Renting a car in Serbia: The highs and lows of our Serbia road trip. Tracking down Spomeniks, following the course of the Danube and battling the potholes.
monuments Blog Posts
Is the Acropolis always covered in scaffolding? | Athens, Greece
Is the Acropolis in Athens always covered in scaffolding? Answers to this plus tips on avoiding the crowds, the best time to take photographs.
Visiting Perushtitsa and the Three Generations Monument in Bulgaria
Three Generations Monument in Perushtitsa is a worthwhile half-day excursion from the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv. Read our guide for independent travellers.
Visiting Brest Fortress in Belarus
A guide to visiting Brest Fortress, a 19th-century Russian citadel, with imposing Soviet-era architecture, monuments and statues and an ancient fort.
Ninth Fort Museum & Monument in Kaunas | Lithuania
Visit Ninth Fort Museum & Monument in Kaunas, with its 32-metre tall memorial in remembrance of the 30,000 Jews who were murdered here during the Holocaust.
Monument to the Founders of the Bulgarian State
The Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria in Shumen: also known as the Founders of the Bulgarian State Monument, this Cubist-style memorial is gargantuan.
Llamas & Lenin at Grutas Park in Lithuania
Grutas Park, known locally as Grūto Parkas, is essentially a communist statue graveyard near the spa town of Druskininkai in southern Lithuania.