If you are visiting Zagreb and have a day or two to spare, take the opportunity to explore some of the stops beyond the city limits. Samobor Samobor is the perfect escape for those who want to get away from the hustle of Zagreb. A thirty minute drive from the city, Samobor is a 13th [...]
In this guest post travel writer Anne-Sophie Redisch describes some of the wonderful Christmas Markets in Vienna. From mid-November to 24 December, Vienna is filled with Christmas spirit. Vienna’s Christmas markets are as charming and elegant as Vienna itself. The markets are held in several locations, including (but not limited to) Spittelberg, Schloss Belvedere, Schönbrunn [...]
I love Lille. It’s a small city in the North of France near the Belgian border. It used to be an off-beat and out of the way destination, but now that it is a high-speed railway hub only an 90 minutes away from London and 30 minutes from Brussels, it’s now a fantastic getaway destination. [...]
If you’re holidaying on the Eastern coast of Sardinia, take the opportunity to venture inland to the village of Orgosolo for an interesting alternative view of this rocky island. In Orgosolo, the murals that you frequently see on the sides of houses and shops in Sardinia have started to take over and the whole village [...]
The Travlodge Spring Sale kicks off on Thursday 26 November 2009 with £9 rooms up for grabs for stays between 21 March – 6 June 2010. Edinburgh West End Travelodge It’s well worth spending some time online to book some bargain £9 Travelodge rooms. I always try to book a family room which is more [...]
I’d like to introduce you to Lindsay Sydenham, the latest writer to join the Europe a la Carte blogging team. She has already written a couple of super guest posts for the blog, Berlin on a Budget and Dublin – a great family destination but from now on she’ll be posting on Europe a la [...]
Situated in central Stockholm is Kulturhuset, literally, the Culture House. Just outside one of Central Stations many exits, Kulturhuset is easy to find and well worth a visit. As you enter the building from the main entrance, a beautiful miniature model of Stockholm in the future is set up. Not only is it fun to [...]
The Picardy city of Amiens may not be off the beaten track, and La Cathédrale Notre-Dame is not exactly a hidden gem. For the many thousands of tourists that visit the Somme battlefields, Amiens is always included on their itinerary, and the Cathedral can be seen for miles around. But the Cathedral in colour is [...]
Europe a la Carte will be bringing you even more great posts about the best places to visit in Europe with the addition of Thomas Dowson to the Europe a la Carte blogging team. I’ll leave Thomas to introduce himself in his own words. “Hello, I am Thomas Dowson – a freelance writer and archaeologist [...]
Whenever I had visitors to Bratislava during my year of teaching there, I always felt the need to get them out of the city at some stage and show them the Slovak countryside. Without a car, the easiest way was a short train ride to Trnava, about 30 miles to the north-east. At first, my [...]
