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Abruzzo, Central Italy | Christopher Somerville
Here winter sporters and walkers come close to heaven, as generations of weekending Romans have discovered. But surprisingly few foreign visitors reach Abruzzo
Admiral Lord Nelson Bicentenary | Christopher Somerville
I heard all about Horatio Nelson the hero - and later on I learned more about the traits of the man behind that impossibly heroic mask
Alentejo, Portugal | Christopher Somerville | Portugal, Alentejo, Alentejo
Antonio and his wife are exponents of agro-turismo, putting guests up at their tiny ridge-top farm. The Menezes offer boating, riding and hiking, but mainly a tremendous and natural hospitality
Autumn in the Amari Valley | Christopher Somerville | Greece, Crete, Crete
Grapes squeezed between each toe, small stones tickled my soles. A thick, aromatic scent rose, making my head spin
Cadiz at Carnival | Christopher Somerville | Spain, Andalucia (Cadiz), Cádiz
I have often heard of the noisy late winter frolics here, of the riotously costumed groups of murgas or singers who tour the narrow streets packed onto floats, dealing out insults, sarcasm and innuendo in multi-part harmony.
Den Haag - Unexpected art treasures in an overlooked city | Christopher Somerville | Netherlands, South Holland, The Hague
The name of Den Haag brings to mind the International Court of Justice, perhaps the Dutch Parliament in session, and the - um, not much else. Yet this overlooked city has plenty of laid-back charm
Fiesta De La Merce | Christopher Somerville | Spain, Catalunya, Barcelona
Anyone foolish enough to get themselves lost driving a Madrid-registered car during morning rush hour in Barcelona will quickly get a pretty good idea of the self-assertive prickliness of the capital city of Catalunya
Grand Canyon Hike | Christopher Somerville | United States, Arizona, Grand Canyon
The rich, throat-catching smell of hard worked packhorses hit me even as I drew in a sharp gasp of amazement. They were coming up over the rim of Hualapai Canyon with a jingle and creak of harness
Great Cities on Foot: Iraklion | Christopher Somerville | Greece, Crete, Crete
A stone's throw from the clamour and crowds, Iraklion still holds the atmosphere and appearance of an ancient Mediterranean city
Grey Mare's Tail & Loch Skeen | Christopher Somerville | United Kingdom, Southern Scotland, Dumfriesshire
As a dramatic introduction to the remote Dumfriesshire hills, the Grey Mare’s Tail is hard to beat. Most visitors are content to climb a short path above the car park on the valley road from Moffat
Historic towns of the Low Countries | Christopher Somerville | France, Pas-de-Calais, Arras
Full of fine medieval architecture, awash with the best beer in Continental Europe, their museums and churches stuffed with art treasures, it is astonishing that they are not entirely swamped by British tourists...
Hungary/Hortobágy National Park | Christopher Somerville | Hungary, other regions of Hungary, Hortobagy National Park
Beyond the market causeway the level grasslands of the puszta, the Great Plain of eastern Hungary, stretched away to the horizon. A big blood-red sun hung above the mists. Silhouetted against it stood one of the impassive puszta shepherds, cloaked against the morning chill
Iona | Christopher Somerville | United Kingdom, Hebrides, Iona
People tend to cross the Sound of Iona with a weight of expectation on them. Iona is a beautiful little island, friends tell you, a special island. There’s something about that place
Levada do Furado | Christopher Somerville | Portugal, Madeira, Madeira
Most visitors to Madeira end up on a levada walk, sooner or later. Everywhere you go in this outstandingly beautiful Atlantic island you hear of the levadas, ingenious man-made watercourses that writhe like snakes along the green hillsides. People tell you of their beauty, of the enormous extent of them - nearly 1400 miles in all, in an island less than 40 miles long. And you learn all about the head for heights that you need if you are going to tackle one of the narrow maintenance paths that follows the tortuous windings of a levada
Madeira in Spring | Christopher Somerville | Portugal, Madeira, Madeira
Portugal’s beautiful Atlantic island is made for ramblers jaded with the dulls and damps of northern Europe; and as for the flowers – well, I was walking on those, brushing the dew from their blooms with my boots
Nelson's Norfolk | Christopher Somerville | United Kingdom, East Anglia, Barsham
In Nelson’s time, Great Yarmouth was a bustling and prosperous port. He returned several times in triumph to land on the ancient jetty
Omey Island | Christopher Somerville
With an epic winter storm building out in the Atlantic, the grass and the cream-coloured sands were raked and combed with fingers of wind. This was genuine West of Ireland wind - wind you could lean against, real solid stuff full of salt and sand grains.
Romanesque Auvergne with my Father | Christopher Somerville | France, Auvergne, Conques
Winding back roads, lost-and-gone hamlets, tree-smothered hills and wheat fields bright with poppies and corncockles
Somme | Christopher Somerville | France, Picardy, Somme
Shots were ringing out from the Bois D’Engremont, echoing across a shallow valley of cornfields now cut to stubble. “Local gun club,” murmured Colonel David Church as he led us up the track towards the wood. Wry smiles flickered here and there among the party of walkers. The sound of gunfire here in the rolling landscape of northeast France, with the River Some flowing its sluggish course five miles to the south, held an irony we could well appreciate.
The Eyes and Teeth of Old England | Christopher Somerville
A thousand years of invasion threats, real or imagined, has adorned our coastline with a remarkable, motley collection of towers, forts, castles, gun emplacements and devices for listening and looking
The Gorges of Sfakia | Christopher Somerville | Greece, Crete, Crete
"Chérete, be joyful," called the old man over his prickly pear fence, as I went down the path into the cool shadows in the top of the Imbros gorge
Trieste | Christopher Somerville | Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trieste
Trieste is a great city for ambling and sauntering, the sort of place with plenty of corners and something intriguing waiting round each of them.
Walking the Millenium Mile along London’s River Thames | Christopher Somerville | United Kingdom, London, London
London’s Millennium Mile (it’s actually nearer two miles) along the south bank of the River Thames must contain more memorable sights and attractions than any city-centre stroll on earth
Worm's Head | Christopher Somerville | United Kingdom, Wales, Gower
By the time I had got down to the causeway it stood cleanly cut against a speedwell-blue streak of sky. Doubts and difficulties melted from my mind. This is a magical place, whose air of isolation and mystery