We want to warn you right away: if after reading this article you decide to set off on a trip, do not spend a single minute hesitating over the preparations! Air tickets at affordable prices and hotels that still have at least some rooms left are melting away like ice cream under the summer sun. On the Ever.Travel website you can not only plan your trip, but also choose tickets and hotels for every taste and budget.

After all the organizational issues have been settled, you can move on to the most pleasant part – deciding what to see and what to do. You can choose what and when you want to see on this site, and then synchronize the resulting personal guide with the iPhone app.

So, let’s decide where to go for the May holidays:

The must-see places in Amsterdam are Dam Square, Damrak Street, the Royal Palace, the Anne Frank House, the Van Gogh Museum, the NEMO Museum and, of course, the Red Light District. Why is it worth coming here specifically in May? Because getting around by bicycle, one of the most popular forms of urban transport, is most comfortable in spring – it is not as hot as in summer, and already more pleasant than in winter.

Consider yourself very lucky: the experts at Ever.Travel have prepared as many as 6 routes around Amsterdam for self-guided walks! Each of them can be done either by bicycle or on foot. These tours include practically all the sights of Amsterdam, so you do not need to rack your brains figuring out how to get around the city without missing anything interesting. Add them to your favorites and off you go! GPS navigation will always tell you where you are and where you need to head.

In May, Barcelona is literally drowning in blooming trees. The lush vegetation creates perfect scenery for the city’s most popular sights: Casa Batlló, Casa Mila, Sagrada Família. It is especially pleasant in this weather to walk through Park Güell, climb Mount Tibidabo or explore Montjuïc.

It is great that now you can travel light. In the past you had to take heavy guidebooks and huge maps with you. Now everything you need fits into a single Ever.Travel app for iPhone. Sit down at a cafe on La Rambla and read about all the amazing places around you. Pure beauty :)

Hofburg, Schönbrunn, St. Stephen’s Cathedral and Hundertwasser House attract thousands of tourists to the Austrian capital every day. There are especially many of them during the May holidays, but do not let that scare you. While everyone else is moving around in organized tourist groups along long-trodden paths, you will possess secret knowledge!

In the Ever.Travel app you will find dozens of interesting places that are not on the must see list, but are no less unique and worthy of attention. And head to all the sites from the mandatory program closer to evening, when tourists exhausted by walks have already scattered to cafes and souvenir shops. Then, like a true independent traveler, you will be able to fully enjoy the beauty of Vienna.

Did you know that in 2014 Riga proudly bears the title of European Capital of Culture? Because of this, the city is hosting many events, exhibitions, and festivals, a large number of which also fall during the May holidays.

And after you have walked your fill at the local celebrations, you can also take in Riga’s main sights: St. Peter’s Church, the Dome Cathedral, House of the Blackheads, the Great Guild, Riga Castle. You can easily find the contacts and opening hours for these sites in the Ever.Travel app.

The French capital hardly needs any introduction. It is already clear that the Eiffel Tower, Louvre and Montmartre face invasions of thousands of tourists every day. But why do you also need to make it to Paris specifically in May? Because it is the only chance to see real French people! Yes, yes, do not be surprised, but by long-standing tradition the townspeople leave the city for the summer, and the capital’s guests are surrounded, for the most part, by migrants from the East and Africa. But you are interested in the authentic city, aren’t you? ;)

By the way, those who want to bring back from Paris not only fridge magnets, but also more original souvenirs, will find several useful addresses of gourmet shops and historic little stores in the Ever.Travel app.

You should definitely go to Rome in spring! In summer you will not only be surrounded by crowds of “vacationers,” but will literally run from one sight to another – from June to August the city is very hot!

But in May you can still comfortably walk through the Roman Forum, visit the Colosseum and St. Peter’s Basilica, take a promenade from Castel Sant’Angelo to the Pantheon… By the way, we have smartphone audio guides for all these places. You can find them in the Ever.Travel app too ;)

Compared with the famous Turkish resorts, Istanbul often remains underrated. And that is a shame – the city has plenty of interesting things: Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque, Galata Tower… Besides, Russians do not need a visa to enter Turkey, and the flight is not far at all. Why not a reason to travel? In addition, in May Istanbul hosts the Spring Meeting festival, the International Theatre Festival, and Museum Week.

Your eyes are dazzled by the variety, and are you afraid you will not have time to see everything? Press the “must see” button in the Ever.Travel app – and we will show you the places most worthy of attention first. And for everything else, you can come again, Istanbul really is worth it ;)

Northern cities have their own story: in winter there is nothing to do there – dark and slushy. But starting in spring, it is the perfect time for a trip. The same goes for Tallinn: you can head there as early as May, because the daylight hours are significantly longer at this time, and the “white nights” are not far off.

Be sure to include in your travel plans a visit to Town Hall Square, a trip to Toompea, a walk along Long Leg and Short Leg streets, and a look at the Long Hermann and Fat Margaret towers. And for those who do not like planning anything, the Ever.Travel app can help too. After all, it is not necessary to add everything to favorites; you can simply stop during spontaneous walks around the city and use our interactive map to find out what surrounds you.

We may surprise you, but Stockholm is somewhat similar to Venice. This city is spread across 14 islands! And to get around them, you cannot do without a good navigator. Surely you already understand what we mean ;)

The Ever.Travel guide includes ready-made walking routes that cover almost all the important places in Stockholm: the Royal Palace, Stortorget Square, the Vasa, Riddarholmen, Skansen, the Old Town… In May it is already fairly warm here, and the wind blowing from the sea no longer makes you wrap yourself in bulky scarves, as it usually does in early spring.

Why are we talking only about abroad anyway? Is it really bad at home? :)

Take Moscow, for example. Where else do they hold such a grand parade on May 9? And how many all kinds of festivals, concerts, and fairs are held here throughout the entire May holiday period? It is impossible to count them all and impossible to walk all the boulevards, squares, and parks in time to make it everywhere!

The most interesting and popular places are marked on the Ever.Travel map, but if you also want to add something significant, write in the comments ;)

Photos by Claudio Alejandro Mufarrege, Skyfreezer, hellimli, p.dave, çağlar eroğlu, Aaron Geddes, Achim, Peter Vossen, barcelonareizen.nl, Lola Pidluskaya were used in preparing this material