Europe and Middle East
Christmas Markets in Northern France. Festive fun in France.
07/12/2018 .Driving Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way
03/12/2018 .Anthea Gerrie gets wild and windy as she drives Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way
Read the full story hereSecret Costa Brava. Catalonia
01/12/2018 .Rupert Parker uncovers the secret Costa Brava if you’re a lover of getting away from the tourist treadmill.
Read the full story hereFantastic Guide to Tarragona
19/11/2018 .In this guide to Tarragona, Andy Mossack explores much more of the city than just its human towers’ history
Read the full story hereRosslyn Chapel. Experience a piece of history without code cracking
03/11/2018 .Terry Marsh braves a visit to the famous Rosslyn Chapel and finds there’s more to it than cracking codes.
Read the full story hereAutumn in Valais, Switzerland
01/11/2018 .Ordinarily, it would take over 24 hours to heat this oven, so I was pretty fortunate it was good and ready by the time I got there. I was here to work, and work I did. After all, you can’t make proper mountain rye bread in Erschmatt without breaking a proper sweat.
Read the full story hereMoulin Rouge, Paris
29/10/2018 .Its very name is such a cliché, you’d be tempted to think the word itself is a bastardisation of Clichy, the boulevard synonymous with the legendary Moulin Rouge, But cliché or not, this sumptuous cabaret approaching its 130th birthday continues to be the greatest show in town.
Read the full story hereAtelier Des Lumieres. Paris
18/10/2018 .Can viewing art digitally ever be as good as poring over the brush-strokes of the real thing? The thrilling close-ups of Chagall’s Paris Opera ceiling recently projected onto a screen at the city’s Philharmonie convinced this art lover it really could, and now the Atelier des Lumieres, the city’s latest and greatest attraction, proves that looking at highly-detailed images through a magnifying lens and state of the art projectors is the way to go.
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