Welcome to the new and improved EuropeUpClose website. We are very pleased with our effort to make this site easier to use and, we think, more attractive. We will continue to look for opportunities to enhance the site’s functionality and we look forward to comments and suggestions from you, our readers.  

Here are some of the new features:

•    A Clickable map that allows you to get right to the country you are interested in learning about. Once you get to that country, you can read general articles about the country, or click on a specific city.

•  Be sure to notice that we also offer country specific Essential Tourist information for planning your trip; from practical things like weather, currency and tipping, to culture, etiquette, and top tourist sights.

•    On the Front Page right hand column, you’ll find our cities list so you can click directly to Europe’s most popular cities without going to the country first, as well as a clickable listing of Some of our Must-Read Articles.

•    If you’ll look at the dark orange Navigation bar, you’ll see Destinations in Europe, which is a quick way to get to the Country listings. Next to that is Europe Articles; click to see articles about Europe in general. Click on Europe Travel Tips to find tips about packing, money and more. And, you will also find our News and Views, Special Features, Travel Tools and Transportation sections.

•    On the light orange Navigation bar, we hope you’ll read About Us to find out how we got started…and why.  And, be sure to read about Our Writers who provide this site with their wonderful travel stories, tips, insights, recommendations and even recipes!

•    You will also notice our Travel Booking Resources section. Here, we work with the best travel sellers to help you book your trip. Many of these sellers offer comparison shopping, so you can see what a flight would cost on different sites like Kayak, Orbitz, Expedia and more. Buy your rail tickets through RailEurope and the Europe Sightseeing area is a great place to plan your tours in advance through Viator.  If you like EuropeUpClose, support us by booking your travel through our site.

We hope you enjoy our new site; and although we love it, we consider it a work in progress so expect more changes to come!

-Mike and Terri