The Colosseum and the Forum Romanum

To discover the history of Rome we had booked a guided tour for the Colosseum and the Forum Romanum. The…

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A weekend in Rome – sightseeing and other stuff

Rome in January is almost devoid of tourists (and this was still before the virus). All the more reason to…

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A day trip to Byblos

After an amazing day amidst the ruins of Baalbek we headed the next day to Byblos. Since the guided tour…

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Baalbek – a Roman Heliopolis

We had spent the morning watching cedars and the rest of the day Roman stones. The last stop for the…

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The Cedars of God

The day trip to Baalbek started with our driver taking us through the Quadisha valley to the last cedars of…

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What else to see in Beirut

Beirut is a large city and you can’t manage to see the main sights in a day. Especially since there…

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A World Heritage Site and Nissi Beach

The next day was our last one and on the way to the airport we drove out to Nissi Beach,…

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The many archaeological sites of Paphos

After a day with old stones in Kourion we drove the next day to Paphos. More old stones would follow.…

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Kolossi Castle and Kourion archaelogical site

After two days in Nicosia we were finally driving down south again. For the next couple of days Limassol was…

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Five reasons why you should visit Cyprus

Cyprus hasn’t been high on my list of must-see places. But it just happened that in November I had the…

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