Bansko – Nightlife in the Leading East European Ski Resort

Bansko Club Nightlife

If you're into partying as well as skiing, Bansko is the place! Bansko, Bulgaria, is a fantastic budget ski resort, located about 155 km south of the capital, Sofia, in the Pirin Mountains. If you don’t want to have to sell one of your organs to pay for your next skiing trip then Eastern Europe offers a handful of vibrant holiday destinations boasting reliable snow conditions and buzzing après ski. With more than 70 km of ski runs, plenty of ski schools and extreme winter sports on offer, … [Read more...]

Venice and the Lagoon

Palazzo Ducale, Venice

Venice and the Lagoon: Introduction An ever-growing range of features, links and practical information to help you plan and enjoy your visit to Venice, including guides to hotel accommodation, restaurants, bars, tourist attractions, city neighbourhoods and getting about. There's a lot here already and we are hard at work adding the sections to complete the menu, so just dig in! See Our Photo Highlights of Attractions Our Venice photo gallery covers not only famous venetian … [Read more...]

No. 7 – A Seafood Bistro in Torquay

No. 7 - A Seafood Bistro on Park Hill Road, Torquay On our way from Torquay Railway Station to the Imperial Hotel, we ask our friendly taxi driver if she could recommend a fish restaurant.  Without hesitation, she points us to No. 7, a seafood bistro on Park Hill Road.  It's on the road to our hotel, which makes it very convenient. It's Sunday, and a notice on the front door of the restaurant says that except for a few tables, they are quite full.  We decide to chance it and call in at 8 … [Read more...]

Chez Lapin | Porto Restaurant | Eating Out in Porto

French by Name but Portuguese in Cuisine: Tonight we find ourselves in Chez Lapin, a rustic restaurant on Oporto's waterfront, close to where we disembarked from our river cruise.  Although this restaurant has a French name, Chez Lapin serves traditional Portuguese and Oporto cuisine. I ask Sergio, the owner's son, what was behind the French restaurant name and he explains that his mother's side of the family is French, I think, which explains Sergio's looks. Chez Lapin has been serving … [Read more...]