Fresh notes, guides and tips from our recent trips.
TRAVEL TIPS
Via Ferrata in Austria
Via ferrata in Austria means something different from a short protected scramble in a quarry. Here a klettersteig is usually several hours…
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GUIDE
ROMANIA Czech Villages in Romania
A village where the shop signs are in Czech, the pub talk is in Czech and the graveyard is full of Czech…
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TRAVEL TIPS
Via Ferrata for Beginners
In photos a via ferrata looks like something halfway between hiking and rock climbing, and that is exactly what it is. The…
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GUIDE
SLOVAKIA Via Ferrata in Slovakia
Slovakia sits in the middle of Europe, between Poland, Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic and Ukraine, and it does something the Alps…
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GUIDE
ROMANIA Dracula's Castle in Romania
Say Dracula’s Castle and most people picture one particular silhouette on a rock above the village of Bran. The problem is that…
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GUIDE
ROMANIA Transfagarasan Road
A road that climbs above two thousand metres in a stack of hairpins, cuts through the ridge of Romania’s highest mountains and…
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GUIDE
ROMANIA Mountains in Romania
Romania owns the biggest share of the Carpathian arc of any country the range runs through, and its ridges are still emptier…
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GUIDE
CZECHIA 17 Beautiful Things to See in České Budějovice (Budweis)
Most visitors know this city by its beer long before they know it by name. České Budějovice, called Budweis in German, is…
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POLAND Karkonosze Mountains, Poland
The Karkonosze Mountains sit right on the Polish-Czech border, and most visitors from abroad only ever hear about the Czech half. That…
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ITALY Skiing in Italy
Ask anyone who has skied the Austrian, French and Italian Alps in the same lifetime and you will hear a version of…
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