Best time to visit Istanbul, Turkey: weather by season and what to wear

Best time to visit Istanbul: based on my experience. In this post I want to talk about a topic that comes up often in the comments from my readers, and it’s the weather. I have visited Istanbul numerous times during different months and experienced different weather there. I went through my records to find the exact dates of my trips, Read More

90+ Moscow tourist attractions: what to see in Moscow, Russia

A huge list of the best Moscow tourist attractions. Before the pandemic I used to visit Moscow every year. I would usually go there for a week, and I would still find new places to visit and things to do. Many people don’t realise how huge Moscow is and how many tourist attractions are there. Unfortunately, not all of these Read More

Where to stay in Istanbul: the best areas and hotel recommendations

My opinion on where to stay in Istanbul: based on my personal experience. I went to Istanbul more times that I can remember, but the majority of those trips were business ones. But because of this specific fact I didn’t have to stay exactly in the historical center of the city: instead we booked apartments around Istanbul. So here I Read More

Info from a local: first timer’s guide to Moldova

First timer’s travel guide to Moldova from a local. Moldova is a small country in Eastern Europe, and, frankly, we can’t boast about a huge number of tourists coming here. We don’t have huge palaces and castles, or museums of international significance, but we have something else: nice and cosy places in nature, old monasteries and fortresses, soviet architecture, all Read More