As you know, I’m a little sick of being charged for every-little-thing when flying. That’s why one of my Europe travel tips is to fly Lufthansa. Being based in Edinburgh, that means connecting in Frankfurt most of the time, but I’m OK with that rather than dealing with wet trousers because I didn’t have a [...]
If you have the good fortune to visit Turkey in spring and during the off season, your Europe travel planning should include a day trip to one of my favourite Europe destinations, Miletos, the most important city on the Turkish Aegean coast in antiquity. Spring is a lovely season , with plenty of sunshine, rolling [...]
As winter and snow is about to loosen its grip on Trondheim, the Norwegian city where I live, I am dreaming of spring and warmer temperatures further south in Europe. Italy or Spain would be great, but I don’t have many days at hand, there must be some place closer? Then I know: What about [...]
When my family and I are back in America, we spend a lot of time in Harlem, New York City, so on a recent trip to Amsterdam, we were curious to take a fifteen minute train ride to see Haarlem, the New York neighborhood’s namesake from back in the distant days when Dutch was the [...]
The southeastern French city of Avignon is well known for the Pont d’Avignon and the Palais des Papes, or the Palace of the Popes. Besides a great history that stretches back to pre-Roman times, this picturesque Europe destination should not to be missed by anyone visiting Provence. Every summer the city hosts the Festival d’Avignon, [...]
Like so many buildings in Istanbul, the walls are lined with portraits, photographs, reminders of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. And the national football team of course. But it was not the photography on the walls that drew me to umut ocakbaşı. It was that very seldom am I presented with ten sharp skewers dangling meat for [...]
Jeremy Branham is joining the Europe a la Carte blogging team. He’ll be posting his tips for Europe travel planning to help you visit the best places in Europe on Mondays. I asked Jeremy to email me his bio which you can read below. “I have been to Europe 7 times and have seen a [...]
I’d like to introduce you to Sian Meades, the latest member of the Europe a la Carte blogging team. Sian will be posting her Europe travel tips and Europe destinations insights on Fridays. Although I’ve known Sian virtually for some time, we met in person for the first time at the lastminute.com Oh You Lucky [...]
One of my favourite memories of a big European trip as a kid was seeing the cheese markets at Alkmaar in Holland – seeing costumed men carry hundreds of huge rounds of cheese around really stuck in my mind, and I told all my friends Alkmaar was one of the best places to visit in [...]
Say hello to Britt-Arnhild Wigum Lindland who’s joining the Europe a la Carte blogging team, posting on Thursdays, from 8 April 2010. Britt-Arnhild will be writing about Europe destinations to inform and inspire your Europe travel planning. You can read Britt-Anchild’s bio below. “I’m am a writer, blogger and traveller based in Trondheim, the third [...]
