If you’ve visited Marrakech you’re bound to have spent some time walking around the Jemaa el fna at night and during the day. Jemaa el Fna is Marrakech’s main square and is well worth a wonder. If you’re looking for some more alternative things to do in Marrakech. When the sun begins to set people from…
Marrakech is a popular long weekend destination for us Brits. Forget Paris, spending a weekend in Marrakech is what’s always a good idea. There’s an abundance of cheap flights and it only takes three hours of being at 35,000 ft to arrive somewhere that feels a million miles away from home there are plenty of…
Take a bus five hours south of Marrakech and you’ll find yourself in Ouarzazate; the gateway city to the Sahara. Historically used as a small crossing point for African traders on their way to northern Morocco and Europe, Ouarzazate is now a popular stopping-off point for travellers heading to the Sahara desert to ride camels…
If you’ve lost your EHIC (European Health Insurance Card) or GHIC (Global Health Insurance Card) and are currently travelling or are planning on travelling without your European Health Card and want to know how to get an EHIC renewal then check out our story below about when we needed medical care but had a forgotten…
Taking a Northern Spain road trip seems to be having a bit of a moment. I can’t count on both my hands how many people I know of who have been in the past few months. I wasn’t aware of this when we booked flights to Santander to celebrate my husband’s birthday. We booked the…
In the hills above the Italian town of Tremezzo on Lake Como is a traditional stone cottage that serves exceptional food. La Fagurida is a family-run restaurant with two generations of Italian families working together to serve traditional fare from the Lombardy region of Italy. You’ll need a car to get here, as the restaurant…
Within just an hour of arriving on the banks of Lake Como, I was already feeling relaxed and our Lake Como itinerary remained that way. Gone were the stresses of driving 3 hours from Bergamo airport on windy, narrow roads whilst dodging cars driving across both lanes, and dealing with an incompetent sat-nav, and in…
There is something undeniably romantic about travelling by train, especially on a sleeper train where you can fall asleep in one city and wake up in another. The Caledonian Sleeper train offers this experience and more, with the added bonus of breathtaking views of the Scottish and Northern English countryside along the way. Having travelled…
Snowdonia is a great UK destination for adventure. It’s easy to forget about your own backyard and dream of faraway adventures but I think there are plenty of things to do in Snowdonia. Snowdonia is known in Welsh as Eryri which translates to English as “places of the eagles”. Whilst I can’t guarantee you’ll spot…
If you’re visiting Grenoble and want to do the Grenoble Bastille hike there are definitely some things you should know beforehand. The Bastille is a small hill that sits as the backdrop to Grenoble and is where you’ll find a fortress (fort de la bastille Grenoble France). A trip to Grenoble is not complete unless…