Blog Posts for Europe

It's inevitable that at the end of a trip you'll come home with tacky, useless and pointless souvenirs. But when you're in Turkey, do yourelf a favour and keep an eye out for some of the incredible treasures on offer.

It's such a vibrant, gorgeous and exciting destination, with so much more to offer than a few postcards you'll forget to send. Armed with our advice you'll come home with gifts that will keep on giving, and will always remind you of your time in this magical part of the world.

Everybody’s talking about it, everybody’s excited about it, everyone’s watching it…so we’re jumping on the Olympics bandwagon too! What’s not to love? There’s overachievers and underdogs; tales of success and tales of woe; some of the world’s fittest people all in one city and the chance to learn about some seriously underrated countries (Kazakhstan, anyone?).

To get in the spirit of things, we’re handing out a few medals of our own:

Amber's one of our faves here in the Gecko's office. And when she showed us these awesome Hipstamatic prints she took on her recent trip to Morocco we couldn't resist sharing.

Yes, yes...we all know Instagram is the flavour of the month. But Hipstamatic has been around for yonks, and as you can see it was the perfect app to capture the 11-day Backroads of Morocco trip through Amber's eyes.

If the thought of cruising around the Adriatic in a yacht with a cocktail in your hand, a bunch of new friends by your side and the warm sun reflecting off the turquoise water doesn't sound appealing, then it's best you stop reading now.

Because this is exactly what you can expect on a sail around Croatia. With more than 1,180 islands and over 3,000 miles of coastline, getting out on the water is the best way to see it all. 

Here's some of the things you can expect: