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Solo Travel in Santorini: How to Spend Two Days on the Caldera

No matter how many photos you’ve seen; how many times you’ve scrolled past it on Instagram, Santorini will still make your jaw drop at it’s dramatic and spectacular beauty. And it isn’t just for honeymooners! I was definitely worried about being surrounded by cooing couples on my solo trip to Santorini but actually I didn’t find it anymore loved up than anywhere else in Greece…

A Solo Travel Guide to Paris: How to Go it Alone in the City of Love

When you think of Paris you think of romance, couples strolling hand in hand along the Seine – surely the last place anyone would choose to travel solo, right? Wrong! Read on for my solo travel guide to Paris with tips on what to do, the best restaurants and my top solo travel advice for Paris. Paris is a city like any other, forget the cliché stereotypes and all the…

10 Amazing Cheap Things to Do in Lisbon, Portugal

When I think of Lisbon I think of the colour yellow. Lisbon is known as the sunshine capital of Europe with more sunny days than anywhere else. Then there’s the golden custard tarts, or pastel de nata, and the bright yellow trams that rattle up and down its seven hills. (Yes seven hills! Bring your walking shoes because Lisbon is not for the faint-hearted.) These are my…

How to Avoid Being a Solo Travel Disaster (like me)

Solo Travel throws up so many challenges and awkward situations lurk around every beautiful, foreign corner. You could stay at home in your fluffy slippers and watch re-runs of Friends to avoid all the potential mishaps – but where would be the fun in that? Instead, you can learn from my mistakes and find out how to avoid being a solo travel disaster! Every adventure you undertake builds confidence…

3 Days in Lisbon: Trams, Graffiti and Custard Tarts

Lisbon is a tiny colour explosion of a city. Daubed in sunny yellows everywhere you look and boasting the most sunshine hours of any capital in Europe, Lisbon never fails to bring a smile to your face. It has a unique flavour, characterised by those iconic yellow trams rattling up and down the steep hills and narrow bends. Colourful azulejos-tiled houses, even more colourful street art and the most…

Why Introverts Can and Should Solo Travel: Adventure, Your Way.

Get out your head Introverts are naturally inward looking – we draw our energy from within as opposed to external stimuli. This can mean we spend a lot of time deep in our own heads not really engaging with the outside world. Of course this is who we are – introverts will always be introverts and we are wonderful! However, I personally find myself wondering – am I doing this…

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