EuroCheapo's Macedonia Articles

Aug 29 The best guidebooks go through many editions, and canny publishers ensure that each edition just gets better and better. Our bookshelves are crammed with old guides, and it’s interesting to see how successive editions of classic 19th-century guides (like Baedeker’s Switzerland) both shaped and reflected evolving patterns of travel and tourism. We especially like the » Read more

Jan 25 Cast back to just 18 months ago, and the departure boards at Thessaloniki railway station were rather interesting. The city boasted direct train services to ten different European countries. In those days, one could hop aboard a train in Thessaloniki and travel, without once having to change trains, to distant Prague and even-further-distant Moscow. No » Read more

Dec 28 Travel is all about surprises, about serendipitous discoveries and transcending expectations. And, yes, we’ve been surprised in 2011. We were startled to move so quickly from serene and sunny spring back to deep midwinter when in March we traveled by train from the shores of the North Italian lakes to eastern Switzerland. The little train » Read more

Apr 13 “Why would I choose Macedonia over nearby Greece or Albania, both of which are much easier to get to?” That was the challenge laid down by one reader when he commented on our blog post last week. So we accept the challenge. Why go to Macedonia? What’s in a name? Similar in size to Massachusetts » Read more

Apr 06 Europe’s spring airline schedules came into effect last week, so in this travel brief we take a look at what’s new in the skies over Europe for the 2011 peak season. A new airline takes off from Vienna Our prize for the zaniest airline name in the new schedules goes to People’s Viennaline, a start-up » Read more

Jun 03 Years ago, we drove across Arizona on US Highway 60, and after hours of agave, mesquite, and thorny acacia, stopped off in Superior. Ground squirrels, Harris hawks, and lizards were everywhere in this Arizona backwater. The town also offered a museum that claims to be the smallest in the world, which is actually a piece » Read more

Apr 09 1980s fanatics should have been in Skopje this past weekend for a nostalgia boost. On Saturday, April 7, DJ Boy George spun at Skopje Fair’s Metropolis Arena in the Macedonian capital. Tickets for the DJ set started at an affordable MKD400 (€6.50). Delightfully, Skopje’s live music credentials aren’t a one-off affair. Skopje’s cool kids flock » Read more