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Climbing Up Arthur’s Seat In Edinburgh
This week and next, we shall go on two classic Edinburgh walks, both of which offer you a unique experience. The first one resembles a Robert Burns poem: unpolished and a bit rough, full of drama and life, while the second is flowing and melodious like a Sir Walter Scott novel, featuring great set pieces…
Göttingen – Once There Were Giants
Göttingen is no longer famous, but it should be. The story of this town in the heart of Germany is a metaphor as poignant as the tales of Easter Island or Dunwich, the mightiest medieval city on England’s east coast until it was flushed into the North Sea by a series of landslides and violent…
Bath – Great Views, UNESCO Awards and a Royal Swineherd
For a daytrip outside Bristol, we recommend a hike around the Clifton Suspension Bridge, easy-to-reach via city bus line no. 8, … … or an urban walk through Bath, one of Britain’s foremost tourist attractions and the only place on earth that has been listed twice as a UNESCO World Heritage Site: once in its…
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Dalkey – Lushness on the Irish Sea
The island of Ireland meets the ocean on a frontier of vertiginous cliffs and sandy beaches that stretches out for more than 3000 km, enough to guarantee a good deal of variety. Much of this coastline is pretty rough and rugged: above all in the west, where mighty rocks are forever lashed by the furious…
A Walk Along the Banks of the Danube in Budapest
Budapest and Vienna have a lot in common. The two cities share a lot of (Imperial) history and architectural influences … … but there is one big difference: the Danube, which is said to bypass Vienna rather than “flow through it”, lies very much at the heart of the Hungarian capital. The Danube also divides…
The Log Cabin Penthouse in Kosice
In today’s world, what is a traditional building? Here is something about Eastern and Central Europe (the countries that used to lie behind the former Iron Curtain) that many of you may not know: most of the locals that you meet in the streets are no more intimate than you with their cities’ fantastic urban…
