If all you know of Bratislava are the snippets you saw in the James Bond film The Living Daylights, then you’re missing most of the Slovak city’s charms. Overshadowed by Prague when Czechoslovakia still existed, Bratislava has emerged in the wake of Slovakia’s independence as one of Europe’s loveliest “new” capitals, a must-see for tourists […]
Tag Archives: Danube
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Jun
Jun
Nestled on the Danube, this capital city of the Serbian province of Vojvodina welcomes tourists as it rebuilds itself in the wake of 1999 Kosovo War bombings by NATO. In Serbian, Novi Sad means “new planting,” ironic nomenclature for a city that lost its bridges and other critical parts of its infrastructure. Fortunately, many of […]
The vast valley marked by castles, vineyards, and towns is admired in every part of the middle of the Danube. The largest tourist stretch is the scenic stretch between Melk and Krems, which are locally known as the Wachau. Needless to say, a boat trip is the way to explore this area and there are […]
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Oct
Oct
Forget backpacking through Europe! If you have extra money, sail through Central and Eastern Europe on a Danube river cruise. See the beautiful blue body that celebrated composer Johann Strauss‘s famous waltz. As Europe’s longest river outside of Russia, the Danube flows through the bucolic countryside and cosmopolitan capitals of Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade […]