On the Pacific Coast in the state of Guerrero, Zihuatanejo is a quiet coastal village on a protected bay near the built-up resort of Ixtapa. The bay burrows deep inland, which leaves Zihuatanejo’s beaches with mostly gentle, aquamarine waters to float and snorkelling in. The hinterland has the last summits of the Sierra Madre del …
While Jamaica is famous for its rum, Bob Marley and the emergence of reggae music, and jerk chicken, this Caribbean Island is arguably just as well known for its stunning beaches. Its location near the equator gives it that much sought after eternal summer vibe, and when you mix permanent hot sunny weather with a …
Colombia’s heaving capital is cradled between impressive mountains on every side, far above sea level, and is, without a doubt, the fastest growing and most developed city in the nation. Bogota is a melting pot of different cultures – as a result, there are a huge number of attractions hidden within the urban sprawl that …
If this intoxicating city in the Southern Carpathians has a German air there’s a good reason. In the Middle Ages Brașov was developed and settled by Saxons invited to settle here by Hungarian Kings. Tax exemptions allowed German merchants to build their fortunes, trading with both Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire which was on …
A city that demands to be experienced on foot, Sibiu in southern Transylvania is home to Romania’s largest German minority. On a slope with intricate rings of fortifications, the city made a clear division between the Lower Town for artisans and merchants, and the Upper Town for the more affluent citizens and religious elite. Between …
A city loaded with history and culture, Suceava was the throne of the Medieval Principality of Moldavia until the 1565. You can step inside the churches where the princes were crowned and see the unconquerable fortress they built to repel the Ottomans. Suceava is also the jumping-off point for trips around the painted monasteries of …
The story of this thrilling Transylvanian town begins in the 12th century when the King of Hungary invited Saxon merchants to move to the region. Sighișoara soon became a place of military and commercial value in the Holy Roman Empire, and the city’s flourishing guilds built a citadel on the hilltop. A UNESCO World Heritage …
A dynamic and youthful university city, the capital of Transylvania is Romania’s second most populous urban centre. True to Transylvania’s Saxon background, Cluj-Napoca is endowed with Gothic wonders like the Stunning St Michael’s Church and the Reformed Church. Cluj-Napoca also has an exciting historical legacy as the home of Hungarian dukes and the birthplace of …
In the last northern outcrops of the Poiana Ruscă mountains, Deva sits at the base of an extinct volcano crowned with the ruins of a fortress. These stone walls have been left to decay since an explosion during the Wallachian Revolution of 1848. To lift you up the vertiginous slope to see the ruins is …
Capital of the Banat region in western Romania, Timișoara will forever by known for the Romanian Revolution in 1989. This was where street protests among the Hungarian minority descended into social unrest and fighting, and on 20 December 1989 Timișoara was the first city in the country to rid itself of Nicolae Ceaușescu’s regime. For …