Although Nice and the French Riviera coast certainly are more famous travel destinations than Collioure, this small town shows a lot of style. If you follow the Mediterranean coastline in France towards Spain, you will find Collioure just before the border between two countries.… Read >
Author: Jan
Travel photography from a road trip in France and Italy
This road trip started from southern France, Cote d’Azur (also known as Riviera, here is a Riviera guidebook), continued to northwest Italy via the lower Alps, passed through Mont Blanc along a long tunnel that ended in Chamonix France, continued to central France, and from there to the Pyrenees … Read >
Nissan has designed a visionary campervan concept for digital nomads
Nissan has designed a vision for a stylish campervan that traveling professionals, digital nomads, can drive to a scenic place even outside paved roads, stop, and work and stay awhile in the nature. The Nissan NV350 Caravan Office Pod Concept looks beautiful, and certainly invokes dreams of other kind of … Read >
Where is the paradise between two seas?
In the 1960s, investors made a huge bet in a large beach resort that was built from scratch on a narrow strip of dunes. The first hotels and holiday apartments were ready for sunbathers along the road that crossed the 20 … Read >
Top 10 most expensive and cheapest cities in the world in 2020
Often, travelers like to compare prices of hotels nights and meals they have paid during their last trips, but expats, digital nomads, and other people who are considering a move to another country have to take more costs into account. The Economist Intelligence Unit has published … Read >
Beware of fake reviews of hotels and tourist apartments
I lost my faith in Airbnb after I stayed in an apartment with misleading description and questionable reviews. After reporting the false information, Airbnb didn’t lift a finger to correct anything. In the future, Airbnb and other online services like Booking.com have to react because recently, a person in … Read >
These cities are ready to welcome more tourists, whereas these struggle with crowds
Travelers who have visited a popular tourist destination during the high season surely have experienced never-ending crowds, time-consuming queues, and overpriced restaurants and shops. Overtourism is an emerging problem, particularly, in select cities in Europe. World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and JLL have published a study that rates cities … Read >
How to travel Europe in a week, in a month, or in six months?
It is easy to roam in Europe once you have arrived in the old continent. In some regions, remarkable cities and sights are so close one another that it only takes a couple of hours by car or by train to explore a new destination. … Read >
Tips for first time visitors to the French Riviera and Nice
Ebooks and ereaders have found their audience in France
Large English-language markets, such as the US and the UK are leading the transition to ebooks, but large European countries, like France, Germany, Italy and Spain are beginning to turn to digital reading as well. A survey conducted in France indicates that ebooks are already well established (21% of French … Read >