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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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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How to plan a weekend road trip to Paris
Planning a weekend roadtrip to Paris? If you’re planning on visiting Paris and France for the Euros from the UK, one option is to…
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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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Top of the hops: Best craft beer bars in Paris
No one is in doubt that France’s national drink is wine, but recent years have seen it joining the craft beer craze with some…
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Day trips from Milan under €50
Milan is known as a sophisticated fashion capital, bustling business city and home to cultural gems like The Last Supper, but did you know…
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Crossing Border Festival: A border where music & words meet
We live in a world of constant distraction. Email. Twitter. Facebook. Instagram We watch TV on the tablet or laptop. We play games on…
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Day trips from Paris: Lille
Despite being the capital of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France’s northern-most region, and France’s fifth largest urban area, Lille is often overlooked by tourists. Truth is, Lille…
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How to spend less & travel more in 2019
Spending less, travelling more: is this one of your New Year’s resolutions? I’d love to help your realise this resolution. In this post, I’ve…
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