Croatia has always had a mystical, romantic aura to it. With a turbulent history of occupation, political strife and struggle, the Croats come off as a proud and stoic people. Quite different from the freewheeling nature of their neighbors to the west (not that the Italians don’t have their own dramatic history). The […]

Liverpool is six months away from inheriting the mantle of 2008 European Cultural Capital — a distinction that utterly revitalized a grubby city like Glasgow, and transformed the sleepy Austrian university city of Graz into a beacon of futurism.Never an unattractive city, Liverpool simply languished in cultural and architectural stagnation, mostly due to economic forces. […]

I know iTRVL is about the less obvious European destinations, but when a new hotel as stunning as Venice’s Palazzina Grassi comes along it bears a quick mention. Looking more like the minimalist work of it’s northern brethren, the 32 room marvel boasts all the latest in techie gadgetry; LCD flat screens, transporter, etc. […]

Back in Prague we met a friend at U Krale Karla, an eccentric little boutique hotel at foot of the castle, with stained glass windows and theatrically placed religious icons in the rooms. Au revoir, minimalism!

We staged our own little photo shoot amidst the lugubrious gargoyles of the Prazsky Hrad, a must see […]

Well the less obviously decadent Art Basel that is. Now in it’s 38th year, the Olympics of art pitches it’s tent in the multi cultural (well it does boast zip codes in three countries) hamlet of Basel, Switzerland this June 13-17. The international art show features about 300 leading art galleries […]