Let’s be honest: travel insurance is probably the most mundane aspect of planning your holidays. What makes it even more confusing is knowing where to even start, as there are loads of travel...
Let’s be honest: travel insurance is probably the most mundane aspect of planning your holidays. What makes it even more confusing is knowing where to even start, as there are loads of travel...
Recently, from my home base in Vienna, I boarded a train to Brno, Czechia (the Czechs want you to call it Czechia now, not the Czech Republic). Before arriving I knew nothing about it, other than it...
I often ask the question “is ___ worth visiting?”. Well, nowhere that I’ve written about so far is worth visiting more than Warsaw, the capital of Poland. This city is all about resistance...
Lisbon is a city renowned for the diversity of its local neighbourhoods. From artsy Chiado, classical Baixa, romantic Alfama, gritty Bairro Alto, and chic Avenida – deciding where to stay in...
While the days of travelers cheques are thankfully well and truly behind us, traveling internationally still brings with it the hassle of managing different currencies, and avoiding ATM and foreign...
Calling all Christmas fans from all over the world…Vienna in December is where you need to visit! You can be munching on a sausage at one of its famous Christmas markets, or warming up in a...
If you’re visiting a new country and you plan to rent a car and drive there, you may be wondering ‘do I need an international driving permit?’. Well, put your seat belt on and brace...
I always thought of us down on the south coast to be the cosmopolitan lucky ones, easily able to take a ferry to Europe across the English channel. Little did I realise that the east coast of the UK...
For anyone who’s already visited San Sebastian, the question posed in the title of this post, ‘is San Sebastian worth visiting?’ will seem all too obvious. For while Donostia, (as...
If you want to explore some of the most beautiful yet remote parts of England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland, then hiring a car is the only way to go. This is because our public transport...