City guides
Day-by-day plans from our trips, from a weekend in Vigo and eight days chasing Christmas markets through Vienna, Prague and Budapest to fifteen days across China, a night train to Lapland, a coach tour of Turkey and our honeymoon in Thailand.
Pick a country to see the places we visited and what we wrote about them.
Turkey
9 days from Istanbul to Izmir on an organized tour
Istanbul
2 days in Istanbul
Ankara
Ankara, the Salt Lake and a caravanserai
Cappadocia
2 days in Cappadocia
Konya
The Mevlana Museum in Konya
Pamukkale
Pamukkale and Hierapolis
Ephesus
Ephesus and the House of the Virgin Mary
Izmir
Our last night in Izmir
Belgium and Amsterdam
Brussels, Ghent, Antwerp and Amsterdam
Brussels
Brussels in winter
Ghent
A day in Ghent
Antwerp
Antwerp in winter
Amsterdam
3 days in Amsterdam
Munich
2 days in Munich
Berlin
3 days in Berlin
Frankfurt
2 days in Frankfurt
Madrid
3 days in Madrid
Sintra
2 days in Sintra
Madeira
8 days around Madeira
Hamburg
Christmas markets in Hamburg
Finland
Helsinki and Lapland by night train
Helsinki
3 days in Helsinki
Rovaniemi
2 days in Lapland
Thailand
15 days from Bangkok to Koh Samui
Bangkok
2 days in Bangkok
Chiang Mai
2 days in Chiang Mai
Phuket
3 nights in Phuket and Nai Harn
Phi Phi
1 night on Koh Phi Phi
Railay
1 night in Railay
Khao Sok
A night on Cheow Lan Lake
Koh Samui
5 days on Koh Samui
China
15 days from Beijing to Shanghai
Beijing
4 days in Beijing
Xi'an
1 day in Xi'an
Chengdu
1 day in Chengdu and the giant pandas
Guilin
2 days in Guilin and the Longji rice terraces
Yangshuo
Li River cruise and cycling in Yangshuo
Hangzhou
2 days around West Lake
Shanghai
4 days in Shanghai and Zhujiajiao
Picos de Europa
4 days in the Picos de Europa
Barcelona
4 days in Barcelona + Montserrat
Christmas Markets
8 days finding European Christmas Markets
Vienna
3 days in Vienna
Prague
3 days in Prague
Budapest
2 days in Budapest
Verona
1 day in Verona
Venice
1 day in Venice
Florence
2 days in Florence
Pisa
1 day in Pisa
Italy
8 days in Northern Italy
Cinque Terre
2 days in Cinque Terre
Milan
1 day in Milan
Vigo
2 days in Vigo, Spain