Mariana Martim

Porto is an incredible ancient Portuguese city and has such a unique charm—comprised of colorful buildings on the Douro river, world-class restaurants and designers On the left bank of the Douro River, surrounded by some of the most iconic Port wine cellars, this set of luxury apartments combines the comfort of a home with the services of a hotel. With beautiful modern architecture, while still keeping aspects of the old, the 296 Heritage Apartments is a gorgeous place to experience the city of Porto. At 296 Heritage Apartments, one of my favorite parts of our stay was enjoying a full breakfast right in bed that the hotel delivers at a time of your choice.

Downton Abbey– This BBC historical, 6 season, drama follows the lives of the Crawely Family and their servants in their English country home during the early 1900’s. Love Actually– Follows the lives of 9 different characters who’s stories intertwines while examining the one thing that connects us all: love. Probably on every travel movie list but still had to include it because it is the perfect movie to inspire you to travel. Set in Roman times, the story follows a once powerful general turned common gladiator.

Can you believe that it has been more than a decade since the release of the last Harry Potter book (and almost a decade now since the release of the last Harry Potter movie?), and yet the fandom is going as strong than ever. Me and my husband Mitchell, who shares my same obsession, have gone on two different UK road trips to see all of the Harry Potter locations (yes two!), here are the locations we have visited so far to help you plan a Harry Potter trip of your own: When you think of Harry Potter locations your mind probably goes straight to London, right? The Cauldron states that it is broadly inspired by fantasy and science-fiction and is not endorsed by, affiliated with or associated with Warner Bros. or J.K. Rowling or otherwise connected with Harry Potter or J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World.

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