Free accommodation for travellers: A guide to "free sleeping"

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Category: Travel Tips and Guides

Published: Tuesday, 07 May 2013 10:19

Written by Davide Vadalà

Isn't it illogical that a big part of our budget is lost on sleeping, that means while doing nothing? Of course everybody wants to have a good sleep, but how much are you willing to reduce the length of your travel to have a comfy bed?
And believe me, there are plenty of other options that will provide you with free accommodation

Backpacking Checklist: pack everything in your luggage

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Category: Travel Tips and Guides

Published: Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:11

Written by Davide Vadalà

With our backpacking checklist you won't forget anything anymore when going on a trip! It is the result of years of experience travelling (and forgetting things before making this list!). It's a quite long list, it is meant to be a reminder of what could be useful to take with you: from this backpacking checklist you'll select

How to Make House Sitting Work For You

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Category: Travel Tips and Guides

Published: Friday, 01 February 2013 14:32

Written by James

We welcome our first guests, James and Jemma, the "House Sitting couple" that will give us some great tips on how to find an House sitting assignement!

"Last July we decided to go travelling full-time within Europe. Funding a trip around Europe isn’t cheap, so we were lucky to line up nine months of house sitting in France. We

Northern Lights: best moment and best place to see the Aurora Borealis

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Category: Travel Tips and Guides

Published: Sunday, 13 May 2012 15:05

Written by Davide Vadalà

Green curtain over Lyngen fjord in Norway

If your lifetime dream was to see the Northern Lights, it's time to plan your next trip. Despite still not all of the phenomena connected with it are explained, it is known to be caused by charged particles emitted by the sun during solar storms: when the solar wind reaches and hits the atmosphere of the earth and his magnetic

Hiking to "Le Cirque de Gavarnie", top French Pyrenees attraction

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Category: Hiking

Published: Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:22

Written by Davide Vadalà

Hiking to "Le Cirque de Gavarnie" is one of the best choices you can take while travelling in the Pyrenees! And the great thing is that it's a very easy and short hike on a wide trail, that can be done by everybody even kids.
The Cirque de Gavarnie is a very steep semicircular rock formation, from where several waterfalls are

Hiking beyond Balea Lac and experiencing our favourite views in the Transfagarasan trip

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Category: Hiking

Published: Monday, 10 October 2016 21:27

Written by Davide Vadalà

After experiencing the most famous road-trip in Romania, the Transfagarasan Highway, we were not expecting to be even more impressed by the hiking possibilities in the surroundings of Balea Lake! We stopped at the highest point of the road, where this high mountain crystalline basin is delighting its visitors, and camped for one