Blogs Posts in Vacations, Tourist Spots category; 270 blog posts

Belgium

Best time to visit Belgium is May-Sept. Belgium doesn't experience extremes of heat or cold, though the weather is notoriously erratic. Don't go in Nov-March as short daylight hours, cold and grey, but Christmas markets in December are ligh [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2007 | Comments : 0

Austria activities

The most prominent of all in Austria is Hiking. The Alps in summertime offer a zillion stunning, well-marked walking routes, open along with the spring flowers in late May. The Zillertal Alps are particularly scenic and leg friendly, and Ze [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2007 | Comments : 0

Florence: A grand city of Art and Architecture

One of the grandest cities of the medieval times, and also one of the wonders in terms of its immense collection of architectural trove, Florence is truly a jewel of Italy. Florence’s importance as the centre piece of art a [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

Portugal At It's Best

The terraced valley and gorge of Douro, popularly seen via a rickety railway, is stunning, and could be combined with a trip to Porto and Stone Age art at Vale do Coa, where thousands of Palaeolithic drawings can be seen on 17km of rocks. [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

Festivals in Hungary

Busojaras Carnival is the first one to start the year. Ancient and colourful celebration of the new spring, in Mohacs. Then Budapest Spring Festival with a huge and well-respected arts festival. Regional Wine Festivals is a lively local ce [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

What's So Good About France

Some great, interesting and joyful activities are the home of France. From Normandy to Corsica there's no shortage of swimming spots in the summer. The Atlantic coast has solid winds and good ports to visit unless you are silly rich and wan [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

Lisbon And Obidos

Lisbon has a lot to offer, though it's not quite up to the capital standards of some bigger neighbours. Sintra is not so much for the old town, but for various parks, gardens and four spectacular buildings in and around it, the 14thC twiste [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2007 | Comments : 0

Festivals in Germany

Mid July starts with Love Parade in Berlin which is the wackiest of local festivals, a weekend of ecstatic body-baring by 1.5 million techno- ravers. Most of August, Wagner Festival at Bayreuth is very expensive and elitist, held in the unu [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2007 | Comments : 0

Austria's main attractions

The best places in Austria are numerous starting from Vienna, a superbly walkable, beautiful, interesting city, Salzkammergut, a vista-overload resort area of mountains, lakes and charming towns just east of Salzburg. In the summer it offer [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2007 | Comments : 0

The Best Of Iceland

To the South East of Iceland is the largest ice cap Vatnajokull. It is also home to the country's most excitable volcano, Lakr. South West of Iceland covers the Reykjanes Steamy Peninsula which is home to the most northerly city in Europe [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2007 | Comments : 0

Ireland And It's Beauty

Most tourists head straight for County Kerry. This is a spectacular area of mountains and lakes. Killarney is the most scenic spot in Kerry. Moving North, you should visit the Burren in County Clare, which is an extraordinary limestone ra [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2007 | Comments : 0

Activities In France

Walking and Climbing is very prominent with more than 60,000 km of well-marked long-distance footpaths to travel on, France is a superb walking country. The most French activities includes the first modern bike. France has 28,000km of mar [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2007 | Comments : 0

Greece Attractions

The Peloponnese is a delightful island or you can say peninsula. This area deserves time and your own wheels, offering the traveller the essence of Greece in one package. Mountains tower, valleys are full of trees and remnants of lost civ [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2007 | Comments : 0

Copenhagen's Museums & Galleries

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is the city's best art gallery. It has a fine collection of Etruscan artefacts the biggest and best in Europe after Italy, as well as great master's works. Charlottenborg, a gorgeous baroque palace showing contempor [...]