Easily accessible from either the lovely and nearby Stein am Rhein or Zurich, Schaffhausen is another picturesque medieval town which is mostly known to tourists as the location of the Rhine Falls. The Old Town…

Old Europe has quite a large number of what we call ‘fairytale towns’, each more charming than the other with their storybook streets and medieval buildings. I still remember the picturesque skyline of Tallinn…

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One of the reasons I love travelling to Europe so much is how easy it is to change scenery and find yourself in another world after only a brief commute. Case in point, less…

St Gallen is eastern Switzerland’s main town and a major cultural center for the region. Its location makes it an ideal pied-a-terre to explore the nearby Bodensee (Lake Constance) or the rolling hills of…