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Explore practical European destination guides covering transport, places to stay, realistic costs, itineraries and scenic highlights. The collection combines Anas Morsali's own travel material where available with clearly documented research from official transport, park and tourism sources.
Italy
The Dolomites are best understood as a collection of valleys rather than a single destination. Val Gardena, Alta Badia, Val di Funes and the Cortina basin each have their own dialect, cuisine and cable car network, and c…
Best time to visit: June – September · 4 highlights covered
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands reward patience more than planning. Weather arrives from four directions in a single afternoon, many of the best viewpoints sit on private land with a small access fee, and the whole archipelago is smal…
Best time to visit: April – October · 4 highlights covered
Norway
Norway's fjord country rewards a slow route. The distances between Bergen, Geiranger and Lofoten are far larger than a map suggests, and ferries dictate the timetable more than roads do. This guide sets out how the ferry…
Best time to visit: May – October · 4 highlights covered
Scotland
Scotland packs an enormous amount of landscape into short distances, but single-track roads on Skye and in the north-west slow everything down. This guide explains how to plan realistic driving days, when the midges make…
Best time to visit: March – May, October – November · 4 highlights covered
Switzerland
Switzerland is the easiest alpine country to travel without a car, because the trains, buses, boats and cable cars are timetabled as one integrated system. The real planning question is which travel pass to buy, since mo…
Best time to visit: June – September · 4 highlights covered
Italy
Sardinia's coastline is over 1,800 km long, and the difference between the granite coves of the north-east and the limestone cliffs of the Golfo di Orosei is significant. Many of the best beaches now require advance book…
Best time to visit: May – October · 4 highlights covered
Cyprus
Cyprus works as a year-round destination if you match the season to the activity: coast and sea from May to November, Troodos hiking in spring and autumn, and skiing on Mount Olympus in February. This guide covers drivin…
Best time to visit: April – November · 4 highlights covered
Montenegro
Montenegro compresses a fjord-like bay, a limestone canyon second only to the Grand Canyon in depth, and five national parks into an area smaller than Northern Ireland. The trade-off is traffic: the coastal road around t…
Best time to visit: May – October · 4 highlights covered
Ireland
Ireland's west coast is the reason most people come, and the Wild Atlantic Way strings 2,500 km of it together. The practical challenge is weather and pacing: four seasons in an afternoon is not a cliché here, and trying…
Best time to visit: May – September · 4 highlights covered
Malta
Malta is small enough that you never need to change hotel, and dense enough that seven millennia of history sit within a 20-minute drive. The two things worth planning carefully are the Gozo ferry timetable and the fact …
Best time to visit: April – November · 4 highlights covered
Greece
Corfu is greener and wetter than most Greek islands, and its Venetian, French and British history shows in the architecture of the old town. The north-west coast has the dramatic scenery, the north-east the calm swimming…
Best time to visit: May – October · 4 highlights covered
Austria
Austria splits naturally into two trips: the imperial cities of Vienna and Salzburg, and the alpine west of Tyrol and Salzburgerland. Both are easy by train, and the Grossglockner High Alpine Road — Austria's most specta…
Best time to visit: June – September, December – March · 4 highlights covered
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