Friday 24 June 2016

Our Europe Travels

After 2 and a half weeks of travelling we are finally back in the UK. Spain, Italy and France were the three countries we had the pleasure of visiting. The cities being Madrid, Barcelona, Rome, Marseille and Nice.

So I'm doing this post to show you guys what we got up to, and recommend all the coolest spots to go when travelling around these beautiful and different cities.


Madrid


First stop was Madrid, Spain. For some reason I wasn't expecting Madrid to blow me away, but it completely did. It's not the type of place you'd think of going for a holiday, but I'd fully recommend it. It was an awesome city and the weather was great when we were there. We were staying a 10 minute metro ride from the Gran Via which is where it was all happening! We spent a lot of money on clothes when we were there, the shops were great. There were plenty of great landmarks to see also and most are in walking distance. 

  • Buen Retiro Park
  • Royal Palace of Madrid
  • Temple Of Debod
  • Plaza De Cibeles
  • El Rastro (Market)
  • Peurta De Alcala 
  • Parque De Atracciónes De Madrid

























We were only there for 3 nights, but we managed to visit all these places and there's much more to see!

Madrid is a must visit! 




Barcelona


Second stop was Barcelona, Spain. This is a place I had visited prior and I was dying to show my girlfriend around. This is why I made sure we had 5 nights here at this special place. The city and buildings are beautiful... Looks just like the movies! There are plenty of places to visit, here are a few of my favourite:

  • La Rambla (Market)
  • Park Guell
  • Gothica Quater 
  • Parc De La Ciutadella 
  • Montserrat






















We also spent a couple of days at the beach to get our tan on. Barceloneta Beach (nude part) was a gorgeous beach, with plenty of great places to eat around it.



Rome


The third place we went was Rome, Italy. This place has so much history that everywhere you looked there was an amazing building or a famous landmark. The great thing about Rome is that you could actually walk to every place that you'd like to see! This was ideal for us because we could see plenty of great places all within 3 days. I definitely captured some of the best photos here in Rome. Here are some must sees.

  • Colosseum
  • Trevi Fountain
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • Roman Forum
  • Appian Way
  • Eventide Hill
There are more too! It was place I've always wanted to visit, and I'm so glad that I have. If you ever visit Europe, you HAVE to come here.












































Marseille


The fourth place was Marseille, France. We only had a couple of days here, but it was very different to the previous places we had been. Our place was a 2 minute walk from the sea, which was incredible, the scenery was amazing. There seemed to be less tourists there than other places such as Barcelona and Rome, but that's why I liked it. I would also recommend heading to the Port as there were loads of nice restaurants around it, shopping hot spots and lovely views! Here are a few places to see:

  • Old Port Of Marseille
  • Marseille Cathedral 
  • Fort Saint-Jean (history museum)
  • Plages Du Prado

Marseille was a lovely place to relax, personally I always like going out and doing/seeing things so I wouldn't be able to stay there much longer than a couple of days. Having said that, it was beautiful.



























Nice


Our final stop was in Nice, France. Like Marseille we only had a couple of days here but I wish we had more. It was stunning walking along the beach. We stayed a 2 minute walk from the beach which was perfect and that's straight past the shopping strip as well. We spent our day on the beach. This is a place I will definitely go back to and spend more time. 

  • French Riviera 
  • Russian Orthodox Cathedral 
  • Nice Cathedral
  • Opera De Nice








































So that's the end of our trip around some beautiful cities in Europe. We had an amazing time, and I hope that from seeing this that it makes you guys want to go too. It's worth it I promise!

Until next time

Love xxx

4 comments:

  1. Your photos are gorgeous, and your suggestions and recommendations are well written. Well done!

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  2. Gorgeous pictures Matty ! I loveee to go there ! Your Instagram photos made me so jealous haha😝🙈 x

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