Almost everyone loves a pretty village, you know a place where the houses are impossibly perfect and time just seems to stand still. Well luckily Europe has plenty. From dreamy fishing villages to tiny fortified towns, here are our favourite picturesque villages in Europe guaranteed to impress your travel snob friends…
Posted on: April 29th in Europe, Travel, Travel Snobs by Becky Padmore.Getting as far away from the constant noise and activity of a major city as possible sounds like many holidaymakers’ idea of heaven, but can a small but picturesque town high up in the Swiss Alps that doesn’t accommodate cars offer that much-prized isolation and peace?
Posted on: April 29th in Travel by Graham Padmore.While most visitors head to Sydney and the East Coast, more isolated Western Australia can get overlooked. Quieter and arguably with just as much to offer –possibly even more – Australia’s Western state is home to gorgeous coastline, ruggedly beautiful national parks and some vibrant, cosmopolitan cities. Its capital, Perth, also ranked very highly in a survey of the world’s most liveable cities….
Posted on: April 25th in Australia, Travel by Becky Padmore.There is no understating the fact that Australia is big. It is massively huge. It has almost 36,000km of coastline on its mainland, and almost 60,000km of coastline when you include its islands….
Posted on: April 25th in Travel by Scott Balaam.I think it’s quite amazing that Bulgaria is still considered to be off the beaten track for Western tourists, because the country has a bit of everything, and all at very affordable prices. The Mountain slopes of Bansko and Pomporovo attract skiers in the winter and the Black Sea beaches draw the crowds in the summer months….
Posted on: April 22nd in Beautiful Places, Europe, Travel by Becky Padmore.There are many reasons why people are drawn to the largest (and arguably the most beautiful) of the Greek islands, the main highlights being the interesting culture, weather and diversity of stunning scenery. Crete has an endless supply of glorious beaches and devastatingly clear seas, bustling cities and modernities.
Posted on: April 22nd in Europe, Travel by Becky Padmore.New York scores highly on most people’s favourite city lists. The food is pretty good too. From trendy Soho to Brooklyn Bridge, here is our guest writer’s list of New York eateries in 10 bites…
Posted on: April 19th in North America, Travel by Becky Padmore.More off-the-beaten track than Thailand and more undeveloped than many countries in South East Asia, this stunning archipelago is becoming an increasingly popular travel destination…
Posted on: April 19th in Asia, Travel by Graham Padmore.From next week we’ll mostly be Liming – literally meaning the art of relaxing. On the 24th April we’ll be flying out to the beautiful Caribbean island country of St Vincent and The Grenadines with a group of other travel bloggers…
Posted on: April 16th in Our Trips, Travel by Graham Padmore.Nick & Dariece are the fun Canadian couple behind the increasingly popular Goats on the Road travel blog. Living out their dream, they travel the world only stopping to teach a bit of English now and then. Here’s some of their favorite photos from one of their favourite countries in the world, Mozambique…
Posted on: April 11th in Africa, Travel by Becky Padmore.
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