As culturally rich, architecturally interesting and historically awe-inspiring as European cities can be, sometimes you crave something smaller, more intimate, and dare I say the “a” word: genuinely authentic.
You can read and research, and exhaust a list of websites to harden the most nubile approach, but there is nothing like thumbing down your first ride! Read on for my 12 top tips for hitching around Western Europe...
Salamanca....with over 33,000 students the vibrancy that is injected into the nightlife of the city is telling in the range of good cheap eateries and a stoic nightlife.....
Assuming you are healthy, have a hearty appetite and a rapacious capacity for Rioja and Cerveza we are set to discover a real travellers city, Barcelona, in 24 hours....
As well as the volcanic region, the island of Lanzarote boasts over ninety great beaches and is sometimes referred to as the Hawaii of Europe...
From the exuberant opening event, the Chupinazo, to the final closing event, the Pobre de Mi, the 2009 Running with the Bulls festival has been 9 full days of non-stop fiesta.....Read More
It's that time again - Fiestas de San Fermin - or the running of the Bulls in Pamplona. You’re booked, your ready to go: what do you need to know last minute?
Le tour de France is an epic cycling adventure that should be experienced if you are in Europe in July. Who should you support, where is the best place to view the cyclists? This fanatical supporter can help ....
Whether you agree with bullfighting or not it is a part of Spanish culture that exists and is historically important which travellers are in awe of or which disgust them
Try a New years Eve with a difference in Pamplona. Where there are few tourists to be seen, but a lot of fancy dress and fun to be had.

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