Cliff Coast Ireland (County Clare) The Wild Atlantic Way is a 2,500km driving route along half of Ireland’s coastline; it’s far too much to tackle in one go, so is divided into more manageable sections like the southwest Cliff Coast Ireland. Discover More of Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way Sure, you’ll see the famous Cliffs of […]
Amalfi For Food Lovers Amalfi is my favourite place in southern Italy. Not just the pretty town itself, but the villages around it like Scala, Ravello and Tramonti high above the coast. The scenery is spectacular and the food and wine delicious. But what really makes the Amalfi Coast special is the people. Visit Amalfi […]
Basilicata For Food Lovers When I first visited southern Italy as a backpacker in the ‘80s, I stayed in small towns along the coast. Places with few tourists, just locals going about their daily lives. I still love to experience Italy this way. Explore Basilicata with me on a small-group Southern Italian food & wine […]
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 […]
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 […]
Brittany Regional Guide (Bretagne) One of France’s most remote and intriguing regions, Brittany (Bretagne in French), is the rugged north-western tip of France jutting into the Atlantic Ocean Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! Prehistoric standing stones attest to its ancient past, while its local dialect, Breton (closely related to Cornish and […]
Emmental Food Tour One of my favourite corners of Switzerland is the valley of the river Emme, the Emmental. Its rolling green hills are perfect for dairy farming and the holey cheese made here is synonymous with Swiss cheese. Join me on a Swiss Food & Wine Tour including the Emmental! But there’s so much […]
Emilia-Romagna For Food Lovers “The people of Emilia-Romagna eat more, care more and talk more about food than anyone else in Italy,” says food writer Claudia Roden. And in my experience, she’s right! Join me on a Food & Wine Tour of this Delicious Italian Region! Emilia-Romagna stretches almost right across central-northern Italy, from the […]
Romagna Food & Wine Emilia-Romagna may be one political region – but culturally it contains two very different territories. Emilia, in the northwest – home to the foodie cities of Parma, Modena and Bologna – draws most of the attention, while Romagna, in the southeast, remains relatively undiscovered. Join me on an Italian Food & […]
Top 5 Southern Italy While everything south of Rome is generally considered southern Italy, exactly where ‘the south’ starts depends on who you ask. Join my Southern Italian Food & Wine Tour To Discover The Real Italy The wife of a Calabrian once told me her husband ‘wasn’t southern’. Well of course not, there’s still […]