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February 16, 2024 Alexandra Ho Chi Minh City / Saigon Travel Blog, Southeast Asia Travel Blog, Vietnam Travel BlogAsian Cuisine, Best, Mouth-Watering Food, Traditional Food Experience, Tried Restaurants, Vietnamese Restaurants

Top Saigon Restaurants in 2024: International Dishes Made in Vietnam

Some of the best Saigon restaurants, often scattered in and around District 1, are preciously kept, well hidden and waiting to be discovered gems. In this sense, to be able to taste something extremely delicious, you have to make your pathway through rows and rows of parked motorcycles or climb not the most beautiful interior stairs. But it’s worth the effort. Each time.

From fast food to fine dining, Ho Chi Minh City restaurants are worth to be explored. Especially when we are talking about a large cuisine of international dishes, heavenly-cooked by the Vietnamese.

It was a real delight to hop from restaurant to restaurant together with my special one in search for the best meals in Saigon.

Best Penang Temples---Thai Penang Temple

February 9, 2024 Alexandra Malaysia Travel Blog, Penang Travel Blog, Southeast Asia Travel Blogancient architecture, Cultural Attractions, temples & religious sites

7 Most Beautiful Temples of Penang, Malaysia, & Other Hidden Gems Worth Exploring

The many and absolutely magnificent Penang temples are all gathered on a tiny piece of land, northwest coast of Malaysia. These famous temples of Penang are remarkable examples of an extremely diverse religious legacy, and are magically surrounded by lush gardens, colourful heritage houses and white-sand beaches.

The main settlement on the island is the UNESCO-listed George Town.

Sicily versus Sardinia travel comparison

January 31, 2024 Alexandra Italy Travel Blog, Sicily Travel Blogancient architecture, Ancient Civilizations, Cultural Attractions, The Great Outdoors

Sicily or Sardinia: Which Italian Island Paradise Is Right for You?

Planning for a trip to the south of Italy and don’t know which island to choose? Should it be Sicily or Sardinia (or both)? I mean, yes, it’s a pretty hard choice, considering both Mediterranean islands are pretty charming summer destinations.

September 12, 2023 Alexandra Italy Travel Blog, Palermo, Sicily Travel Blog, Southern Europe Travel BlogDining With a View, Italian Restaurants, Mouth-Watering Food, Traditional Food Experience

Best Restaurants in Palermo: Where to Eat Mouth-Watering Sicilian Food in 2023

A short, but completely useful guide of some pretty good restaurants in Palermo, which I’ve (fearlessly) tried out while visiting Sicilia during summer.

If you plan to travel to Palermo in the nearby future, you should know that one of the most popular touristy things to do in this part of the world, except wandering around on the old streets of the awfully charming city, is tasting over and over the Sicilian food.

Cultural Center in Bukchon Hanok Village

August 31, 2023 Alexandra East Asia, Seoul, South Koreaancient architecture, Cultural Attractions, heritage villages, Things to Do

Bukchon Hanok Village Guide & Map: A Living Story of the Joseon Dynasty (Updated 2023)

A long list of out-of-this-world things to do in Bukchon Hanok Village, Seoul, South Korea. Ready?

The ancient South Korean Bukchon Hanok Village is a rare time-machine neighbourhood. An attraction worth of topping any list of places to visit in Seoul. The village takes you back more than 600 years ago, to the ancient Joseon Dynasty era, while confining pieces of what used to be the lifestyle of the upper class of those times.

In all my travels, I have hardly ever seen such a surprising urban artefact.

Bukchon means Northern Village and it was called so due to its strategic position on the Joseon Map, north of Cheonggyecheong Stream and Jongno.

Traditionally, this was the residential quarter of high-ranking government officials and nobility. Even though some of the old hanoks have been modernized being transformed into the so called fusion hanoks, there are still plenty of well-conserved examples of art and architecture reminding of the ways old Koreans used to live.