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The Charms of Uptown Lisbon
Europe | Portugal

The Charms of Uptown Lisbon

One of the rules of “adventurous” travel is that you should not read too much in advance about a place you are going to visit, because otherwise, your trip is in danger of becoming a mere ticking-off-exercise of seeing things “in the flesh” that you have already studied in great detail on the Internet. Give…

The Odd One Out of Rome’s Seven Hills
City Walks | Easy Hiking | Europe | Italy | Rome

The Odd One Out of Rome’s Seven Hills

We began our brief series of Roman walks where the city’s history began: on its legendary “seven hills”. Today, we will finish there as well, returning to the starting point of our journey but focusing on what has  always been the odd one out of Rome’s seven hills The Aventino on the Eternal City’s southern…

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Jerusalem – Blazing Thunderstorm of Noises and Colours
City Walks | Israel

Jerusalem – Blazing Thunderstorm of Noises and Colours

Gathering tourism experiences has been the Easy Hikers’ primary occupation for these past 10 or 15 years, so you may trust me when I say that popular destinations generally have more in common than we would ideally wish them to. Seaside walks and beach promenades resemble each other to the point where they seem virtually…

Fall in Love With Modern Architecture in Tel Aviv
City Walks | Israel

Fall in Love With Modern Architecture in Tel Aviv

Modern architecture is difficult to love. It is not so much the concept that is the problem here: all of us can easily agree that its principles are fine and noble – simplicity (less is more), an appearance of elegant restraint (ornament is crime), transparency of structure (form follows function). But while this theory has…