Travel Blog
Wengen is a marvelous place and it is even more so if you have kids to entertain: there is a lot to keep them busy. If you thought it is much better to be in the mountains in winter (like me) I will offer you some reasons to think otherwise: 1. Wengen is a car-free […]
You are on a summer holiday in the Swiss mountains… and it is raining. Two grandparents, two parents and two kids locked up inside for the day isn’t going to end well… but the options for escape are limited. However, Voyagista has a plan and it involves more precipitation: A visit to a powerful waterfall cascading through the […]
Last summer, as we were driving along the Lake Geneva highway, I had a glimpse of the Lavaux area from our car. This brief introduction was enough to excite my (chronic) travel bug and put the Lavaux vineyards firmly on my to-visit-list (it’s always the same when I travel …I meet new people, I see […]
6.45am, middle of our holiday, my kiwi wakes me up… Kiwi – we are going to miss the first train… Voyagista – What??? We said we weren’t going to take the first train! Kiwi – I couldn’t sleep and the weather looks great, we might as well go earlier… Hardly awake, we were already boarding […]
Before going to Sicily, Syracusa reminded me of my latin lessons and of old greek adventures… now that I have been to Syracusa, it reminds me of my favorite town in Sicily! Ortigya island is really what makes Syracusa so special. The island is a world heritage site – driving is restricted to locals and […]
Like this photo? This is one of the many beautiful views we had in Switzerland, and the best part is that we didn’t have to climb all day, as is often required, to take it… If you want to see amazing vistas like this in Switzerland here is a list of five easy hikes (our Little […]
Today is the first article in Voyagista’s Dining Out section and the first venue is “our restaurant”, which we always visit each time we are back in Savoy. We have been to Les Morainieres every year since it opened and have witnessed it developing into a very successful restaurant: we were there when it got its first […]
Palermo was the last stop on our wonderful Sicily tour. However, we were a bit anxious about driving into the city as Palermo’s reputation for chaotic traffic meant we were wondering if we were going to make it to the end of the trip without getting completely lost or having an accident! In the end […]
When I was organizing our stay in Andalusia I made a great discovery that made our trip really special…the Paradores. The Paradore system of accommodation was created at the beginning of the 20th century to promote tourism in Spain. They are usually very charming hotels in historic buildings such as castles, monasteries, palaces…. as you […]
As you would have noticed, Voyagista likes to get out to the mountains to hike. This summer we couldn’t really manage a trip to the Himalayas but instead went to explore a litlle valley in the south part of the French Alps called Valgaudemar. I imagine most of you have never heard of Valgaudemar – […]
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