Why buy Eurail passes at European Station and have the displeasure of dealing with fully booked trains? Get your Europe train pass before you leave home. Buying a Eurail pass at the station is more expensive than buying them from your travel agent before you leave home in Canada. Jubilee Travel can get you special prices on passes and will have...
Whether to rent a car or take the train when traveling in Europe is a decision not easily made.
When starting the European travel planning process, take some of the below variables into consideration.
1. Rail coverage- Many European countries are littered with crisscrossing rail lines. However, some are much more sparse.
2. Luggage-Not a light packer? You may want to lean...
Whether it be sandy beaches, thrilling theme parks or a total cultural immersion, you are bound to find a destination below that fits the bill for your family.
1. Spain - From Marbella to the Costa del Sol Spain has it all.
2. Algarve - Big beaches, family resorts and reliable weather all make the Algarve an awesome vacation spot...
I know that you are wondering why Eiffel Tower is so overdone by travel writers. Read through this post and you might learn a new thing about the iron lattice tower that you did not know.
The tower was mounted in 1889 as an entrance to the 1889 World's Fair. It is the most recognizable and most visited structure in the...
Amsterdam is easily the 'Sin City' of Europe. It is comparable only to Las Vegas in US. It is therefore no wonder pleasure-seekers and businessmen have a soft spot for this Dutch capital. If you are in the city, you have already realized how expensive it is to eat out. If you are yet to travel, then today is your...
The 13th and 14th century France was characterized with phenomenal growth in architectural designs. King Philip II was particularly fond of grandiose in whatever he did. This led to the blossoming of the French architecture as we know it today.
800 years later, perhaps this is what has led Michel Guyot to think of restoring his Saint-Fargeau property using 13th century...
‘Costiera Amalfitana’ is Italian for Amalfi Coast. The Mediterranean landscape has been described as an ‘area of infinite beauty’. Amalfi coast demonstrates a peculiar interaction between culture and nature; the resultant of which is a dramatic topography and historical evolution.
Amalfi Coast covers an area of 11,231 hectares scattered around in 15 communes in the province of Salerno. The coast is...
The City of Verona was established in the 1st century BC as a Roman colony. The city would thrive in the 13th and 14th centuries AD under the leadership of Scalinger Family and in the 15th to 18th century as part of the larger Republic of Venice.
Verona is home to some of the best preserved monuments from the medieval and...
The early Phoenicians imprints, the Arab mudejar art and Catalan architecture are all well preserved in the renaissance bastions of the Upper Town of Ibiza. For this fact alone, the town has warranted inscription into the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The long process of constructing the defensive walls did not alter the street plans. Rather, the town remained intact. The 16th...
Laurisilva of Madeira comprises of 15,000 hectares and is located in the larger 27,000 hectares Madeira Nature Reserve. The site is made up of primary laurel forest, a vegetation species that is only found in the Azores, Canary Islands and Madeira. The Laurel forest found here is the largest surviving forest of its kind in the world. Around 90% of...
