Sorrento is a beautiful destination to visit in Italy, not to mention easy to reach on the direct train from Naples. However, it is also the perfect base to spend a few days and take some great day trips from Sorrento to some must-see sights nearby. In under an hour from Sorrento, you can easily … Read more
Looking for a weekend away or something longer in London in the UK with your four-legged friend? I’ve rounded up some of the best dog-friendly hotels there are in London, from luxe to affordable. Take your pick from the following… Note: This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive commission if you make … Read more
In Europe there’s no shortage of beautiful palaces that human visitors can visit, walking through endless processions of richly decorated rooms and enjoying gardens that are still beautiful to this day. But if you’re travelling with a dog, your options are more limited. I firstly realised this when wanting to walk with my dog through … Read more
Taking your dog overseas for the first time can be quite daunting. This was especially so when my husband and I first took our dog, Schnitzel, overseas from Australia to Europe in February 2017. We had no experience at travelling with our dog, let along flying him to the other side of the world and … Read more
A visit to Jungfraujoch is one of the highlights of a trip to Switzerland. This saddle high up in the Swiss Alps, dubbed the “top of Europe” and home to year-round snow cover, is easily reached by anyone thanks to a crazily-constructed rack railway tunnelled through the mountains. That anyone includes dogs, who are allowed on the … Read more
One of my favourite things about travelling in Europe with my dog is that he’s allowed on nearly all the trains in Europe. Even when we travelled in the USA, small dogs are allowed on most Amtrak trains. But what about in Asia? Are dogs allowed on trains in Asia? Now I must confess up … Read more
As a human, if you want to travel internationally nearly always you’ll need to apply for a passport. So, it would make sense that if you want to take your pet overseas, you’d also need a passport. However, when it comes to pets, the rules for travelling internationally are quite different. Pet passports do exist, … Read more
Often when people think of dog-friendly hotels, there’s a focus on hotels that offer special services for dogs, ranging from beds and bowls through to a dog room-service menu and dog walking. However, such services often come with a large fee, and in my mind, the most dog-friendly hotels are the ones that allow your … Read more
Upon arriving in Bilbao, the largest city in the Basque Country in northern Spain, I was struck by how many dogs I saw on the street. There were countless dogs walking with their owners, far more than in the other parts of Spain I had visited up to that point (or visited after). It therefore came … Read more
One of the best things about spending December of 2017 travelling through Germany, was that nearly every town we visited had its own Christmas market. And most of the time it was the perfect place to visit with our dog: whether to have a cheap bratwurst on a roll for lunch, or to spend the … Read more