Golden limestone glows in the Mediterranean sun as you approach Valletta, a fortified city built by the Knights of St. John. The streets form a grid of narrow lanes that climb steeply from the Grand Harbour, each corner revealing another Baroque palace, another ornate church, another sweeping sea view. St. John’s Co-Cathedral conceals a breathtaking […]
Trakai is one of the most enchanting destinations in the Baltic states, a historic town 28 kilometres west of Vilnius, home to the breathtaking Trakai Island Castle, a red-brick Gothic fortress floating on Lake Galvė that is the only castle in Eastern Europe built on an island. Once the medieval capital of the Grand Duchy […]