The Europe a la Carte travel podcast of 21 January 2011 features the following Blog posts: What Type of Holiday Leaves you Cold? – Sian’s nightmare trip would be a skiing holiday, what about you? Iceland: A Top Tourist Destination? – Marcus has been day dreaming of visiting Iceland. I say go it’s really beautiful. [...]
As open as I am to different travel experiences, and going to all countries I can, there is one kind of holiday that even the idea of leaves me cold: The skiing holiday, it’s my nightmare trip. image by Rhys’s Piece Is. He looks like he’s having fun, doesn’t he? I don’t know if it’s [...]
I’ve already written about Gargano’s beautiful beaches . Visiting these beaches south of Vieste also provides a nice excuse for a drive through the Gargano’s most stunning coastline. The road is high up and curving, but road conditions are pretty good. There are places to stop and park the car to allow you to get [...]
I spend more time than I care to admit planning trips that I won’t be taking. I get wanderlusty, and so I start searching for cheap tickets to places I’d like to visit. I might not necessarily have the vacation days, but it is still fun to dream. Iceland has been near the top of [...]
The French region of Alsace, yes it is French, may be smallest region in Metropolitan France (i.e. excluding overseas territories) – but it is rarely out of the news. In the last 20 centuries this region has changed hands seventeen times. And today even the gaff-prone French President showed he could not quite keep up [...]
The Europe a la Carte Travel Podcast of 18 January 2011 features the following blog posts: Things to do in Siena, Italy – Amanda’s tips on places to visit in this lovely Tuscan city. Wine Tasting in Recsk, Hungary – Jeremy recounts his visit to the Kohari Pince winery. How do You Spot the Good [...]
A holiday in Tuscany is on many people’s want-to lists, and the lovely medieval town of Siena is one of the key destinations within this region. Just arriving in Siena is incredible enough, with its beautiful old buildings making it quite postcard-like. But of course most people want to do more, and this list of [...]
When you visit Hungary, you experience one of the most unique cultures and history in all of Europe. Budapest is a very underrated capital with the towns of Buda and Pest separated by the Danube river (one of the many experiences worth checking out is the Szechenyi Baths). In visiting Hungary, I gained a greater [...]
Finding an excellent new restaurant when you’re on holiday is so much fun. That little bistro tucked down a side street, the place on the corner that does the great coffee, the ice cream in the little shop. For most people travelling, food plays a huge part in a trip and discovering somewhere new. So [...]
The Europe a la Carte Travel Podcast 13 January 2011 covers the following Blog posts: Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul – The largest palace in Turkey with 285 rooms. Views from the Eagle’s Nest in Eze, France – This perched village is an ideal day trip from Nice. Vasaloppet Cross Country Skiing Race, Sweden – This [...]
