Europe

The woodsmoke wafts from the bratwurst stall in the Coburg Christmas market, drawing a patient queue of people. For these aren’t just any sausage, they …

I spent 2 days in Florence to get a quick fix of culture and delicious Italian food. I’ve put together my own Florence 2 day …

Among all the available destinations in Italy, Venice is the queen of holidays in Northern Italy. Everybody knows Venice: the intricate and fascinating maze of …

I’m not really sure why I hadn’t visited Vienna before. Perhaps I’d heard it was expensive and imagined it to be a little stuffy, full …

Our first day of hiking in the Dolomites had been relatively easy, as we scaled the gentler slopes of the Rosengarten range in South Tyrol.  But Day 2 proved …

As I cycled past beautifully tended rows of vines and fruit trees heavy with plums in Austria’s Wachau Valley, I was struck by how activities …

Every year my friend Julia and I set off for a hiking holiday, a girl’s own adventure in which we test ourselves on the mountain …

Braga is in the north of Portugal, a lively university city with a strong religious heritage and the oldest cathedral in the country. Read on …

I’d always enjoyed my holidays in Austria, but on my Danube river cruise with Avalon Waterways, I think I fell in love with Vienna most …

Lisbon is divided into districts and each one of them is special on its own way. Many neighbourhoods in Lisbon are more traditional, others are …

We visited the Burgundy region of France as part of our Uniworld river cruise and despite the rain, I was excited to see row upon row …