Royal Palace of The Hague in Holland On the occasion of the Volvo Ocean Race we had the opportunity to get to know The Hague, in English, The Hague, or as you will see written in Dutch on most of the posters, Deen Haag. This is the first advice we can give you for your trip to The Hague, familiarize yourself with the names of the city in both languages, especially in Dutch, and thus make sure you identify it at all times.
Read MoreThe Hague Skyline in the Netherlands After a long wait, we had the opportunity to return to what is undoubtedly one of our favorite countries, the Netherlands. On this occasion, and coinciding with the arrival in its final stage of the Volvo Ocean Race, we have visited a city that we did not know and, like the rest of the country, the more we know it, the more we fall in love.
Read MoreThis guide to travel to Amsterdam will help you organize a getaway to one of the healthiest and most beautiful cities in Europe. In this multicultural city you will enjoy interesting museums, boat trips on canals and on foot, through the historic center, relaxing parks, old churches, beautiful 17th-century brick houses, flower markets and above all, a fantastic and tolerant atmosphere.
Read MoreDay 4: AMSTERDAM - VOLENDAM - MARKEN - EDAM - AMSTERDAM Today we wake up at 7 in the morning and without delaying too much we do not fix, we leave the Budget Hotel Liberty (Update 2017: This hotel has closed. We recommend Singel Hotel, which It has the same location and with similar characteristics) where we are staying these days in Amsterdam and we are moving towards a most complete day in which we will start touring Voledam, Market and Edam from Amsterdam.
Read MoreDay 5: AMSTERDAM: Anne Frank House - BARCELONA Today, although it is our last day of the trip to Amsterdam, since at 6.50 in the afternoon we have our flight to Barcelona, we decided that we have to get back early to see the Vondelpark and some more things that have been pending these days like the house of Anne Frank in Amsterdam.
Read MoreRadisson Inn Airport Hotel located just 4 kilometers from the Amsterdam airport. It has a 24-hour shuttle. From 6 in the morning it has shuttles to the airport every 15 minutes and from 11 in the morning every 30 minutes. But after 23.30 at night, you have to go to the airport meeting point, following the signs of "shuttle hotel" to stop A9-A13, in front of the airport exit and at the stop press the button that puts "Radisson Inn", connecting directly to the hotel reception that sends you a shuttle to the airport.
Read MoreDay 3: AMSTERDAM - ZAANSE SCHANS - AMSTERDAM: CANAL SINGEL - BEJINHOF - REMBRANDPLEIN - HERMITAGE - NIEWMARK - OUDE KERK After the two days we took from our trip to Amsterdam today we set the alarm clock a little later, at 7 in the Tomorrow, to visit Zaanse Schans from Amsterdam, the destination we have chosen as this morning's destination.
Read MoreDay 1: BARCELONA - AMSTERDAM It has not yet been 15 days since we arrived from our trip to Iceland and today we return to Barcelona airport, this time with a destination that we really wanted to "get hold of", although it will not be until Tomorrow we can do it, because today, by the time we will arrive, we have chosen to sleep near the Amsterdam airport, you know where we will land in a few hours, right?
Read MoreTRAVEL PREPARATIONS When we began to cross out days on this year's calendar, marking possible trips, we had 3 possible trips in the summer months. Two of them we have already done, in June to Cinque Terre, in the month of July to Switzerland and now we have September, where we can take advantage of the bridge of the 11th day that is festive in Catalonia.
Read MoreDay 2: SHIPHOL AIRPORT - AMSTERDAM: ANA FRANK'S HOUSE, FLOWER MARKET, VANG GOGH MUSEUM, CRUISE BY THE AMSTERDAM CHANNELS, DAM SQUARE, RED NEIGHBORHOOD Sounds the alarm at 7 in the morning and after only sleeping only 5 hours the body tells us one thing and the mind another. But as we are traveling and we know what that means, we pay attention to our mind and after a quick shower, at 8 o'clock we are checking out of our hotel at Shiphol airport and taking the free hotel shuttle to airport, which will allow us to see the things we have scheduled.
Read MoreThe mission of the day was easy: go to Perast by bicycle. Of course, seeing the transparent waters of the Bay of Kotor, we got a bit of laziness ... 'What if we leave it for later and take a bath?' But no! We managed to get the pleasant thought of a refreshing dip out of our heads, we put our asses on the bike seat and pedaled! Read More
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