Amazing Days Out: Zadar Walking Tour
Zadar Walking Tour: See the Pearl of the Adriatic with a local guide In Zadar’s People’s Square, you’ll often find a man with a white umbrella. Yes, even when its not raining! This will be Sime, the charismatic tour guide who runs Zadar Walking Tour. If you see him, and you will if you’re in […]
Amazing Days Out: Museum Fotoatelier Seidel
Museum Fotoatelier Seidel, Cesky Krumlov Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic is one of the world’s most beautiful medieval cities. Tourists throng on one side of the river, by the fairytale castle and its buildings covered in Renaissance wall paintings. However, on the other side of the River Vltava is a hidden gem where you […]
The Romantic Couples Guide to Zlin
Zlin is a lovely city in the South Moravia region of the Czech Republic. It is totally devoid of tourists really, yet offers a great place to visit. There is a great mix of culture, sights and friendly locals to make your trip there totally worthwhile. Read the rest of our guide to Zlin to […]
Amazing Days Out: 3D Gallery, Budapest
The 3D Gallery, Budapest Being from the UK, we’ve learned the importance of always having a back-up option in case of poor weather. Budapest is a city with many fantastic indoor attractions, and one of the newest is the 3D Gallery. You can find the 3D Gallery just across the road from the Basilica, near […]
Amazing Days Out: Lokrum Island
Lokrum Island: A desert island filled with bunnies and peacocks! Dubrovnik really is a city that has it all. However, when you’ve had your fill of its historic streets, you’ve got the tantalising option of a short boat ride over to Lokrum Island. The boats leave the Old Port every half an hour in the […]
The Romantic Couples Travel Guide to Liverpool
After London, Liverpool is the very first city we ever visited on a day trip together. It kind of feels like our spiritual home. Indeed, if we could live in any UK city, it would be Liverpool. It has its magic, and it has its charm. That first time we ever visited, we saw many of […]
Amazing Days Out: The Prague Loreto
The Prague Loreto: A place to reflect in the Czech Republic’s capital The Prague Loreto is a famous Marian pilgrimage destination in the Hradcany district of Prague, with a stunning Baroque facade. It was built between 1626 and 1631 by an Italian architect, and paid for by a member of the Lobkowicz family. The facade […]
The Romantic Couples Travel Guide to Birmingham
Our travel guide to Birmingham, England will have you packing your bags and heading to England’s second largest city. Why wouldn’t you want to visit the home of heavy metal, JRR Tolkien, Cadbury chocolate, and the Balti? We are lucky to be from a city only an hour away from Birmingham, so know the city very […]
Amazing Days Out: Dubrovnik Cable Car
Dubrovnik Cable Car: Unbeatable views of the Old Town For an eagle’s eye view of the stunning historic city of Dubrovnik, take the Dubrovnik Cable Car up Mount Srd. This iconic Dubrovnik tourist attraction is one of the most popular, and expensive, things to do in Dubrovnik. However, quite apart from the short ride on […]
Is it safe to visit Egypt? Why now may be the best possible time!
Egypt has always been our number one dream travel destination, and we were lucky enough to spend a whole month there this year. It was actually the third time we have attempted to visit. Our previous two trips were abandoned, one in the planning stage and the other when having actually booked, due to civil […]
Amazing Days Out: Marco Polo Museum, Korcula
As a travel obsessed couple, we love to hear more about the stories of those first explorers. For them, the world really must have seemed like such a big place. One of the world’s most famous explorers, Marco Polo, came from Korcula – an island on Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast, where we recently found ourselves. Or […]
Amazing Days Out: Aquincum
Aquincum: A Roman city near to Budapest Aquincum was once the ancient Roman capital city of Pannonia Inferior, which is situated on the outskirts of modern day Budapest. It is believed that Marcus Aurelius wrote part of his book ‘Meditations’ here. Unbelievably, there are a lot of amazing ruins that you can still see today including a lapidarium, […]
