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Espinho • Portual

Located on the Atlantic coastline and just south of Porto, it offers casinos and long stretches of pristine beaches. I never planned on staying or stopping here, it just happened when I was taking a train from Porto to Coimbra, and along the way found myself viewing some great coastline and ocean views which resulted […]

Batalha • Portugal

Built-in 1385, was the monarchy’s main building project for two centuries, to commemorate the victory of the Portuguese over the Castilians at the battle of Aljubarrota. A short afternoon is all you need to visit this monstrous unfinished Monastery of Batalha, declared a World Heritage Site, with massive doorways and finely detailed finishings. On the […]

Montreal • Canada

The second-largest city in Canada, the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest French-speaking city in the Western world after Paris. Most come to Montreal because its one of the few places in North America that one can drink at the age of 18, wine and beer is also available from the local […]

Acapulco • Mexico

On the Pacific coast of Mexico, 300 km (190 miles) southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay and offers visitors endless days of summer all year round. The subtropical climate and pleasant year-round temperatures draws in many foreign nationals year-round providing the volume to support the numerous bars and clubs […]

Santo Domingo • Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Founded by Bartholomew Columbus in 1496, it is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas and was the first seat of Spanish colonial rule in the New World. Santo Domingo came to be known as the “Gateway to the Caribbean”. Before the […]

Greece

With over 1,400 islands lying off its coast and scattered throughout the Aegean Sea, Greece is the most southeasterly extension of Europe. Regarded as the cradle of western civilization and is the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, western literature, political science, and drama. Greece , historically also known as Hellas, is a […]

Athens • Greece

Athens, the capital and largest city of Greece, one of the world’s oldest cities, its history spans around 3,400 years. Athens is central to economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece. In Ancient Greek, the name of Athens was related to the name of the goddess Athena. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state, a […]

Netherlands

Also called Holland, the word Dutch is used to refer to the people, the language, and anything pertaining to the Netherlands. Known for its windmills, tulips, wooden shoes, cheese and Delftware pottery are among the items associated with the Netherlands, and most importantly, its social tolerance. The Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy, located in northwestern […]

Germany

A large populous country in northern central Europe comprising former East and West German Republics, unified in 1990. The English word “Germany” derives from the Latin word Germania, after Julius Caesar adopted it from a Gallic term for the peoples east of the Rhine that probably meant “neighbour”. A region named Germania, inhabited by several […]

Algonquin Provincial Park

Algonquin Provincial Park is the first provincial park in Canada, established in 1893. Over 2400 lakes and 1200 kilometres of streams and rivers are located within the park, formed by the retreat of the glaciers during the last ice age. The act to establish Algonquin Provincial Park was drawn up in 1892 by a five-member […]

Gibraltar

A British overseas territory captured in 1704, near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar, sharing a border with Spain to the north, but it is more recognised for it famous feature “The Rock of Gibraltar”. Historically it has been an important base for the British Armed Forces and is the […]

Tinos • Greece

Tinos is a place of pilgrimage and hope, whitewashed towns of marble and stone, and beaches that are never crowded. Famous amongst Greeks for the Panagia Evangelistria church, with its reputedly miraculous icon of Virgin Mary that it holds, a yearly pilgrimage that takes place on the date of the Dominion of the Virgin Mary […]

Santorini • Thira • Greece

What has been left from an enormous volcanic explosion which destroyed the settlements on what was formerly a single island and led to the creation of the current geological caldera, Santorini is one of the top places I’ve visited. An alternative name for Santorini is Thira. Santorini is a name for the family of islands […]

Paros • Greece

It lies to the west of Naxos, with which it is separated by a channel about 8 km wide. Paros has a butterfly sanctuary, in which thousands fly and breed here, but it only happens once a year. The second-largest island of the Cyclades belonging to Greece in the central Aegean Sea, it lies to […]

Mykonos • Greece

One of the most cosmopolitan islands in Greece, Mykonos is popular with gay tourists, known for its intense nightlife and sandy beaches. One of the top international tourist destinations, famous around the globe for its cosmopolitan character and its intense nightlife. It is also one of the most expensive places, due to the number of […]

Naxos • Greece

The largest island in the Cyclades island group in the Aegean, Naxos has several easily accessible ruins and has many beautiful beaches. Naxos marks the first place I went nude on a beach, after finding myself to be the only one to be wearing any gear, I soon myself stripping it all off. The largest town […]