The oldest marathon in Europe starts this weekend in Košice, Slovakia

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

The starting gun fires at 9am on the first Sunday of October and 13,000 runners surge through the streets of Kosice. The International Peace Marathon has been run here since 1924, making it the oldest marathon in Europe and the third oldest in the world after Boston and Athens. The course weaves through the historic […]

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Ischia and Procida – two gems of the bay of Napoli | Italy

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Ischia and Procida are the two often-overlooked gems of the Bay of Naples, Ischia, the thermal spa island of volcanic origins with its dramatic Aragonese Castle rising from the sea, and Procida, a tiny, impossibly colourful fishing island that was Italy’s Capital of Culture in 2022 and remains one of the most authentically beautiful places […]

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