Bilbao Effect – Architecture tour through the Basque Country
It’s been 20 years since a building was able to steer the history of a city in completely new, unexpected directions. No other city has achieved such a reverberating turnarou
5 tips and sights for your trip to Turin
Equipped with a latte macchiato “to go” and amaretti, we quickly head for the platform with the waiting train to Milan. It’s Pentecost Saturday and the train is f
Skopje – Status: it’s complicated!
Just over a year ago, I was musing about “beauty” in Le Havre – or rather, dealing with the question: What makes a city “beautiful”, why do we call an
São Miguel Highlights — Azores – Miradouro da Boca do Inferno
After visiting Terceira – the island with more cows than inhabitants – and the charming island pair of Pico and Faial, the final stop of our week-long Azores island-hopping adv
Rovinj – photo walk through the romantic old town
Picturesque Rovinj is one of those towns that effortlessly provide pretty photo opportunities from all sides. And because these photos caught my eye in my Instagram stream, I put t
Azores island hopping – travel tips for Faial and Pico
Left or right? A flight with free seating is quite a pressure – especially when there are still free seats available on both sides when you enter the small island hopper and impo
A stop is always possible – spring skiing in Kitzbühel
Lots of sunshine, perfectly groomed slopes and T-shirt temperatures on the wind-protected sun terraces. Spring skiing has its own special charm and one ski resort that celebrates t
Azores round trip part 1 – Once around Terceira
“There are only cows!” said a colleague when I told him about my Azores island hopping plans, starting on the easternmost island of the central group of the Azorean archipelago
South of France road trip – on the Route du Mimosa
130 kilometres from the Côte d’Azur to the unspoilt Var region. The Route du Mimosa from Grasse to Bormes-les-Mimosas is a varied road trip along the beautiful coastline of
Zürserhof – time out in Zürs am Arlberg
Astonished, we looked out of the car window last summer halfway between Langen and Lech. “What kind of ghost town is this?” “Zürs hibernates in summer. But that&
Bormes les Mimosas – Corso Fleuri and Flower Festival
“On the hillside where the mimosas bloom,” people used to say when they spoke of the small town of Bormes at the foot of the Massif des Maures. And so, in 1968, Bormes
Winter in Kleinwalsertal – snowshoeing and winter hiking trails
Beautifully secluded, at least for the rest of Austria – after all, the Kleinwalsertal can only be reached via a detour through Germany. The idyllic high mountain valley with its