Ssshhhhhhh! Part 3
Head south from Ericeira or west from Lisbon and you'll find Serra de Sintra, the wooded hills dotted with historic palaces. Here you can drive through a dramatic countryside with hairpin...
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Ssshhhhhhh! Part 2
Drive around Estremadura, the region north of Lisbon, and you'll discover numerous, picturesque fortified towns, market towns, fishing villages and religious centres. Below are photographs I...
Lovin’ Lisbon
Waaww! Can't wait to get back. And now that Easyjet are flying direct from Edinburgh instead of via Stansted, we can get there quicker. After eight days at Ericeira on October 2007 (see...
Ssshhhhhhh!
Keep this quiet. Read, but tell no-one! The Lisbon coast is beautiful and largely unscathed by tourism, and I don't want it to change before I return there, although it probably will as they...
Crackin’ Cracow
A direct flight from Edinburgh took us into Cracow on a wet Saturday night in early February, but it was actually milder there than the bleak Scottish weather we were having at home. Snow on...
Trulli Puglia!
Truly worth seeing! Puglia, the heel of the Italian boot, is home to thousands of curious trulli houses and is the area that produces the largest amounts of olive oil and wine in Italy. So...
Sardinia in September
Superb weather, great beaches, dazzling blue Mediterranean, classic Italian food and wine, castles, towers and ancient remains all helped make our Sardinian holiday this September most enjoyable...
Madrid. Really.
Madrid was wonderful. It's a great place for galleries, shopping, sightseeing, eating, nightlife and a wee sherry or two. Elaine booked us into Hotel Alicia, on the corner of Plaza de Santa Ana, which...