Europe

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 …

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 …

I really loved this complex in Valencia, set in the Turia Gardens away from the old town. It’s a photographer’s dream but it needs to …

The UNESCO World Heritage site La Lonja is highlighted in all the guidebooks and it was certainly one of my favourites of all the places …

After our picnic from the Mercado Central I decided to take a look at the Cathedral of Santa Maria, but as my family didn’t share …

You may be aware that I am a lover of painted ceramics, so when I discovered that there was a ceramics museum in Valencia I …