Liberation Route Europe
With 2024 marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Ramy Salameh takes an early chance to follow key parts of the 4,000km Liberation Route Hiking Trails, ahead of next year’s commemorations, taking in the pivotal sites […]
With 2024 marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Ramy Salameh takes an early chance to follow key parts of the 4,000km Liberation Route Hiking Trails, ahead of next year’s commemorations, taking in the pivotal sites […]
Mark Nicholls heads to Italy for stunning views across Venice and the mountain resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo in the Dolomites. Either side of the Grand Canal, palatial buildings stand proud against the lapping waters. Within […]
With an infectious grin and a healthy dose of enthusiasm our guide Jaana Hinno encouraged us to open our eyes and enjoy her chocolate box home city. Hidden deep in the forests of southern Estonia, […]
With big blobs of jam oozing onto my chin – it was time to reflect on a very crazy Fat Thursday in Kraków. As we waited on the corner of Starowiślna, a main street in […]
The Carthaginians arrived in Ibiza in 654. The Goths and Visigoths, Muslims and Christians followed. Then came the Chavs, the hen and stag parties, the tattoos, the piercings, the thongs, the “full-on” party animals, the […]
It’s a rare and special act travelling off-season especially somewhere so geared to the summer where sun loungers are arranged in busy blocks to dissuade the casual visitor. Off-season you meet only locals, you don’t […]
It must be an age thing – but to me there is not much difference between a windmill and a wind turbine. So it’s a good job I had 13-year-old Flossie on hand to put […]
There is something quite therapeutic about watching a golden beach being lovingly picked of its tiny bits of rubbish by an old man who deserves instead to be lying back and watching the world go […]
As usual I drew the short straw. A glamorous fairy and a dashing pirate were up for grabs. But somehow, I ended up as a rather rotund and balding monk! Yes, it was only virtual […]
Taking time out to have fun is a way of life for the Swedish and the locals living in the 2nd city of Gothenburg are gearing up for a year of celebrations as it marks […]
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