A little more than 50 minutes by train from Prague, Pardubice ("PAR-doo-bee-tsay") is an unknown gem well worth visiting as a day trip or even as an overnight stay. Here...
Juanje 2712
You’ve quite likely never heard of Trasmoz, a tiny hilltop village (its population just 62) in the rugged, snow-topped Moncayo Massif of southern Aragon (about an hour's drive south from provincial capital Zaragoza)....
Asheley Bayley
Colombia's sprawling capital - dubbed in some quarters the "Athens of South America", is awash in arty activity these days, and not all of it in museums, galleries,...
LFRabanedo
Spain is positively packed with old, lovely little (even tiny) rural towns, and no place more so than the principality of Asturias, astride the Bay of Biscay in our country's verdant north. Today I'd...
Steve Caton/Caron Badkin
Nothing says “summer” in Britain as much as a jaunt to the classic seaside resort cities beloved of many generations of Brits...
Oguz Dikbakan
In the West these days, we rarely if ever spare a thought for North Africa's largest and second-most populous country, but as this blog has reported several times, Algeria is an...
Sven Hansche
Even more than for its spectacular ancient ruins and vibrant capital, Greece is popular for its many, many beautiful, beachy islands. But these present their own challenges to...
What better destination to visit on the USA's Independence Day than the place where it all began: Boston, Massachusetts, with its cobblestone old quarter, old-fashioned parks, Colonial and Victorian houses, and...
vulcano
We usually associate the largest of the three Balearic Islands with sun, sand and tons of (often tipsy) tourists. But there are plenty of lovely little corners across the island outside...
Cge2010
Switzerland is packed with charming towns and cities with a lot of history and traditional culture. But many of these also continue to generate cutting-edge culture today, and a...