When I used to tell friends that on Tenerife we lit a fire every year at night during January and February they’d be surprised, especially when I told them it was 14C. […]
The Algarve has never been a place to stir the wanderlust in me. I associated it with golf, Clive Dunn, nice beaches and not a lot else. However, my sister chose Albufeira to celebrate her birthday and we were already in Portugal […]
A springtime trip to Crete to spend three weeks updating walking directions involved plenty of paradise beaches, but mostly this time our interaction with them consisted of walking across the sand rather than getting prone on it. […]
When Vitor, manager of the small but stately rural hotel we were staying at, described this classic dish from Ponte de Lima in Minho I must admit to having doubts about trying it. […]
We discovered on the whole Alentejo cuisine consisted of good quality products, unsophisticated meat and fish dishes, and portions that were generous to a ridiculous level. […]
For some reason I can’t explain, the past in Crete feels as though it walks besides us more so than in other places. An ancient marble column lying amidst the rocks on a beach is a reminder of a great civilization […]
Although we’re creating Slow Travel experiences, the photography element isn’t slow and often lies in the hands of Lady Luck. […]
To what extent has the travel blogging industry, and my own writing, become too comfortable, losing sight of its inspiration and creativity? […]
Marvao, considered one of Portugal’s prettiest towns, lay virtually on our doorstep, around 10km and a 15 minute drive away. Yet after four weeks of living with it as a neighbour we knew we really ought to visit, we hadn’t done so. […]
Berchtesgaden’s attraction as a destination is thanks to a series of ingredients, some are wowsers, others are snippet sized. These are ten which would have us returning in a jiffy. […]
I’m on a seafood diet. Every time I see food I eat it. Go on groan, it’s a terrible joke as old as the hills. But as far as we’re concerned there’s an element of […]
Our current top trip for seeing flamboyant feathered friends involved driving (aka bumping across potholes) along Chile’s Carretera Austral; an exotic thrill as far as bird-spotting was concerned. […]
It was clear things weren’t going to end well at the Osteria a Stalla Sischesse in Sisco, northern Corsica. Dinner had started with a hearty and filling thick soup which was more stew than soup. […]
Avoiding the crowds in Europe’s top holiday destinations is simple. […]
If a writer gets it very wrong about the Canaries, how can I trust them when it comes to other destinations? The answer is I can’t. […]
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