Europe

Here’s cool thing No 3 in my series of things worth looking out for if you visit the town of Nuoro in eastern Sardinia. Underneath …

The town of Nuoro, in eastern Sardinia, is the sort of place you probably wouldn’t go out of your way to visit, let alone build …

There is nothing to see in Nuoro which is always a relief, wrote DH Lawrence when he visited this inland Sardinian town in 1921. You …

In Sardinia everything shuts between 1pm and 4pm. If you’re used to the 24hr culture of most cities across the UK this can be somewhat …

As I wandered round the older parts of the towns we visited in Sardinia, I couldn’t resist photographing the carved wooden doors we saw – …

There seems to be a tradition in the mountain villages of inland Sardinia of painting murals on shops and houses. Sometimes these relate to what …

When on holiday I spend idle hours window shopping which I could never afford at home. I admire the handicrafts in shops designed to tempt …

One of the highlights of any stay in Cala Gonone is to take a boat trip in the Gulf of Orosei to visit the many …

If you look at the map, you can see why the Nuraghic village of Nuraghe Mannu was sighted where it was. Aside from any considerations …

To make a change from the local beach at Cala Gonone where I’m on holiday, we headed inland today, where the terrain quickly becomes rocky …

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 …