I stayed in an Airbnb that was okay, but quite crowded, but I just messaged my friend who was there in the autumn and she stayed at the Atlas Almohades and really loved it: https://www.heartmybackpack.com/casablanca
Hi Silvia
We are planning a trip to Norway in October we are staying 4 nights Bergen, 4 nights Alesund ,back to bergen then flying to Bodo to do 5 nights on the lofoten Islands. We are going to do what you suggested and do car hire in Bodo and car ferry across. Can you tell me the site to go to that gives us a timetable please. We are travelling from the Gold Coast Australia. love your site it has been such a help to me for planning our trip.
Hi! I’m an American living in Trondheim and studying geography at NTNU. Being the super map-loving nerd that I am, I think it would be really cool if you featured a map with a balanced preservation of size and shape. My favorite is the Winkel Tripel projection 🙂
Hello,
I enjoyed reading about the 37 super fun things to do in Trondheim. We will be there at the end of August when my husband finishes walking St. Olav’s Way. Our plan is to go to the area around Are in Sweden and then we plan to drive south to Oslo. It is a pretty long drive, though, and wonder if you could recommend a nice place to stay between Trondheim and Oslo?
Thanks so much for the information. I’ve booked our accomodation and happy to find something that is a little off the beaten path. I’ll be looking at your recommendations for the rest of Norway. What a great find!
I see from the map that you’ve visited Slovenia but you didn’t blog about it. Does that mean you didn’t like it? I would have thought you’d have have fallen in love with the Triglav National Park. You like hiking, and many travelers consider the park one of the best places to hike in Europe.
I see! Did you get a chance to visit Velika Planina? The area is relatively little-known, but it’s one of my favorite parts of the country. Situated in the Kamnik-Savinja Alps close to the Austrian border, Velika Planina is a high-altitude dairy pasture with traditional architecture, apparently the largest such settlement in Europe (or one of the largest, depending on the source). The small, oval-shaped houses there look like something out of Tolkien, and there’s even a small museum dedicated to life high in the mountains.
If you ever make a return visit to Slovenia, perhaps you could check it out.
Sorry I know this is old but I was just reading comments. I lived in Slovenia for 8 months and loved it a lot and I went to Velika Planina in the winter!
I have read few articles that tourists wrote about iran, and I’m delighted that You and all the Tourists who have traveled to Iran, Are satisfied with this country😄
Hey!! LOVE YOUR BLOG. I am just starting blogging and love the interactive map idea. Could you give me the information on how to make one// how much it is?
Many thanks!
Hello! I’m planning a trip to Norway for next August. Main goal is to hike/camp to/at Trolltunga. I’ve done some research and seems like I fly into Bergen and then take bus to Odda. Will that be the easiest/fastest way?
Hello, I am from Australia and planning a 3-4 day visit to Norway in mid October. We will fly into Bergen from Iceland. I am travelling with my 79yo mother, so hiking is out unless it’s an easy (relatively flat) and only a couple of kilometres. We will have a wheelchair so I can push mum around wherever possible, so she conserves her energy to walk around attractions. I was wondering if 3-4 days would be long enough to do the drive from Bergen you wrote about or will it get dark too quickly? I’m also wondering if the scenery will be similar to Iceland? Do you know a cheap option for a boat/ferry ride in a fjord and what one you would recommend?
I am traveling with my family (5people) to Oslo in Feb 2020 and will need 2 nights accommodation before I travel to trysil to ski. What do you recommend is a reasonable cost? And best option to travel to Trysil – train?? Thanks
hello, I am from india ,we are 4 of us .we are planning to visit norway or finland in october.can u suggest an itenary for 15 days ,we are travelling with kids age 12 and 10.we want to see Northern lights ,santa claus village ,what else u suggest.we eat pure vegeterian foods.can u recomend us places to see along finland,sweeden,norway.can we rent a car or caravan to this place.
THANK YOU
REGARDS
BHAVESH NAGDA
We are planning a trip to Norway this summer and I’m finding your blog very helpful. My husband is in contact with a distant cousin there and we’re going to go see the ancestral farm near Aurdal. Beyond that we’re still tossing around ideas.
We took our kids to Korea a couple of years ago and had a fantastic time. Planning that was pretty straightforward since I’d been there before and have a good feel for how to country works, and pretty much knew where I wanted to go. We spent most of our time outside of Seoul, which was nice because I’m not great with crowds. (We have a youtube channel called Korea With Kids showing our road trip across the country.)
So, I read your post about the fjord region being super crowded in the summer and now I’m wondering what I really want to do. This will take some consideration! I will check out some more of your suggestions.
Best of luck to you!
How random is this question?
I am ready to get back to travel but am now (for the first time in my life) alone.
Out of the places you have been, what would be your favorite recommendation for December travel, for a single woman.
Hello! My sister and I took a trip to the fjords in 2018 and absolutely loved your recommendations. Your blog made our trip. Do you have recommendations for northern Italy? I’m looking to plan a week-long excursion.
Karly says
HEllo! I’m visiting Casablanca soon and was wondering if you had any recommendations on place to stay a night or 2.
Thanks!
Karly
Canadian
Silvia says
I stayed in an Airbnb that was okay, but quite crowded, but I just messaged my friend who was there in the autumn and she stayed at the Atlas Almohades and really loved it: https://www.heartmybackpack.com/casablanca
Ricardo Ribeiro says
Silvia, I am a Portuguese travel blogger and I am impressed by this neat map of yours… would you mind to reveal the secret… is it a WP Plugin or… ?
Llanmorgan says
https://wordpress.org/plugins/interactive-world-map/
Nish says
Thanks so much for sharing this map plug-in. Is this the free version you used or the paid one?
shelene anderson says
Hi Silvia
We are planning a trip to Norway in October we are staying 4 nights Bergen, 4 nights Alesund ,back to bergen then flying to Bodo to do 5 nights on the lofoten Islands. We are going to do what you suggested and do car hire in Bodo and car ferry across. Can you tell me the site to go to that gives us a timetable please. We are travelling from the Gold Coast Australia. love your site it has been such a help to me for planning our trip.
kjirsten says
Hi! I’m an American living in Trondheim and studying geography at NTNU. Being the super map-loving nerd that I am, I think it would be really cool if you featured a map with a balanced preservation of size and shape. My favorite is the Winkel Tripel projection 🙂
Nerd-alert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIID5FDi2JQ all about map projections
Kathy says
Hello,
I enjoyed reading about the 37 super fun things to do in Trondheim. We will be there at the end of August when my husband finishes walking St. Olav’s Way. Our plan is to go to the area around Are in Sweden and then we plan to drive south to Oslo. It is a pretty long drive, though, and wonder if you could recommend a nice place to stay between Trondheim and Oslo?
Silvia says
I would recommend somewhere in Hedmark (https://www.heartmybackpack.com/hedmark-folldal/) or Oppland (https://www.heartmybackpack.com/oppland-hjerkinn/)
Kathy says
Thanks so much for the information. I’ve booked our accomodation and happy to find something that is a little off the beaten path. I’ll be looking at your recommendations for the rest of Norway. What a great find!
SI2ORD says
I see from the map that you’ve visited Slovenia but you didn’t blog about it. Does that mean you didn’t like it? I would have thought you’d have have fallen in love with the Triglav National Park. You like hiking, and many travelers consider the park one of the best places to hike in Europe.
Silvia says
I visited before I started my blog!
Jaka says
I see! Did you get a chance to visit Velika Planina? The area is relatively little-known, but it’s one of my favorite parts of the country. Situated in the Kamnik-Savinja Alps close to the Austrian border, Velika Planina is a high-altitude dairy pasture with traditional architecture, apparently the largest such settlement in Europe (or one of the largest, depending on the source). The small, oval-shaped houses there look like something out of Tolkien, and there’s even a small museum dedicated to life high in the mountains.
If you ever make a return visit to Slovenia, perhaps you could check it out.
Here’s some more information:
https://www.slovenia.info/en/places-to-go/attractions/velika-planina
Nicole says
Sorry I know this is old but I was just reading comments. I lived in Slovenia for 8 months and loved it a lot and I went to Velika Planina in the winter!
M. Mehdi says
I have read few articles that tourists wrote about iran, and I’m delighted that You and all the Tourists who have traveled to Iran, Are satisfied with this country😄
It is my pleasure.
Alicia Ouskine says
Hey!! LOVE YOUR BLOG. I am just starting blogging and love the interactive map idea. Could you give me the information on how to make one// how much it is?
Many thanks!
Alicia
Patrick (Complete City Guides) says
Nice map – looks like you’ve got most of the northern hemisphere covered 😉
Pat says
Hello! I’m planning a trip to Norway for next August. Main goal is to hike/camp to/at Trolltunga. I’ve done some research and seems like I fly into Bergen and then take bus to Odda. Will that be the easiest/fastest way?
Silvia says
Yes, that’s your best bet!
Diane says
Hello, I am from Australia and planning a 3-4 day visit to Norway in mid October. We will fly into Bergen from Iceland. I am travelling with my 79yo mother, so hiking is out unless it’s an easy (relatively flat) and only a couple of kilometres. We will have a wheelchair so I can push mum around wherever possible, so she conserves her energy to walk around attractions. I was wondering if 3-4 days would be long enough to do the drive from Bergen you wrote about or will it get dark too quickly? I’m also wondering if the scenery will be similar to Iceland? Do you know a cheap option for a boat/ferry ride in a fjord and what one you would recommend?
Thank you for your time
Wishing you a lovely day
Diane
Monica France says
I am traveling with my family (5people) to Oslo in Feb 2020 and will need 2 nights accommodation before I travel to trysil to ski. What do you recommend is a reasonable cost? And best option to travel to Trysil – train?? Thanks
BHAVESH NAGDA says
hello, I am from india ,we are 4 of us .we are planning to visit norway or finland in october.can u suggest an itenary for 15 days ,we are travelling with kids age 12 and 10.we want to see Northern lights ,santa claus village ,what else u suggest.we eat pure vegeterian foods.can u recomend us places to see along finland,sweeden,norway.can we rent a car or caravan to this place.
THANK YOU
REGARDS
BHAVESH NAGDA
Helena says
We are planning a trip to Norway this summer and I’m finding your blog very helpful. My husband is in contact with a distant cousin there and we’re going to go see the ancestral farm near Aurdal. Beyond that we’re still tossing around ideas.
We took our kids to Korea a couple of years ago and had a fantastic time. Planning that was pretty straightforward since I’d been there before and have a good feel for how to country works, and pretty much knew where I wanted to go. We spent most of our time outside of Seoul, which was nice because I’m not great with crowds. (We have a youtube channel called Korea With Kids showing our road trip across the country.)
So, I read your post about the fjord region being super crowded in the summer and now I’m wondering what I really want to do. This will take some consideration! I will check out some more of your suggestions.
Best of luck to you!
Shega says
I truly want to have you in Ethiopia soon. It seems you haven’t been here yet.
J Hansen says
How random is this question?
I am ready to get back to travel but am now (for the first time in my life) alone.
Out of the places you have been, what would be your favorite recommendation for December travel, for a single woman.
Rose Kelly says
Hello! My sister and I took a trip to the fjords in 2018 and absolutely loved your recommendations. Your blog made our trip. Do you have recommendations for northern Italy? I’m looking to plan a week-long excursion.
Thank you!