Viator Travel Blog

Monday, February 8 ,2010

Biking Across Eastern Europe

When you envision a biking tour, the former Iron Curtain countries of eastern Europe may not be the first places that come to mind. Yet eastern Europe has some of the most scenic routes on the continent. And thanks to hard work from some forward-looking leaders (and cooperation from private and public groups), bike trails literally go for hundreds of miles. You can ride a bike from Prague to Vienna on mostly off-highway trails. The really fit can take a 254-mile trip from Budapest all the way to Krakow, Poland. Those who want a shorter trip have plenty of choices too - like a city bicycle tour in Prague or Budapest.

Friday, February 5 ,2010

0 Comments

Top 5 Things to Do in Cape Town

Cape Town is one of those rare cities that makes for a wonderful holiday destination – as opposed to somewhere to go for a city break – in its own right. It’s staggeringly good looking and has that winning combination of city energy, culture, history and nature.

Thursday, February 4 ,2010

5 Comments

[contest] Oberammergau Passion Play - Win 2 Free Tickets

We are giving away 2 free tickets to the Oberammergau Passion Play! Actually we're giving away much more than just 2 free tickets to the Oberammergau Passion Play - we're giving away a complete package for 2 people that includes round-trip train tickets from Munich, two nights of accommodation, and two free Category Two tickets for the Passion Play itself. The total value here is more than US $1,500 / GBP 900 / 1,100 euros!

Thursday, February 4 ,2010

16 Comments

Easter Week in Rome, Italy

Holy Week in Rome. There are very few examples of Pageantry with a capital 'P' grander than Holy Week in Rome. The Pope himself delivers several masses between Palm Sunday and Easter, and tens of thousands of pilgrims and fellow travelers are on hand to celebrate with him. The following will give you an idea of what's going on and when for Easter Week in 2010.

Wednesday, February 3 ,2010

0 Comments

The Hungarian Wine Story

What is a Szekszárdi Kadarka supposed to taste like? Or a Borpalota Szürkebarát? What kind of a grape is a kéknyelű? It was in Hungary, at the Hungarian House of Wine (now closed), in the cellar of a small building a few cobblestone-blocks away from Fisherman’s Bastion in Budapest. A few signs offered clues about the various regions and a helpful cellar master swooped in to offer a life raft.

Friday, January 22 ,2010

1 Comment

Making Art in Besançon

“That bridge goes to the dark side of Besançon,” says my local informant, as he tells me about the punk concert he saw under the bridge 20 years ago… about how the famed German post-industrialist noise band Einstürzende Neubauten also played there, grinding metal under the bridge. That was enough incentive for me, I had to [...]

Thursday, December 24 ,2009

0 Comments

Dream Travel: Itineraries for a Magical Trip

Ancient maps marked uncharted territory with the warning: here be dragons. But what if you wanted to find a magical creature? Where would you start in these modern times (when every part of the globe has been explored and mapped)? Some days when people are just too difficult you may start to feel a world populated [...]

Monday, December 14 ,2009

0 Comments

Q&A with Trourist.com

Back in September we noticed the launch of a new travel site called trourist.com. Why did we notice it? Well, it’s hard NOT to notice a person sitting in a busy square holding a sign that says: “Help! I’m Experienceless.” We got in touch with Jokin Bereciartu, one of the founders of trourist.com, and asked him [...]

Thursday, December 10 ,2009

1 Comment

Kelly’s Book Report: The Darwin Experience

There’s an old question that you hear from time to time: If there was one person living or dead you could have dinner with, who would it be? Obviously there are tons of enticing choices here, but for me, the answer is pretty easy, Charles Darwin. Not the famous Charles Darwin you see with the long, [...]

Friday, December 4 ,2009

2 Comments

Travel Gifts: The Holiday’s 5 Best Travel Gifts

With the holidays fast approaching, it's time to think about gifts for the people in your life who love to travel. These people won't be satisfied with average gifts. No, they've seen too much of the world to be impressed with a fruitcake or pair of socks. If you want to impress the travelers in your life, you need to think like a traveler. Here's how.

Wednesday, December 2 ,2009

0 Comments

Last-chance Showdown at the Last Supper Saloon

Now my rouseabout days are quite yet behind me, I’ve had the odd snatch of trouble when i’ve had a beer or two too many, but if I was ever going to find trouble in Europe I wouldn’t have thought it would be in the espresso capital of the world, old friend Milan. Yet seems I’d gotten the golden projections of propriety all wrong somewhere in my EURO101 classes, if you’re going to imagine cultural tolerance and tranquility then Berlusconi’s Italy might be part of an alternate antique euro-dream…

See more articles in the archive