Europe

If you want to try authentic regional Portuguese cuisine just like your Portuguese mãe might make, in a slightly crumbling tiled Moorish mansion, then I …

They’re crisp, creamy, custardy and perfumed with vanilla and cinnamon – the Pasteis de Belem (or Pastel de Nata as they are often known) are …

A podcast recorded while visiting Istria in Croatia, based near Porec at the resort of Plava Laguna, covering swimming, cycling, sightseeing, eating out

A visit to the pictureque hill-top towns of Grožnjan and Motovun, Istria, Croatia

I’d like to share this short video from a few days I spent in Istria, the northern-most province of Croatia, close to the Italian border …

The biggest challenge in finding a family-friendly hotels in Rome is figuring out which properties accommodate 3 or more people in a single configuration given …

When we visited Croatia, the joys of lying by the pool were wearing a bit thin after the first day (for me anyway) so we …

At around 24,000 square kilometres, Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The stunning Sardinian coastline stretches for 1,849 km and its pearly …

The Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany, where I’ve been for a couple of days is a wonderful holiday destination, with many small islands off the …

Read about our trip to Istria, the northernmost province of Croatia. We managed to tear ourselves away from the sunlounger to visit Limski Kanal. Limski …

Review of Plava Laguna Resort and Hotel Laguna Molindrio near Porec in Istria, Croatia