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Lisbon, Portugal
The Portuguese capital of Lisbon is a major European city which is charming and intriguing thanks to its long history, picturesque location – built on seven hills and on the coast of the ocean, and of course the architecture and all-around culture.
Read MoreThe Portuguese Costa del Sol and Cascais
We should start right out and say that we won't be talking about the Spanish Costa del Sol, although that is what most people think of when they hear the words: “Costa del Sol”; instead we'll be talking about the Portuguese Costa del Sol, which couldn't be more different than its Spanish counterpart.
Read MoreNice – Capital of the French Riviera
The French city of Nice is the fifth-largest in the country, it is located on the French Riviera and despite it being known for the glitz and glamor of places like St. Tropez, Monaco or Cannes, there are many other interesting places alongside this part of the Mediterranean coast, Nice being the largest of them.
Read MoreTimisoara – One of the great Romanian cities
Timisoara is one of the largest cities in Romania and it is by far the largest city in the western part of the country. The area has been settled for a long time with the first record of the city of Timisoara dating back to 1212 and mentioning that it is built on the site of an ancient Roman fortress, Castrum Regium Themes.
Read MoreVisiting Corfu – When and why
The island of Corfu, also known as Kerkyra, is part of the Ionian Islands in Greece and has had a very active history having been controlled by many foreign powers throughout the centuries, powers that have had major maritime fleets, most notably the Venetians and the British.
Read MoreEindhoven – Industrial, cosmopolitan and tech savvy
Situated in the south of the country, Eindhoven is nowadays an industrial city, however before the beginning of the 20th century it was nothing more than a village which busied itself with various industrial activities, especially tobacco and textiles. But then a small light bulb company made its appearance, a small company by the name of Phillips.
Read MoreBasel, an underrated Switzerland tourist destination
Situated at a distance of fifty-three miles of Zürich and sixty-one of Bern, Basel is the country's third-largest city as well as its most underrated tourist destination, and there are no real reasons why this should be so as you'll see in the following article.
Read MoreA couple of Britain’s major culinary destinations
It is rather unfortunate that the view of British food in the minds of many is of something bland and heavy, steak-and-kidney pies and soggy fish and chips; now to the defense of this view, that used to be true, some centuries ago, but modern British menus are free from the food blandness spread by the Industrial Revolution, and we'll talk about some of the most interesting gastronomic destination that the United Kingdom has to offer to present-day visitors.
Read MoreSalzburg, Austria – A city of culture and music
The central Austrian city of Salzburg holds a particular spot in the mind of the general public, most who have heard of it, know of the place from the famous movie “The Sound of Music” while others will know it for being the birth place of Mozart.
Read MoreAntwerp, Belgium – Diamonds are just a part of its charm
The city of Antwerp, Belgium is often times compared with the neighboring city of Amsterdam in the Neatherlands; this comparison stems from hundreds of years of history as neighbors and the fact that the two have had somewhat similar industries throughout the centuries. However in modern times, comparing their tourism numbers is not a fair fight, because as opposed to Amsterdam, Antwerp doesn't have an internationally recognized brand-name. This is in part due to the fact that its actual name is spelled in different ways, sometimes it's Anvers, sometimes it's Antwerpen and usually English speakers call it Antwerp, but you can see why that can cause confusion to the average traveler.
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