Eastern Europe

Reading Time: 4 minutes If you love food, like I do, Belarus won’t disappoint. Influenced largely by its Slavic roots, the cuisine here centres heavily on simple meat and vegetable dishes.

Reading Time: 5 minutes Sandwiched by Poland, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia – Belarus occupies a fairly unexplored corner of Eastern Europe.

Reading Time: 5 minutes After spending a week there with a group on Intrepid’s Budapest to Bucharest trip, I realized the most shocking thing about Romania has nothing to do with monsters.

Reading Time: 5 minutes Captivating history, character-filled architecture and majestic mountains are just a handful of the things that make Romania unfairly underrated. Cast your eyes over these stunning spots and see if you can resist booking your flights right away!

Reading Time: 6 minutes When we arrive at the site where few other visitors dare to go, we feel like we’ve landed in a fabled place that most will only ever see in history books.

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Balkan region truly has so much to offer travellers. But the benefits of experiencing the Balkans on a group tour were even more far-reaching than I could’ve ever imagined.

Reading Time: 5 minutes As you stroll the narrow streets of historic Plovdiv, music echoes along the cobblestones. You might hear an orchestra performing in a park mingled with guitar chords coming from the scenic amphitheater. Folk musicians and dancers busk in leafy plazas, adding to the sense of excitement.

Reading Time: 7 minutes Krakow looks like a city straight out of a Disney movie. Cobbled streets lined with horse-pulled carriages, beautiful squares, pretty churches and more.

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Balkan republic of Macedonia is like a tiny version of France, with a huge variety of wines, cheeses and other foods for its size. Mix in a dash of…