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Venice - In Photographs

Venice – In Photographs

Church of Saint Roch

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Tales of Slovenia - Experience the Postojna Cave (video)

Tales of Slovenia – Experience the Postojna Cave (video)

If you visit Slovenia, there is absolutely no way that you won’t come across a poster or someone who suggests or rather persuades you to visit Postojna cave. Many might say that the attraction is over hyped.

Postojna cave system is massive in size, and one of the richest in stalactites, stalagmites, pillars, curtains, etc. The reason that it is so talked about is the fact that it has been made…

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Tales of Slovenia - Predjama, the cave castle with a thrilling story

Tales of Slovenia – Predjama, the cave castle with a thrilling story

Places have caves to visit and then other places have castles. Ever heard of a cave castle? Yes, they do exist. The Predjama castle, built at the mouth of a cave near the village of Predjama has a cave behind it and one under it.

The trip to Predjama castle is often added in tour programmes along with the famous Postojna caves when operating tours from Ljubljana, the Slovenian capital. However,…

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Tales of Slovenia - Adventure tour of the enchanting Križna Cave (video)

Tales of Slovenia – Adventure tour of the enchanting Križna Cave (video)

During our travel in Slovenia, we had the opportunity to visit the Križna cave. The cave system is a extensive one and a unique feature of visits to this cave is the opportunity to explore the cave by crossing thirteen lakes. The tour depends on the water level of the cave. We were extremely lucky to be able to experience it as the tour was possible only for few days in October. Before our visit,…

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A chilly evening in Frankfurt

A chilly evening in Frankfurt

Its no news for most people that after a relatively less cold winter last year, this year the chilly winter is back in Europe with snow in unusual places. After the festive Christmas and New Year celebrations, cities are again calm and quiet with the chill setting in. We set out on a quiet weekend evening to roam around Frankfurt.

As we started out from Konstablerwache train station, we found…

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Lets walk through the Frankfurt Christmas Market Its the festive season and Frankfurt Christmas market, one of the largest in Germany has been going on with lots of food, drinks, rides and the most important of all, people from far and wide.

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Exploring Malta

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Exploring the Maltese islands

Exploring the Maltese islands

Let me be frank, we never knew how much the Maltese islands have to offer until we reached there. Beaches, monuments, thousands of years of known history, natural spectacles, you name it and it is there in Malta. A bunch of traveller’s delight in couple of tiny islands.

One immediately gets a feel of the modest nature of Malta after landing at Luqa airport where one needs to walk to the terminals…

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Stunning Budapest - In photographs

Stunning Budapest – In photographs

Budapest Central Railway Station

Main Market Square

Main Market Square

Buda Castle with Danube River

Szechenyi Chain Bridge

Szechenyi Chain Bridge

Hungarian Parliament building

Szechenyi Chain Bridge

Szechenyi Chain Bridge

Buda Castle

St. Stephen’s Basilica

St. Stephen’s Basilica

St. Stephen’s Basilica

View from top of St. Stephen’s Basilica

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The ruins of Spis Castle

The ruins of Spis Castle

Among the numerous attractions to visit in northern Slovakia, the Spis Castle is a truly enchanting structure. Located just by the town of Spišské Podhradie, this vast castle has always attracted visitors.

There are regular buses from Poprad to Spišské Podhradie. As there were no electronic sign boards on the bus and also the driver never informed passengers about the stops, we requested a pretty…

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The mighty High Tatras of Slovakia

The mighty High Tatras of Slovakia

A trip to the Tatras is never complete without a visit to Lomnicky Peak. It is the second highest peak in Slovakia after Gerlachovsky Peak and the best thing is that it is readily accessible via cable car.

As we made our way towards the cable car station, the mighty mountain emerged in front of us. It was magical. The first cable car station is at Tatranska Lomnica with two intermediate stations…

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Hiking the Sucha Bela trail in Slovenský Raj

Hiking the Sucha Bela trail in Slovenský Raj

Northern Slovakia is filled with unusual and natural wonders. One just needs to have the time and willingness to explore them. Slovenský Raj or Slovak Paradise National Park is one such natural beauty which has numerous trails for hikers. After visiting the Belianska Cave and Štrbské Pleso we decided that this was going to be our next experience.

The best thing about these trails is that they are…

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Štrbské Pleso and hike to Skok waterfalls

Štrbské Pleso and hike to Skok waterfalls

After our wonderful experience in the Polish Tatras, the next stop in our trip was in Poprad, a small city in northern Slovakia which is better known as the gateway to the Slovak High Tatra mountains.

Although Poprad itself has not much to explore, it is an ideal location to stay and explore the High Tatras along with the some attractions to the east.

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The enchanting Belianska Cave

The enchanting Belianska Cave

The Belianska Cave is the only cave open to the public in the Slovak Tatra region. Located in the village of Tatranska Kotlina, the cave is an excellent natural wonder which attracts numerous visitors.

After reaching Poprad on our trip, we had so many places to visit that we could not make up our mind about which one to visit first. Finally we decided on Belianska Cave and we hopped in the bus…

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Zakopane and a wonderland called Morskie Oko

Zakopane and a wonderland called Morskie Oko

Lot of visitors to Poland visit Zakopane as a day trip from Krakow. We had heard so much about this gateway to the Polish Tatras that we decided to spend couple of days there and explore.

It turned out that our stay was a long 2 kms away from the centrum. As we started towards it, we were treated to this wonderful view on the way. We started having an idea of what was waiting for us in Zakopane.

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Krakow - City with a medieval touch

Krakow – City with a medieval touch

A major stop in our recent trip to Central Europe was Krakow. We’d  heard wonderful things about this place and we wanted to check it out first hand. Moving from Warsaw to Krakow, we felt a complete change. Krakow was nothing like Warsaw. It was much more cozy and had a medieval touch in itself.

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Ojców National Park - Poland

Ojców National Park – Poland

Recently, we had the opportunity of visiting the beautiful country of Poland. While in Krakow, we wanted to visit the well known Ojców National Park which is just 16 kms from Krakow and a wonderful location for nature lovers.

Ojców National Park is the smallest national park of Poland with around 15 sq.kms in area. However, it makes up for it’s small size with it’s serene beauty.

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