| Tarragona Tarragona is a natural fortress, an 82-metre hill overlooking the sea and sheltering the calm waters of the port. The city has a population of 120,202 inhabitants, and the native tongue is Catalan. The official languages are Catalan and Spanish.
ACCOMODATION Tarragona is home to a wide variety of [...] > read more |
| Romance in Venice Venice in winter can be at its most romantic - a silvery mist haunts the backstreet canals, the pale winter sunshine shimmers over the lagoon and couples stroll hand in hand, unimpeded by the hordes of tourists which visit in the summer months. That said, the 2 weeks preceding Lent are the [...] > read more |
| Peru - Lima, Machu Picchu and the Inca trail This magical spot is heir to ancient cultures and a rich colonial tradition, Peru involves one of the richest biodiversities of Earth, and is a melting pot of different cultures who together are forging the promise of a better future. Everyone agrees that this corner of South America is a land of [...] > read more |
| The Bay of Naples Naples sits on the northern edge of one of the most beautiful bays in Italy, the Bay of Naples and lies close to the romantic islands of Capri and Ischia. It stretches for 8 kilometres between the lands of Campi Flegrei, the Sant'Elmo hills and Capodimonte on one side and the plains leading to [...] > read more |
| The Song of Lisbon Radiant skies brighten the monumental city, with its typical tile covered building facades and narrow medieval streets, where one can hear the traditional music of the Fado being played and sung at night. In the heart of the city are wide, tree-lined avenues graced by Art Nouveau buildings, mosaic [...] > read more |
| Florence The capital of the region of Tuscany, has a population of around half a million inhabitants, spread on the banks of the Arno, between the Adriatic and the Tyrrhenian seas, almost in the middle of the Italian peninsula. It is a city which bustles with industry and craft, commerce and culture, art [...] > read more |
| Norway's Northern Lights From majestic fjords to unique archipelagos, magnificent landscapes, glaciers, rivers, quaint villages, chic cities and historical sites. All of these are part of the fascination that Norway holds for visitors from other countries. Norway is a modern, urbanized nation with only four million [...] > read more |
| The Island in the Sun, Sicily Sicily was the world’s first multicultural society and today remains Europe’s most historically cosmopolitan region. The land is full of amazing art, archaeological sites, architecture, folklore, breathtaking scenery and of course unbeatable, cheap and delicious foods.
This enchanting land was [...] > read more |
| Milan, the Fashion Capital In the beginning the Po Valley was a fertile land crossed be large rivers and inhabited by the Ligurians, the Etruscans and later by the Gauls. The legend says that Belloveso, the Gaul chief, laid a cornerstone of the present day capital of Lombardy at exactly the point where the world famous [...] > read more |
| Backpacking in Peru A wealth of history blends in this environment shaping a landscape of breathtaking views. Visit the ancient Incan capital of Cusco, explore the lost city of Machu Picchu and be puzzled by the enigma of the Nazca Lines. Revel in the Peruvian Andes; arguably the most beautiful on the continent. [...] > read more |
| The City That Never Sleeps, New York The remarkable thing is that New York looks even better up-close, in person. 'It's just like the movies!' is a constantly delighted phrase. No matter how grandiose or beautiful New York's sights are, their combined scale may seem overwhelming. Whether you want to call it spontaneity or chaos, [...] > read more |
| Cairns: Sun and Crocodiles! The colourful, sophisticated capital of the tropical north, Cairns, is alive with life and charm. When Europe starts to turn grey and the people start piling on the jackets, Australia just gets hotter!! Beaches, sun, swimming, BBQ's and bronzed people are what you will find on a trip past the [...] > read more |
| Ye Olde London Town Two thousand years in the making and still a work in progress, London's a dear old soul. Pretty in some lights, with a middle- aged suburban spread and a comfortable bosom for an annual 28 million or so guests, there's fine romance in the city's heart. London is a veritable smorgasboard of things [...] > read more |
| From Gothic to Gaudi in Barcelona Barcelona is always on the biting edge of architecture, food, fashion, style, music and good times. Summer is serious party time, with week-long fiesta fun. But year-round the city sizzles! The capital of Catalonia is unequivocally a Mediterranean city, not only because of its geographic location [...] > read more |
| Golden Prague Prague, Lady of the Czech lands, Head of the Kingdom, City of One Hundred Spires, Heart of Europe, Rome of the North, Stony Prague, Golden Prague.
Call her what you will, Prague is one of the hottest names amongst young travellers in Europe at the moment. Prague is a city of gilded castles and [...] > read more |
| Rome, the Ancient Empire This grand capital of the ancient world was an idea, a vision; that today can be touched and seen throughout modern day Rome. The eternal city has been one of the focal points of European civilization for more than two millennia and is the world’s biggest open-aired museum.
Although today you [...] > read more |
| Classical Times in Vienna Vienna lies in the Danube valley, with the rolling hills of the Vienna Woods rising beyond its suburbs and the famous Danube River flowing through its centre. There is spectacular scenery and traces of Vienna having been the capital of a great empire around every corner, in the buildings, the [...] > read more |
| San Francisco, the Bay City The treats of San Francisco are not just for locals. The basic pleasures of life here – wonderful food, sparkling nightlife and those glorious views – are there for everyone. Watch the white fog fill the Golden Gate as the sunset lights up the windows across the bay, and prepare to leave your [...] > read more |
| Paris, the City of Lights Paris, the ethereal city, splendid by day and sublime by night. The sparkling City of Lights has always been the focal centre of Europe’s cultural activities and the ideal meeting point for artists, musicians and writers from all over the world once London lost its atmosphere as the ‘place to [...] > read more |
| Destination Madrid Madrid may not have the Roman origins that get city historians hot and bothered, and it may be a comparative parvenu, selected from rural obscurity to become the capital only in the second half of the 16th century, but it oozes an ebullience that rarely fails to move.
In no other European capital [...] > read more |
| Exploring Amsterdam Amsterdam is an incoherent city, hazy cafès filled with marijuana smoking young adults and legal prostitution lives alongside abiding citizens and some of the cleanest, friendliest streets you’ve seen in Europe (some might even say the World). Only Amsterdam can pull this off with chic attitude [...] > read more |
| The Phoenix of the Balkans On February 29th 1996, ended one of the most unbelievable tragedies in modern history: the Siege of Sarajevo.Over a span of three and a half years, 12,000 people were killed and 50,000 injured as this historical city was shelled on a daily basis. Survival depended on cleverness, resiliancy and [...] > read more |