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

Wildlife Holidays in Europe

Lauterbrunnen Valley, Switzerland by Paul Stanbury: Our holidays in Europe are generally no longer than a week or ten days and focus on the outstanding wildlife habitats that we have left in the region. We explore the great Danube [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

The Baltic States

These three countries along the coast of the Baltic Sea, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, are known for having experienced numerous upheavals over the past, and thus for a long time tourism has been minimal. For centuries, they have been d [...]

Posted On : Mar, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

Liechtenstein

A tiny principality run by an iron-willed monarch in the heart of 21st-century Europe, Liechtenstein is like the oft-quoted fictional country of Ruritania made real. A Gothic castle perches over the capital, Vaduz, where tourists stop for [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

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Albania is located in the south-eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, a small country bordered by Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo (Serbia) and Greece. The country has witnessed many vicissitudes in its eventful history - from the pas [...]

Posted On : Mar, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

Vulcano Island

If you’ve read Roman mythology you’ll be familiar with Thermessa or Vulcano. It was the abode of Vulcan, the Roman God of Fire, and also the entrance to Hades. It is a volcanic island and Thucydides, Siculus and Aristotle have [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Lithuania - Trakai

If you have time and you have come to Lithuania during a warm period, we recommend that you visit Trakai. This is a rather small town with a lovely castle and little more than a few streets. But the visit is worth it! After touring the ca [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Espoo Travel Guide

Espoo is Finlandâ€™s second largest city and quite original in urban structure. The city consists of five district centres, all of them as large as a normal Finnish town, connected perfectly by public transport to one ano [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Latvia - Riga

Unwary travellers lured into Rīga's winding cobbled streets are transfixed by swirling Art Nouveau architecture and warm bars with candles flickering in the windows. Just as you can't take the Old Town's beauty any longer, you look u [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Winter in Greece

Despite what you have read about the Greek islands closing for the winter, as if Greece is some kind of seasonal theme-park, there are people like me who think that the winter-season, which goes from late October to the end of March, is one [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Budapest - Travel NEW YORK PALACE - A BOSCOLO LUXURY HOTEL

The grand, neo-classical Boscolo New York Palace Hotel features an eclectic mix of Italian renaissance and contemporary interiors and is situated in the centre of Budapest. It is one kilometre from the State Opera House and 2.5 kilometres [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Scottish Highlands

Rugged, remote, romantic and rare - Scotland's famous Highlands make up one of Europe's great wilderness areas. Return to an era when Sunday was sacred, explore a Stone Age village, spend time with the local wildlife or meet the people th [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

Amsterdam - Travel and Tourist Information

Amsterdam is one of the world's best hangouts, a canny blend of old and new: radical squatter art installations hang off 17th-century eaves; BMWs give way to bicycles; and triple-strength monk-made beer is drunk in gleaming, minimalist ca [...]

Posted On : Jan, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Zrich's Street Parade

Techno and house music have millions of fans in Switzerland and Germany, where you're far more likely to hear the driving electronic beat of synthesized music than alphorns or oompah bands--unless you're at Oktoberfest or a nightclub that [...]

Posted On : Jan, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

Christmas Markets in Europe

Attendance at Europe's Christmas Markets is ramping up. Sure, you know that Germany has many Christmas Markets (Europe String recommends Berlin's Weihnachts Zauber), but France has many as well. Strasbourg has one of the largest in Euro [...]