Activities

Arriving at Paxos, with its wooded slopes and impossibly blue water, it feels as if you’ve stumbled on a secret part of Greece; the ‘real’ …

Tokyo is a big city, quite the definition of urban sprawl, so talking about the best places to eat in Tokyo could take a while! …

What a delightful suntrap the Algarve was when I visited in early springtime, the abundant sunshine most welcome to escape the grey UK for a …

The history of the Cayman Islands has been shaped by the sea for centuries. Generations of turtle fishermen and sailors worked on merchant ships around …

Imagine yourself following a winding, woodland path in the Forest of Dean. The rocks are dripping with moss, the branches tangled overhead. Or coming across …

Walking along the hillside, I drank in the landscape that gave little clue of the coal mines that once covered The Valleys of South Wales. …

Antwerp is a city that harmoniously combines the old and the new. The narrow streets of the medieval centre contrast with the sheets of water …

Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way is one of the longest defined coastal routes in the world, winding for 2,500km down the entire west coast of Ireland. …

If you are visiting London but want to escape the traffic and crowds, allow me to introduce you to leafy, riverside Richmond-upon-Thames. The well-heeled residents …

On the edge of the Ria Formosa Nature Reserve, just a short drive from Faro, is the holiday resort of Quinta do Lago, in the …

The Romans bathed in it, the Georgians drank it and Jane Austen wrote about the fashionable society that flocked to enjoy it. I’m talking of …