Author Archives: Anthea Gerrie
Exploring Split. Croatia’s vibrant pleasure playground
23/04/2015 .
Scotland’s whisky festivals
22/04/2015 .
There’s no better time to head for the Scottish Highlands and Islands than May, especially for lovers of a wee dram. This most picturesque region of the country boats a pair of fine distillery trails where some of the world’s greatest malts emerge from the pot stills as liquid gold.
Read the full story hereMostar
22/04/2015 .
Never has a city been so defined by a bridge. Paris may have its Pont Neuf, Venice the Rialto, but only Mostar has the 16th century stone bridge commissioned by Suleyman the Magnificent which, with its swooping contours and picturesque banks, is among the most photographed in the world.
Read the full story hereSarajevo
21/04/2015 .
it’s a sleepy green city surrounded by mountains, with a beautiful river traversed by picturesque bridges running through it. New colourful glass towers, some of them university buildings, are punctuated with cafes full of young people sipping beer, smoking shisha pipes and revelling in the first sunshine of the Sarajevo spring.
Read the full story herePachamama London. Peru comes to trendy Marylebone.
08/04/2015 .
Anthea Gerrie dines at Pachamama London, and finds that trendy doesn’t always mean expensive.
Read the full story hereMottram Hall Hotel. A Brilliant Cheshire Stately Wonder.
07/04/2015 .
