Rudolf Ernst
In this blog over the years we've gone on at length about the many awesome allures of this region - some 5,000 square kilometres (1,931 sq. miles) worth...
01/07/2021
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Iberia Destinations
Mlenny
Portugal's answer to Spain's Canary Islands, the Azores are a nine-island grouping 1,529 kilometres (950 miles) out in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Iberian Peninsula. The largest (759km²/293...
24/06/2021
The landscapes of South America's fourth largest country are amazingly varied, encompassing tropical jungles, temperate forests, plains, steppes, soaring Andes peaks, glaciers, deserts, wetlands, and beaches/coral reefs, among others.
17/06/2021
Henrique Seruca
Part of Portugal, this three-island Atlantic Ocean archipelago just over a thousand kilometres (some 670 miles) southeast of the Iberian Peninsula offers a a balmy, subtropical climate (averaging...
10/06/2021
crazycroat
Known to Greeks as Kerkyra, one of Greece's easternmost islands is located in the Ionian Sea to the west of the mainland rather than the Aegean to the east,...
03/06/2021
Travel Wild
Sardinia's fifth largest city, with around 60,000 inhabitants, is known especially as the gateway to and base for visiting the fabled nearby Costa Smeralda. But besides paradisiacal beaches,...
27/05/2021
Alexander Savin
Not long ago, this blog covered the charms of the Algarve's capital (pop. 118,000) - its Vila Adentro historic quarter, its interesting museums, even the ruins of an...
21/05/2021
WitR
Astride the intense blue waters of the Adriatic Sea, Dubrovnik remains the uncontested reigning queen of Croatia's Dalmatian Coast. Its doughty walls encircle a cobblestone-paved, red-tile roofed old town...
14/05/2021
Many travellers flock to Mexico to partake of its paradisiacal beaches and the hopping après-plage nightlife and dining scene. But others are drawn as much or more to its...
28/04/2021
Photitos2016
The picturesque Cantabrian Sea towns and villages of Asturias in northern Spain, where the annual fishing season is now getting underway, are a key component of the appeal for...
22/04/2021
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