Tips for Low Cost Backpacking to Europe (V)

February 9th, 2010

7- Planning the most important (the first destination and the budget)

One of the most important things is to plan your day out on the plane. You just have more time with your airline’s reservation, the cheaper. If you think going to Europe in June and reserves in May will be very expensive. Another thing you should do is have booked the first hostel or hotel you’ll get.

That is, having a safe destination in the first city you visit. Knowing that you have nowhere to sleep that night. Hence, because maybe you can improvise or keep a schedule. I had a program, but it just arrived in Paris because the city I modified all fascinated me. And then I modified in the Netherlands and Czech Republic and Italy … and not to make it longer, I was not going to go to Portugal and even went for Lisbon.

Another thing that can (and should) plan is the maximum daily budget. Closely as possible, because the money is important. Normally, always trying to change traveler’s checks out tourist sites, because in them the cost of change is high. You can save up to three euros for each transaction (and perhaps more). Read the rest of this entry »

Tips for Low Cost Backpacking to Europe (IV)

February 8th, 2010

5- Gather all possible information about sites to visit

Traveling is where that phrase becomes important that information is power. If you can, you should buy little by little, some travel guides to cities you plan to travel. To me, for example, buy a small guide to London (the cheapest, 90 pesos in Sanborn’s) helped me learn all the “City” of the British capital (the City is the historic center).

An example. In this guide I learned that a bus is taken into Victoria Station (I think it is 24) traverses the same locations as those buses “sightseeing” (they do tours of the sights). So, just boarded the truck and went down in every place I wanted to know. From Trafalgar Square to Westminster Abbey, etc.

Now, if you do not want to spend on this, as is the internet and advice they can give other travelers. What matters is being the best informed as possible. Read the rest of this entry »

Tips for Low Cost Backpacking to Europe (III)

February 6th, 2010

4- Always search for a hostel, sharing an apartment for a month and trains as lodging

In Mexico, although there is in many tourist hostels, this hostel is not within the culture of travel. Many young people wishing to travel even know that there is a chance the famous hostels or Bed and Breakfast.

Hostels. The hostel is the cheapest way there, because normally costs between 12 and 20 dollars a night. Of course, you share room with other people (sometimes four, sometimes three, sometimes six) and have a free breakfast (juice, cereal, milk, bread with butter and jam, fruit, chocolate, coffee, etc..), Although London for many hostels do not include breakfast (it should be noted that London is an exception in many cases).

There are separate hostels and guest houses belonging to two global organizations: Hostelling International and Hostels of Europe. These global organizations maintain a level of quality in almost all hostels within them. This means that if you get to a hostel of some of them, in the country it is, even Mexico, it will have good services. Clean rooms, security (although one must take precautions), clean bathrooms (which I had in Paris was very good and the shower was in my own room), Internet, bar, reading rooms, smoking, large kitchen, spots rest, information, telephones, etc.. This requires you to buy a card from some of these associations at any travel agency. This card is not expensive and includes a book with all the hostels that are in the world (the organization that you join) and a notebook with bonuses and discounts for museums, restaurants, etc.. Read the rest of this entry »

Tips for Low Cost Backpacking to Europe (II)

February 5th, 2010

3- Finding the best airfare

At first, especially on the Internet, some may seem expensive airfares. Do not get discouraged. Normally, no discounts direct purchases and certain facilities. And although most advisable to buy a ticket is a travel agency to enter, from time to time, the pages of airlines can be useful because sometimes there are special offers (some of them only if you buy online) or payment facilities, especially in winter. Some of them consist of a round trip ticket at low cost if the return ticket is done by a certain date (sometimes a month and a half, sometimes three weeks, etc.).

However, it is best, always, go to a travel agency. In them, you usually attend a lady or young lady. From the beginning try to be cordial with her.

This may sound obvious, but it is important to keep in mind because, at one point, she will be one of your strongest supporters for your trip. Read the rest of this entry »

Tips for Low Cost Backpacking to Europe (I)

February 4th, 2010

1- Determine the time you want to travel

In Europe, most people want to travel during the late spring and summer. Traveling in these times has advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages:

If you are young, you make friends. There will be youth with backpacks everywhere. It is warm and pleasant. There are also events, concerts and festivals of all kinds by many European cities.

Particularly, it is an excellent time to visit the Mediterranean. No need to go to Monaco or Nice. There are also beautiful and fun places such as Valencia, Naples. And even beautiful cities like Dubrovnik, in Croatia in the Adriatic Sea. This must be stressed. Not only the European Union countries are beautiful. Read the rest of this entry »

Serbia: Tourist Information (II)

February 3rd, 2010

Major Cities

Niš
Nis is a great place to relax and enjoy the urban Balkan experience. The third largest city in Serbia offers many historical monuments, museums and archaeological sites. The city has an active shopping district and great places to eat and drink. Niš is also home to several very popular events like the annual international film festival in August.

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Serbia: Tourist Information (I)

February 2nd, 2010

serbia: tourist information Serbia is a country where several civilizations, cultures, religions, climates and landscapes. The wide variety of beautiful landscapes, cultural monuments and historical sites, health spas and areas for hunting and fishing are major attractions for tourism in Serbia. Serbia borders with Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina to the west, Albania, Montenegro and Macedonia (former Yug R. de.) South, Bulgaria and Romania to the east and Hungary to the north.

Country Profile

Landscape

Serbia is situated in two different geographical parts of Europe. The northern part of the republic consists of the Central European lowlands while the southern part has hills and mountains. More than 15 mountain peaks rising to over 2,000 meters above sea level.

Serbia offers a wealth of natural sites, including five national parks. The main navigable rivers are the Danube, Sava and Tisa. The Danube, Europe’s longest river, runs through almost 600 km of the country. In Serbia a moderate continental climate predominates, and this is more Mediterranean in the south. Read the rest of this entry »

Serbia Destination: Belgrade

January 30th, 2010

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We should not be fooled by the somewhat chaotic and unkempt appearance of the city, since in its 2300 years of existence has been destroyed at least 40 times and has never been put back at all. But behind this facade is one of the liveliest cities in Europe, especially on the boulevard of Kneza Mihaila with restaurants and cafes across the city from north to east. Surrounding the center of Belgrade neighborhoods are communists.

The most important places to visit Belgrade are the Kalemegdan Citadel seventeenth century mostly we can find medieval gates, tubas Muslim, Orthodox churches, Turkish baths and the Military Museum. You can also walk in the park of Kalemegdan fortress or where the Zoo and several restaurants and sports facilities. The citadel is divided in two cities in the Upper and Lower accessed at the gates and Sahat Stambol. In the Upper Town are the Clock Tower (Sahat-kula) SVIII century, also used as a watchtower, from where a beautiful view of Belgrade. After the door-Kapija Kralı can see a Roman well.

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Interesting Places in Serbia

January 30th, 2010

Novi Sad

NOVI SAD
Novi Sad is located in Vojvodina, north of Belgrade and is a pleasant town into something resembling the Hungarians. Being a college town has great animation and worthwhile places to visit, as the Revolution Museum, the Museum of Painting and the Museum of Archeology. There is a fortress called Citadel Petrovaridin from where a wonderful view over the fields around Novi Sad, also you can visit galleries and underground room in groups.

North of Belgrade, Vojvodina, Novi Sad is a pleasant university town with a touch of Hungarian. The city, situated in a bend of the Danube, has a lively atmosphere – perhaps because the students – but again, is not affordable accommodation. A one hour walk from the city there is a campsite, another option is downtown hotels.

Pristina

PRISTINA
Pristina is the capital of the autonomous province of Kosovo, is in a plain called Kosovo Polje (Field of Black Birds) and was the capital of Serbia in the Middle Ages. In 1389 the Turks took it and was until 1950 that evolved significantly, both administratively and in education and communications as well as industrially. In Pristina’s population is predominantly Albanian.

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Travel To Serbia

January 29th, 2010

serbia

Serbia were part of former Yugoslavia until 2006 and was a two-state corporation comprising four political units: two republics, each with its own capital (Serbia-Montenegro-Belgrade and Podgorica) and two subordinate provinces (Vojvodina and Kosovo).

The Republic of Serbia is located in southeastern Europe. It shares borders with Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. It straddles the Danube river boat that provides communication between the interior of Europe and Black Sea. It has no coastline.

In Serbia you can find many landscapes, from Vojvodina, with its grassy plains, past the old south mountain areas where the Morava River and flows to areas with basins and limestone in the east.

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