Tag Archives: historic architecture

Key West at the southernmost tip of the US needs a long drive along the Florida Keys. Don’t let it scare you, the Caribbean town is worth it. Once you are there, the fairy-tale houses and tropical style make you want to stay – but what if you only have one day in Key West?  On our trips to the ...

Phaselis ruins are a former Roman city a short distance from Kemer. To get there you can take a boat tour from Kemer or Antalya, or you can walk along the famous Lycian Way walking trail. To get to Phaselis we only walked a short bit of the Lycian Way that is 500 km long in all. We first took a dolmus bus ...

This post will take you on a walk to the most interesting sights in and around Antalya Old Town, Turkey. Antalya’s historic old town Kaleici is a sight in itself and there’s even more to see outside the thick city walls. We will start in the seaside park Karaaliogly and walk around Kaleici to the local’s favorite shopping area, from ...

This post will show you the historic Kaleici, Antalya Old Town. Kaleici is even prettier than I though and perfect in size to be explored on foot. As we wanted to explore Antalya Old Town we booked a hotel right in oldest part of it and spent days in the old quarters and around. This post is a photo gallery on Kaleic ...

Before my trip to Gdansk I only had a vague idea of Polish food in my mind: potatoes, sauerkraut and pork. But after a few evenings dining in Gdansk this idea had changed. As Gdansk is on the coast they serve a lot of fish in the city, and not even meat dishes were heavy as I had thought. I ...

This post will tell you what to see in Slowinski National Park on the Baltic Coast of Poland. Slowinski is famous for its sand dunes that move 10 meters a year, pushed by the wind. Some of the dunes get high like hills and you can climb on them, on the soft sand. In cooperation with: Polish Tourist Organisation To ...

On our trip to Gdansk we also wanted to see the Baltic coast. So we took bikes and spent a day on a lovely bike trip from Gdansk to Sopot Beach. Sopot, Poland, is a postcard-pretty spa town a bit north of Gdansk, famous for its warm thermal baths, long sandy beach with wooden piers, and Sopot also has music ...

In this post we will take you to the historic Gdansk by the Baltic Sea. We went to Gdansk for a weekend, invited by the Polish Tourist Organisation, and were surprised how great history this thousand year old town has. The historic town of Gdansk offers a lot to see and makes a perfect weekend getaway. In cooperation with: Polish ...

Ever thought about what Miami’s Ocean Drive Art Deco district looks like at night? We have all seen in daytime photos, yet at night it looks still better. At night the historic buildings shine in tropical colors and the swaying palms and warm wind add to the feeling. We are in the tropics! To let you see all the beauty, ...

This post will take you on a National Mall walking itinerary to see the famous Washington DC museums and monuments. So leave your car and explore the amazing Washington DC National Mall by foot. We will guide you! The National Mall is a 2,5 mile long green area between Capitol Hill in the east and the Lincoln Memorial in the ...