Welcome to Uzbekistan. Brutal external geometry, austere and functionally appointed rooms, a vast and mostly empty ballroom breakfast setup, and a top floor smoking bar - the Hotel Uzbekistan is one of the few remaining major concrete icons of the Soviet era, after Tashkent, the national capital, was levelled by an earthquake in the 1960s. From the window, the city was not framed by the blue domes of the ancient Silk Road mausoleums and madrasahs, but instead by the seemingly

Forget Antalya, Ankara, Bodrum, Istanbul, and Izmir. Turkey’s Black Sea region is where you want to be. Unbelievably green, mountainous and flanked by the stunning coastline, Turkey’s Black Sea towns are villages are a hidden gem waiting to be discovered for those brave enough to stray from the traditional Turkey itinerary. A decent halfway point between the two-continent mega-city and the Georgian land border, the cities of Trabzon and Rize feel a million miles away from th

Between the mid-1960s and 1989, Romania lived under the rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu. In the early days, Romania’s leader teased a more...

Bus stations in Eastern Europe go hard. Not the nice ones, with brand new shiny Green Mercedes Flixbuses queueing up for a short hop...

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Off-season Mallorca hits different. It’s Mallorca minus the noise. No beach clubs, no queues, no sunburned package tourists. Just empty...

Meeting on the main town square, the walking tour took me through the central promenade, Nene Tireze. On the tour, there were only two...

I'd just been broken up with by my ex, and I needed a day. A break from work and a place to be free. The personal life was taking a hit....

I had a conversation at a bar in Prague once about who was the better kisser: Bill or Hillary? The consensus seemed to be Bill. At heart...

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Boka Kotorska, or the bay of Kotor, is a stunning fjord-style bay on Montenegro’s Adriatic coast. Renowned for its picturesque...

We’ve noticed a lot of talk around EDTs on social media in recent months. EDTs, or extreme day trips, refers to taking an early morning...

Bishkek, formerly known as Frunze, is the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic - and was our first taste of post-Soviet architecture in...

Montjuïc, Tibidabo, Güell Park and the Telefèric del Port are some of the finest spots to take in the stunning scenery that the Catalan...