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The travel blog for the backpackers guide to the world

Golfing holidays

Golf is a hugely popular sport around the world, and many people find that their ideal holiday is combining sightseeing and relaxation with a few rounds. For a great many golfers, who are members of a local course and only ever play there, a holiday gives them the chance to test their skills on a [...]

Venice Music

There’s so much to see in what is one of Europe’s most beautiful cities, but without doubt one of the best Venice travel tips is to visit Teatro La Fenice. Italy is rightly considered the home of opera, having been home to composers such as Verdi, Puccini and Rossini. And no visit to Italy is [...]

Travelling Underground

Whichever of the sights of London you decide to see, the best advice is to use the London Underground to get around the city. It’s well documented that the average speed of traffic through the city, even with the advent of the Congestion Charge, is about the same as it was in the late Victorian [...]

Study Italian In Venice

One of the best Venice travel tips that you might not have considered is to immerse yourself into the Italian language. Of course, you will find that you can get by in the city without knowing any more Italian than “ciao”. Venice is a very tourist-friendly city, and you can bet that pretty much everyone [...]

Barcelona and the Camp Nou

For sports fans, combining a foreign holiday with a trip to a top sporting occasion can ensure a truly memorable trip. So when it comes to tips on visiting Spain, which offers fine dining, weather, and accomodation compareable to even the finest London Hotels, there are is one venue particularly worth a visit. Barcelona have [...]

The Lake District – England’s playground

With so many people crammed onto this tiny Island it is easy to think there is nowhere left to escape the crowds. But thankfully, one of the England’s most beautiful locations – the Lake District – still offers the urban dweller a calming retreat. It is the largest National Park in the country, occupying 885 [...]