Europe blog and travel tips

If you want to do something a little different this year, then how about visiting Europe for Christmas? Visiting Europe during late November or December means…

  Travel guide book publisher Lonely Planet recently released their annual Best in Travel list for 2020 and there were a few surprises amongst the European…

Guided tours suffer a mixed reputation. Without a doubt, the uninitiated are wary. You might have visions of overcrowded coaches and (obvious) tourists jostling to keep…

Many Australians and those from the southern hemisphere are keen to experience a European winter vacation but are unsure whether travelling in winter is a good…

Once every decade, in the small Bavarian town of Oberammergau, a unique event takes place.  It’s known as the Passion Play and involves up to 2,000…

The speed and efficiency of the European rail network is legendary and it’s one of the reasons that travelling by train is one of the most…

If I can’t be travelling in Europe there’s nothing I enjoy more than reading about Europe so I was thrilled to receive a copy of Janelle…

There’s an old saying “If you can’t afford travel insurance, you can’t afford to travel” and this is something that I strongly agree with.  However there’s…

A few years ago a friend of a friend gave me a LUXE Paris City Guide as she knew I was soon to be visiting Paris.…

There’s no doubt that the flight from Australia to Europe at around 22 hours is a long one. Not surprisingly, many travellers prefer to break the…