This section looks at the "other" European countries - the ones that were not so often visited by the British or American Victorian traveler. Please see the World Index for a list of European countries with their own page or pages.

Phoenician and Egyptian Monuments in Malta, by Dr. Cesare Vassallo (Art Journal, 1853)

A Visit to Montenegro (Leisure Hour, 1860)

Malta (Harper's Monthly, 1873A)

A Day's Sport in Albania, by Lewis Hough (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1875)

The Principalities of the Danube (Harper's Monthly, 1876A)

Roumania and the Roumans (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1878)

A Wedding in Istria [Croatia], by A.H. Wall (Girl's Own Paper, 1882)

Social Life in Bulgaria, by J.D. Bourchier (English Illustrated Magazine, 1890A)

A Bulgarian Opera Bouffe, by F. Hopkinson Smith (Century Magazine, 1891B)

On life in Bulgaria, and the disappearance of Prince Ferdinand.

From the Black Forest to the Black Sea, by Poultney Bigelow (Harper's Monthly, 1892A)

A lengthy article series about an equally lengthy tour across Europe.

Beyond the Adriatic, by Harriet Preston (Century Magazine, 1895A, 1895B)

A series of articles on traveling in the countries on the Eastern side of the Adriatic, which would now be primarily Croatia.

Reminiscences of a Pleasure Trip, by Robert Ganthony (English Illustrated Magazine, 1895B)

Memories of a European river cruise by steamer.

The Great Gambling Palace [Monte Carlo], by George Newnes, Bart. (The Strand, 1896A)

An Inland Venice: The Serbian Swamp, Vendland, by Charles de Kay (Century Magazine, 1897A)

Poland

Poland was not exactly a popular tourist destination for Victorians, but it did have one key attraction: its famous salt mines with their hand-carved galleries, ballrooms and chandeliers!

Salt, and the Wielitza Salt Mines (Cassell's Family Paper, 1860)

Includes a lovely engraving of this famous mine.

Down a Salt Mine, by Marie Orm (Argosy, 1881)

A visit to the famous Polish salt mine that contains elegant carved chambers and chandeliers.

Children of All Nations: Russia and Poland, by L. Lobenhofer (Little Folks, 1883)

Poland and the Poles (Pictorial Museum of Sport & Adventure, ca. 1890)

A City of Salt, by James Walter Smith (The Strand, 1898B)

The famous hand-carved salt mine "cities" of Poland.

The Poland of Today, by A. de Burgh (Windsor Magazine, 1902A)

The Polish National Museum at Rapperswyl, Switzerland.