Lakes; I wasn’t expecting much from the city itself, but it ended up surprising me. Croatia’s capital is chronically overlooked and underrated, as the majority of tourists tend to head for the coastalContinueContinue reading “Zagreb: Croatia’s capital exceeds expectations”
Gdańsk: Poland-on-Sea
For an industrial Polish port town, Gdańsk has no business being this pretty. Straight off, I have to confess something; I prefer Gdańsk to Kraków. There’s arguably less to do in Gdańsk (I disagree), but that’s only because it lacks the ‘stag party’ vibe – and correspondingly the whole loud, overcrowded, raucous scene associated withContinueContinue reading “Gdańsk: Poland-on-Sea”
Bratislava: Understated and underrated
Honestly, I haven’t come across many people who’ve been to Bratislava, and those who have seem to have only visited on a day trip or merely passed through momentarily on the way to somewhere supposedly better; the city seems to have a reputation as a grotty eastern European backpacking destination which it’s still struggling toContinueContinue reading “Bratislava: Understated and underrated”
Sibiu: A Taste of Romania
I say a taste because the Romanian people I’ve spoken to have kindly advised that Sibiu isn’t “the real Romania,” but is supposedly the most beautiful part, so perhaps Sibiu is simply a taster and you’d need to explore further to find this “real Romania” of which they speak. However, I’ve only made it toContinueContinue reading “Sibiu: A Taste of Romania”
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