Europe holidays

The trains no longer roll into Belgrade’s old main station by the riverside, nestled below the same limestone cliffs that inspired the city’s name. Today, this yellow-stuccoed relic faces a towering, modern addition to the skyline: an eight-story statue that looms above the square once filled with Syrian refugees in the late 2010s. Our train-free journey from London to the Balkan region saw us cover ground in just 24 hours—Eurostar to Brussels, a sleeper train to Vienna, and onward to Budapest.

Streetlights flickered rhythmically outside the window, casting fleeting shadows over our faces as our train journeyed alongside the River Seine near Choisy-le-Roi. We had left Paris’s Gare d’Austerlitz around ten minutes earlier. Boarding the Intercité de Nuit at 9:40 PM, we were scheduled to reach the Spanish border just after 10:00 AM, with plans to connect to a Barcelona-bound train. While it’s feasible to make the trip from London in a day, my husband and I decided to extend the

The vastness of the nation means it still holds unexpected gems – Roman artifacts you never expected, scenic coastal train rides, expansive deserted shores… Guéthary on the Basque Coast Sitting between the glitzy Biarritz and the rustic charm of Saint-Jean-de-Luz with its tuna boats and timbered homes, there is a tranquil section of the Basque coast. Even during the peak summer season, Guéthary stays relatively undiscovered by most tourists. “It’s the wild Atlantic waves that keep the crowds at

Pizzas, Aperitivos, and a Stretch of Sandy Coastline: The Offbeat Appeal of This Adriatic Resort Town Back in the summer of 2018, I never expected to find myself in Pesaro. That was until my former roommate insisted I head there. At the time, I was working on a book, and Giulia thought her granddad's old flat—an unassuming post-war property built during the brief reign of Umberto II—would be the ideal writing retreat. The flat had sat empty since the passing of her beloved nonno, Dottor