One of my favourite places when I was backpacking in Romania was the city of Cluj-Napoca. I spent almost a week there and apart from wandering all over the place, checking some museums, attending the cheapest opera I’ve ever been (but actually quite good), and trying a few of the local traditional restaurants, I also…
Continuing my month of adventures backpacking in Romania, I made it to the town of Brasov in the region of Transylvania which is a sort of must-go city as it’s one of the first places everyone mentions when in Romania. What not many people mentions though is that you can do a lot of hiking…
This post is about one of those improvised adventures that commonly find my way. To go Hiking in Lakatnik was not on my plans while backpacking in Bulgaria simply because a couple of hours before going there I didn’t even know of this place! After a couple of days exploring the beautiful capital city of…
As part of my month of adventures backpacking in Romania, I made it to one of the must-go places in Transylvania: Dracula’s Castle! plus I also had a bit of time to improvise a little bit of Hiking in Bran where the castle is located! Bran Castle (Dracula’s) is a national Romanian monument and depending…
When my days backpacking in Malta were coming to an end, I only had one final place on my bucket list: to go hiking the Victoria Lines! Also known as The Great Wall of Malta, the Victoria Lines were built in the late 19th century, the wall spans 12km dividing the north of the island…
As part of my days hiking in Gozo, this was actually the very first route I did walking in Gozo, I say walking as I don’t consider it necessarily a hike as it was quite “urban”. Even so, the views where stunning as pretty much everywhere else in Gozo! This was a good 3h walk…
If you have made your way backpacking in Malta you should definitely visit the island of Gozo. This small island is perfect to explore all over on foot, I did a few stunning hikes on my days there so make sure to read my other Gozo hikes’ posts for all the things you need to…
My days backpacking in Malta were action packed with lots of hikes, and surely the ones I loved the most were my days Hiking in Gozo! I hiked all over the island, on this post I’ll give you the details to hike the south of the island as it was one of my favorite things…
If you’re backpacking in Spain and find yourself on a quick visit to one of its most famous towns in the Basque Country, you’re in for a treat! these are my recommendations on things to do in San Sebastian for a very quick one-day visit! San Sebastian is relatively small, but prepare yourself to walk…
Whilst there’s so much to explore and discover when backpacking in Barcelona, it’s always a great option to mix the impressive architecture, easy-going way of life and all-year-long visits to the beach with some wonderful hiking. The majestic massif of Pedraforca is one of the best choices you can make while exploring Catalonia. The Pedraforca…
A bank holiday in the UK is always a good excuse to get out of the city, I’m not British but I always say that the UK has some incredibly beautiful places and that not all the time we need to escape to exotic locations, to go camping in the Lake District is a perfect…
Having a bank holiday weekend approaching really fast without realising it, I found myself planning this solo hiking in Cornwall trip from London just two days in advance. I had heard great things of Cornwall in the past and googling options for a short trip I found the South West Coast Path. England’s longest hike…