Just when you thought school was out … mum books a holiday with language lessons, in Morzine, and signs up for classes, too It’s perhaps not surprising that there wasn’t universal enthusiasm about a holiday at a French language school. I did my best to rebrand it as a French fun camp, but my attempts…
A decade after a first family holiday in Greece, Martin Love heads to Paxos – and finds it wonderfully unchanged The five of us stretched out on yoga mats with our toes pointing towards the sea. Above us the breeze stirred the leaves of the ancient olive trees. “Eímai edó,” intoned Sophie. “In Greek that…
Our trip starts with a few days’ hiking in Bavaria’s mountainous Berchtesgaden district – trying to avoid its most infamous resident The late train to Berchtesgaden is not busy. A group of beefy young men in leather shorts with embroidered braces, who appear utterly Bavarian, get on with another group of young men who are…
Crossing three national parks and the Pennines, it goes without saying that this one-week route is a stunner, from Scarborough all the way to the Lake DistrictMore road trips: Anglo-Scottish Borders | Dorset to Cornwall It’s worth getting up early in Scarborough: this is the east coast and dawn can be spectacular. The town spreads…
There’s so much dramatic scenery and history on this week-long itinerary that crisscrosses between Scotland and England several times, taking in castles, beaches and wildlifeMore road trips: Dorset to Cornwall | coast to coast The Anglo-Scottish border is a place of wild beauty, with a rich, poetic and bloody history. This is the land of…
It’s golden beaches, epic views and fine seafood all the way along this lazy week-long route from the Jurassic Coast to foodie FalmouthMore road trips: Anglo-Scottish Borders | coast to coast Weymouth beach is broad and sandy and the colour of turmeric; a proper bucket-and-spade beach. Hire a deckchair, watch the Punch and Judy show…
Residents in tourist hotspots have been speaking out against unsustainable visitor numbers. We’d like you to share your experiences of tourism with us Locals in tourist hotspots around Europe have been fighting back against what they see as destruction of their neighbourhoods because of unsustainable visitor numbers. Overcrowded streets blamed variously on an unlicensed accommodation…
Riders on the new Grindelwald First zipline in Switzerland get Alpine peaks as a backdrop – if they’re brave enough to keep their eyes open! Continue reading… Source: Gaurdian
For author John Lewis-Stempel, winner of the Wainwright prize for nature writing, the county is heaven on Earth Herefordshire is one of England’s most rural places. Cradled by Worcestershire against the wall of Wales, it is the last of England. My family have lived here for 800 years. The west of the county is peregrine-stooped…
As anti-tourist sentiment grows across Europe, the Catalan capital’s move is applauded by residents, with a new protest planned for the seaside neighbourhood It was once dubbed the capital of cool, but these days visitors to Barcelona can expect a quite frosty welcome as the city’s love affair with tourism comes to a bitter end,…