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- 27 Janitachan in Travel Planning | NO COMMENTS
Easter skiing: 5 resorts with late-season snow
Saas Fee, photo by Claudio Vosti
Not everyone celebrates Easter, but whatever you are planning to do on Easter Sunday and a few days before or after, mid-April is a great time to go on a short holiday.
With Spring in full bloom it isn’t difficult to find some nice outdoor destinations where you can enjoy the sun, but what if you’re not ready to let go of winter yet?
If you haven’t managed to go frolic in the snow during the winter months,
April is not too late yet. If you’re not planning on spending Easter at home, why not go on a ski vacation?
There are quite a few ski resorts around the world where you can enjoy some subzero temperatures even in April. Here are some destinations for Easter skiing: 5 resorts with late-season snow.
- 24 Janitachan in Fun and Travel | NO COMMENTS
Top 5 most exciting prison hotels from around the world
Liberty Hotel, photo by Sunghwan Yoon on Flickr
Most people do their best to stay out of prison, but in a few special cases they actually have to pay in order to spend the night in jail. You might think that willingly staying in a prison sounds crazy, but some jails converted to hotels are at the height of luxury.
Of course, it all depends on what you’re looking for: some prison hotels retain only the aesthetics (prison chic has never been better than now), while others take the jail treatment further and will also give you a taste of what life in the cell was like before.
If you are tired of boring hotel rooms that all look alike, then the top 5 most exciting prison hotels from around the world will probably provide you with enough shivers down your spine. …
- 16 Novtomtum in Travel Planning | NO COMMENTS
The best ski resorts for Christmas holidays
photo by Marta Paniti
If you love snow at Christmastime but you’re not sure whether you’ll be lucky enough to enjoy at least a few flakes if you stay at home, then there’s only one solution: head to the mountains.
Spending the Christmas holidays in a ski resorts will allow you to enjoy the distinctly wintery atmosphere in front of a log fire, as well as have oceans of snow at your disposal for skiing, snowboarding or even snowball fights. Here are some of the best ski resorts for Christmas holidays, and they will definitely make your winter memorable. …
- 20 Oct
5 hotels with a weird history from around the world
Shrigley Hall Hotel, photo by Ian Capper on Geograph.org.uk
Few travelers can avoid visiting at least a few hotels in the course of their travels. And staying at a hotel is not always the most exciting alternative, especially since some hotels look like they are making efforts to be as ordinary as possible.
But there are other hotels, which might seem like your run of the mill building with regular rooms, but which have a few skeletons in the closet, sometimes literally. Hotels that are set up in older buildings that used to serve another purpose sometimes end with with a baggage, and maybe not looking like hotels at all. Here are 5 hotels with a weird history from around the world, which are just too unusual to pass up. …
- 07 Oct
How to travel on a budget in the most expensive countries in the world
Switzerland
There are some countries in the world that backpackers and travelers on a budget don’t often think of visiting, simply because they are too expensive and they are afraid that their money will run out in a blink. Round the world travelers are often especially wary of these money-eating countries because they feel like there is absolutely no way to live on cheap while they’re there.
But notoriously expensive countries like Japan, Iceland, Norway, Singapore and Switzerland should not be off your list when you’re traveling on a budget, because luckily there are ways to make your money (and the duration of your stay) last longer. Here are some tips on how to travel on a budget in the most expensive countries in the world. …
- 06 Octitachan in Amazing Places | NO COMMENTS
The largest and most interesting libraries in the world
Zurich University Library, photo by tomatoos on Flickr
Bookworm travelers rarely leave on a trip without bringing either a few beloved paperbacks with them, or, more recently, an e-reader full of interesting new books. But there are other ways as well for a literature geek to indulge in their passion for the written word while they are traveling.
How about visiting a few libraries? You might not have time to stay long enough to read something, but some of the largest and most interesting libraries in the world are true works of art. …
- 30 Sep
Top 5 unusual New Year’s ideas
Marrakech
On New Year’s Even, most people usually go to a party, have a nice dinner, dance and drink and make resolutions for the upcoming year. And while this is a pretty fun way to spend the last night of the year, after years and years of doing the same thing for New Years, it’s not unthinkable that you should want a change.
So what is there to do? You can either go somewhere you’ve never been before, celebrate New Year’s in a different time zone, join the locals in some fun traditions or do something that is not in the least related to New Year’s. Let your imagination run wild and maybe these top 5 unusual New Year’s ideas will give you some inspiration. …
- 28 Aug
Top 5 underground lakes in the world
Melissani Lake, photo by John Karakatsanis
Practical reasons aside, lakes are not bad places to live near, but even if you are not living next door to a lake, you can still make them the object of a trip. Lake shores are great for camping, provided that you know how to deal with mosquitoes, and many lakes are great for swimming, boating and fishing.
Great lakes can be found not only above the ground, but under it too. Underground lakes and rivers are crisscrossing the planet wherever you go, but not all of them are safe to visit or have something interesting about them. But if lakes in caves sound like your cup of tea, here are the top 5 underground lakes in the world. …
- 12 Aug
Top 5 scary things to do this summer
Trift Glacier Bridge, photo by Vasile Cotovanu
Scary is not always bad, it can also be a good kind of scary. Ask any thrill seeker, and they will tell you that being scared is their favorite state of mind. If you wouldn’t mind a few thrills of your own, we’re not about to suggest that you should do something truly dangerous, like swim in shark infested waters or something similar.
On the contrary, thrill seekers usually take all the necessary precautions that will ensure that they will be around for more thrills next time. So if you’re done with tame, everyday travel experiences, here are top 5 scary things to do this summer that will put some spice in your life. …
- 14 Junandra88 in Travel Planning | NO COMMENTS
Top 5 literary destinations in the world
Your favorite writers are certainly full of imagination, but as a rule, the creativity of artists is generally fueled by something they see, hear or touch. There are many places that have inspired brilliant and famous writers, and some of these places have become sites of pilgrimage, so to say, for lovers of literature.So if you are curious what determined your favorite writer to pen that novel you’re absolutely in love with, you might find your answers in one of the top 5 literary destinations in the world. …
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