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Austria

The night train to Salzburg - better than flying?

Plane or train? The night train from Warsaw to Salzburg saves time, a night's accommodation and baggage hassle. Here is what the journey is like, how…

Hellbrunn Palace, Salzburg

Austria

Rafting, canyoning, via ferrata in Austria

Rafting on the Salza and Enns, canyoning in the Ötscher gorge and via ferratas: the area around Gesäuse National Park in Styria is one of Austria's…

Großreifling, Bruckgraben Gorge

Germany

Budget hotels in Europe

Budget hotel chains offer central locations and decent quality at a good price. We look at a&o hotel-hostels, Explorer hotels in the Alps and Meininger, with…

Berchtesgaden, Marseille

Cambodia

A guide to Cambodia - 30 practical tips

A 30 USD visa on arrival, dollars and riel, tuk-tuks via Grab, temple etiquette, ferries to Koh Rong and connections via Bangkok: 30 practical tips for…

Koh Rong, Koh Rong Sanloem

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates - which emirate is the most interesting?

Record-breaking Dubai, cultured and calmer Sharjah, and Ras Al Khaimah with its mountains, red desert and beaches: how to combine three emirates for the best possible…

Al Hefaiyah Mountain Conservation Centre (Kalba), Dubai

Slovakia

Ski resorts of Slovakia

From the 50 km of pistes at Jasná-Chopok and the Alpine scenery of Tatranská Lomnica to smaller, family-friendly slopes just across the Polish border: a practical…

Brezovica, Demänovská Valley

Italy

Cycling in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna is investing heavily in cycle tourism. From flat routes in the Po Delta to tough climbs on the Tuscan border and the 463 km Via…

Bagnacavallo, Brisighella

Malta

What to eat in Malta: fenek, ftira and pastizzi

Maltese cuisine blends Italian, British and Arab influences with dishes found nowhere else. From pastizzi and ftira to aljotta, Kinnie and the national dish, rabbit or…

Gozo, Malta (island)

Ukraine

Travelling in Ukraine - transport, traffic and roads

Observations from a week in Odesa and Bessarabia: pedestrian crossings, petrol stations, road conditions, the extraterritorial road through Moldova, electric cars, marshrutkas, Uber and Soviet-era youngtimers.

Bessarabia (Budjak), Odesa