Urban Beaches: Paris Plages

Urban Beaches Paris Plages

Urban Beaches Paris Plages | As every year, the right bank of the river Seine from Louvre to Pont de Sully has been converted into one of the best urban beaches in all of Europe …

Urban Beaches: Bondi Beach

Urban Beaches Bondi Beach

Urban Beaches Bondi Beach. From today until next Thursday we introduce you to seven unique urban beaches located in Australia, Northern America and Europe. We touch down in Montreal, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, Lisbon and Barcelona. But let’s start with the Original: Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach …

Underrated Tourist Spots – Bourtange, Netherlands

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

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 – Shirakawa-Go, Japan

Underrated tourist spots Shirakawa-go Japan

Underrated tourist spots Shirakawa-go Japan | Japan is not famous for preserving historic buildings. But there are exceptions. The villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are a Japanese UNESCO World Heritage Site …

Underrated Tourist Spots – Meteora, Greece

Hidden and Underrated Tourist spots 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 …