My Favourite Holiday Memories ft. Holiday Gems

I don't know about you but during the cold wintery months, I want nothing more than to go on holiday and explore new places rather than be stuck inside because of a snow storm! I've been looking on the Holiday Gems website as they have such a fantastic range of holiday deals and Holiday Gems takes low deposits which is great! They currently have a wide range of sunny low deposit holiday deals on their site.

It's got me thinking about some of my most memorable holidays, holiday experiences and some of the more amazing places I've visited. I've been very lucky to have parents that could afford yearly camping holidays around the UK and later all around Europe on cruises, mainly with Royal Caribbean so there are lots of destinations that I have great memories from but these are my top three:

Norway 

My most recent holiday/cruise was around the western coast of Norway in August 2017 which was one of the most memorable holidays I've ever been on as not only did we get to explore a country that we've never been to before but we saw fjords and glaciers for the very first time. We visited Olden, Flam, Stavanger and Bergen, my favourite and most memorable places of the four have to include Olden and Flam.

Visiting Norway was a very outdoor focused holiday with exploring new cities, getting to see Norwegian lakes and mountains and walking through forests and seeing glaciers; since coming back from Norway it's reignited my love of nature and being outdoors. I'm not constantly wanting to go hiking and exploring national parks, all because of our holiday to Norway.

Venice

While I utterly adored Norway (and I've move there instantly if I could), one place that was so magical and mesmerising was Venice. I was lucky enough to visit a few years ago, before I started blogging so there aren't any decent photos (I might share some on my instagram stories today for throwback Thursday) and I loved it even though we only spent a couple of days there. I've always loved anything Italian so I was extremely excited to visit Venice as to me it's one of the most mysterious, intriguing and almost mythical citifies in Italy with it's grand palaces, swaying gondolas, rich and varied history and it's murky canals. If you haven't been to Venice then I urge you to do so.

Rome

Lastly, Rome! It's a city I've visited three times, one of which was on my 18th birthday (lucky me!). Rome is such an impressive city with ancient history all around the modern city from the Trevi fountain and Spanish steps to the colosseum and more. Walking around Rome is like walking through history! I've also visited Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City a couple of times and it is well worth visiting, whether you are religious or not, as an astonishing piece of architecture and history. Italy will always hold a special place in my heart as one of my favourite countries, a country with an incredible and interesting history and obviously a country with the best food on the planet.

What are your favourite holiday moments? Have you visited Norway or Italy? 

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