Eastern Europe

Before heading to Croatia, most two week itineraries I saw took in pretty much every place available and had me exhausted before I’d even started. I’m a bit of a ‘slow traveller’ and prefer to spend longer in fewer places enjoying them in depth, than rushing around not properly enjoying more places. So this itinerary […]

Finally concluding my jaunt around Croatia is a day trip to Hvar island. Hvar is one of the most famous islands in the whole country and if you love beautiful architecture, a quaint old town and dramatic coastlines, then it’s a stop you have to add to your Croatia itinerary. Whilst Hvar has become known […]

Back we head to Croatia, and our next stop is Klis Fortress – an incredible medieval fortress situated high on the cliffs looking out over the sea, near the city of Split in Croatia. Many visitors to Split don’t visit Klis, though it has seen more visitors ever since it was featured in Game of […]

Continuing on with my Croatia series, we’re now heading to the second base of the trip – Split (having already taken you on visits to Dubrovnik, Trsteno, Peljesac, Lokrum and Lopud). Split is the second largest city in Croatia after the capital Zagreb, and sits nestled on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, spread […]

Ahead of visiting Croatia, we’d seen photos in a guide book of a gorgeous leafy garden with incredible views out over the Adriatic sea. So of course we had to fit it in to our itinerary and see it for ourselves! Given it is just 20 miles outside of Dubrovnik, we decided to use one […]

On our recent trip to Croatia, one of my favourite experiences of the whole holiday was walking the Dubrovnik Old Town City Walls. However, ahead of walking them, we struggled to find helpful information online about how best to do it, so hopefully this page can be useful if you’re doing the same. History of […]

When visiting Dubrovnik, one of the most popular day trips is to cruise around the Elaphiti Islands just off the coast. The Elaphiti islands consist of 3 main islands – Kolocep, Lopud and Sipan (in both size order and distance from Dubrovnik). There are also about 10 much smaller islands dotted in between which are mostly […]

Lokrum Island was one of the highlights of my recent stay in Dubrovnik. It’s absolutely beautiful and a designated nature reserve meaning it offers the perfect escape from the city for a relaxed and beautiful day out. There are no roads and you’re not allowed to stay on the island – making it a paradise […]

Every year, my parents and I go on a trip somewhere. We’d planned to visit Croatia pre-COVID, and finally managed to get there earlier this month (Sept 2023), so now that I’m back (with a serious case of back to work blues), I’m kicking off the new series of posts. Whilst there, we spent our […]

I visited the incredible Lake Bled back at the beginning of April, and whilst there I stayed at Adora Luxury Hotel for two nights. It was the perfect base from which to explore the wonderful surroundings, and to collapse and relax after long days and lots of walking. Location The hotel is one of the […]