Inspiring Travel Writing from Peter D Smith: Page 2 of 2
Articles by Peter D Smith: Page 2 of 2
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Thursday Nights in Salvador
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Peter D Smith
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Brazil
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The Northern Beaches
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Salvador
Thursday nights in Salvador are party nights, when dozens of impromptu concerts spring up, seemingly out of nowhere. Stages are set up on almost every street corner of the old town, or Upper Town as it is known, though officially the name of the...
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Rioja Route
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Peter D Smith
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Spain
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La Rioja
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Santa Domingo de la Calzada
It was one of those deliciously sunny May afternoons, the sea as smooth as silk as the Brittany Ferries vessel slipped gently out of Portsmouth harbour, new apartment blocks lining the waterfront, past the 'Victory' on one side, the Isle of Wight on...
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Divided No More
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Peter D Smith
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Germany
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Berlin Region
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Berlin
Berlin has had a chequered history, particularly in the last century. Nobody, of course, can ignore the ignominious part it played in Hitler's rise and ultimate fall, followed by the stark division for so many years. Yet now it is firmly back on its...
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Lisbon: the Friendliest City on Earth
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Peter D Smith
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Portugal
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Lisbon Region
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Lisbon
Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, is probably the friendliest capital in Europe. Easy to get to now with some reasonably priced flights on easyjet, TAP Air Portugal and even British Airways (though others fly there too from various places), it is...
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Dinan
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Peter D Smith
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France
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Bretagne
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Dinan
Dinan, inland a little from St Malo on the coast of Brittany, is one of the most delightful little fortified towns you could hope to come across. Yet today, despite having a rather inglorious new area with its attendant apartment buildings,...
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Golf in and around Lisbon
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Peter D Smith
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Portugal
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Lisbon Region
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Lisbon
Obviously, being a big city, there are no golf courses right in the heart of Lisbon, though there are plenty of golf courses in the outskirts. You might need a rental car to reach most of them as golf courses don't tend to be handily close to metro...
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