I spent a couple of days with friends in Somerset and north Devon and together we played at being tourists, visiting the pretty towns of …

It may not have escaped that my husband has military connections. So when he asked me whether I wanted to go to a garden party …

I visited the dome of St Peter’s in Rome one afternoon with my mother. We had to queue for about half an hour and the …

There must be so many lovely churches in Rome, but Chiesa Santa Maria is close to my idea of perfection. It was one of the …

Wandering round the narrow streets of Trastevere and the Jewish Ghetto we spotted so many small cars in Rome. I was amazed that the narrow …

In St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, pilgrims come to pay their respects to the bronze statue of St Peter. St Peter was the first Pope …

You can visit a lovely bluebell wood in Bristol at Abbots Leigh where the bluebells bloom in the early spring. But shh, don’t tell everyone …

If you walk up the hill from the Circus Maximus along the Via di Santa Sabina, you’ll arrive at a pleasant square where a surprise …

By the time we arrived at the Colosseum in Rome it was late morning – much later than we’d planned. We’d decided to walk from …

I was quite prepared to fall in love with Fontana delle Tartarughe or Turtle fountain in Rome, having read about it in the guide books. …

The Fallas festival must be one of the best known in Spain and it’s unique to Valencia. It happens every year around the feast of …