Positano is a little fishing village teetering on the cliffs of the Amalfi Coast between Sorrento and Praiano. The houses are built on terraces, precariously stacked upon one another, cascading down the steep cliffs towards the small beach below. A backdrop of verdant covered hills against a cobalt blue sky complete this picture postcard of … Continue reading »
One of my favourite regions of the UK is the north-eastern coast and the area of Northumberland – raw, rugged and at one with nature. The shot below is of Bamburgh Castle which I took one wild and woolly September when the North Sea was particularly unforgiving. Sprawling dramatically across nine acres of land, high … Continue reading »
One of the highlights of springtime for me is a walk in our local wood – which also happens to be one of the top ten bluebell woods in the UK. The sound of cuckoos and birdsong fills the air, dappled shade is pierced with shards of sunlight and swathes of fragrant bluebells carpet … Continue reading »
Resting on a plateau above Pamukkale’s Cotton Castle are the remnants of the ancient town of Hierapolis. With views over the dazzling white travertine terraces and 17 thermal springs, this town has to be home of the original spa break. If you visit Pamukkale I recommend you take a wander through Hierapolis – your trip … Continue reading »
When I saw that the theme for the Weekly Photo Challenge was ‘From Above’ I couldn’t resist the opportunity to share some more photos from my hot air balloon ride over Cappadocia in Turkey last year. If you suffer from vertigo look away now… Continue reading »
Pamukkale means ‘Cotton Castle’ in Turkish and perfectly describes the white terraces, known as travertines, which tread their way down the hillside. Each pool is created from startling white limestone deposits and are filled with water from 17 of the hot water springs in the area. The terraces are like hundreds of mini infinity pools … Continue reading »
The first leg of our mini tour of Turkey in Göreme was coming to an end. We’d floated over Cappadocia in a hot air balloon, explored the depths of Derinkuyu underground city, visited the Open Air Museum and slept in a fairy chimney in a wonderful boutique cave hotel. We had one day left before leaving … Continue reading »
After eating our way through Bologna, the food capital of Italy, Kathryn from Travel with Kat and I took the one hour train journey down to Rimini. There we met up with our fellow BlogVille housemates Erin and Norbert at the BlogVille apartments and arranged to head into Rimini’s Centro Storico for a quick exploration … Continue reading »
The Meeting Place is 30ft statue, by artist Paul Day, which stands under the station clock at St Pancras railway station in the International Eurostar terminal. The piece is intended to reflect the romanticism of train travel and is reminiscent of a scene from the film Brief Encounter. The base of the statue encompasses a … Continue reading »
If you adore chocolate, French pastries and macarons then your trip to Paris isn’t complete until you’ve treated your taste buds to a tour of the chocolate shops and patisseries of Saint-Germain-de-Prés. More than a dozen of the sweetest Parisian establishments have set up shop in the chic 6th arrondissement – follow me to a … Continue reading »
