Best Hotels in Italy You’ve probably guessed by now that I love Italy – its food, wine, people, scenery and history. I also love its beautiful, distinctive hotels, which are some of the best in Europe at creating a sense of place. Join me on an Italian Food & Wine Adventure Staying At Some Of […]
Santarcangelo di Romagna Food Tour Santarcangelo di Romagna, just inland from Rimini on the Adriatic Coast, is one of my favourite Italian villages. It’s a great base for a food tour of southern Romagna and neighbouring Marche. Join me on an Italian Food & Wine Adventure Including Beautiful Santarcangelo! Santarcangelo is a bit of an […]
Comacchio Food Tour Like a mini-Venice, Comacchio is built on 13 islets joined by bridges in the Po Delta. Settlement dates to Etruscan times and for a while Comacchio flourished due to its salt pans. Later powerful neighbours (like Venice, Ferrara and The Holy See) controlled its fate, rarely to the benefit of its inhabitants. […]
Mont-Vully Food & Wine Beautiful Mont-Vully, Switzerland’s smallest wine region, runs along the northern shore of Lake Murten, straddling the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud, with vine-covered hills running down to the lake and stunning views across to the Alps. Join my Swiss Food & Wine Adventure Including Beautiful Mont-Vully! Lake Murten is part of […]
Schilthorn Alpine Experience Every Swiss tour needs an Alpine experience and my favourite is the Schilthorn! The Schilthorn’s views were long famous among mountaineers, but it wasn’t until 1967 – when the then world’s longest aerial cable car was installed – that others could enjoy them. Join me on a Swiss Food & Wine Tour […]
Best Restaurants in Bern Whether you’re after fine-dining or something more casual, Bern has some of the best restaurants in Switzerland. Join me on a Swiss Food & Wine Adventure soon including some of Bern’s Best Restaurants! From a beautifully-restored farmhouse on the city’s outskirts to a riverside microbrewery and historic wood-panelled dining room that’s […]
Romainmôtier Food Tour The ancient village of Romainmôtier in Switzerland’s Jura mountains is one of my favourite places in the world. It grew up around a monastic community founded about 450AD by a monk called Romanus and has a lovely sense of serenity (Romainmôtier means ‘Romanus’ monastery’). Join me on a Swiss Food & Wine […]
Lake Geneva Food & Wine I always feel drawn back to Lake Geneva (Lac Léman in French), especially the flower-lined promenade of Vevey and the steeply-terraced vineyards above it. This stunning region is an essential part of any Swiss food and wine tour. Join my Swiss Food & Wine Tour Finishing On Lake Geneva! Called […]
Best Restaurants In Italy I love Italy’s wonderful regional diversity; friendly, hospitable people who know how to enjoy life; and simple, delicious food and wine. Every time I go, I make new discoveries, so this isn’t a definitive list of the best restaurants in Italy … Join my Italian Food & Wine Tours & discover […]
Best Dishes From Around The World 2016 In 2016 I had an especially big year of eating, discovering some wonderful dishes from around the world as well as at home. Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! So, rather than knock any of my local favourites out of my annual list of best […]
