Articles by Katy Hyslop

For two cities within a city Berlin has so much culture, history and nightlife to experience 48 hours hardly seems adequate. This guide will help to give you the most out of it in a short space of time.

You have just 2 full days to see and experience all Barcelona has to offer. It sounds like mission impossible but you can do this wonderful vibrant city in just 48 hours with the help of this guide. 13:00 The main streets of Barcelona are wide and long, criss-crossing the city taking you off in new directions and new sensations.

There's no need to worry that you will miss the best Paris has to offer when this guide shows you how to see it all in only 48 hours. Paris is a city of many faces, the narrow streets contain hidden jewels of patisseries, bars and Parisian café culture that have attracted visitors for centuries.

Is it possible? Yes. This guide gives you the low-down on how to see all the major landmarks and places of interest of Western Europe's largest cosmopolitan city in only 48 hours. 10:30 It is possible to get acquainted with London relatively quickly.

Canals, gondoliers, romance, swaying buildings and mystery persons wearing painted masks. This guide will help you get behind the mask of Venice in just 48 hours. Providing you haven't spent the better part of the day trying to locate your accommodation you may find some time after checking in to do some exploring.

You have just arrived in the Renaissance capital of the art world with a couple of days to spare, so where do you go and what highlights can you see in such a short time? This is the guide for you to get the maximum out of a short stay in Florence.

Budget travel would not be complete without the budget accommodation that we require to keep us in the lifestyle to which we have become accustomed. The places we either love or hate, where we meet our new travelling mates, old friends from back home, clubbing buddies, future partners, flatmates and in some cases our future spouse.

Sitting round the dinner table one night , after a few bottles of Chianti with some old friends, most of whom had spent time as European tour guides and backpackers, I asked them to name the best thing to see or do while staying in Italy.

The first time I arrived in Italy by train it felt completely different to anywhere I'd travelled already. It was the summer of 2000 and I had been travelling for a nearly 2 weeks. I was more than relieved when the train pulled out of Nice on that bright August morning, what a misnomer, Nice was in my eyes not very nice at all.