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Accursed Mountains: hiking the Dinaric Alps

The Accursed Mountains are the southern and highest end of the Dinaric Alps, divided between Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro. The name means the same thing

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Interrail pass: how it works in practice

A rail pass looks like unlimited travel and is not quite. The Interrail pass gives you access to most of the European rail network, but

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The Golden Circle in Iceland: a full guide

It is the most driven route in Iceland, it takes a single day, and it earns the traffic. The Golden Circle links a parliament site

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Durmitor national park: hikes, lake, rafting

Most visitors to Montenegro never leave the coast, which leaves the mountains almost empty. Durmitor national park has eighteen glacial lakes, fifty peaks above two

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Budva or Kotor: where to stay in Montenegro

Budva or Kotor is the question almost everyone planning a first trip to Montenegro ends up asking. They are half an hour apart and they

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Krakow in 3 days: itinerary, food and budget

Krakow in 3 days is one of the best value city breaks in Europe. Spectacular medieval architecture, food that is generous and cheap, public transport

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Warsaw guide: the city rebuilt from paintings

This Warsaw guide is about a city that had a choice after 1945 and made an unusual one. With eighty-five per cent of its buildings

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Wieliczka salt mine: a guide to visiting

The Wieliczka salt mine is the most spectacular day trip from Krakow, and one of the strangest places in Europe: nine underground levels, over 245

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Visiting Auschwitz: a guide to the memorial

Visiting Auschwitz is not an ordinary excursion. It is a journey to one of the darkest places in European history, and it asks something of

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