10 Hidden Gems Near Prague – A Scenic Road Trip Beyond the Capital

If you love castles, Czechia is one of the best places in Europe to explore them. With more than 2,000 castles and castle ruins scattered across the country, you could spend weeks discovering medieval towers, royal fortresses and mysterious legends.

PART II – Where Stone Meets the Wind

Set out on a romantic journey in the footsteps of ancient kings.vIt may look like the route described in the following story — or it may be completely different.

A familiar feeling many independent travellers know

It may surprise you, but it's not easy at all.

Prague Deserves Its Fame – But It's Not the Whole Story

Waiting for a departure at almost any major European airport, it becomes strikingly clear how constantly Europe is on the move. Planes disgorge and absorb streams of travellers with rolling suitcases, almost like an industrial production line, until a quiet thought sometimes appears:

It happens quite often. You visit a city praised in superlatives, and somehow it doesn't really work. Yes, the famous landmarks are there, just like in the pictures, but something is missing. The atmosphere.

Recently, I watched an episode of a TV series based on Agatha Christie's novels, featuring the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The story takes place in the 1930s, and one of the female characters sets off on a solo bus journey to Turkey. At the time, this was considered almost unthinkable. Even in the 1960s, travelling through Greece still...