Update by the Editor 9 August 2010. Dr J left a comment today with a link to an article about part of the Cliffs collapsing, so I’m advising Europe a la Carte readers to stay behind the warning signs and not take any risks. I tend to follow the rules. I’ve always been that way. [...]
Sightseeing in Moscow – one of the best places to visit in Europe, in my opinion – certainly doesn’t have to be expensive. Simply riding the metro lets you see countless artworks. Recently, a new underground station with artwork worth seeing has opened up – the Dostoevskaya station, which has large murals showing scenes from [...]
You can drive north to south through The Netherlands, one of the most densely populated countries in the world, in 3 hours. Its a small but extremely beautiful country, filled with architectural marvels such as the Cube Houses in Rotterdam. So here is my Europe travel tip for seeing all of this beauty in [...]
Dubrovnik offers a variety of experiences and memories such as walking the town walls and shopping at the Dubrovnik Morning Market. However the small lanes of the old town manage to fit in century old establishments, footballs games and restaurants with outdoor seating, and all comfortably. It is on these back lanes that you’ll find [...]
After visiting all the fabulous monuments and museums Istanbul has to offer such as , mind and feet might want a rest or a change of scene. Marcus enjoyed his day trip from Istanbul to Yoros Castle but my tip and favourite Istanbul day trip is a relaxing boat ride to and tour around the [...]
When exploring Barcelona, many people visit the beaches, La Sagrada Familia, and Las Ramblas. Barcelona is a unique city in Spain with its own culture in the region of Catalonia. When visiting this city, there are a lot of things to see that are unique to Spain itself. From its football clubs and the vital [...]
Without sounding like an annoying smug blogger, I’m off to Kenya tomorrow. (Yeah, it’s hard to type that without sounding smug). I’m super excited and it’s got my friends talking about where they’d like to go on holiday next. It’s Friday afternoon and I’m guessing half of you are imagining where you’d rather be right [...]
Forget T in the Park, my Europe travel tip for where the real action is happening is the Sziget Festival, now one of Europe’s largest music festivals. Sziget means island in Hungarian, and the reason the festival is called this is because it’s held on the ‘Old Buda Island’ in the Danube River in Hungary’s [...]
My family and I decided to use the French town of Annecy as a stop on a drive to a holiday in Brittany. We had been told it was a beautiful, medieval town along Lake Annecy in the Haut Savoie region. We absolutely loved our weekend trip to charming Annecy and can’t wait to get [...]
I only discovered a couple of days ago that Monte Carlo Rally had, in the past, started in Norway. Now I know :-). From 1931 and for several years after, the rally started in Stavanger, in south west in Norway. After some 120 kilometers the rally reached the hill of Tronåsen, which soon became a [...]
