We were in Krakow when we found ourselves with two weeks to spend in any country nearby where both of us had never been before. Ukraine and Romania seemed the logical choice not only for the geographical proximity, which allowed us to take the car, but also because it would be the most different places still nearby Poland. We thought ...

If you like to do some trekking in the mountains and you are in Porto/Aveiro area for some days, you should consider visiting Drave in the mountain range Serra de Arouca. You can’t access it by car, there’s no electricity, piped water, gas, telephone, sanitation or any other type of modernization. There are also no shops and money is useless ...

There are two types of people in the world. The first one are people who prefer driving a car on an elegant paid highway, speed 130 km/h or more, put a hand outside the window and make a “wave”, go straight, not look around and not worry about signposts. The second includes the fans of  secondary roads with interesting views, ...

Salzburg is Austria’s fourth biggest city and is considered by many the most charming of them all. Its historical center is part of Unesco’s world heritage sites since 1997. It is full of massive squares and impressive churches. The Cathedral is located in the between three squares Residenzplatz, Kapitelplatz and Domplatz. It was first built in 774, rebuilt in 1181 ...

We passed through Liechtenstein when we were on the way from Zurique to Salzburg. Even though we’ve spent there only one afternoon, we want to share with you some facts, pics and our experience in the sixth smallest country in the world. This little principality is hidden in the Alps between Switzerland and Austria in the center of Europe. It ...

We were still in Oporto and I knew for a fact that Montreux would be a mandatory stop during our trip to Poland. Montreux is an essential place for every Queen fan out there and as so, I was anxious to get there. In the margins of lake Geneve we can found the famous Freddie Mercury statue that is the ...

Here is our Top 5 viewpoints of Porto. We had 11 diferent ones and choosing only 5 was not an easy task. Oporto’s Sé (Sé do Porto) If you are visiting the city, this is a mandatory place to visit. Enjoy the views over the old part of the city. Map here. Hotel Dom Henrique From the bar in the ...

Switzerland has millions of wonderful places to go for a hike. I opened a Swiss guide trying to find some nice one-day mountain trip close to Zurich and felt totally overwhelmed with the number of places, mountain tracks, small cute villages by lakes, etc. Unfortunately the weather was not good, it was very cloudy, chilly and rainy. We were not ...

It is not easy to write about Zurich because it is full of contrasts. On one hand elegant old town with 13th century  church, on the other big industrial districts with uninteresting gray buildings. Although it is the biggest city in Switzerland, you can feel a certain tone of provincialism, simplicity and most of all tranquility. People willingly commute by ...

Our visit in Chamonix was rather fast. Unfortunately, it was cloudy and the famous summit was not visible from the village. Chamonix is a mecca of mountaineering for the Alps region and a well-known ski resort in Europe. It’s a small pleasant village and like any other ski resort it is full of hotels and sport stores of the most ...