All great journeys come to an end and this week our Ovi Maps Explorer adventure ends too. We’ve had a blast checking out some of the world’s greatest destinations, sharing top tips on everything from the finest restaurants to the wackiest museums. We hope you’ve enjoyed the ride as much as we have.

While Ovi Maps Explorer is hanging up its backpack for now, you can still find out more about Ovi Maps over at the Ovi Blog. Rather then say goodbye, we’d like to bid you au revoir and leave you with our five favorite blogs posts of the last year. We hope they entertained you, educated you, but most of all inspired you to explore ever more of our wonderful world.

5 ways to pay zip for holiday accommodation

When times are hard don’t sacrifice your holiday. Just take the freeway.

Tattoo you

The concept hotel has hit yet another curve ball with Erwin, Venice Beach where the dream will linger on and on and on…

Drop dead gorgeous

I’m neither a Goth nor a Satanist, but I do love a good graveyard. And if you dig graveyards too, I guarantee my four favourites will knock you dead.

Micro Miniature Love

Peter Sterling proves that size doesn’t matter especially in a museum of microscopic exhibits in teensy weensy Ordino, Andorra.

Football to die for

Football equals love, sadness, joy and despair along with everything in between. And if that wasn’t enough, in Buenos Aires it can be a matter of life and death.