Seven days in Albania give a first time visitor the full shape of the country. This 1 week Albania itinerary runs from Tirana to the castle town of Kruje, south to the Ottoman towns of Berat and Gjirokaster, east to Lake Ohrid and Pogradec, and back to the capital, with every leg by public bus…
Anaheim in 3 days gives a family the full shape of Orange County in one compact trip, with two theme park days, one slower day in the historic downtown and the Anaheim Hills, and halal food and prayer woven into every day. This Anaheim in 3 days plan spends Day 1 at Disneyland Park and…
Fort Collins sits on the Cache la Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, about 60 miles north of Denver, as the county seat of Larimer County and the home of Colorado State University. The city began as Camp Collins, a military post established in 1862 near present day Laporte to protect the Overland mail…
Billings sits in south central Montana as the largest city in the state, a railway city built on the banks of the Yellowstone River beneath the sandstone cliffs known as the Rimrocks. The city was founded in 1882 as a railroad town for the Northern Pacific Railway and named for Frederick Billings, a former president…
Ann Arbor sits in south east Michigan on the Huron River, around 35 miles west of Detroit, and it pairs a world famous university with a compact and walkable downtown. Tree lined streets and market stalls give the city a calm rhythm, while the campus fills the centre with museums, gardens and the largest stadium…
Sioux Falls sits in south eastern South Dakota as the largest city in the state, a compact prairie city built around the cascades of the Big Sioux River. The city was founded in 1856 and named for the falls of the river, and the falls were formed about 14,000 years ago during the last ice…
Bozeman sits in the Gallatin Valley of south western Montana, a mountain city framed by the Bridger Range to the north east and the Gallatin Range to the south. The city was founded in 1864 as a stop on the Bozeman Trail, and it grew around Main Street, Montana State University and the ranch land…
Plano sits in north Texas as the largest city in Collin County and one of the principal suburbs in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex, a flat prairie city that grew from a farming and railway town into a modern centre for offices, shopping districts and large public parks. Settlers reached the area in the early…
Boulder sits at the foot of the Flatirons in northern Colorado, where steep sandstone slabs rise above a compact university city filled with bookshops, cafes, tea houses, museums and farmers market stalls. The city grew as a supply town for the mining districts of the Front Range, and the University of Colorado Boulder has shaped…
Jacksonville sits on the St. Johns River in north east Florida as the largest city in the state by land area and a river city shaped by French, Spanish and British history. The best time to visit Jacksonville depends on what matters most to each traveller: mild weather, low prices, family school holidays, or the…