Brad
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Is Split Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
I spent a week in Split last year, splitting my time between the old town and day trips out to the islands, and it’s still one of the trips I recommend most to friends planning a Croatia itinerary. Split gets compared constantly to Dubrovnik, and a lot of travelers treat it as a stopover on…
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Is Zagreb Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
I’ve now visited Zagreb twice, once in early spring and once in the middle of summer, and both trips left me with a different picture of the city. The first time, I wandered into a nearly empty Upper Town on a cold morning and had entire cobblestone streets to myself. The second time, the same…
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Is Burgas Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
I’ve been to Burgas twice, and both times it surprised me in a different way than I expected. Most people mention Burgas only as a jumping-off point for the beach resorts further up and down the coast, and my first trip almost went that way too. I’d planned to spend one night before heading south.…
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Is Varna Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
I’ve visited Varna a couple of times now, both in the warmer months, and it’s a city that’s genuinely hard to pin down with one label. People call it “Bulgaria’s summer capital,” and after walking its promenade with an ice cream at sunset and later that same evening wandering past a Roman bath complex lit…
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Is Plovdiv Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
I’ve spent time in Plovdiv on more than one occasion now, and it’s the Bulgarian city I recommend first when people ask me where to go beyond Sofia. My first visit was a quick day trip from the capital, which I now think was a mistake. My second visit, I gave it three full days,…
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Is Sofia Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
I’ve now been to Sofia twice, once in early spring and once in late summer, and both trips left me thinking the same thing: this city gets skipped by far too many people planning a Balkan trip. Most travelers fly into Sofia only to catch a bus straight out to Plovdiv or Bansko, treating the…
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Is Banja Luka Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
Banja Luka doesn’t get anywhere near the attention Sarajevo or Mostar do, and honestly, that’s part of what makes it interesting. I added it onto a longer Bosnia and Herzegovina trip almost as an afterthought, expecting a quiet stopover between bigger stops. It ended up being one of the more relaxed, pleasant surprises of the…
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Is Mostar Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
Mostar is one of those cities that shows up on every “most beautiful bridges in Europe” list, and for once, the photos don’t lie. I’ve spent time in Mostar across a couple of trips through Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it’s a city that manages to be both a genuine postcard and a place with real…
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Is Sarajevo Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
I’ve now visited Sarajevo twice, once in early autumn and once in the dead of winter, and both trips left me thinking about the city long after I got home. That’s rare. A lot of European capitals blur together after a while. Sarajevo doesn’t. If you’re asking “is Sarajevo worth visiting,” I get why you’re…
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Is Bruges Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
The first thing I noticed about Bruges wasn’t the canals or the gabled rooftops. It was the sheer number of people trying to photograph both at the same time. I arrived on a warm Saturday in June, stepped off the train, and walked into a wall of tour groups before I’d even reached the Markt.…
