Mombasa is the city and chief port of Kenya. It is situated on a coralline island in a bay of the Indian Ocean. Mombasa, a melting pot of languages and cultures from all sides of the Indian Ocean, waits like a decadent dessert for travelers who make it to Kenya’s coastline. Having...
We admired the city’s sparkling coastline on a private 60ft yacht cruise (1200 AED / 2 hours) from Dubai Harbour, a seafront district in Dubai Marina that boasts the most advanced cruise terminal and the largest marina in the region. Conveniently located near Palm Jumeirah and Bluewaters...
We made a pleasant short stop at a seaside town on the northwestern Aegean coast of Turkey. Ayvalik was an ancient Greek Aeolian port town. At first glance, Ayvalık may seem unremarkable, a port town similar to many others in this region. But a few streets back from the waterfront...
Ancient Assos is located in Behramkale on the coast of northwestern Turkey, with the island of Lesbos lying about 11 kilometers offshore to the south. Founded by Aeolic colonists from Methymna in Lesbos in the 1st millennium BC, the city was constructed on the terraced slopes, partly...
After four hours (⛽ diesel 25,16 TRY / l, 🛣️ HGS – 253 TRY / class 2) we arrived at Çanakkale located in northwestern Turkey at the mouth of the Koca on the Asian side of the Dardanelles. Originally a 15th-century Ottoman fortress had by the 18th century developed a reputation for...
We made it to the harbor of the picturesque and laid-back town of Galaxidi. Morning walks and quiet evenings with food or drink are very much the order of the day, as locals say, Galaxidi “talks through its silence”. The town is tucked away along the northern shores of the Corinthian Gulf...
Our next stop was seaport city Gdynia (parking 50 PLN), which lies on the coast of the Baltic Sea along the Gulf of Gdańsk, just northwest of Gdańsk city. First mentioned in 1253, Gdynia began as a fishing settlement. Major growth came only after World War I when Gdynia was returned from...
Cold weather and rain followed us to Hel – the sandbar peninsula in the Baltic Sea. The width of the peninsula varies from 100 meters to 3 kilometers. Since the peninsula was formed entirely of sand, it was in the past frequently turned into a chain of islands by winter storms. Nowadays a...
We made a short visit to Tabarka, a quiet coastal town with a tough old Genoese fort from the 16th century. This fort is Tabarka’s most instantly recognized landmark sitting on a wooded hill and watching over a long curve of white sand. We took a short walk around souvenirs stalls...
We planned to make overnight at a beautiful beach Sidi Ali El Mekki, but unfortunately, we got stuck in the middle of a medieval tunnel in a village just a few kilometers before it (roof frame damaged on the left side). So, we slept in some village on the way to Bizerte (highway fee 1...