Travel Europe Articles

If you have five years for a vacation you might be able to see about half of what London has to offer. No matter your tastes - whether modern or classical art, monuments and museums, zoos and gardens, nightclubs, theater, music, and on and on - it's here in abundance.

Our guide book said that Lisbon bears the brunt of the Atlantic depressions, being located on the west coast of the country by the Atlantic and the mouth of the River Tagus. The book advises that rainfall is high in December and January and becomes lighter in February.

As the article states, I am English but live in an increasingly Italian world. I work as a Translations Project Manager at Axis Translations dealing with the translations of Italian language combinations. I am trying to find and buy a house in Italy and I am even marrying an Italian girl.

I never meant to buy anything! So how come I returned from the Portobello market to my especially chosen cheap hotel with two exquisite (and much too expensive) 200 years old candlesticks? I didn't have any object at home older than 10 years...

The French are world renowned as being very passionate about the film and their film industry, a central point of France's economy and culture.

Visit a distillery! What could possibly interest me in a whiskey distillery? Especially when I have to find it somewhere in a place the Scottish call the highlands. They say that these whiskey distilleries are all over Scotland, not just in the Highlands, but also in the Lowlands

Sir William Bragg, the eminent physicist, once stated, "The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them." The profundity and truthfulness of this statement seems nowhere more relevant than in the National Science Museum in London - one of the country's most loved historical institutions. As part of the National Museum of Science and Industry, the Science Museum is more than a tourist attraction for London's many visitors: it preserves some of the world's most impressive scientific artifacts, while constantly showcasing new talent and the latest in scientific innovations from across the globe.

The ancient and beautiful cathedral city of Winchester has been a tourist destination for over 200 years. The city offers many attractions for the visitor, more than can be visited in one day. Therefore, it is well advised to spend a night or two in one of the fine hotels that are in, or just outside, Winchester.

Bulgaria is an amazing country found on the south eastern tip of Europe. Until a few years ago many people overlooked this little gem and travelled to the likes of Ibiza and Magaluf, but not any more, Bulgaria has become the place to travel too…but why is this the case?

Friends often ask me to plan their European vacations, and more specifically, their vacation in Paris. Why me? Being a native of Paris I have the inside scoop as to cheap hotels, how to get special hotel deals and other cheap vacation tips. I can also tell you about travel weather and other useful information.

No matter what you hearts desire, there’s a good chance amongst its thirty six acres and over five thousand animals the London zoo will have it. The London zoo has an extensive collection of birds, small mammals, bears and hippos, and apes and monkeys. Everyone is bound to fall in love with at least one of the many animals they are likely to encounter while walking through the zoo’s extensive gardens, tunnels and bridges.

Thousands of scholars over the course of time have written countless books on the history on England. England’s history is a long an elaborate one filled with murder, intrigue and fantastic accomplishments. If one was sit down and start to write a history of England they would have to pick just one aspect of the countries history, or they would be writing undoubtedly to the reached their death.

If you are looking for a great way to spend the holiday season, you should consider spending Christmas in Great Britain. A Christmas in Great Britain, when done right, can seem like you are both at the cusp of modern life and that you have just stepped back in time. Great Britain is a place unlike any other in the world, and a great way to spend a special holiday season that you will remember forever.

Have you got the star-quality to bask convincingly in Cannes? By being canny you could bask in the distant worship of adoring would-be fans. You only have to look rich, glamorous, tanned, wear cool shades, hang out at the right places, step on a few gang-planks, lean on a few expensive cars. Could be you could pick up a spouse as a result and then lead the life. Cannes is the place to be, the place to be seen. Cannes is the place of film festivals, awards, flash-flash! But Cannes itself is the biggest star on the French Riviera. Get canned in Cannes!

If you’re an infrequent visitor to London and plan to hit the tourist trail then the last thing you’ll want is to be pointed in the direction of the underwhelming, the uninspiring or the instantly forgettable. There’s enough of that where you live, which is why you’re visiting London!

For many people Andalucia is all that they imagine Spain to be. Great climate, sun, sea and beaches, bullfighting, sherry and flamenco. Covering over 33,000 square miles and running the length of mainland Spain's southern coast it is the largest and most populous of the 17 autonomous regions of Spain. Andalusia is crossed by the Sierra Morena mountain range in the north and in the south by the snowcapped Sierra Nevada. The fertile basin of the Guadalquivir River lies between these mountain ranges. Huelva, Seville, Cadiz, Cordoba, Malaga, Jean, Granada and Almeria, all named for their principal cities, are the eight provinces that make up the region

Every Paris travel guide seems to have something to add to the already voluminous information available on such well-known spots as the Louvre and Orsay museums, Notre Dame Cathedral, and the Eiffel Tower.

If you watched CNN or Fox News like I did a few evenings ago, you might have been impressed at the student demonstrations in France.

Florence! The heart of the art! Located in the middle of Tuscany, it has represented for centuries the cradle of art, in all its forms and expressions. This enormous and priceless heritage has attracted people from all over the world, making of Florence one of the most popular tourist destinations. This has not always been the case though, at least for some years.

Lets begin by wandering down rue Mazarine from the Odéon square. Bingo? We almost immediately come on Le Procope, where a plaque affirms it is the oldest café in the world.