Christmas fairytale in Lapland

Welcome back, our dear readers!
Since the most important winter celebrations are just around the corner, today we want to talk about the best places to visit during Christmas holidays. And one of these places is the hometown of Santa Claus - Lapland, city in Finland.

Leasure's worlds best hotels

Dear travellers,

Luxury comes at a price, but when you'are staying at one of the best hotels in the world, that price worth it. Here are presented luxury hotels with extra offers of leasure activities, these ones would be definetely best choices for active vaccations.

No 10. The Langham, Chicago, Illinois

Housed in an elegant skyscraper designed by renowned architect Mies van der Rohe. Hotel sits along the Chicago River in a location that's near many of the city's landmarks: Millennium and Grant parks, Navy Pier etc.

Rooms starts at around $550 per night.

Best travel destinations for 2016

Hello!
We hope some of you already started to plan next year journeys. If you haven't decided what country to visit we hope that this post might help you.Lonely Planet announces best travel destinations for 2016.

1. Botswana

Botswana, a landlocked country in southern Africa. Botswana has "some of the greatest wildlife spectacles on Earth," from elephants and antelopes, to big cats and African wild dogs. Also recommended are the Okavango Delta and Kalahari Desert, both "iconic African landscapes and vast stretches of wilderness."

Amazing RIO!

    This post will be about one of the South America’s country Brazil, more specific about its colourful city Rio de Janeiro. Rio is most popular and the most frequently visited tourist destinations for years. Rio de Janeiro is hot for most of the year and attracts travellers all over the year. There are many beautiful places to visit, including famous Statue of Christ the Redeemer or place that attracts all football fans - Maracana stadium, active tourist might enjoy the incredible surfing waves of Prainha.

And there are also much more interesting stuff to read about this beautiful city Rio de Janeiro. Just take a look!

Paradise in Bali

Hello, everyone !

For this time, we really wanted to travel to one of the most popular exotic vacation places. And we thought that what could be better  than an island full of wonderful beaches. The island, about which we are going to tell you in a minute, surely does not need any introductions. Guys, it's Bali !! Yes, yes, how awesome is that ? Well, Bali is an island and province of Indonesia, whose capital city is Denpasar. It is great that Bali is not a big island and it is quite possible to visit a few cities during your weekend stay. Actually, this story will be a little bit different than the previous ones, since we will focus more on the sightseeing and activities in Bali with just short main info about transportation, accommodation and dining out. There is so much things to see and do in Bali, that we just couldn't help it to write this story otherwise.

First of all, Bali is quite cheap country, so this island is just a heaven for our savers. To start, the best transportation modes for savers are buses, bemos or bicycles. Buses are perfect choice for travelling to different cities, whereas bikes will help you to reach all attractions. Very popular transportation mode in Bali is also bemos, which is a miniature van with a driver. It is convenient because of its size-passengers can get in and out at any point. One ride with bus costs 0,10-0,67 euros, with bemo costs 0,22-0,27 euros, while bike's rent for one day costs from 4 euros. 

Clever travelling tips

Hello hello! Today we decided to provide you some useful tips, you can think: " Oh I already know everything", however, we invite you to check this out and maybe you will find out something new for you! Enjoy...

1. Always pack a hat. In the winter, a knit hat will keep you warm and take up little room. In the summer, a brimmed hat will keep the sun off your face and will save you from the straight sun lights.

Never sleeping Tel Aviv

Hello, travelers!

Welcome to the city that never sleeps - Tel Aviv! 

Tel Aviv is Israel’s epicenter, culturally, economically, and especially socially. A young, vibrant, cosmopolitan city that stretches for miles along the beautiful Mediterranean Sea, with a street vibe that is the perfect blend of cool trendy fashionista and laid-back beach bum, with a healthy splash of lively, chaotic middle-eastern charm. Although by no means a massive city in terms of population, Tel Aviv is truly a city that never sleeps!

City of Vancouver

As you see, one of our last posts were about one of America’s city Miami. Now, we move a little bit further from America to the beautiful Canada. This post will be about one of the greenest city that is surrounded by water on three sides! That is amazingly beautiful city - VANCOUVER! As you noticed it is a harbour city and a magnet for tourists who want to see sea animals as orca whales and even more! On land you will find a city with beautiful beaches and rugged mountains and maaany parks in between. For example, Stanley Park is larger than famous Central Park in NY and includes totems, Lost Lagoonm Vancouver Aquarium and etc. There are also many interesting places to see as Robson Street - famous shopping destination, large Chinatown, historic Yaletown with many restaurants, bars and nightclubs. So, let’s start our trip to Vancouver!

Sydney of Freedom

Hey and welcome back, everyone !
As promised earlier, today let's leave the Europe and go somewhere else, to completely other part of world ! We hope you, guys, are excited as we are, because we are travelling to Sydney !! This vibrant city is the state capital of New South Wales in Australia and it has the biggest population in the whole Australia and Oceania. Sydney is well known not only for its popular places of interest, like Sydney Opera House, Harbour Bridge or stunning beaches, but for its lively and free-spirited people. They just don't care what other people think. They do and wear whatever they like and as a tourist you can relax and feel free to do the same as long as it doesn't interfere with other's right to enjoy themselves too.

Actually, Sydney is considered one of the most expensive cities in the world, so it was quite difficult to plan the trip for our savers, but anything is possible ! So let's not waste anymore time and let's see what Sydney can offer for us !

MIAMI- yummy- yummy

Dear travelers,

As we mentioned before we are planning to leave Europe and explore every part of the world. So we decided to go further and even leave our continent! I think you already have a feeling what we are talking about… Yes! That’s America! We will explore a lot of parts but today we will talk about the city where are endless parties, expensive cars, beaches, villas near the ocean - such associations occur when you hear the name of this city, so… Welcome to MIAMI!

Miami has two sides of the medal. The place where all famous people live, where people party all day and all night, where there are a lot of entertainment called Miami Beach, but Miami as a city represents business life, where are a lot of skyscrapers and business districts.  

Fall in love with sLOVEnia!

Welcome to the green land of beauty! sLOVEenia!

Hello our travelling readers! Today we want to represent you one of the greenest country in Europe – Slovenia! Yes, this time not the city, but whole country! Pretty cool, right? Slovenia is quite small country so you will be able to see almost all beautiful corners among your weekend trip. And this time we will be more concentrated on nature objects, because in Slovenia they are spectacular!

First of all let’s take a look to Ljubljana – the capital city of the country. The symbol of Ljubljana is the dragon, which dominates the iconic Dragon Bridge, and the city's most prominent attraction Ljubljana Castle, who’s Outlook Tower offers some of the most beautiful views of the city. The castle houses several museum exhibitions and presentations including, among others, Slovenian History, The Prison and Virtual Castle. 

The spirit of Rome

Hey, everyone !

We hope You liked our previous posts about the most fascinating cities of Europe. Seems like we are having a week of Europe, but stay tuned, stories from other continents are coming soon ! However, today it would be a crime not to tell you about the city full of ancient architecture, delicious traditional dishes and friendly people. Yes, you guess it right, we are talking about Rome ! Rome is a capital city of Italy, located in Lazio region on a peninsula extending from soutthern Europe into the Mediterranean Sea.

So let's start our journey ! First of all, Rome has two airports, from which you can easily reach the city centre. The ones who want to save some money, there are lots of transportation options ( visit: https://www.rometoolkit.com/airport/fiumicino_airport_bus.htm). But the cheapest is to catch a bus from a bus stop right next to airports, a ticket costs around 4 euros. If you are landing in Fiumicino airport, there is a possibility of metro, where standard ticket of 100 minutes costs  1.50 euros. On the other hand, our spenders can rent a luxury car like Mercedes S class with private driver for price starting from 150 euros. Driver will get you straight to the hotel. For exclusive experience, we recommend for spenders to stay in Grand Hotel de la Minerve, Palazzzo Montemartini, Hotel Lord Byron or Portrait Suites. The last hotel offers extremely luxury suites with private terraces with gorgeous panoramic view. The price for one night in this suite is 2500 euros. 

Wonderful Berlin

Hey, welcome again!

We hope you have found something interesting and hopeful in previous posts. So now we are going to talk about another Europe’s city. This city is the capital of Germany - Berlin. This city is famous for its history and historic legacy, many interesting museums, unique architecture, art and also the night life. About all these things and even more will be written here. So, we suggest you to spend few minutes to get more information about Berlin and get useful tips. And we can start now!

First important thing that you should consider is buying the Berlin Welcome Card. Its' price starts at €17 for 48 hours and covers all your transport and gives you discounts of 25-50% at over 200 attractions (visit:http://www.visitberlin.de/en/welcomecard). The other important issue is accommodation. The average price for 3 stars hotel room is about 75euros. For tourists with limited budget of 150 euros per weekend, we would offer to stay at a hostel. Hostel gives a possibility to see and feel the night life, because most of the hostels are found in the city centre. The average price per room is about 10 to 30 euros depending on the number of beds. The best hotels in Berlin would be offered for tourists with unlimited budget. You can choose the hotel from this list, because there are mentioned the most luxurious hotels. We believe that your night in one of these hotels will be spent like in heaven. These hotels are: 25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin, i31 Hotel, Adina Apartment Hotel Berlin Hackescher Markt, , Hotel Adlon Kempinski, Das Stue one of the fanciest, Hotel de Rome. 

Sunny Barcelona

Welcome everyone!

Today you will get know more about travelling to one of the most beautiful city - Barcelona. We will share our experience and give you very important tips for travelling!

Barcelona is located at the Mediterranean sea in the north of the Spanish coast. Barcelona is certainly the most cosmopolitan city in Spain. This city is conjures up many images. You can see ancient architecture, sandy beaches, incredibly beautiful mountains or simply amusing street art.

First, the most important thing is accommodation. For travellers with limited budget we would recommend stay in the hostels. They can offer a good quality stay at affordable price. The hostels you can find in this website: http://www.hostelworld.com/hostels/Barcelona Prices wary from 5 to 75 euros per night, so it is only your choice what you will choose!

For the travellers with unlimited budget we offer to stay at the most popular hotels in Barcelona! These could be for example Grand Hotel Central, Gran Hotel Torre Catalunya, Olivia Balmes Hotel, Mercer Hotel Barcelona, Hotel Yurbban Trafalgar and etc. You will not regret if you choose to stay at one of these hotels, we swear!

Talking about the travelling and visiting famous places in Barcelona, firstly we will mention the places which are worth visiting not depending on your size of budget. You might be heard about some of these places, but they better should be seen and not heard hundred times.  Sooo, what is the list? Visit the most popular street La Rambla, with iconic atmosphere and spectacular view. Just have an hour to stroll along and fell the soul of Barcelona. You will definitely notice amazing Barceloneta beaches, so we offer you take a rest or sunbathe there. You will enjoy it!

Sicilian Mafia

Welcome our dear travellers,

We keep on travelling all around the world, and today we will visit very sunny and warm country. However, it tends to be the birthplace of the true mafia… Can you tell me what it is? Yes, you are absolutely right, so welcome to Sicily! Sicily is an idyllic, tranquil and beautiful island, "packed with" a huge number of attractions. Perhaps this enigmatic mixture each season attracts so many tourists from all around the globe.

Indeed, the Sicilian Mafia brings a lot of problems, but today she is firmly established at all levels of government, it is almost impossible to eradicate. Despite this, the mayor of Palermo sure that foreign tourist are in no danger. Ordinary Italians on the streets are sociable and very friendly.

Starting the trip from the air port we offer two ways for savers: use a bus that will drag you to the city center for 7,97eur, buses are new and very comfortable, so your trip will be very cozy. However for our spenders in order to feel all the temper of Italians we offer to rent an Italian red Ferrari for 2 days it will cost 5230eur with driver.

Welcome to Notebook of Travellers !

Hey !
We are Laura, Aistė, Katya and Karolina - students from little but very beautiful country Lithuania. We are extremely passionate about travelling. Plus, we hope and think that there is a lot of people like us, who will be interested in travelling tips, recommendations and secrets. We dedicate this blog particularly for You ! 
Question ! - What to wait and look forward  in our blog?
We want to show the options of various activities during your trip from two different angles. Therefore, we will reveal how you can spend your trip with the unlimited travel budget and limited budget of only 150 euros for a weekend in countries of different regions. Believe us, you will be surprised how much you can see, do and experience in both cases. That is because at the end of the day only memorable moments are the ones that really counts. 
Question ! - What is the main goal of our blog ?
Share, share, share. We want to share our travelling experience and involve our readers to do the same. We seek for mutual benefit - we will be inspired and gain new ideas, while You will plan your trip easily and most importantly, you won't miss any exciting and unique activities during the visit.

Well, we think short update is enough for the start, now let our work to do the talking or maybe it's sounds better like that - let our blog to do the talking !

P.S. We invite You to follow us on our Facebook page, where you can find short stories not only from our personal trips, but from our friends, colleagues and families. They'll disclose what you cannot miss during your stay in a particular country. Feel free to share your travelling stories and photos in the comments too !

Let's enjoy this journey together !

- "Notebook of Travellers"