Category: Travel Tips
Lavezzi Islands: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Lavezzi Islands Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) The Lavezzi Islands are a wild granite archipelago of roughly 30 islets sitting in the Strait of Bonifacio, just 13 km south of Corsica and 12 km north of Sardinia. Administered by the Commune of Bonifacio since 1982 as a nature reserve, the islands see […]
Georgian Military Highway: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Georgian Military Highway Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) The Georgian Military Highway stretches roughly 212 km from Tbilisi north through the Greater Caucasus to the Russian border at Zemo Larsi (Kazbegi checkpoint), crossing the Jvari Pass at 2,395 metres altitude. Built by Imperial Russia in the early 19th century — the route […]
Zabljak: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Zabljak Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Žabljak sits at 1,456 metres above sea level in northern Montenegro, making it the highest-altitude town in the entire Balkans. With a population of 3,569, this compact mountain hub is the gateway to Durmitor National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site established in 1980. The town […]
Himare: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Himare Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Himarë sits on Albania’s Ionian coast at the foot of the Ceraunian Mountains, part of the Albanian Riviera stretching across 571.94 km² of dramatic coastline and mountain terrain. Founded as an ancient Greek settlement, the town today draws travellers with its turquoise coves, Ottoman-era castle, and […]
Gjirokastra: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Gjirokastra Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Gjirokastra sits at 300 metres above sea level in southern Albania, a UNESCO World Heritage city of 16,569 residents where Ottoman-era stone towers have loomed over the Drino valley since at least the 13th century. The old bazaar district and the massive Gjirokastra Fortress together form […]
Albanian Alps: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Albanian Alps Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) The Albanian Alps — locally called the Bjeshkët e Namuna, meaning ‘Accursed Mountains’ — cover 2,240 km² in northern Albania and contain the country’s highest peaks, including Mount Jezercë at 2,694 m. The region remained almost entirely closed to foreigners until the 1990s, making it […]
Ulcinj: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Ulcinj Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Ulcinj, Montenegro’s southernmost coastal town with a population of 11,488, sits just 7 metres above sea level and only 25 km from the Albanian border — making it the country’s most culturally distinct seaside destination. Founded by the ancient Illyrians and later shaped by five centuries […]
Tivat: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Tivat Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Tivat is a coastal town of 9,367 residents sitting at just 6 metres above sea level on the Bay of Kotor in Montenegro, one of the most dramatically beautiful bays in the Mediterranean. The town transformed radically after the former Yugoslav naval base was converted into […]
Sveti Stefan: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Sveti Stefan Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Sveti Stefan is a tiny coastal village of just 411 residents perched on a rocky islet at 231 metres above the Adriatic, connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway roughly 6 kilometres southeast of Budva. Founded as a fortified fishing settlement in the 15th […]
Podgorica: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Podgorica Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, is home to 150,977 residents and sits at just 49 metres above sea level at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers. Founded on the site of ancient Doclea, the city became Montenegro’s capital in 1946 after World War II […]
Perast: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Perast Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Perast is a baroque gem on the Bay of Kotor in Montenegro, home to just 349 permanent residents and sitting at a mere 6 metres above sea level. Founded in the medieval period and once a proud maritime republic under Venetian influence, this 300-metre-long stone waterfront […]
Kotor: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Kotor Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Kotor is a walled medieval city on the Bay of Kotor in Montenegro, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979 and sitting at sea level beneath fortress walls that climb 1,350 steps to St. John’s Fortress at 260 meters. The Old Town was founded […]