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The Ultimate Scotland Road Trip Itinerary: 9 Days in Isle of Skye, Edinburgh, Loch Ness & More

Scotland has long lingered on my travel bucket list. Its grassy carpet-like fields, uncounted cascading waterfalls, stirring mountains, and craggy coastlines are pure fantasy for the landscape lover. Or really for anyone who yearns for long scenic drives, surrounded by raw nature at its finest....

17 Best Things To Do in Valencia, Spain: Museums, Beaches, Food & Wine, Culture, City of Arts and Sciences, and Discount Tickets

The world’s most fascinating cities tend to be either overflowing with ancient ruins like Rome and Athens, or are the embodiment of modernisation like Singapore and New York. Few aged cities manage to balance their ancient history with the 21st century, but Valencia, Spain’s 3rd...

4 Days in Barcelona: Gaudi, Picasso, Museums, Port Vell, Food Tours, Flamenco Shows, and Discount Tickets

And that passion runs deeper than the Catalan independence riots you’ve likely seen on the news. Just look at any building designed by art nouveau architect, Antoni Gaudi, who spared no expense in expressing his devotion to simulating nature. Then there’s masterpieces by artists like...

15 Things To Do In Bangkok With Teens

I’m guessing Bangkok was probably not the first destination that came to mind, right? Thailand’s capital is famed for drawing sleazy, overweight old men to its narrow, neon-lit streets lined with go-go bars and nightclubs. If you’re like me, that’s not something you’d want to...

Travel for Fun — Sex Tourism in Disguise

Travelling — it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. Ibn Battuta Travel has become a norm for most of us in the West. We all love to travel. Many people I know in London, who work super hard likes to travel. It...

How Weekend Breaks can be a Special Holiday Retreat

“…while others talked of the razor wire wrapped around their souls, or staring out the window with a being expression that showed no trace of desire, remorse, impatience, or resignation, just temporary abeyance, like a person waiting for the ends on an invisible clock to...

Untold Secrets of Barcelona you Need to Know

I know travel with coronavirus isn’t going to be back to ‘normal’ for a while. However, the world’s normal wasn’t really helping the environment. Travel will definitely be in peoples’ lives and it will not stop. It will change but people will still travel. I...

A solo trip to Kerala

I did an epic solo trip to Kerala in the month of October 2019 and it was the best trip of my life. It was also the longest solo trip I have forayed. I visited a bunch of places last year. Among them, Kerala stands...

What Travel will Look like after Coronavirus…?

Everyone loves to travel! Why? The only travel I did when I was growing up is getting into the car and drive to the seaside to spend the summer. Travel may have seemed unattainable for a few for a while. However, with flights being cheap...

When in Rome (Part 1)

Woken up by the sound of birds chirping and the sun shining through our window, Michelle and I were ready to take on the day. We had arranged for il nonno to take us to the the bus stop for us to commute to the...

Let’s Travel to Italy Together!

Our Lufthansa flight is set to leave at 4:10pm from terminal 1 in JFK airport. April 28th So much emotions were felt on this day. I was both anxious and excited but mostly excited. This is it. This is the start of my dream coming...

10 cities. 15 days.

April 29th- Arrival |Rome| Fiumicino Airport to Fonte Nuova, Rome We will be picked up from the airport by our host/friend, Francesca. Then head to the supermarket to get some goods. Take the rest of the day to get settled in our home for the...

Time to Plan!

Ben tornato! Not a lot know this but I actually had an opportunity to go to Italy much sooner than I thought. There was a competition for high school students that were in the culinary program to have a chance to study abroad in Italy...

10 historic and spectacular Greek monasteries

The history of Greece is inextricably tied to the history of its monasteries. For most of the monasteries the date of their foundation is lost in time. A monk who during his wandering found this place or a Byzantine lord who dedicated the monastery to...

My Love for Italy

Many who know me know that I have always had a passion for Italy. The food, the culture, the language, the architecture, the music, everything. I like to believe that my mom nurtured this love of mine since I was a little girl. No, she...

Travel And Virtual Reality.

Virtually reality technology has stormed the globe recently, with VR headsets becoming a mainstream customer product. While house adoption is driven by the gaming industry, those within other fields, involving the travel industry, are increasingly exploring and realizing the potential of technology, particularly as a...

How to spend a Sunday in Rome

This is my suggestion for a perfect Sunday in Rome, away from the hustle and bustle. If you’ve already seen the Colosseum and the Vatican, heard the whistles at the Spanish Steps and threw a coin in the Trevi Fountain, you might want a break...

17 Free (and Amazing) Things to do in Rome

I started this as 10 free things to do in Rome, but the list kept on growing as I went through my photos. Now, my list has 17 of my favorite spots in Rome, all of them free to visit. When I plan a trip,...

4 must-do day trips from Lisbon (...except Sintra)

Following our article about Lisbon, we are going to suggest four memorable day trips which can be easily done by car. We excluded Sintra, with the beautiful and fairytale Palacio Nacional da Pena, because it is a world famous town and every traveller visiting Lisbon...

Don't Go There by Adam Fletcher [Book Review]

One of this year’s Christmas gifts from my parents was pretty telling. A travel book called ‘Don’t Go There’. It’s a book about some of the strangest places in the world. It’s a memoir really that details the experiences Adam Fletcher encounters in these unusual...

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