Bilbao walking tour along the river to the Guggenheim
Bilbao is a beautiful port city in north eastern Spain’s Basque country and is becoming an increasingly popular place to visit. In no doubt significantly boosted when the Frank Gehry–designed Guggenheim Museum came to town. The museum’s curvaceous titanium-clad outer skin getting as much attention, if not more, as its wonderful collections inside. Sign up…
Hadrian’s Wall: solo hiking a long-distance path
What’s it like solo hiking a long-distance trail like the Hadrian’s Wall path in northern England, alone and carrying all your kit on your back? Empowering and inspiring? Or lonely and knackering? Guest writer Grace Williams wanted to find out… In 2014, Reese Witherspoon starred in ‘Wild’, a film of Cheryl Strayed’s account of her…
Joining a Bucharest walking tour in Romania
Romania is a place I’ve wanted to go for a while now. I was inspired by the mental images of its old Eastern European traditions, the imposing Government palaces, locals driving Dacia branded cars, meals consisting mostly of cabbage and/or polenta and perhaps bumping into the legendary 1990’s footballer Gheorghe Hagi. Probably not wearing his…