This is an article about what to see in Altafulla, a coastal gem on Costa Daurada with an impressive historic heritage. Altafulla is mainly known because of its beach. Costa Daurada itelf is famous for the sandy coastline and lovely beaches, but this territory is much more than that. And besides their amazing and not …
DESTINATIONS
This page collects all the Travel Destinations by Besides the Obvious. Feel free to click on the desired continent and explore further based on our country split. We are updating our Travel Destinations on-goingly, immediately after are visiting any new country. So stay tuned for the most frequent & new content. As you might know our mission …
Let’s get lost in Catalonia! The 10 most picturesque non-coastal Catalan villages – part I.
I bet if you happen to like football you have already heard the famous cheering of F.C. Barcelona: "visca el Barça i visca Catalunya", meaning "long live Barça and Catalonia". And yes, when we think about Catalonia as a potential travel destination, usually the first spot coming to everyone's mind is its capital city: Barcelona. If we think further then normally we include …
How is Brunei? – Ostentation, social control and petrol welfare
I wasn't expecting much from the country when I arrived. My intention was to cross the northern part of Malay Borneo following the course of the rivers, from the very East part of the island to Kuching. And Brunei was there, halfway. I took a look at how was and what the country had to …
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Enkutatash in Lalibela, Ethiopia. Dressed in white on the rocks.
Lalibela seems to be the end of the world. Probably is the best known spot all over Ethiopia, but once you reach that precious gem you got the feeling of being anyhow in the middle of nowhere. Probably that was exactly still Ethiopia, almost a decade ago, when I stepped the country for my first …
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IMAGE BANK
As much as we love to travel, we also admire taking photos on the way. Therefore we built the Travel Image Bank by Besides the Obvious. We own more than 30.000 pictures & cover 80 countries so far... As you might know our mission is to share something relevant, something authentic, something real, something cool, something …