Visiting Bologna is a very special experience, and one that all travellers to Italy should consider.
Touring Italy is a wonderful experience, but where to start? How do you separate the wheat from the chaff, the brands from the local …
I have been most remiss; I have, as you will know, not written a piece for some time, and have been rightly chided by some regular readers for this absence.
I have, …
I do realise that I have a very fortunate life, and my ability to wander and experience the world is one that …
Here’s the thing; when one looks for commercial accommodation listings, there are a few universal truths that we all know:
1) The cheapest hotels use the most expensive photographers
2) Small rooms are photographed with fish-eye lenses
3) They don’t …
“Why are you going to La Réunion?”, I heard a lot. Well, firstly because it is an amazingly interesting place; Réunion is isolated, volcanic, wildly curious, gorgeous and completely counter to any concept of an-island-in-the-Indian-Ocean. And secondly because it …
St. Helena is isolated, and this simple fact is the cause of …
There are wineries, and there is the Bodega Sommos, located in north-central Spain, just south of the Pyrenees in rural Aragon. For those (like me) whose knowledge of Spain is limited to …
Travelling to Oman seemed so exciting and demanding; careful planning for visas, car insurance, hotels and …