I stayed at the Umi Hotel London for 2 nights in June 2010, on a complimentary basis arranged by Gekko, the hotel recommendation engine which helps you find your ideal hotel. The hotel is located in Bayswater in an attractive square opposite a garden. It takes around 10 minutes to walk to the hotel from [...]
Last week I wrote about the walls of Korčula. This week we venture inside; walk along the lanes, explore the squares and climb the towers of this tiny town. There’s a fair bit to see and experience here – from cultural performances to historic sites. This is what makes Korčula a top European destination in [...]
I chanced upon the Elephant Parade London during my visit to the UK capital in mid June 2010. It’s an open air exhibition of elephant statues decorated by various artists dispersed through the city to raise awareness and funds for Indian elephant conservation and UK conservation charities. It’s great fun spotting this street art was [...]
Guest contributor Margaret Doherty gives us some tips on the best Lucerne attractions and five free things to do in Lucerne, following her visit to this Swiss city. The Chapel Bridge and Water Tower Lucerne I’ve only been in Lucerne a few hours and it’s all getting a bit surreal. I’m getting my bearings among the medieval lanes [...]
I know the accolade of ‘London’s best’ is always difficult. And, pretty subjective. But there is one London pub that puts a smile on my face every time I go. The Clifton, nestled in leafy St John’s Wood might just be my favourite pub in London. It’s one of my tops tip for visitors to [...]
By some accounts, Las Fallas (or Las Felles in Valencian) is one of Europe’s biggest festivals. From fire to figurines, it seems to have a little bit of everything. Be sure to include it in your next Europe travel planning adventures. Las Fallas means “the fires” in Valencia, and that’s because the pinnacle of the [...]
Our gang of seven, always on the look out for the lesser known sites in Turkey, was happily embarking upon our daytrip to Lake Bafa when we happened upon a road sign pointing to the right and saying ‘Euromos’ in white letters upon a brown background. Historical or beautiful nature sites, like ruins, temples, lakes [...]
As anyone traveling with kids knows, travel plans alter radically once you are lugging along pint-sized companions. On a recent trip to London with my children, I had plenty of activities to fill our days, but none of them included queuing up for kilometers to go on a giant ferris wheel. Unfortunately for parents hoping [...]
The Loire Valley for me has to be one of the best places to visit in Europe; there really is something of everything France has to offer there. This is a river valley that covers some 800 square kilometres and is over 280 km in length. Besides being one of the great wine regions of [...]
We were told we would hear the truth. The facts would be correct. The numbers, the events, the statistics would all be true. We were also told though, that the reasons for those truths, the background to those truths would be interpreted freely and from an admittedly biased perspective. Four hours later, we had walked [...]
