When you think of islands, you typically picture swaying palms, soft sands, and umbrella drinks. But by definition, an island is simply any piece of land surrounded by water.

After decades of communist rule, the Soviet Union's satellite states were left in an unstable state of repair. Many of those countries have been working hard to improve their image in an attempt to...

When picturing a European holiday, it's easy to imagine the boisterous cities and incredible culture. In fact, one rarely thinks about the wide variety of islands the continent has to offer.

Designed in part by Leonardo da Vinci and cut in half by its Porto Canale, Cesenatico’s waterways are far less hectic than Venice and just as picturesque. This idyllic fishing village turned touris...

Located in the southwestern edge of Spain and just across from the tip of Africa, Portugal is often overlooked, under appreciated, and just plain forgotten about by most travelers.

The Lost City of Atlantis. The simple phrase conjures up a sense of mystery and images of deep ocean waters, a foreign people and a civilization that has been hidden from the rest of the world for ...

Rewind 50 years and Albania was completely shut off to the rest of the world. Rewind 20 years and Albania was a war zone. Rewind five years and Albania was an unknown oasis, mostly ignored by forei...

Contrary to popular belief, the best hiking in the world isn’t in the Swiss Alps or wrapped around the lakes of Patagonia. It’s actually on an archipelago right in the middle of the Norwegian Sea. ...

If you string together all of Norway's fjords, bays, and island shores, you'd get 63,000 miles of coastline. That's enough to circle the world more than two and a half times. That's a lot of coast!...

This is not a drill: Sail Week Croatia is a trip you seriously need to know about. The ultimate summer holiday, this is the incredible opportunity to spend the week on a private yacht sailing the b...