Category: Destinations

Bologna Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Bologna, home to the world’s oldest continuously operating university (founded 1088), sits at 54 metres above sea level in the heart of Emilia-Romagna and counts 387,971 residents within city limits. Known as ‘La Grassa’ (The Fat One) for its extraordinary food culture and ‘La Rossa’ (The […]

Assisi Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Assisi sits at 424 metres above sea level on the western flank of Monte Subasio in Umbria, a town of 27,605 residents that has drawn pilgrims and travellers for over 800 years since St. Francis founded his order here in 1209. The entire medieval hilltop centro […]

Amalfi Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Amalfi, a town of just 4,729 residents clinging to cliffs above the Gulf of Salerno, was once the capital of the powerful Duchy of Amalfi — a maritime republic that dominated Mediterranean trade in the 9th and 10th centuries. Sitting at just 6 metres above sea […]

Xanthi Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Xanthi is a city of 66,875 residents in northeastern Greece’s Western Thrace region, sitting roughly 110 km east of Kavala and just 50 km from the Bulgarian border. Founded in medieval times and flourishing as a major tobacco-trading hub from the 19th century onward, it retains […]

Trikala Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Trikala is a city of 61,608 residents in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, sitting at 115 metres above sea level along the Lithaios river. Founded on the site of ancient Trikke — one of Greece’s oldest continuously inhabited cities — it serves as the capital of the Trikala […]

Sparta Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Sparta (modern Greek: Σπάρτη) sits at roughly 210 metres altitude in the Evrotas River valley of the Peloponnese, around 210 km south of Athens. Founded as a modern town in 1834 by King Otto on the ruins of the ancient polis that once dominated the Greek […]