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Penelles, the Catalan village that became Europe's street art capital

March 25, 2020 by Miquel in Europe

How a small rural village became a huge open air museum

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March 25, 2020 /Miquel
Penelles
Europe

A Day in Palermo

March 18, 2020 by Miquel in Europe

Everything else is in the shadow

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March 18, 2020 /Miquel
Palermo
Europe

3 Food Courts that are Redefining Moscow's Culinary Experience

February 18, 2020 by Miquel in Russia

A world of flavours in the heart of Moscow

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February 18, 2020 /Miquel
Moscow
Russia

San Marino - "The Ancient Land of Liberty"

February 12, 2020 by Miquel in Europe

A day in the world’s oldest republic

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February 12, 2020 /Miquel
San Marino
Europe

Winter in Sakhalin, Russia's largest island

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
February 03, 2020 by Miquel in Russia

Russia’s best kept secret

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February 03, 2020 /Miquel
Sakhalin
Russia

Mooma, an apple paradise in Catalonia

January 30, 2020 by Miquel in Europe

A world of apples in the heart of the Costa Brava

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January 30, 2020 /Miquel
Catalonia
Europe

Urbino, home of Raphael

January 25, 2020 by Miquel in Europe

The little known jewell of the Renaissance

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January 25, 2020 /Miquel
Italy
Europe

Ancona and the Riviera del Conero

January 18, 2020 by Miquel in Europe

A gastronomic feast in an ancient port city

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January 18, 2020 /Miquel
Ancona
Europe

Teruel: road trip through Spain's empty corner

January 12, 2020 by Miquel in Europe

Múdejar art and Russian airplanes in Spain’s smallest provincial capital

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January 12, 2020 /Miquel
Teruel
Europe

24 hours in Dushanbe, Tajikistan - What to see and what to do

September 17, 2019 by Miquel in Asia

Exploring the capital of the smallest of the Central Asian republics

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September 17, 2019 /Miquel
Tajikistan
Asia

A cruise on Viking Orion - Nordic chic on the high seas

August 24, 2019 by Miquel in Europe

How is it like to sail on the maiden voyage of a Scandinavian luxury cruise ship

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August 24, 2019 /Miquel
Cruises
Europe

24 Hours in Kansas City - What to see and what to do?

August 14, 2019 by Miquel in Americas

Visiting some amazing museums in the heart of the Midwest

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August 14, 2019 /Miquel
Kansas City
Americas

Sergiyev Posad, the spiritual heart of Russia

June 09, 2019 by Miquel in Russia

Russia’s most important monastery throughout the centuries, just a short ride away from Moscow

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June 09, 2019 /Miquel
Sergiyev Posad
Russia

Millenary olives, cave art and Iron Age hill forts in Southern Catalonia

Ulldecona
May 31, 2019 by Miquel in Europe

A truly amazing concentration of ancient treasures

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May 31, 2019 /Miquel
Catalonia
Europe

Trekking to the "Chinese Wall" of Finestres

Finestres
April 14, 2019 by Miquel in Europe

Rock, water and nature. A little know spectacular rock formation near the Pyrenees

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April 14, 2019 /Miquel
Spain
Europe

Visiting the Historical and Cultural Complex Vyatskoye

Vyatskoye
April 09, 2019 by Miquel in Russia

The history of Russian rural life in one of the most beautiful villages of Russia

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April 09, 2019 /Miquel
Vyatskoye
Russia

Madeira, paradise island

Funchal
April 07, 2019 by Miquel in Europe

A thorough exploration of an exuberant, diverse island. A proper Garden of Eden in the middle of the Ocean.

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April 07, 2019 /Miquel
Madeira
Europe

Pereslavl-Zalessky: Lake Plescheyevo and the Nikitsky Monastery

Pereslavl-Zalessky
March 31, 2019 by Miquel in Russia

Peter the Great’s playground. A place of natural and historical significance near Moscow.

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March 31, 2019 /Miquel
Pereslavl-Zalessky
Russia

Weekend in Yaroslavl, a taste of Old Russia

Yaroslavl
March 30, 2019 by Miquel in Russia

A prosperous city packed with history. Where Russia’s Golden Ring meets the Volga

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March 30, 2019 /Miquel
Yaroslavl
Russia

Ice, water and power in the Sognefjord

Sogndalsfjøra
March 23, 2019 by Miquel in Europe

Traveling by car along the shores of Norway’s longest and deepest fjord. Top things to see and do.

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March 23, 2019 /Miquel
Norway
Europe
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