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Explore the world with TravelEyes
in All blogs, Travel guidesTravelEyes bring together sighted and visually impaired solo travellers, by offering the opportunity to travel the world.
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6 of Europe’s cycle-friendly cities
in All blogs, Europe travel inspiration, Travel guidesCycling is becoming a far more popular and affordable way to travel, especially in European cities. City planners are realising the benefits of this environmentally friendly mode of transport and are providing cycle-paths, plenty of cycle-parking facilities, bike hire and bike-friendly public transport. Here are some of Europe’s best cities to explore on two wheels.
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Five top foodie cities of Europe
in All blogs, Europe travel inspiration, Travel guidesOne of the most exciting things about travelling is sampling the food of different cultures and regions. With mainland Europe on our doorstep, there’s a huge variety of cultural cuisines ready to taste. To whet your appetite for culinary exploration, here’s five of my top foodie destinations in Europe: Lyon, France If Paris is the
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7 best gardens to visit in Europe
in All blogs, Europe travel inspiration, Travel guides, UK travel inspirationSpring is a great time of year to explore the best that gardens have to offer in Europe. Perhaps it’s the early flowering plants beginning to show their nascent green shoots that urge me to visit gardens, both at home and abroad. Here are seven gardens I would recommend visiting in Europe. They cover a
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8 essential travel items to pack for your holiday
in All blogs, Travel guidesWhen travelling, I’m often asked ‘what essential gadgets/kit do you take with you?’ Aside from clothes and toiletries, I usually pack the following few items. A lot depends on the trip I am making but these are usually somewhere in my luggage. Below are my must-have items that I take with me when travelling… 1)
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8 ways to be more eco-friendly on holiday
in All blogs, Travel tipsIf you want to travel more sustainably, here are 8 tips for easy ways to be an eco-friendly traveller.
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9 apps to make travel much easier
in All blogs, Travel guidesTravel can be a bit of a headache at times, but it doesn’t have to be. These days there’s so much technology available to take the hassle out of travel for you. Keep track of details, make bookings on the go – even learn a new language! These are my must-have apps to make travel
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How to use less plastic when you travel
in All blogs, Travel tipsIn a world of tiny ‘holiday-ready’ plastic bottles being sold for convenience, going on holiday often increases the amount of plastic we use. But it doesn’t have to be that way. It’s easy to swap a few simple items on your packing list to make sure you’re using less plastic when you travel. Read these
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Lake Constance: one lake, four countries, one continent
in All blogs, Europe travel inspiration, Travel guidesLake Constance Meersburg. Photo credit: IBT Achim Mende Lake Constance is where Austria, Germany and Switzerland meet, mingle and bedazzle. From Swiss sophistication to Bavarian feasts, it’s a bewitching Alpine playground. I’m here for the ferry-hopping and country-crossing, sampling a succession of European greatest hits but without turning it into a slog, Tour de France-style.
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6 epic rail journeys around the world
in All blogs, Europe travel inspiration, Travel guides, Worldwide travel inspirationTrain travel always evokes a sense of grandeur and romanticism that just seems to be missing from a flight. If you want a trip where the journey is as much a part of your experience as the destination, a train could be the perfect way to cover plenty of ground at the same time as
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6 reasons for visiting Valletta, Malta
in All blogs, Europe travel inspiration, Travel guidesBack in the 1950s a young newly wed and her naval officer husband moved to the Island of Malta and immediately fell in love with the place. They settled in a quiet suburb of the capital Valletta and stayed for nearly three years. In 2015 that same couple returned for a few days to the
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An adventure in Fuerteventura
in All blogs, Europe travel inspiration, Travel guidesAs I left the plane a fellow passenger said that I would either love or hate my forthcoming walking experience on the island of Fuerteventura. My curiosity was heightened. I had read the descriptions of the walks in the programme and they seemed pretty ordinary. I was soon to discover there is nothing ordinary about
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Chocolate cities of Europe
in All blogs, Europe travel inspiration, Travel guides, UK travel inspirationAny time is a good time to contemplate taking a chocolate themed city break. You don’t have to wait for events like National Chocolate Week or Valentines Day. As a travel writer, I have discovered several chocolate cities worth heading to for a chocolate fix. The following are European cities worth visiting for their chocolate or chocolate
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Where to visit ancient cave paintings in the South of France
in All blogs, Europe travel inspiration, Travel guides17,000 years ago, some of our ancestors ventured deep into caves in the South of France and created ancient cave paintings, huge works of art on the rock faces, depicting arresting scenes of active predatory mammals. Fast forward to 1940, and a teenage boy and his dog set out to roam the French countryside looking
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European battlefields to visit
in All blogs, Europe travel inspiration, Travel guidesThere a number of reasons for wanting to visit European battlefields. A desire to see where a father, grandfather or great-grandfather fought, a passion for military and regimental history or simply an interest in seeing where the battles that changed history took place. I have focused on a few 20th century battlefields in Europe that