I was only born in 1997, so I never got to experience the world beyond the Berlin Wall while it was still up, nor travel around Yugoslavia while it was still, well, a country, but the stories we were drip-fed through the media told tales of bleak, wintry landscapes and limited freedoms. Living in the …

Having traveled extensively in the former Soviet World myself, I’ve said numerous times on here that Eastern Europe is the most underrated region on the planet, and I stand by it. The hearty, unashamedly meat-heavy cuisine that would send your average vegan Valley girl into a tailspin, the crowd-free towns yet to hit your typical …

We’ve all been there: you book a flight to Europe on a whim after spotting a dreamy cobbled town on Instagram that looks straight out of another era, only to find it’s anything but the storybook vibe you expected. Disneyland-like crowds that make public spaces unbearable, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with strangers as you wait for an …

As much as we all at Travel Off Path love Paris, with its shimmery Eiffel Tower and grand Haussmann boulevards, London and the iconic red telephone boxes and landmark-lined Thames, and Barcelona with the Gaudí masterpieces and lively coastal life, there’s no denying these European heavyweights have lost a bit of their shine. Be it …

Western Europe and its sky-high prices, jam-packed monuments, and subpar security levels no longer fool anybody, and though we called it ourselves several years ago, now KAYAK has given us the confirmation we needed. The popular travel search engine has just unveiled its latest Trop Trending Destinations list for the upcoming year, and shockingly enough, …

When you think of Europe, chances are it’s Paris and its iconic Eiffel Tower that pop to mind, or perhaps London and the iconic red telephone boxes, or perhaps, if you’ve taken a liking for going off the beaten path a little, Croatia and its postcard-ready pebbly beaches straddling the Adriatic. That’s the Old Continent …

If you’re planning on flying across the pond this December to experience the seasonal markets, storybook towns blanketed in snow, and the Old World allure of it all, you might want to hold off on booking those flights to Germany until you read this. Europe’s top gem in winter is not Neuschwanstein Castle in the …

Some digital nomads go to Spain for the warm weather, others choose to settle in Portugal, drawn to their slower-paced lifestyle, and there’s always the odd oenophile who can’t stay away from Italy for long—but there’s one particular category of expat that has their eyes set on Czechia. A small European country best known for …

Thinking of a winter getaway to Europe, but baguette and wine picnics in Paris, and strolls along the Thames in London don’t exactly pique your interest life before? To a certain degree, we’re all tired of the same old European cliches, but it’s not like the Old Continent’s lesser-known gems are as accessible as the …

Forget Amalfi and its picture-perfect cliffside towns, the French Riviera and its exclusive beach clubs, or island-hopping in Greece: a new European summer hotspot is emerging, and this time, we truly did not see it coming. Though we called it a couple of years back, when we claimed here at Travel Off Path that the …

Soft lemon sorbet, picture-perfect pebbly beaches with colorful pastel-hue houses for backdrop, and scenic drives into a blood-orange sunset: it’s easy to feel as if Amalfi is the epitome of European summers. That is, until the cruise crowds flock into the nearest port and the bills start stacking up, what with the average overnight rate …

Now that Croatia has been discovered by the masses, and even countries like Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina have become ‘TikTok famous’, it’s easy to think that there are not that many ‘hidden gems’ to unveil in Europe. Out west, for sure there isn’t, but if we’re talking Eastern Europe, as in, far, far east, …