My name is Kashyap Bhattacharya but you can call me Kash. It is an easy name to remember for some reason đ I started the BudgetTraveller 15 years ago as an experiment. I wanted to have a place where I could share some of my travel stories and also the travel tips that my friends…
Everyone has a ski story. Even if they havenât gone skiing in their lifetime. Almost most of these stories inevitably involve someone breaking something. âMy brother broke his collarbone at 31â or â My nan broke her collarbone at 81â are some of the encouraging responses when I tell them the news. I am going skiing…
Want to travel across Europe in style on a budget? After 7 years of travelling through Europe Iâve put together for you a travel resource page that should help plan the ultimate Europe trip. This page pulls together my best Europe tips. Planning a trip to Europe can be quite a daunting thing. Been…
Street Art is a form of art that is displayed in public locations. It has its roots in the graffiti art boom of the 1980s but has subsequently undergone successive reincarnations to achieve cult status as a sophisticated way of creating cultural consciousness and social awareness. In this respect it is a powerful subculture. I…
It has been a few days since I came back from Western Australia. Still feels quite surreal that I went half way around the world and finally visited Australia. Finally! Iâve spent the week suffering from reverse jet lag. I am at times incoherent to my partner, speech blurry from lack of sleep and falling…
Summer is almost at an end. Hope it has been a good summer so far for you. Mine has been quite epic. Exhausting too! Fun nevertheless. I visited over 35 cities and we filmed some new Luxury Hostels that you will discover in my new guide to Luxury Hostels of Europe which will be published…
âOne cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.â â Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own. Echoing the sentiment of Woolf’s memorable quote above, the BudgetTraveller this week is on a mission to scout out the best European hostels, where eating a meal is an epicurean delight. Food has…
Today on the BudgetTraveller we are talking about quiet hostels. Not party hostels. Does the word âhostelâ conjure up images of raucous, loud, after hour parties attended by very young people leaving behind the aftermath of a âhappening nightâ? Are you someone who likes to wind down after a long day of sightseeing with a…
âIf I walked down by different streets to the Jardin du Luxembourg in the afternoon I could walk through the gardens and then go to the MusĂ©e du Luxembourg where the great paintings were that have now mostly been transferred to the Louvre and the Jeu de Paume. I went there nearly every day for…
