If you plan on using public transportation to get around Budapest, remember one thing: always validate your ticket. Public transport in Budapest is fantastic and relatively easy to use despite the language barrier. However, a common mistake people make in…
Romanian cuisine threw me off a bit during my visit. I went in reading about the country’s hearty meat dishes, but I found much more variety than I’d have thought for a Balkan country. Romania’s cultural and geographical influences are…
Thermal spas play a huge role in Hungarian culture, and Budapest locals don’t discriminate when it comes to what time of year they soak in the city’s thermal baths. From the hottest summer days to the coldest, snowiest winter months,…
Romania might just have the most underrated Christmas market scene in Europe. Last year, Travel and Leisure highlighted the massive and elegant Christmas market in Craiova, Romania, which at 280,000 square meters was the largest in Europe and deemed the world’s best…
Prizren has some beautiful historical attractions in its old town. From the Old Stone Bridge to Sinan Pasha Mosque to Shadervan Square, there’s plenty to keep you wandering around the bazaar. However, a must-do in Prizren is walking up to…
From the research I’d done prior to visiting Kosovo, the hike from Liqenat village to Lake Liqenat in the Rugova Mountains seemed to generate the most buzz. I had done plenty of research regarding the best hikes in Kosovo, and this one kept coming up. This trail is actually part of the long-distance…
To be honest, when I booked two nights in Gjakova on my Kosovo itinerary, I wasn’t wholly convinced. It looked like a charming city online, but there was so little information from travelers who’d been that I wondered if there was anything…
I’ve never summited a country’s tallest peak. So when I found out Kosovo’s highest peak, Gjeravica, was easily reachable for intermediate level hikers like myself, I knew I wanted to take it on. Unfortunately, I learned a few days into…
Kosovo may be a very small country, but its mountains are anything but Whether you’re just looking for an easy hike to break up your typical travel days or you want to summit as many peaks as possible, Kosovo has…
How much of the local language you need to know is always something to consider before traveling. When I departed for Romania, I had months’ worth of Duolingo Romanian lessons under my belt. But if you’re headed to Romania, you might come back…
Kosovo is one of the smallest countries in Europe, and because of that, the travelers who do find themselves venturing to this underrated Balkan gem typically head to the same places. Of those, the most common are Pristina, the capital…
While Kosovo doesn’t receive as many visitors as its Balkan neighbors, Prizren is one city that’s received plenty of buzz online. Travelers have been hyping this city up on social media, so more and more people are becoming familiar with…