Chile
Paradise found at Posada Quelat in Chile
Patricio is owner of Posada Quelat, a series of wooden cabins dotted around a garden of Eden with gunnera’s so huge I could have used one as a hammock. […]
Year: 2017
Austria
Being an experienced walker means knowing limitations
Appreciating, or not, the impact of walking at different altitudes is only one example of how being an ‘experienced walker’ can be a relative term. […]
Bavaria
Travel Moments, Heady Heights at Blaueishütte
Around 800m (2,600ft) below us, the artist’s lake of Hintersee shimmers like a fallen piece of sky in the midst of the pine forest at the foot of the Lattengebirge mountains… […]
Checking In
Hotel La Roya in St Florent, Corsica
A chic boutique hotel with a Michelin starred restaurant, set at the rear of the lovely Plage La Roya in the Gulf of St Florent in northern Corsica. […]
Fuerteventura
Finding rural life on frustrating Fuerteventura
Which is the most touristy Canary Island and which is the least? Before anyone answers we need to consider what does ‘most’ and ‘least’ touristy actually mean. Tenerife attracts the most tourists each year followed […]
Hiking
Walking across the Canary Islands on the GR131
A few years ago we decided one of our objectives would be to walk across the Canary Islands following the GR131 and staying at rural hotels… […]
Austria
The lunch spot, Rathlucken Hütte, Bad Goisern, Austria
The easy way to get to Rathlucken Hütte high above Goiserer Tal (valley) in Bad Goisern, Austria is to drive. It’s what a lot of the locals do. […]
Bute
The sensitive topic of toilets and travel
I don’t care if you’re a member of the aristocracy with refined blue blood coursing through your veins, at some point when travelling you’re likely to get caught short. […]
Food & drink
What it means to be a foodie
It seems to me there can be a lot of busking going on when it comes to defining what a foodie is, possibly because those doing said busking aren’t foodies. […]
Chile
Voyage to the Jorge Montt Glacier in Chile
Almost two hours into our voyage, I notice what looks like an iceberg floating off the starboard bow in the distance. Before long, the sea has become more iceberg than open water, a floating gallery of fantastical shapes… […]
Chile
The Carretera Austral and the Bosque Encantado in Aysen, Chile
It’s unlikely the Carretera Austral will test my map reading skills. Only one road comes into Coyhaique on one side of the town and only one leaves on the other. […]
Calvi
Off the Tourist Trail in Calvi, Corsica
This evening we’ll join the ranks of visitors strolling the promenade alongside the yachts before choosing a table at one of the restaurants along Rue Clemenceau. But for now, we’re happy to enjoy another side to Calvi, one that most visitors will probably never see… […]
Checking In
The best and worst of Paradors in the Canary Islands
We’ve stayed in all of the ones in Canary Island Paradors and each has thrown up a variety of experiences that weren’t always consistent with the others. […]
Chile
24 hours in Santiago, Chile
Santiago oozes cosmopolitan. Unmistakably South American but with a distinctly European side, it instantly feels familiar. […]
Chile
Reaching the End of the Road at Caleta Tortel
The simple wooden crosses, barely visible within the dense undergrowth, are now the destination for tourist boat excursions and a morbid reminder of the price paid to establish an outpost in this remote and inhospitable region of southern Chile… […]