10 off-the-beaten-track highlights in Europe: readers’ tips

A monastery perched high in a gorge, a quiet riverside bar serving cocktails … from Albania to the Netherlands our tipsters know how to hop off the tourist trail

Published by Julian Worker

Julian was born in Leicester, attended school in Yorkshire, and university in Liverpool. He has been to 94 countries and territories and intends to make the 100 when travel is easier. He writes travel books, murder / mysteries and absurd fiction. His sense of humour is distilled from The Marx Brothers, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, and Midsomer Murders. His latest book is about a Buddhist cat who tries to help his squirrel friend fly further from a children's slide. View more posts