Food & drink
Ten Travel Commandments or Travel Myths?
Ask a Local assumes every ‘local’ is a travel guru who knows all about history, culture, traditions and where there’s a secret attraction only locals know about. […]
Year: 2013
Europe
Road Tripping on Fuerteventura, More than a Big Sandy Beach
When we reached Puerto del Rosario we felt we were starting to see the real Fuerteventura. The island’s capital doesn’t have the history that some of the other… […]
Europe
The Mysterious Mystery, of Stones and Men
The Guimar Pyramids have fascinated me since I first learned of their existence. I admit it, I want to believe they are real. Many don’t… […]
Europe
Finding Monsters in Beaucaire and Tarascon
Beaucaire and Tarascon. French towns on either side of the Rhone that are similar in some ways and very different in others… […]
Europe
Review of Hotel Cal Sastre in Santa Pau
So it was a huge surprise and delight to discover that the Hotel Cal Sastre was to be our base when we were in the Pyrenees to do a bit of route checking… […]
Food & drink
Which is Better, Food from Ferran Adria or Zavaroni’s Chip Shop?
A blog I’ve just read got me pondering the difference between gourmet food and simple good food as well as the differences in people’s attitude to food. […]
Europe
Review of Hotel Fonda de la Tea in Gran Canaria
Tejeda is a pretty little Gran Canarian town that draws in the visitors who take the time to explore the interior of the island. And for good reason… […]
Dordogne
My Hero of Bergerac, Love that Nose Cyrano
It’s a grey, cool drizzly day in the Dordogne. The sort of day when mischievous raindrops aim for that tiny gap between the back of your jacket and your neck… […]
Croatia
Review of Konoba Lambik Restaurant, Milna, Hvar
In the flower-filled garden at the front of the house we take our places on wooden benches beside a wooden table as Mata and Mihaela’s son, Marcos, brings plate after plate of aromatic, succulent, orgasmic, organic goodness and places them before us. […]
Europe
City Guide to Lucerne, Switzerland
Birthplace of the Swiss Confederation, home to 60,000 inhabitants and host to around 5 million visitors a year, Lucerne’s easy blend of cosmopolitan present and historic past makes it a brilliant city break destination. […]
Croatia
A Guide to Forty Eight Hours in Krk
A thrilling bridge crossing, sunny weather and a change of plans greeted our arrival on the island of Krk in Croatia. […]
Europe
Banon Cheese Shop
Without hesitation, a small, round parcel of chestnut leaves tied with raffia was placed in our hands and we were told to give it just the gentlest of squeezes. The sides yielded effortlessly with a squidgy promise of runny insides. […]
Europe
Aux Deux Anges, Eating with the Angels in Forcalquier
Aux Deux Anges sits on a pretty little square behind the main street in Forcalquier. It has an appealing chocolate box frontage and an atmosphere of warm… […]
Europe
On Top Of Europe At Jungfraujoch
Through emerald meadows awash with gentians, anemones and alpine roses grazed by white faced cattle, the train climbs before the landscape disappears, firstly into clouds and then into blackness as it enters the bodies of the Eiger and The Mönch. […]
Travel Talk
Travel and the Illusion of Choice
La Palma is a shining example of how travellers’ choices are still being moulded by the big boys of the tourism industry and those affiliated with it… […]