Written by Desiree Kendrick (A Runner-up entry in the Heritage Writing Competition.) It wasn’t on my bucket list, yet I packed the suitcase, curiosity tucked into my handbag along with my valuables. Apulia: a diverse and lush region located in the heel of Italy’s boot. My itinerary in Apulia began in the port city of […]
Written by Hugh Tucker (A highly commended runner-up entry in the Travel and Water Writing Competition.) The loud chatter of an American couple dragged my attention back to the dregs of my espresso, bought to combat the fatigue of a very early flight to Marco Polo airport. The smoke of a hastily rolled cigarette danced […]
My first visit to Sorrento was 15 years ago when, by mistake, I found myself driving around the Sorrentine Peninsula and along the Amalfi Coast rather than visiting Pompeii. In those pre-sat nav days I’d taken the wrong turning somewhere along the Bay of Naples. It was a fortuitous mistake in that the drive along […]
I’d visited Pompeii 15 years ago. Or, to be more correct, I’d visited the town of Pompeii, but not the archaeological site. That was not for want of trying. I’d driven around Pompeii and the neighbouring area for a couple of hours and even went halfway up Vesuvius, but all to no avail. The UNESCO World […]
In the third of a series of articles on travel photography, Senior Travel Expert Photo Editor, John Esser, shows some of his photographs from Tuscany with advice on how to get those extra special shots. I have recently returned from a rather hectic, short trip to Tuscany which took in Pisa, Siena, Florence and a number of hill towns. Tuscany […]
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Hungary to Spain by Car via Venice, Milan and Marseille
A car journey through Europe of fifteen hundred miles requiring about twenty-four hours of driving seemed a bit daunting at first. However, having spent some time in September at our holiday home near Lake Balaton in Hungary, we decided to check out the feasibility of heading south-west to Albir, near Benidorm in Spain, in order […]