Comino is the smallest of Malta’s inhabited islands, and the Blue Lagoon is its crown jewel. The water here is a shade of turquoise that looks edited in photographs. It is not. The lagoon sits in a natural inlet where the shallow sand bottom reflects the Mediterranean light upward, creating a swimming pool effect that […]
Aveiro is known as the Venice of Portugal, a charming city on the country’s central coast, south of Porto, whose network of picturesque canals, colourful moliceiro boats (traditional flat-bottomed vessels once used for harvesting seaweed, now converted to gondola-like tourist boats), and elegant Art Nouveau architecture make it one of the most photogenic small cities […]