Cable cars, mountain castles and beautiful food. Erice is a must-visit Sicily attraction.

I feel slightly disingenuous writing this as I’m off to warmer climes for a conference. But I do LOVE Edinburgh in the Spring.  I’d encourage you to visit the Scottish capital, one of the most popular Europe destinations in Spring, if you can. Here’s why. Nobody’s Here. It’s not as quiet as Jan/Feb, but it’s [...]

One of the (many) reasons I like living in Rome is the wonderful year-round climate. Still, come winter time, I do miss seeing snow – if not actually shovelling it – so I am happy to be close enough to the mountains to enjoy nice weekends skiing in Italy. One of my top Europe travel [...]

I recently spend a short break in Lisbon, Portugal and thought I’d give you some Europe travel tips from the day that we particularly enjoyed in the Belem neighbourhood of the City. To get to this part of Lisbon, you’ll need to take the 15E tram, which we caught from the outside the Cais do [...]

In the last month I’ve spent a long weekend in both Lisbon and Munich and although there’s something very festive about Christmas markets and a dusting of snow, there is one big drawback to Germany and Eastern Europe at this time of year – it’s FREEZING! I’ve decided that it’s time to put a plug [...]

If you’re from the UK, you’ll know that this Sunday 8 November 2009 is Remembrance Sunday, when we honour and remember the living and dead who fought for Britain in both the First and Second world wars as well as more recent conflicts such as Korea, The Falklands, Kuwait, Afghanistan and Iraq. Because the First [...]

Chris Norwoord is a Manchester tour guide who offers a wide variety of specialist guided walks in Greater Manchester as well as introductory walks covering the main sites in the City Centre. He designs bespoke walks for citizens and visitors with particular interests. The most commonly requested subject for a walk is Radical Manchester. You [...]

Speaking of tiny countries – I was reminiscing about Liechtenstein last week – I think a lot of people might disregard Luxembourg as a good place for a holiday, but it’s really quite charming. In particular, the capital Luxembourg City is a great mix of old and new and has such a grand situation – [...]

Well, the days are starting to get longer, the spring flowers have sprung, and despite a few flurries here and there, it is feeling distinctively like spring here in Europe. Now’s the time to start thinking about your next European holiday – often good airfare deals and hotel discounts can be had this time of [...]

If you’d like to try out a harbourside boutique hotel, soak up some opera and culture, explore an open air museum of historic buildings, and see a little mermaid, all at someone else’s expense then read on. Visit Denmark, Denmark’s official tourism website, is looking for guests to be part of the Guinea Pig Guest [...]