Just a half hour train ride away from Lisbon’s city center this urban beach is popular among both locals and tourists. The setting here is absolutely beautiful: 350 meters of beach, sand and open sea. The waters are calm, and the beach itself is sandy which makes it a perfect family setting …
Urban Beaches: Barceloneta
It looks as if they did it for Michael Jordan :) Barcelona got even better when the Summer Olympics came here in 1992. The coastline underwent a serious makeover. Barcelona would finally open up to the sea. Some old restaurants and public bathhouses needed to be torn down and replaced with first-rate beach estates …
Underrated Tourist Spots – Bourtange, Netherlands
Underrated Tourist Spots Bourtange Netherlands | Fort Bourtange is a star shaped military fort near Groningen, Netherlands. It was built in 1593 under the orders of William the Silent, leader of the Netherlands. Its purpose was to control the only road between Germany and the city of Groningen …
Underrated Tourist Spots – Popeye Village, Malta
Underrated tourist spots Popeye village Malta | Popeye Village – also known as Sweethaven Village – has never been a real village. It was built in 1979 – a group of 19 ramshackle wooden buildings located at Anchor Bay in Malta …
Underrated Tourist Spots – Meteora, Greece
Today’s blog post is all about Meteora – spectacular rock formations topped with six Greek Orthodox monasteries. ‘Metéora’ means “middle of the sky”. And that really nails it. A formation of immense monolithic pillars and hills-like huge rounded boulders dominates the region half way between Thessaloniki and Athens. Some of them are topped with Eastern Orthodox monasteries It all started in the 14th century …
Underrated Tourist Spots – Eze, France
Underrated Tourist Spots Eze France | If you’re vacationing in Nice, reserve one day to explore the charming, little medieval town of Eze. A location made for movies. In fact Walt Disney stayed here several times. Archeological evidence proves that he area surrounding Èze was already populated around 2000 BC …