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- 27 MarAdam in Amazing Places | NO COMMENTS
Budapest At its Finest
The Chain Bridge with the bank of Danube at night.
If you’re looking for both beauty and leisure, you should visit Budapest. The Hungarian capital is known for its exceptional beauty, great food and vibrant nightlife. It is one of central Europe’s most dynamic and cosmopolitan capitals. The prosperous and vast Hungarian capital offers you much diversity. …
- 25 Sep
Europe Cheap Flights with Lufthansa
Lufthansa ©Aleksander Markin/Flickr
Browse this week’s best deals brought to you by our deals hunters and take a special look at the Lufthansa cheap flights we have found from $679 r/t including taxes. Book by October 6 2014 and you can travel to major Europe cities for discounted rates.
You will have to depart between October 8 and 25 and return between October 8 2014 and January 25 2015. Not flying to Europe? Get Virgin America flights nationwide from $75 one way, Australia airfares with Air New Zealand from $1,429 r/t, 3 nights Hawaii escapes with air and car from $595 per person and more deals. Hurry up, the best deals always sell out first! …
- 25 Nov
The best Eastern European spa destinations
Sofia
Spas are travel destinations for those who want nothing to do with anything that could be exhausting. After all, the whole point of going to a spa is to lie about, doing nothing, while you get slathered with treatments and massaged until you come out looking like a new person.
Eastern Europe, on the other hand, is where people go in search of adventure and new experience, for hiking and exploring natural wonders, to absorb the culture and try the cuisine.
But Eastern Europe and spas are actually a great combination – there are loads of new and old spas in Easter Europe that can offer you the same luxuries as any other spa in the world, and most of the time for much less money. Here are some of the best Eastern European spa destinations. …
- 19 Seplizzy_a in Travel Planning | 1 COMMENT
The best Christmas markets to visit in 2011
Vienna
Christmas is not yet round the corner, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not already time to prepare, especially if you have a pre-Christmas outing in mind.
If you are always in a pickle when it comes to buying presents, here’s a fun way to take get the chore done and have some fun while at it (and maybe even pick up some goodies for yourself): go to a Christmas market! Large and lavish Christmas markets are the norm in cities where Christmas celebrations are taken particularly seriously, and since most Christmas markets start well before Christmas, you can easily load up on the gifts well in advance, while you’re having a short beginning-of-winter-break. So here are some of the best Christmas markets to visit in 2011. …
- 01 Aug
Top 5 relaxing holidays ideas
Nantucket
If you were bit by the lazy bug and you can’t get yourself to do anything that involves too much activity, if you can afford to spend some time doing nothing, then you should take this opportunity and do something so completely relaxing that you’ll be filled with energy for months to come.
Even if you are usually an adrenaline junkie who turns every trip into an extreme sport fest, there are times when you have to get a time-out and do nothing that can be taxing on either your muscles or your mind. For a completely and utterly relaxing, calming and refreshing holiday, there are several things you can do, and most of them involve being as lackadaisical as possible, so here are top 5 relaxing holiday ideas. …
- 05 May
Top 5 iconic destinations in Europe
Budapest
So you’ve decided to visit Europe, but where to start? If you are planning on taking a tour of the old continent, you have no choice but to cram in several very different destinations into only a few weeks (or less) of travel. Exploring the hidden corners of Europe is certainly a lot of fun, but when your time is limited, you have to decide on a couple of place that will give you an overall flavor of this part of the world.
Luckily enough, there are more than enough famous places in Europe that everyone should see at least once in their lifetime. So here are the top5 iconic destinations in Europe. …
- 26 Apr
The best thermal baths in the world
Bath
Since ancient times, thermal baths have been the places where people go to relax. Nowadays, thermal baths have a fancier name – spas – but if you want to skip the beauty treatments and massages and just enjoy the rejuvenating properties of the water that spouts warmed and full of minerals out of the earth, then you can imagine yourself in the shoes of an ancient Roman noble, and take a break at a thermal bath.
From Roman and Turkish baths (virtually unchanged for centuries – or at least looking like it) to beautiful Art Nouveau bath houses, there are plenty of choices! So here are some of the best thermal baths in the world. …
- 01 Marevike14 in Travel Planning | NO COMMENTS
Best Easter markets in Europe
If you don’t mind leaving your home for Easter, then you should definitely take advantage of this time of the year to visit some great Easter markets.In Europe, Easter traditions abound in every country, from delicious specialties served only at Easter time, to all sorts of customs.
But the best part of the Easter holiday in Europe (at least for a tourist) are the Easter markets, where you can gorge yourself with great food, buy arts and crafts, listen to live music and have lots of fun.
Here are some of the best Easter markets in Europe.
- 05 Decitachan in Travel Planning | 1 COMMENT
Top 10 best hostels in Europe
Staying at a hostel and sleeping in a dormitory style room with who knows how many strangers is not everyone’s cup of tea, but this is actually one of the most fun experience of hostel-going.Hostels are a place where one can meet fellow backpackers, can exchange tips and information, and where one can even make friends. So here is our list of the top 10 best hostels in the world, in no particular order. …
- 15 Octitachan in Travel Planning | 1 COMMENT
Top 5 coffee shops in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is rapidly becoming one of the best tourist destinations in Central Europe, and not only because of its rich cultural and historical heritage. When it comes to nightlife, Budapest is colorful, relaxed and creative. Like in Vienna, coffee culture is an integral part of Budapest’s life.
There are many old and traditional coffee houses where you can savor a slice of cake accompanied by a cup of strong coffee, but there are also many small independent coffee shops which offer an amazing variety of coffee specialties in a cozy atmosphere. So for when you visit this amazing city, here is a list of the best coffee shops where you can while away an afternoon. …
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