Europe

When you think of Berlin there’s a natural predisposition to conjure thoughts of everything from the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain to the horrors of the Nazi regime during…

No visit to Berlin could possibly be contemplated without a comprehensive pre-planned itinerary of Berlin Wall-related sightseeing activities…or at least that’s the proposition I pitched to my wife in a…

The ‘town’ of Vysoké Tatry isn’t really a town but an amalgamation of three main settlements (Stary Smokovek, Strbske Pleso and Tatranska Lomnica) which form the main tourist resorts in…

As the capital and largest city in Slovenia you’re probably thinking that Ljubljana is a sprawling metropolis; but nothing could be further from the truth. Instead think of quaint cobbled…

Steeply angled conical roofs litter the hillside as though they are an invasive species of mushroom. Cobbled streets wind across the horizon. Seemingly endless rows of white limestone dwellings are…

Monasteries dating back as far as 1356 sit perched on rocky monoliths that tower high above the haze in the valley below. Ancient cave dwellings, continuously inhabited for over 50,000…

In all honesty I’d never been that drawn to visiting Marseille; France’s second largest city on its southern shores. Certainly, articles like this one in the Guardian didn’t exactly fill…

I have a healthy fascination with old-school communism. The history and style of architecture always attract me when I visit a destination with a dose of either. Warsaw is definitely…

When I talk to friends that are planning a trip to Italy I usually hear some fairly repetitive (albeit highly worthy) destination ‘wish-lists: Rome, Florence (and Tuscany more generally), the…

Most people considering a trip to Poland put Krakow the top of their ‘must-see’ itinerary. Warsaw on the other hand is often thought of as Poland’s gritty capital with a…