Radovljica is a pretty town, 50 km away from Ljubljana, in the heart of the Slovenian Alps. Four years ago, the tourism office changed directions, and changed the way the city was shown to tourists. T[...]
Bled is the most touristic city in Slovenia after Ljubjana. It seems that in the last few years, the city has lost some of its cultural diversity; many young people confided that 15 years ago there we[...]
Lake Bohinj is absolutely beautiful, less touristic than Bled and just as magnificent. The locals have a tendency have a preference for this lake. The pictures were all so beautiful that I didn’[...]
Kranjska Gora is the last town before the Italian border. It’s a famous winter resort and the starting point for many excursions and bike trails (the bike trails are in very good shape), Triglav[...]
Kranj is a city that is worth the detour, 30 km from Ljubljana. Its first inhabitants go back 600 years. The old town’s church dates back to the 15th century, and the bells still work. Check out[...]
Summary A bit of history OK, so for Naples, there are tons of things to say about it. This is the first time I do a general article on a city, I want to extend on what’s already on 716 and bring[...]
Liepaja is a city that serves as an access point to the sea, so it holds strategic value. There’s a song about Liepaja that is represented all along the street by statues, and it tells the story[...]
Jelgava is the second city to have the most students, people come to visit it notably for its ancient palace, for the view from the Saint Trinity Tower, or for the student atmosphere if it’s nic[...]
At first, they were small fishing towns, they were then united in 1959 to make Jurmala. Check out 716’s photo album Everything started in Kemeri: someone started offering treatments, and soldier[...]
Tukums is a little town located an hour away from Riga by car (60 km), it might be interesting to visit it to delve into the Latvian small town atmosphere which is not without charm. Check out 716R[...]
I enjoyed Valmeria a lot, probably because I got along with the tourism office person, she really understood my needs for 716, and she drove me to many places; Valmeria is best enjoyed with a car for [...]
I was there on a rainy day, so I didn’t see it under its best light. This medieval town hosts many summer concerts and festivals, and is known for being an artist haven. Walking around the city,[...]
Sigulda is the city with the most tourism out of all the cities I visited in Latvia. I arrived there tired, under the rain, and I left the next morning. I therefore didn’t get the chance to real[...]
I had a coup de coeur for the little town Dobele. For your information, when I organized this trip with the Latvian National Tourism Office, they gave me a list of cities that were ready to receive me[...]
The Curonian Spit is a long island which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site; located in front of Klaipeda, it’s northern part belongs to Lithuania, and its southern part to Russia, the fa[...]
Verona is a beautiful city, but it’s also a conservative and rich one, which is important to know. My friends from Verona are very different, and therefore I was able to take in a friendly and o[...]
Klaipeda is a big commercial port with a population of 100 000, it’s the second riches city in Lithuania, after Vilnius, the capital. Lithuania has five distinct ethnographic regions: Suvalkija [...]
I had a great time in Wroclaw, I really liked the city. Even though there’s also a very touristic main square, there are less tourists here than in Krakow, it’s calmer. It’s a city i[...]