OZO Kandy : a Modern Stay in Historical Kandy

Historical Kandy & the OZO | the belle abroad

If you only have a few days in Sri Lanka, I would absolutely recommend you dedicate this few and precious time to Kandy. It’s central and easily accessible location makes it the perfect stop-over plus it is full to the brim with history and traditional Sri Lankan culture.Most of the accommodations in Kandy are small […]

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THE ULTIMATE NYC GIRLS GETAWAY GUIDE

ULTIMATE NYC GIRLS GETAWAY | the belle abroad

If you only have one day in NYC and you want to totally rock it, here is a fun filled, girls day out! It has everything you need….cute coffee shops, insta-worthy photo ops, drool worthy foodie stops, and of course, the incredible NYC views! I dragged my gal pal Molly of Molly’s Musings (and our […]

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10 THINGS YOU CAN’T MISS IN MADEIRA WITH BELMOND REID’S PALACE

Last month I hopped on a flight to Madeira, Portugal’s distant island hovering off the coast of Africa. I met up with some of my favorite American grammers — Augusta Leigh Photo, Blonde Atlas and Passport to Friday— for a few days of fun in the sun, blogger style! You know, snapping a million photos […]

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GREEK ISLES : OFF THE BEATEN PATH

On our yacht week adventure last June, we explored the Dedocanese islands of Greece…which if you’re wondering is not Mykonos or Santorini. Those two islands have become the standard in Greek Isle travels and sometimes seem to be the only islands out of the 6K that anyone knows about! **Side note : they are definitely […]

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WHY MALTA IS THE MOST UNDERRATED COUNTRY IN EUROPE

MALTA : Europe's Most Underrated Country | the belle abroad

  It’s hard to imagine that an island in the Mediterranean with a view of Italy in the horizon, could need suggesting but more often than not when I told people we were headed to Malta these were the responses : Where is that exactly? What country is it in? What is there to do there […]

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