Europe Travel Guides
Focussing on lesser-visited part of Europe, our mini-guides cover where to go and what to do on a short break. How to spend a few days in some our favourite European cities.
Things to do in Belgrade, Serbia
Our guide on what to do during a short break in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade Our very first 3-night visit to Belgrade (in July 2014) was an unexpected surprise. We knew there would be enough things to occupy us for a full day of sightseeing but we weren’t expecting to...
What to do in Pristina, Kosovo
A mini-guide of things to do in Pristina, capital of Europe’s newest nation Where is Pristina, Kosovo? Before we get into the details of what there is do in Pristina, let's put it on the map! Tucked away in the Balkans region of Europe and once part of Yugoslavia, is...
What to do in Ostrava, a Quirky town in the Czech Republic
The off-the-beaten-path Czech city we nearly wrote off … We almost gave up on the Czech Republic’s third largest city, Ostrava. We had arrived from Poland on a Sunday morning - the weather was awful and the place was deserted. It wasn't a good start and reminded me of...
Breaking the journey between Krakow and Warsaw in Kielce
Kielce - a small Polish town, perfectly placed to overnight and break up the journey between two of Poland’s greatest cities So I have to admit, we broke the journey between Krakow and Warsaw because we wanted to see a bus station. Yep, we are strange like that...
Kamyanets-Podilsky – Ukraine’s Hidden Gem
The off-the-beaten-path medieval town in Central Ukraine that’s only missing one thing - tourists… I don’t believe in sticking up a load of photos, accompanied by the minimum of text and telling the reader that they must go to such and such a place simply because it’s...
How to spend a few days in Lodz, Poland
Exploring Lodz, Poland’s third largest, but not-on-the-usual-tourist-trail, cityLodz (pronounced woodge), approximately 130km south-west of Warsaw, is not a city that instantly grows on you. For starters, it doesn't have the (almost) mandatory picturesque square that...
How to spend a few days in Minsk, Belarus
Our suggestions of what to do in Minsk, based on our visit to the capital city of the Republic of Belarus Totally flattened during WWII and rebuilt to showcase the architectural style of the Stalin Empire, Minsk is a surprisingly attractive city with plenty of green...
How to Spend a Few Days in Skopje | Macedonia
What to do in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia - Europe’s most eclectic capital! A controversial and not to mention very expensive renovation programme has turned this once relatively quiet former Yugoslavian city into a neoclassical masterpiece. Launched in 2010, Skopje...
Discovering Bitola: Macedonia’s most underrated town?
We didn’t know what to expect from Macedonia but this small nation, officially known as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, was an unexpected gem during our travels through the Balkans…
A Few Days in Sarajevo | Bosnia & Herzegovina
How to spend a few days in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Two decades ago, Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was famous the world over for all the wrong reasons. ‘War-torn’, ‘sniper alley’ and ‘city under siege’ were words and phrases too often used...
Breaking the journey in Maribor, Slovenia
Maribor in Slovenia: a great place to break the journey between Budapest and Ljubljana We wanted to take the train from Budapest in Hungary to Ljubljana in Slovenia and although the timings for the cheapest train were OK (1335/2125 hours), we don't like to arrive...
18 hours in Oslo | Norway
How to utilise 18 hours in Oslo (with a little help from the midnight sun) and not spend too much cash … Last June, Kirsty and I headed up to Kirkenes (*), a remote town 400km north of the Arctic Circle in the far northeastern part of Norway. Here we were to...