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This pint-sized, sunny slice of Adriatic coast still manages to pack a wild punch of traditional Mediterranean charm and Soviet-style inefficiency. It's a giddy blend of religions, styles, cultures and landscapes, from Sunni Muslim to Albanian Orthod...
Categories: Albania
The capital and largest city in the Netherlands, Amsterdam is a treasured city that conjures up many iconic images including the picturesque canal system, thousands of bicycles buzzing about the cobblestone streets, colorful tulips in bloom, Heineken...
Categories: Europe
Andorra is a small mountainous country in the Pyrenees between Spain and France. Andorra is the 6th smallest nation in Europe and surrounded by the great rugged snow-filled mountains of the Pyrenees. Between 1278 – 1994, Andorrans lived under a...
Categories: Andorra
Athens is a must-see destination on any European vacation. The capital and largest city in Greece, it’s also been the center of Greek civilization for 4,000 years. Athens may be an ancient city, but it has a contemporary atmosphere with an active res...
Categories: Europe
Austria has few peers as a year-round holiday destination, with plenty of winter sports in the Alps, some of the most impressive and overblown architecture in Europe and an unrivalled musical tradition that even The Sound of Music couldn't sully. Vie...
Categories: Austria
Cruising
Categories: Baltic Sea
Barcelona is the capital of the Catalonia region of Spain. Known for its Gothic architecture, bustling sea port and vibrant culture, Barcelona is among Europe's most popular and well-traveled cities. Barcelona is located along Spain's north...
Categories: Europe
Cruising
Categories: Bay of Biscay
Belarus is a vast steppe straddling the shortest route between Moscow and the Polish border. Wide stretches of unbroken birch groves, vast forested marshlands and wooden villages amid rolling green and black fields give it a haunting beauty.
Categories: Belarus
If Belgium's spotlight on the European stage is a little dim, it's only because its people are rarely boastful. This slow-burning country has more history, art, food and architecture packed into its tiny self than many of its bigger, louder neighbour...
Categories: Belgium
Germany's largest and capital city is a sprawling metropolis known for its many contradictions. While Berlin is steeped in history and offers visitors many historically significant landmarks and cultural museums, the city also boasts a very mode...
Categories: Europe
The Black Sea (known as the Euxine Sea in antiquity) is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor. It is connected to the Mediterranean Sea by the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara, and to the Sea of Azov by the Strait of Kerch.
There...
Categories: Black Sea
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country located in the heart of southeast Europe on the Balkan peninsula. Formerly part of Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina gained independence in 1992. The Bosnian region is in the north and center of ...
Categories: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Budapest enjoys one of the most beautiful evening panoramas of any European capital, rich architecture, relaxing and healing spas, and has many world-class museums and lush parks. With the recent development of many modern hotels and spas and the inf...
Categories: Europe
Bulgaria has changed swiftly over the last decade, though in the villages you can still find folk who ride the donkey to work, eat homegrown potatoes and make their own cheese. The difference now is they wash it all down in front of a satellite TV. W...
Categories: Bulgaria
Categories: Celtic Sea
The Channel Islands are located in the English Channel in the Gulf of St. Malo, actually much closer to France than to England. They are made up of the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The Bailiwick of Guernsey includes the islands of Guernsey, Ald...
Categories: Channel Islands
Categories: Chunnel
Denmark's shining capital city of Copenhagen is the living pulse of the country. With nearly a quarter of the country's residents living here, Copenhagen is a center for politics, education, business and culture. It's also a popular pl...
Categories: Europe
Like many other countries of Western Europe, Croatia too developed in an area that once made part of the Roman Empire. In the maelstrom of the great migrations of peoples that took place Europe-wide after the fall of Rome, the Croat tribes took over ...
Categories: Croatia
Categories: Cruise Dordogne & Garonne Rivers
Categories: Cruise Garonne River & Gironde Estuary
From the writing of ancient Greek poets to modern tourist brochures, Aphrodite has been almost synonymous with Cyprus throughout history. Mythology has it she rose from the sea-foam, the goddess of beauty and love is above all a Cypriot goddess. Cypr...
Categories: Cyprus
From the pulsing capital Prague to the back-in-time villages of Moravia, from toiling up mountains to lounging in spas, from the world-famous Pilsner to the strains of Smetana and Dvorák, there's an experience to suit every taste. Stunning architectu...
Categories: Czech Republic
A Danube River cruise is the best way to experience the lovely landscapes, cultural heritage and centuries-old architecture of Old World Europe. On a Danube River cruise, you'll discover Europe's vineyard-lined valleys and beautifully pres...
Categories: Danube River Cruising
The Dardanelles, formerly known as the Hellespont, is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara.
Categories: Dardanelles
Categories: Denmark Strait
Categories: Douro River
Dublin is Ireland's capital city and a vibrant metropolis where over a quarter of the country's population lives. Dublin remains an intimate European capital city, rich in its cultural heritage and offers visitors much in terms of local cha...
Categories: Europe
Categories: Elbe River
Discover Estonia and you will see it is phenomenal and rapidly changing. The past history and nature has been perfectly preserved. From untouched nature to post-modern city culture, experience solitude and the forces of masses. Big business and hand...
Categories: Estonia
Travel through Europe by train.
Categories: Eurail
As the capital city of Tuscany, Florence is revered for its acclaimed architecture, rich Renaissance history, and unique artistic tradition. Centered along the River Arno, this picturesque city may be small in size but boasts an extensive number of c...
Categories: Europe
France has long been synonymous with romance, culture, and all things epicurean for as long as one can remember. From romatic strolls along the Seine, quiet reflections of the magnificent works of art within the Louvre, lazy afternoons sipping cafe-a...
Categories: France
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, may be the smallest of Europe's big cities, but it's certainly not lacking in stature. Frankfurt's importance as a travel and tourism destination is sometimes countered by its dubious reputation as a dull, b...
Categories: Europe
Categories: Garonne River Cruising
The Republic of Georgia is located between Russian and Turkey and has a long shoreline on the Black Sea. Georgia is well know for its magnificent cave monasteries, historical sites, scenic mountains, and great food and drink.
Categories: Georgia (The Republic of)
Germany wears its riches well: elegant big-city charm, small picture-postcard towns, pagan-inspired harvest festivals, a wealth of art and culture and the perennial pleasures of huge tracts of forest, delightful castles and fine wine and beer are all...
Categories: Germany
Categories: Gironde River
Categories: Great Britain
Many aspects of Western culture came into being in Greece - drama, art, philosophy and science. It's a wonderful feeling to walk on stones that may have been trod by Plato, Homer or Agamemnon. But at many places in Greece, where ancient ruins are sur...
Categories: Greece
Hungary is a heart-stealer; it lures back visitors again and again to sample its rich wines, lounge in its thermal spas, gaze at its birdlife and make one more attempt to master its hermetic language. It has all the luxury of western Europe with a Ma...
Categories: Hungary
Iceland, the country with the chilly name, is rapidly becoming one of Europe's hottest destinations. Much of Iceland's popularity is due to its natural features, which include glaciers, hot springs, geysers, active volcanoes, portentous peaks and vas...
Categories: Iceland
It's said that Ireland,
once visited, is never forgotten, and for once the blarney rings true. The Irish
landscape has a mythic resonance, due as much to the country's almost tangible
history as its claim to being the home of the fairies ...
Categories: Ireland
Man is a 33-mile long island in the middle of the Irish Sea 60 miles west of England’s Lancashire coast. It is a Crown dependency with its own parliament, laws, currency, culture and postage stamps. Warmed by the Gulf Stream, it is a popular destinat...
Categories: Isle of Man
Italy is a land celebrated for the arts, and not the least among the arts that
have attained their highest expression in Italy is the art of hospitality. The
Italian welcome is as warm and traditional as a glass of fine wine. This comparison...
Categories: Italy
Categories: Kattegat Strait
In early 2008, Kosovo separated itself from Serbia. Battered first by Soviet-era architectural planning that often replaced historical sites with concrete-box-style construction and later by the Balkan conflict in the 1990s, there's not much left to ...
Categories: Kosovo
Latvia is the small, flat and largely bog between its Baltic neighbors. Riga is its vibrant coastal capital, and it has photogenic castles, music festivals and scenic river valleys. Visitors can witness first-hand the rapid transformation of a count...
Categories: Latvia
Liechtenstein is more like a big ski run than a regular European country. Visitors can look for differences between Liechtenstein and Switzerland, but there aren't many. The village of Vaduz contains most points of interest in Liechtenstein - such as...
Categories: Liechtenstein
Lithuania owes much to the rich culture of central Europe. It once shared an empire with neighboring Poland that stretched from the Baltic Sea almost to the Black Sea. Its capital Vilnius boasts a Baroque Old Town that is the largest in Eastern Europ...
Categories: Lithuania
Serving as the cultural and political hub of the United Kingdom, England's capital city is massive. London is known as one of the largest cities and urban metropolitan areas in the European Union and is a true global city for its significance in...
Categories: Europe
Multilingualism is one of the assets of the Grand Ducal capital. Visitors may be ushered in with a hearty ”Moiën”, as the natives stick to their mother tongue, ”Lëtzebuergesch”, now as before. Placed in the heart of Europe, Luxembourg has matured int...
Categories: Luxembourg
North Macedonia, the only state to secede from Yugoslavia without bloodshed, finally fell victim to the Balkan curse in 2001. The country's ethnic Albanian minority, which increased with the influx of refugees from neighboring Serbia and Kosovo, took...
Categories: Macedonia
Rich in culture and tradition, teeming with tapas bars, and boasting a bustling nightlife, Madrid is a world-class capital city with a great deal to offer its visitors. Madrid features a mix of the classic and the modern from its architecture to its ...
Categories: Europe
This enchanting canal runs through Bavaria, Germany, and connects the beautiful Main and Danube rivers across the European Watershed. Cruises along the Main-Danube Canal are are frequent and allow travellers to take in the stunning landscap...
Categories: Main-Danube Canal
The islands of Malta are an archipelago lying in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Malta is the largest of the islands. There are plenty of pre-historic sites and temples which must be seen in Malta. This is apart from the numerous churches, cath...
Categories: Malta
Monaco, an ancient principality steeped in a rich and colorful history, is considered by many to be Europe's most fascinating country. Though the Principality covers but one square mile, it stands as a proud monarchy with his Serene Highness Prince R...
Categories: Monaco
Declared independent from Serbia in 2006, the small country of Montenegro features the best of both summer and winter vacation possibilities, including fabulous beaches. Because of its geographical diversity—the Adriatic Sea lies at its southern bord...
Categories: Montenegro
Categories: Moselle
Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg and it is known as a city of revelers. But there is much more to Munich than Oktoberfest and the city's reputation as the beer-brewing capital of the world.
Categories: Europe
Cruising. The North Sea lies between Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Great Britain. The North Sea is quite a rough sea with a lot of activity. The wind, the waves and the seabirds all leave their mark, sailing boats and...
Categories: North Sea
The city of Oslo, Norway is set in a exceptionally beautiful part of the world. Located at the base of the Oslo Fjord, the city extends up the mountains that surround it on three sides. The city's cultural center is downtown, right on the water,...
Categories: Europe
Romance, charm, world-class cuisine and elegance all come to mind for the legendary city of Paris. As France's largest and capital city, Paris is a center of government, culture and activity. The major metropolitan city is located on the banks o...
Categories: Europe
For centuries, Poland has been a bridge between the East and West. Set in the heart of Europe, Poland is a multifaceted country where the Capital and medieval towns are trawled by contemporary city slickers, and where horse-drawn carts negotiate coun...
Categories: Poland
Portugal has a rich seafaring past, superb beach resorts, wistful towns and a landscape wreathed in olive groves, vineyards and wheat fields. Littered with UNESCO World Heritage sites and graced by one of Europe's most relaxed and attractive capitals...
Categories: Portugal
Home to about 1.2 million people, Prague is a cosmopolitan city in the heart of the Czech Republic and has a long history as one of the cultural, artistic and political centers of eastern Europe. The beautiful city is set in central Czech Republic an...
Categories: Europe
Moldova is a picturesque country - all rolling green hills, whitewashed villages, placid lakes, sunflower fields, and vineyards - with an old-world charm that's hard to manufacture. Nothing in Moldova succeeds like secession. Republicans struggle to ...
Categories: Republic of Moldova
Categories: Rhine-Main-Danube Canal Locks
Romania has majestic castles, medieval towns, great hiking and wildlife, and cheap skiing of much of the 'undiscovered' former Eastern Bloc. There are signs that it's chasing the dreams of the rest of the West. Horse-drawn carts jostle for space agai...
Categories: Romania
Known as the Eternal City and certainly one of the most historic and beautiful cities in the world, Rome is a dream destination for anyone looking for a city offering European charm, romance and a rich history. Once considered the most powerful city ...
Categories: Europe
Russia is the world`s largest state and a country with tradition and culture stretching back to the early first millennium. Some of the most famous architectural, historical and cultural monuments in
Russia are included in the UNESCO list of Univ...
Categories: Russia
San Marino is the third smallest state in Europe also known as “Little Europe” and sits on the slopes of Mount Titano in central Italy closest to the Adriatic Sea. San Marino was discovered in the fourth century when Saint Marinus came up...
Categories: San Marino
Categories: Scandinavia
Cloaked in silence, hidden among the hills and plum orchards, monasteries and churches, invaluable heritage of timeless beauty, were created in Serbia from the 10th to the 17th century. Although by the gracefulness of their outside archictecture thes...
Categories: Serbia
Slovakia, the former Czechoslovakia's less glamourous partner, emerged dishevelled and sleepy after the 'Velvet Revolution' of 1989. Although it's now holding its own in a rebuilding Eastern bloc, there's a refreshing absence of Prague-style glitz an...
Categories: Slovakia
From the tips of the Alps to the shores of the Mediterranean, this former Yugoslavian republic of Slovenia proclaimed its independence in 1991. Towns along the sunny Mediterranean coast attract visitors with their medieval influences, wine and simple...
Categories: Slovenia
In Spain's cities, narrow twisting old streets open to views of daring modern architecture, while bars serving wine from the barrel rub shoulders with blaring, glaring discos. Travel is easy, the people are relaxed, the beaches are long and sandy, an...
Categories: Spain
Switzerland's fusion of German, French and Italian ingredients has formed a robust national culture, and the country's alpine landscapes have enough zing to reinvigorate the most jaded traveller. Goethe summed up Switzerland succinctly as a combinati...
Categories: Switzerland
Categories: Tagus River
The Netherlands is a very big small country, and full of salutary surprises. A chief pleasure of the place is its lively contrast between pragmatic liberalism and the buttoned-up just-so primness of a culture founded on Calvinist principles. The Neth...
Categories: The Netherlands
Turkey is a rapidly modernizing country with one foot in Europe and one in the Middle East. It has oriental splendour, mystery, intrigue and whirling dervishes, and it also has a spicy past up against a pacy present. They have an unrivalled reputatio...
Categories: Turkey
Despite a state song declaring 'Ukraine has not yet died', the country rewards travellers with hospitable people, magnificent architecture and miles of gently rolling steppe. Nearly every city and town has its centuries-old cathedral, and many have o...
Categories: Ukraine
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland consists of England (including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man), Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Despite its small size, England is a country of much diversity.
Categories: United Kingdom
Teeming with charm and romance, Venice is a truly unique city built over water on a connected web of over 117 islands on marshlands in northeast Italy on the Venetian Lagoon. Renowned for its charming canals, winding pathways, romantic bridges and a ...
Categories: Europe
Vienna, Austria's largest and capital city, is home to over 2.5 million people including its metropolitan area and serves as the nation's hub for culture, politics and economy. It's also a very popular tourist destination offering its ...
Categories: Europe
Serbia and Montenegro is bent on rapid reform and consigning to history its associations with despotic rulers, failed socialism and war. Witnessing this transition and rediscovering a region of forgotten beauty, culture and history will reward and su...
Categories: Yugoslavia
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