Inspiring Travel Writing About History: Page 2 of 47

"I was tired. Exhausted. Ready to flop. I'd arrived in Zarabad, a sweet secluded village north of Tehran, with sleep rather than sightseeing on my mind. But in Iran, a land of soft light, poetic description and elegiac landscapes, the offer of a dusk..."

"We’ve called at Ventnor’s heritage centre where an elderly woman tells us she’s still got blackberries in the garden. The strawberries are flowering and there are lizards basking on the walls..."

"Steam is rising into the gathering dusk from the roof-top pool of the spa building in the heart of Georgian Bath. I’m poaching myself a pleasurable pink and feeling like something of a playboy..."

"Ramadan is a period of reflection and prayer. Where better to engage in these pietistic activities than within the beauteous precincts of the Middle East’s most magnificent mosques where architectural and artistic splendour are implemented to..."