Tag: city break
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A Beginner’s Guide to Visiting Nashville
Nashville; America’s Music City. Country Music has been experiencing a surge in popularity that seems to have translated into a tourism boom in Nashville. It seems like every other bachelor or bachelorette party is making their way down to Nashville for a weekend out at the honky tonks! Don’t be fooled- while I love the…
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Unmissable Edinburgh
The capital city of Scotland is easily one of my favorite cities. The culture, the architecture, and the easily accessible nature surrounding the city ensures that it has something for everyone! Famous for its Fringe Festival and literary heritage, Edinburgh became the world’s first city to receive the designation UNESCO City of Literature in 2004.…
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Things to Do in Inverness Scotland
Scotland’s Northernmost city, Inverness is the perfect launching point for most tours of the Scottish Highlands- some of my favorite scenery in the world. Inverness, meaning “Mouth of the River Ness”- yes that Ness, of Loch Ness Monster Fame, is bisected by the river from which it gets its name, which offers some lovely strolls…
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The Best Places to Grab a Pint in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a gorgeous city with tons to offer for first time visitors and locals alike. On my second visit to this city I was on a mission, nay, a journey, to experience Edinburgh through its many pubs and local watering holes. I loved hopping from pub to pub and experiencing the unique atmosphere in…
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Hotel Review: Volkshotel- Amsterdam
Having saved $300 by flying home out of Amsterdam rather than Cologne, I found myself in the unfortunate position of learning exactly how pricey Amsterdam hotels are. That’s what I get for trying to be clever! Although a little distant from city center, Volkshotel was relatively inexpensive and the convenient metro station located immediately outside…
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What To Do In San Jose Costa Rica
Most people who are visiting Costa Rica internationally will either fly into the airport in Liberia or the airport in San Jose. Liberia is a great choice for those looking to take advantage of some of Costa Rica’s nicer All Inclusive resorts, but for everyone else, San Jose is usually the way to go!
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Heraklion in a Nutshell
Iraklio, also known as Heraklion or Herakleion is the largest city in Crete, and also one of the major ferry ports on the island. Despite the many ways to spell the city with the Latin alphabet, I’ve settled on ‘Iraklio’ since it seemed to be the closest to how the locals pronounced the name. I…
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Museum Hopping in Florence
Florence! City of art and arguably the birthplace of the Renaissance, Florence attracts millions of visitors each year with its fantastic food, museums, and architecture. With 72 museums in the city, no wonder visitors can find themselves overwhelmed by their options! You can spend a full month in Florence and still not see every museum.…
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The Tippy Top of Tour Eiffel
The Eiffel Tower: a celebrated Parisian landmark, towering the city skyline. Obviously, I was going to climb it. There are three floors available to the public. Although the common advice claims that the second floor of the Eiffel Tower has the best view, I was celebrating! France ended up being the thirtieth country I’ve visited…
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Sight Seeing in Split, Croatia
In recent years, Croatia has probably become most well known as the set location for the ever popular HBO series “Game of Thrones”. While the show films most extensively in Dubrovnik, the crowd of wildly intoxicated fans wandering the streets on the night of our arrival made it very clear that any large city would…