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London, United Kingdom
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Bike ride tour
• Canal cruise
• Tony Chocolatery
• Food haul
• Pic & Mix shops
• Red light district
•Rijkmuseum more variety not just paintings and it’s huge, Dutch history and classic art…. Van Gogh more if you like him
•Resistance museum for Dutch ww2
•Amsterdam museum if want to learn about city history
•STRAAT museum more street art modern vibes
•coffee shops
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Porto, Portugal
• eat a bifana
• eat a Portuguese tart
• port wine tasting
• sight see in Riberia (the old town)
• riberia square
• Luis bridge
• chapel of souls
• chapel Saint de lldefonso
• Jardim do morrow
• Jardim do Palacio de Cristal
• bolhao market
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Lisbon, Portugal
- sunset cruise
- Cascais
- sintra
- Sunrise/sunset at Mirandouro de Santa Luzia
- happy hour tacos at Tacos La Malquerida
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Lagos, Portugal
- pizza party
- kayak through caves
- ponte hike and sunset there
-Praia do Camilo, pretty beach, get there early gets busy
- Praia Dona Ana another beach close by
- Porto mos good massive beach it’s after ponta da piede, can walk Lagos to ponta da piede the Porto mos then follow coastal trail to luz (beach + town) then bus back
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Seville, Spain
Rooftop pool - Marriott
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Malta, Malta
- Golden Bay
- Marsaxlokk
- St Peter’s Pool
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Athens, Greece
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Serifos, Greece
Think focus on lazy beach days using buses from (livadi is hub) with one hike beach day
No chora to beach bus exists don’t think.
-mining history think that half of island remote so could atv
Beaches and hikes
-Chora livadi livadakia loop - probs good just to bus down day 1 lazy day
- psili ammos can bus or hike, day here, tavernas and bus back. The main beach
- agios sostis probs best hike reward for views, double beach, remote so pack well, also close to above so bus maybe 2 one day bus each way or day each
- Chora to agios Konstantinos sunset church
- kalo ampeli remote beach near livadi, good remote beach hike day if can be bothered
- ganema good spread out lazy beach shade using bus
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Sifnos, Greece
Enjoy walks in between villages, explore them beach and food
Sifnos trails website might be good
Descriptions
- kastro, good beach and church of the seven martyrs so maybe good for a sunset and dinner
- we in between appolonia (more hub, bars, restaurants) and artemonas (quieter and elegant, bakeries)
- chrysopigi has the monastery on peninsula
- platias galos main beach
- faros big village. Has glyfo beach supposed to be nice and fasolou beach more natural nearby
Hike and activities
- Hike to panagia Poulati (small church on water) then to kastro for Church 7 , then to faros/glyfo for slow beach day - think best hike
- hike to Christopigi for monetary then platias galos for slow beach day - bus good option don’t think the top hike
- vathy for more island hike with reward at end but not scenic so maybe bus it better for lazy day
-profitis illias highest point and monetary up there
- can hike to kamares the port town and bus back
- check out both appolonia and artenomas
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Milos, Greece
- serakiniko beach the very insta famous one, try and go early morning… maybe if have quad bike can do sunrise. Or 4km walk
- boat tour, think most go to kleftiko. Booking. Com
- check out plaka, Milo’s castle there, high up good for sunset, one of best views of Cyclades apparently
- Kahada and papakinou beach short walk from accom and look decent and sandy. Pap has tree shade
- firopotamos has those nice insta pics with houses on water/ church
- firiplaka and tsigrado near each other and accessible by bus
- use quad bike day for hard to reach places !!
https://www.booking.com/attractions/gr/prnbdp9unjdn-milos-half-day-tour-to-kleftiko.html?ufi=-824118.0&adplat=ios-product_page-header-attractions-share_button&source=ios_attractions_native_pp
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Corfu, Greece
Think about slow beach days
- La Grotta Bar
- Porto Timoni hike & beach - scooter best here I think
- Rovina beach - best one I think - also lipades next town good base
- limbo beach
- check out monestary - free entry
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Paxos, Greece
- explore gaios where we staying, slow beach day there
- antipaxos boat day - look into sea taxi rather the tour maybe
- scooter day/ take bus to western part of island, lakka second biggest town, slow beach day there
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Corfu, Greece
Staying in the old town
Think explore old town heavy, bus to beach,
Could look at scooter day if keen, see the islands north east. Or bus that way like kassiopi, supposed to be good swimming and authentic harbour town
Check out the fortress
Glyfada is a sandy beach can bus
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Sarandë, Albania
- lekuresi castle
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Himarë, Albania
Bus timetables & booking - https://travel.gjirafa.com/en
This just relax and stay local beaches as last bit of coast.
-himare castle for panoramic views
If feel like a scooter day can go to gjipe beach the secluded one and check out djermi and the old village
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Shkodër, Albania
Bus timetables & booking - https://travel.gjirafa.com/en
Night 1 - Shkoder
Night 2 - Shala River
Night 3 - Valbona
Night 4 - Theth
Night 5 - Theth
Night 6 - Shkoder
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Albanian Alps, Albania
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Shkodër, Albania
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Kotor, Montenegro
- ladder of kotor free avoids the 15 euro fortress fee (city walls)
- city walls - more rugged and rewarding the Dubrovnik but no point, do above
- can use the cable car or taxi to get to lovcen national park and to the toboggan up there as well also there
- perast cheap public bus, church in the middle of the bay near there which is where the boat tours, cheap local water taxi
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Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Stari most and crooked bridge
Old bazaar
See both Christian and Muslim side
Blagaj tekke half day see the monastery get there early, and walk the river
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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bascarsija - old town bazaar (ottoman) food and coppersmith (kazandziluk), senior fountain. Latin bridge (Franz also near here)
- Meeting of cultures - Austro Hungarian side
- Cevapi, burek
- day trip Cable car mount tebevic - bobsled near top, observatory, hike
- War museum - war tunnel, museum of Crimes
- yellow fortress for sunset/ kovaki cemetery
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Belgrade, Serbia
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Hanoi, Vietnam
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Ninh Bình, Vietnam
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Cao Bằng, Vietnam
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Hanoi, Vietnam
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Da Nang, Vietnam
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Hội An, Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam