Europe Articles
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Do You Need Cash When Traveling in Italy?
Italy has been slowly embracing card payments over the past decade — but anyone who says cash is unnecessary in Italy has probably only stayed in major city hotels and chain restaurants. Here's the honest picture for travelers. When You Definitely N...
Top 10 Places to Visit in Latvia
Latvia may be small, but it punches far above its weight when it comes to things to see and do. Here are the top 10 places you shouldn't miss. 1. Riga Old Town The UNESCO-listed Old Town is the beating heart of the Latvian capital. Wander through...
Shopping in Austria: What to Buy That You Can't Find Anywhere Else in the World
For a country of roughly nine million people, Austria produces a remarkable concentration of goods that are either unique to Austrian craft tradition or produced here with a quality and heritage that no competitor has replicated. Shopping in Vienna —...
Can You Actually Rent a Place in Vatican City? The Truth About Living There
Vatican City is the world's smallest internationally recognised state — 44 hectares, 800 permanent residents, and no airport, no railway station open to the public, and no conventional accommodation sector. There are no hotels within the Vatican's wa...
San Marino: Where Is It, Why It Exists, and Why You Should Visit
If you draw a circle on a map of Italy midway between Bologna and Rimini, about 20 kilometres inland from the Adriatic coast, you will find a small mountain with a tiny country on top of it. San Marino — the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, offici...
What Every American Traveler Should Know Before Visiting Serbia
Americans who make it to Serbia almost universally say the same thing afterward: they wish they had gone sooner, and they wish they had stayed longer. This is a country that operates almost entirely outside the standard Western European tourist circu...