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Leave behind the drama, it’s calmer in Varna

Hang on, this is great fun. Why did no one tell me Croatia’s so beautiful?

High drama in the Andes

St Patrick’s on Parade

Raising the Olympic bar on chocolate in Lausanne

There’s lots to like when you travel by bike in Umbria

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CUE the Indiana Jones theme tune. I’m riding through the Sinai desert on a quad bike. It’s like being in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

SPRAWLED across two sun beds, I drop off to sleep with a racket in my hand. I haven’t even been playing tennis.

MALTA is like being in the UK but with the heat turned up. No wonder hundreds of Brits visit each year.

I CAN’T run up there, I squeaked. No one mentioned anything about having to sprint up a vertical sand dune.

PULL up a stool, dangle your legs and get stuck into the bar snacks. But first a drink...anywhere around the god Neptune.

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You’ve had Champagne, tasted Prosecco, tried Cava, now who’s for a Crémant?
IT’S the fabulous festive fizz from France that’s about to burst the prosecco bubble.

Feastern Europe
TUCKED away in the north-east corner of Slovenia is a tasty food-lover’s paradise.

Living in Lima
AFTER backpacking around Peru Natalie Chalk is hooked but finds teaching English in Lima to be full of surprises.

Experience Denmark’s second city, Aarhus
DESPITE those Scandi-noir sagas and Sarah Lund jumpers, Denmark has been voted the happiest place on the planet.

March 2020

From the blog: Food

The world on a plate in Soho
WHAT if you had just one night in London and you didn’t want to waste time? That’s where Eating London Tours comes in.

Lisbon’s best kept food secret revealed
TABERNA da Rua Das Flores is a city secret in Lisbon. From the outside, it’s unimpressive yet inside the food is extraordinary.

When in Lima make lemonade
LIMA is a food destination. When Peruvians turn their attention to cooking the whole world groans in pleasure.

How your coffee in Zagreb comes with a bit fashion on the side
IT’S Saturday morning in Zagreb and the streets have turned into a catwalk. People have dressed to impress.