Backpacking | Budget Travel | Living Abroad
A Europe travel blog. Featuring trip ideas for backpackers and budget travellers, tips on where to go, how to travel and how to save money on the road.
In this post, we’re going to to look at the busiest airports in Germany. Two years have now passed since the pandemic started and air travel has still not fully recovered. We will therefore look at figures from both 2019 (the last year fully unaffected by Covid-19) and 2021. Figures are rounded up or down […]
When it comes to music festivals, Europe really is king with the widest array of choices, particularly through the summer months when every weekend usually has at least one great option. From rock to pop, everyone should be able to find a festival that truly gets their pulses racing. On this page, we look at […]
While Poland has crept slightly more onto the radar of travellers in Europe in recent years, Krakow remains by far the most popular destination for visitors and few venture to the other provincial cities. That’s a shame as there are some hidden gems and in this guest post from Ben Gould, we get a taster […]
This is our Scandinavia backpacking route featuring the best places to go in Denmark, Sweden and Norway and a realistic timescale for getting around. Read on for our suggested itinerary which will take around a month to complete. It includes visits to all the capital cities, as well as some stunning natural sights in this […]
The Iberian corner of Europe is one of the most popular travel destinations in the world. It boasts some of Europe’s best beaches, most historic cities and tastiest food and drink. They also like a good fiesta so no matter when you visit, your trip is likely to coincide with some form of celebration or […]
Despite its small size, the UK is a major hub for air travel in Europe with some of the region’s busiest airspace and over 20 airports which serve more than a million passengers per year during normal times. In this post, we’re going to look at the busiest airports in the UK. The data comes […]
While Cyprus has long been a popular holiday destination for hordes of Northern Europeans, it is still relatively undiscovered by many visitors to Europe. Adventure seeking Brits, Scandinavians and Germans are perhaps under the impression that there isn’t much more to the island other than the odd raucous beach resort. However that couldn’t be further […]
People often ask me why I like travelling to Eastern Europe. Thus far, I have managed to avoid the answer ‘Because it’s there’ in favour of a more considered response that involves three parts. Firstly, if one considers Europe to the west of Russia, there are many places that can be reached in about three […]
Two work colleagues were having a conversation about holidays. “Nobody” said one “goes to Albania for a holiday”. Now I know that it is rather impolite to interrupt, but it was impossible. “I did” I said. For a few moments, I was the recipient of one of those “Are you kidding?” looks. Then they realised […]
Due to the environmental impact of flying, most would agree that high-speed rail has a big part to play in the future of both domestic and international travel. Trains are getting faster and more high-speed links are being built across the world. However the cost of using the fastest trains in the world remains high […]
