HERITAGE/ Eastern Europe – The Unknown World

Travel packages to Eastern Europe mainly include well known destinations with fame and elegance that’s projected through movies, travel magazines and postcards. Travelers and tourism industry entrepreneurs who are looking for interesting and less known European tourism melting pots should therefore push aside travel brochures, pick up the map of Europe and check out the following cities. IN POLAND Krakow, Poland Described as one of Europe’s historic showpieces, Poland’s city of Krakow isn’t k...

Over several years, I have had the privilege of exploring and even living in much of southeast Europe … from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia to Montenegro, Hungary and the fascinating back-in-time Transylvania region of Romania. However, several seldom-visited countries in that region of Europe still remained on my travel bucket list when I noticed a new ElderTreks (eldertreks.com) exploratory trip of 22 days promising me a taste of “Old Europe” in Albania, Maced...

For casual tourists, the Alps are often associated with skiing and countries like Austria and the north of Italy. But the beauty of the most famous European mountain chain extends even further to the east. The Julian Alps can be found in Slovenia, one of the two most prosperous ex-Yugoslavian countries, along with Croatia. The massive mountain ranges, their location and the local businesses that pepper them allow for many forms of entertainment and relaxation, oriented towards both, seekers o...

While the Romanian town of Sibiu might not be perceived as one of the top travel destinations of the world, it is still one of the most interesting places to visit for the fans of the medieval art and culture. Nicknamed ‘Prague without the tourists’ the Transylvanian town is situated just 282 km from Bucharest and features a distinct blend of art, culture and history. With that said, here are some of the best things to see and do while on a trip to Sibiu.  Walk on Foot Sibiu is place that ca...