Edinburgh – Capital of Green Space
Edinburgh boasts more green space than any other major city in the UK. The mapping company Esri UK…
Around Venice – Torcello
The wistful isle of Torcello rests comfortably in a Northern corner of the Venetian lagoon. It is easily…
Italy: Things To Do In Lake Garda
Lake Garda is a popular summertime holiday destination in northern Italy, which is much visited by British and…
Martigny, Switzerland – City of Art and Much More
Each summer, when visiting the Bernese Oberland, we usually set aside a day to head south by train…
Riva del Garda is sited at the most northerly point of Lake Garda. Flanked by Monte Brione and…
Around Lake Garda – Torbole
As your ferry nears the northern shores of Lake Garda the mountains on either side close in. But…
Easy walks near Interlaken: Grosse Scheidegg to Rosenlaui and beyond
This is a fairly easy downhill walk (1.25 hours) through stunning mountain scenery. Additionally, it enables you to…
Art Exhibitions In The Interlaken And Thun Region (Switzerland)
Switzerland, apparently, has more museums/art galleries per head of population than any other country. Two of the best…
Around Lake Garda – Limone
Limone is a very popular tourist resort on the mountainous, northwest shore of Lake Garda. Huddled picturesquely between…
Malcesine lies on the eastern shore of Lake Garda, nestling picturesquely between the turquoise lake and the lower…
Around Venice – Burano, A Myriad of Colours
The small island of Burano has been deemed one of the ten most colourful places on the planet,…
Easy Walks near Interlaken (Switzerland) – Recommendations and Tips
Perceptions of what constitutes an easy walk vary considerably. My criteria are that the walk should be shortish…
Easy walks near Interlaken (Switzerland) Lauterbrunnen to Stechelberg
This 1.5 hour, 7km walk to the head of the Lauterbrunnen valley is a classic. It was our…
Easy walks near Interlaken (Switzerland) Iseltwald to the Giessbach Falls
This attractive, shady, lakeside walk of about 1 hour 40 minutes leads to one of the area’s major…
The ‘strandweg’ is a very easy, 2.5km walk along a flat, wide, well-made path that hugs the shoreline…
Easy walks near Interlaken (Switzerland) A lane above Beatenberg
The village of Beatenberg stretches out along the lower slopes of the Niederhorn, about 600m above Lake Thun.…
Easy walks near Interlaken (Switzerland) Grütschalp to Mürren
As mountain walks go this one, along the western shelf of the mountain mass above the Lauterbrunnen valley,…
Easy walks near Interlaken (Switzerland) Grindelwald First to Grosse Scheidegg
I have walked this path on numerous occasions over the years, and have never ceased to be astonished…
Easy walks near Interlaken (Switzerland) Männlichen to Kleine Scheidegg
The fabulous, close up views of the North face of the Eiger and then the Mönch and the…
Attractive Desenzano (population c. 25,000) is the largest town on the gentle southern shore of Lake Garda. Its…