Travel in Europe is still in vogue and the respective destinations enjoy numerous facets. They range from the mystical regions of Iceland to the idyllic islands of the Greek Cyclades. Spain, Portugal with the Azores, Italy and France are among the preferred countries.
When we think of Venice, we think of Casanova, masked balls and the glorious times when the jewel on the Adriatic Sea in Italy was a meeting point for merchants and traders. Churches, bridges and palaces reveal a lot about the history of the lagoon city in Veneto. Walking through the narrow streets, you can get a glimpse of the former atmosphere. Taking the gondola...
Fuerteventura is one of the popular Canary Islands, which are very popular in both summer and winter. Only about 4.5 hours away by plane, eternal spring reigns on the Canary Islands. Who wouldn’t want to escape the winter depression and travel to the Canary Island in December, January or February, in the gray months in Germany, to soak up the sun. The climate...
Our Austrian adventure begins early in the morning at Augsburg train station. Full of anticipation for a varied week in the mountains, we board the IC of the Deutsche Bahn, which arrives on time. The seat reservation worked wonderfully and so we enjoy a relaxed train ride and admire the diversity of the passing landscape. With a delicious cappuccino from the on-board...
Courchevel, a pearl in the middle of three wonderful valleys in the French Alps, adorns itself with a remarkable nickname: “St. Tropez of winter sports”. With six hundred kilometres of slopes, Les Trois Vallées is the largest ski area in the world, and Courchevel, together with its neighbours Belleville and Méribel, is proud of this superlative. This...
The Hohe Tauern National Park is an interesting destination in all seasons to experience a relaxing holiday in an extremely charming landscape. Where mountaineers, cyclists and mountain bikers gather in summer and where people look for gold in the streams, winter holds the whole kaleidoscope of sporting activity. Rauris is one of the top addresses not only for...
They are snow-white – the peaks of the four-thousand-metre peaks in Switzerland. The people who are lucky enough to live in this wonderful piece of the European continent enjoy their own personal limitless freedom. On the snowiest areas of their homeland and on sunny winter days in the most beautiful winter sports resorts. There are so many of them between...
Bilbao is the largest city in the Basque Country and is located in the north of Spain. At the same time, it is the capital of the Spanish province of Biscay. Like Catalonia, the Basque Country has its own culture and language that coexists alongside Spanish culture. Bilbao is also one of the most beautiful cities in the Iberian Peninsula. In addition to the numerous...
The summer holidays are now over and we are getting closer and closer to autumn. But that doesn’t mean that you have to hide at home now and wait for spring. No. Quite the opposite: Even in the autumn and winter months, there are great places to discover throughout Germany. And if you prefer to wait until it gets warm again, you can keep the places presented...
Hidden in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland, Liechtenstein is the sixth smallest recognized state in the world and forms an almost unknown small kingdom that has never been visited by many travelers. With its capital Vaduz, the principality not only offers a historical core in the development of Europe, but also a great destination for a short trip. Vaduz...
The Balearic Islands are made up of several island groups, a total of about 150 individual islands. These are classified in different archipelagos. Formentera and Ibiza belong to the Pitiusas. While the Cabrera Archipelago, Menorca and Germany’s favourite holiday resort Mallorca belong to the Gymnese Islands. The language spoken in Spain’s Mediterranean...