The summer in Croatia is a rush of activity. While it’s the good weather that makes the country a popular Europe destination, Croatia also hosts a number of impressive culture events during this period. My travel trip is finding time for at least one such festival in your schedule, a fairly easy task considering how [...]
The Scottish town of St Andrews lies on the east coast in the Kingdom of Fife. It’s a very pretty and historic town and as observed by Kat Calvin in her guest post on the blog, there’s a lot more than just golf to St Andrews. I visited the town on 1 April 2010, [...]
I’d like to introduce you to Arwa Lokhandwala, who’ll be joining the Europe a la Carte blogging team. Arwa will post on Tuesdays from 13 April 2010, giving us her Europe travel tips and the lowdown on Europe destinations. I asked Arwa to email me a short bio which you can read below. “Greetings [...]
I just love Gibraltar. It’s one of these unusual Europe destinations, an outlier, like a very odd, orphaned stepchild. Of course, it’s been around since the beginning of time: the imposing Rock of Gibraltar is called one of the Pillars of Hercules. Once considered the end of the world, it’s now just the end of [...]
Travelodge UK have 150,000 £19 rooms on offer for stays up to 31 July 2010. You must book the rooms at least 21 days in advance. This is excellent value for money, as family rooms, with a private bathroom, can sleep up to 2 adults and 2 kids. Keeping an eye open for Travelodge UK [...]
Part of each year I live in a small Turkish town called Didim, a once upon a time fishing village located half way between Izmir and Didim’s more famous sister Bodrum. The great advantage of the place is that it’s ideally placed for excursions to other Turkish locations such as Ephesus or the delightful port [...]
This past summer, my family and I were driving from Rome to Bari to catch a ferry. Since we were making good time (not always a given on Italian highways during the holiday periods), we decided to stop off to explore the Adriatic seaside town of Trani, just north of the city of Bari in [...]
