Kraków Kraków is one of those cities that leaves an impression long before you arrive. Poland’s former royal capital has spent centuries at the heart of the nation’s story, surviving wars, occupations and political upheaval to emerge as one of Europe’s most beautiful and culturally significant cities. Situated on the banks of the Vistula River …
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Bucharest and surrounding Transylvania Romania had been sitting high on my travel list for years – a country that seems to straddle multiple worlds at once. Part Eastern Europe, part Central Europe, and shaped by influences ranging from the Romans and Ottomans to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Communist era, it is a destination rich …
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