Hay-on-Wye, Wales – Town of Books
“It’s just winding streets full of second-hand bookshops in these fantastic Tudor buildings,” he explained.
By Tamara Pitelen
Categories Europe, Wales
Christmas markets in Vienna
In Vienna the whole city turns out in the afternoons and evenings to hang out at the local Christkindlmarkt. There’s a cheerful, relaxed atmosphere, and you’ll end up chatting to all sorts of people.
By Andreina Cordani
Categories Austria, Europe, Vienna
Marseillan, Languedoc, France
Andreina Cordani borrows a bike, and a speedboat – and goes oyster hunting.
The great thing about the little fishing town of Marseillan is that it makes you feel like you’re the only person to have discovered it. I defy you to sit in one of the harbour restaurants, watching the yachts cruise in and out [...]
By Andreina Cordani
Categories Europe, Languedoc-Roussillon
Glencoe, Scotland
About two hours’ drive away from Glasgow, is the virtually uninhabited valley of Glencoe, where mountains soar into the sky as spring water pours down their sides
By Andreina Cordani
Categories Europe, Great Escapes, Scotland, Weekend breaks, Wildlife holidays
Chill by Lake Como, Italy
The beautiful town of Bellagio is prettier and more peaceful than the main town of Como, and makes a great base to explore the area
By Andreina Cordani
Categories Cultural, Europe, Italy
Bath, England
Britain’s only natural thermal waters allows the opportunity to bathe as the Celts and Romans did over 2000 years ago
By Sue Ostler
Categories England, Spa breaks
Off-Peak Turkey
The temperature in Turkey in April averages around 20 degrees, but you’re just as likely to have a day of torrential rain as you are to have a day of Mediterranean sunshine
By Andreina Cordani
Categories Destinations, Turkey
The Devon pub that inspired Simon and Garfunkel
Simon and Garfunkel’s classic song ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ was apparently inspired by a visit to The Fisherman’s Cot in Bickleigh
By Faith Bleasdale
Categories Cultural, England, Food and drink
A place in the sun
Naxos has a little bit of everything; traditional villages, history, cool bars and Cycladic sun
By Alex Billington
Categories Cyclades, Greece
Rooms with a view
Santorini offers some heart-stopping dramatic scenery, but that isn’t quite the full picture.
By Alex Billington
Categories Cyclades, Destinations, Greece
