My parents recently returned from a touring holiday in Turkey and the highlight of their trip was a hot air balloon flight over the rocky landcape of Cappadocia.

This area of Turkey is known for the volcanic rocks which have been eroded over the centuries into strangely shaped pillars known as fairy chimneys and carved out by […]

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I have a bit of a love affair with Estonia, I have to admit, since my first visit (of two) in 2003. And while all the better known spots like Tallinn, Tartu and Saaremaa are great, I have a particular soft spot for Narva, a town on the north-eastern border with Russia.
Narva was my first […]

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It’s a memorial park with a difference. Grūto Parkas, located near Druskininkai in the south west corner of Lithuania, hit the media when it opened it’s display of decommissioned Soviet-era statues and garnering the sound-bite nickname Stalin World. It even won the 2001 IgNobel Prize for Peace.

In the re-establishment of Lithuanian Independence following the dissolution […]

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I’m preparing for another short trip to Gdańsk (Poland), so instead of my usual Scandinavian rants, today I’m in the mood for something Gdańsk-related.
I still remember the sourpuss ladies at the Warsaw Tourist Office. And the even grumpier women working the desk at the Warsaw Royal Castle. What a bunch of meanies! When my traveling […]

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This guest post describing the delights of Sardinia, even without a millionaire’s budget, is written by Marta of A Travel Around The World.
“I am back to the grey skyline of the London routine but I can’t complaint for now as my partner and I recently come back, less than a couple of months ago, fully […]

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Mali Losinj is a small port town that is located on the picturesque island of Losinj. Mali Losinj is a quaint town with great food, many attractions, many accommodation options, and a sense of humour. Humour? Oh yeah, as near Mali Losijn is Veli Lošinj, and Mali means small and Veli means big, but for […]

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The citizenM hotel at Amsterdam airport has won the Most Innovative Hotel award at the European Hotel Design Awards 2008.

citizenM room

I attended the press launch of the citizenM hotel in Holland in June 2008 and reviewed the hotel. I do think citizenM deserves to win the award for innovation with features such as self check […]

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I hope Edinburgh has a large trophy cabinet for all the awards it keeps winning.  After recently reporting that Edinburgh was announced the best UK city in the Guardian Travel awards, we can now report the city has now been honoured by Ethisphere as one of the 20 cities of 2020.
 
Edinburgh, view from Calton Hill […]

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Travelodge are selling rooms for £9 for stays from 30 January to 4 May 2009 from 21:00 this evening, Thursday 6 November 2008. £9 is a fantastic price for a ensuite room, with family rooms sleeping up to 2 adults and 2 kids. The £9 rooms will be available at […]

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Last weekend the new James Bond Movie Quantum of Solace opened in the UK and I for one was first in the queue. Not only to see Daniel Craig return as the ruthless but emotionally damaged 007, but to soak up the gorgeous locations that we have come to expect from a Bond movie.
After […]

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