The ancient Greek (and later, Roman) city of Ephesus in Turkey (now Türkiye) is home to some of the most wondrous ruins in the world including the Library of Celsus and the Great Theatre. Its location by the harbour meant that it was once an important port city and a hub for trade and commerce….
The dreamy panoramic view of dozens of hot air balloons across dipping valleys in Cappadocia is iconic, and it is one of the most popular places in the world to go hot air ballooning – but as we learned, there’s more to Cappadocia than hot air balloons, carpet shops and Instagram rooftops. If you are…
Ready for beaches, surf, castles, towers and cities? Portugal has it all – read on for an amazing Portugal 10 day itinerary! After spending an amazing week road tripping through Andalucia and eating all the tapas, it was time to move onto the next leg of our trip: 10 days in Portugal! I was craving…
Pompeii is one of the most important archaeological sites and tourist attractions in Italy, and today it has UNESCO World Heritage Site status as a result of the state of their preservation and the “complete and vivid picture of society and daily life at a specific moment in the past that is without parallel anywhere…
It has been more than a year since I visited Lisbon, and this post draft has been gathering a lot of e-cobwebs from neglect. Why has it taken me so long to write this? Well, to be perfectly honest I don’t have very fond memories of the city and the idea of writing a “top…