8 of the best budget places to stay in Lisbon
There can be many definitions or experiences that describe luxury. One of these might extend to the concept of hospitality. A feeling of being…
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Free download: 2nd edition, Luxury Hostels of Europe guidebook
After a year of visiting over 100 hostels , I am excited to share with you, a brand new guide to Luxury Hostels of…
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40 pictures that will make you want to visit Costa Brava
I’m back in Costa Brava after a gap of almost 4 years. It’s quite early in the morning. I’ve woken up in a cold…
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Discover Europe’s most underrated cities
Summer is almost at an end. Hope it has been a good summer so far for you. Mine has been quite epic. Exhausting too!…
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The Best Gastro Hostels of Europe
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” ― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own. Echoing the…
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Go back to a place you loved or visit somewhere new?
There are no pictures left from my last trip to Tampere. Except one of 2 pictures. This is one of them. As you can…
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Beat the Ryanair easyJet cabin hand luggage restrictions: My top 5 carry-on backpacks ( Updated Jan 2023)
It started as a personal endeavour 11 years ago but now searching Google, seems after so many years of flying low-cost airlines, many of…
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Best Quiet Hostels of Europe
Today on the BudgetTraveller we are talking about quiet hostels. Not party hostels. Does the word ‘hostel’ conjure up images of raucous, loud, after…
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The slow train to Zagreb
“Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than a moving plane, ship or train.” Alain de Botton, The…
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72 Hours in Hong Kong
“You can leave Hong Kong, but it will never leave you.” -Nury Vittachi, Hong Kong: The City of Dreams. I grew up in the…
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