Europe

If your knowledge of Swedish gastronomy extends little further than Ikea’s meatballs, then prepare to be pleasantly surprised by Gothenburg (known locally as Goteborg)! Sweden’s second largest city has a…

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…

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…

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…

Let’s start with some honest ‘home truths’ about Messina; you didn’t come to Sicily (Italy) to visit Messina, it’s mostly thought of as a transportation connection, and you probably don’t…