Room Mate Helen Berger Valencia Review: Old-Town Hotel for Work Trips
I stayed at Helen Berger on a work trip to Valencia, on my own, with a laptop and a full diary. The hotel is now part of Room Mate Collection and trades as Room Mate…
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Top 5 Things to Do in Nazaré with Kids (Portugal)
Here you can find about our experience with our Kids in Nazaré, Portugal. Nazaré Beach,O Sitio, Giant Waves of Nazaré, Farol de Nazaré, Baloico de Ladeira
Updated Family Traveling Rules
Airline passengers have been dealt a nasty surprise about apparent changes to rules on carrying prescription medicines. The British Medical Association (BMA) has issued a warning after it said it had been made aware of…
Aveiro with Kids: Moliceiro Boats & the “Venice of Portugal”
This post contains affiliate links. We paid for everything ourselves. Aveiro is about an hour south of Porto, and it looks like someone shrank Venice and painted the gondolas. We stopped there for one night…
Porto with Kids: 2-Day Family Itinerary (Ribeira & Gaia)
This post contains affiliate links. We paid for everything on this trip ourselves. We landed in Porto at breakfast time on 13 July 2022, after a 4am alarm in Barcelona, with two backpacks and two…
4 Days in Lisbon with Kids: Family Itinerary + Lisboa Card Tips
This post contains affiliate links. The Lisbon Tourism Office gave us four 72-hour Lisboa Cards; everything else we paid for ourselves, and the opinions are ours. Lisbon was the last stop of our 10-day trip…
4 Days in Madrid with Kids: Our Itinerary, Prices & Where to Stay
Our trip to Madrid, to the capital of Spain was fascinating, vibrant and filled with lots of emotions. I can firmly say that we felt Madrid with all our five senses. Madrid is a city…
Alba Seleqtta Hotel Review: Lloret de Mar with Kids, Half Board
We spent a weekend at Alba Seleqtta in Lloret de Mar in summer 2021 , with Damian, then 8, and Marc, who was 5. Two nights, on half board. It’s a hotel built around families:…
Paragliding Near Barcelona: What It Costs and What It’s Like
An hour inland from Barcelona, near Igualada, people fly. Not metaphorically — there are thermals over the Anoia countryside good enough that this is one of Catalonia’s centres for air sports, and you can go…
Kayaking at Sant Llorenç de Montgai: A Day Trip to Lleida
Two hours inland from Barcelona there’s a reservoir on the Segre where you can rent a kayak, paddle out into a wild fauna reserve, and be the only people on the water on a weekday.…
10 iconic places to visit in Barcelona, now with virtual tours.
There was some time, you dreamy of a trip to Barcelona. Or, maybe you visited this beautiful city and want to come back and enjoy it again. During these times, you don´t know when you…
Top free things to do in Oslo.
Oslo, the capital of Norway is considered one of the most expensive cities to visit. On one of my posts about Oslo, I share some tips on how it is possible to visit this beautiful…
Where to Live in Barcelona: A Local’s Neighbourhood Guide
We moved to Barcelona in 2010 and have lived here ever since, with two children. When you arrive as a tourist you see a completely different city from the one you live in — and…
Traditional Moldovan Food: 15 Dishes We Actually Eat
My husband and I were both born in Moldova. We have lived in Barcelona for nearly ten years now, and the food on our kitchen table is still mostly Moldovan — zeamă when someone is…
Top 10 European islands to visit with kids
Islands are the easiest family holidays we know: short flights from Barcelona, beaches within reach of every base, and a natural limit to how much driving you can do. These are the European islands we’ve…
One Day in Turin with Kids: A Walkable Route (2026)
We’ve spent whole weeks in Turin, because my sister lives there, but plenty of people only get a day: a stopover, a day trip from Milan, or a weekend with one day lost to travel.…
Basque Country with Kids: 4-Day Road Trip & Where to Stay
We spent four days in the Basque Country with kids at the end of December 2019. Damian was 6, Marc was 3, and there were eight of us in one rented 9-seater: my parents, my…
Hendaye with Kids: Christmas on Ondarraitz Beach, and Why We Stayed on the French Side
Hendaye is the last town in France before Spain, just across the bay from Hondarribia. We stayed there for two nights at the end of December 2019, on a four-day Basque Country road trip with…
Hondarribia with Kids: A Beautiful Day in the Old Town
During our Christmas adventure to the Basque Country we left for our last day a charming town Hondarribia. Why Hondarribia is worth a morning with kids Hondarribia is a colorful fishing village that is both…
San Sebastián with Kids: Things to Do, Monte Igueldo & Pintxos
We spent one day in San Sebastián with kids at the end of December 2019. Damian was 6 and Marc was 3. We drove in from our apartment in Hendaye, about 25 km away, parked…