Browsing: Europe
The Faroe Islands versus Iceland comparison comes up constantly in travel planning circles and the two destinations are genuinely different in ways that make the choice…
The most beautiful small towns in Europe are not always the ones with the most Instagram posts. Some of the places on the standard lists are…
Europe’s beaches have a timing problem. The ones that appear on every best beach list are genuinely beautiful and genuinely overrun from June to August. Finding…
Europe’s waterfalls are among its least-marketed natural assets. Most visitors come for the cities, the coast, the mountains — and entirely miss the waterfalls hidden in…
Greece has more than 6,000 islands. About 200 are inhabited. Most visitors see two or three, which is enough to understand why people spend decades returning.…
The Mediterranean has been drawing people to its islands for three thousand years. The Romans built villas on Capri. The Venetians fortified Corfu. The Phoenicians traded…
Route 1 — the Ring Road — circles Iceland for 1,332 kilometres. It passes glaciers, active volcanoes, sea cliffs with puffin colonies, geothermal fields, and fjords.…
Norway’s scenic routes are designated by the government — eighteen roads officially selected for exceptional landscape. Driving them is not a commute with views; it is…
Portugal is one of the best road trip destinations in Europe. It is compact enough to cross in four hours but varied enough to sustain three…
I have been to both Coron and El Nido on separate trips, and the question I am asked most often by people planning a Philippines itinerary…