A city break can be a great way to spend a long weekend in Europe. The more popular major cities are often crowded with tourist traffic, and are so well known as to be clichéd. However, Europe sports some less-well-known but equally attractive and beautiful cities and cheap flights to them make a city break to Europe a very affordable option. Scotland’s city of Glasgow has magnificent classical and contempo ...

When the city gets to hectic and you need to go a little further from the commotion, you can head to one of Barcelona’s nearby beaches. With plenty to choose from and their easy accessibility, these locations are great for an afternoon adventure Just north of Barcelona, Vilassar de Mar is located. With white sand and calm waters this is a beach made for a relaxing day. There are plenty of restaurants to enj ...

Arrived at the huge Barajas airport and some how managed to get lost finding our way to the baggage hall. After locating our loan bags from the caracole, we decided to tackle the metro to get into central Madrid to our Hostel. The metro was quiet and civilised, due to it being a national holiday (9th November) to celebrate Virgen de la Almudena. We didn’t realise how important this celebration was until we ...