Inspiring Travel Writing from Rebecca Ford
Rebecca Ford writes regularly for the travel pages of UK publications such as the Daily and Sunday Express, and also contributes to the London Evening Standard, Independent on Sunday and Scotland's Sunday Herald. She has won several awards for her writing.
Her guidebooks include Siena and the Heart of Tuscany, which is published by Footprint, and she has also contributed to guides published by the AA, Dorling Kindersley, Insight and Thomas Cook.
She writes audio guides for attractions such as Hampton Court and Kenilworth Castle, and podcast tours for American Express.
She writes about anywhere that offers a good story, but specialises in Britain, Italy, rail journeys, spas, eco holidays and wildlife.
Her guidebooks include Siena and the Heart of Tuscany, which is published by Footprint, and she has also contributed to guides published by the AA, Dorling Kindersley, Insight and Thomas Cook.
She writes audio guides for attractions such as Hampton Court and Kenilworth Castle, and podcast tours for American Express.
She writes about anywhere that offers a good story, but specialises in Britain, Italy, rail journeys, spas, eco holidays and wildlife.
Articles by Rebecca Ford
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Cornish Secrets
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Rebecca Ford
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United Kingdom
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Devon and Cornwall
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Cornwall
Colin Wills lifts a silvery piece of tin and holds it to my ear. "Listen carefully," he says, then moves the metal gently between his fingers. For a moment there is silence. Then I hear it - a gentle grinding sound that comes from deep inside the...
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Via Francigena
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Rebecca Ford
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Italy
I discovered the little town of Bobbio one April afternoon, as it dozed in the pale sunshine like a content cat. Set in the Trebbia Valley in Emilia Romagna, its historic streets faintly scented with spring flowers and fresh coffee, it seemed...
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Vultures in Spain
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Rebecca Ford
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Spain
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Valencia Region
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Catalonia
There is something about vultures that fires the imagination. In Appalachian folklore human babies were said to hatch from their eggs; in parts of Africa their superb eyesight led to the belief that they could see into the future; and in India the...
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Walking the Western Front
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Rebecca Ford
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Belgium
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Flanders
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Ypres
We had been walking for about an hour when we came to a recently ploughed field. The heavy clay soil was deep yellow and lay in clumps, like sticky clots of butterscotch that have gone furry from lying too long in a coat pocket. My guide left the...
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Llamas in the Forest of Dean
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Rebecca Ford
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United Kingdom
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Cotswolds
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Gloucestershire
Jack isn’t impressed with me. He’s perfectly well behaved, but I can tell by the way he flattens his ears and looks down his nose that I’m a disappointment. Whether it’s my tatty trousers or ancient boots I don’t know,...
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Craggy Corsica
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Rebecca Ford
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France
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Corsica Region
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Corsica
When the Scots diarist James Boswell travelled to Corsica in 1765, he was warned that he would be killed instantly if he so much as attempted ‘to debauch any of their women’. Happily, given the locals’ reputation for banditry and...
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Ursus Arctos Horribilis
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Rebecca Ford
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Canada
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British Columbia
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Rocky Mountains
“Hold your hands out,” says Fred firmly. I obey, slightly tentatively – well, we’ve only just met - and he snaps a bud from a bush on the riverbank and proceeds to rub it on my hands, covering them with a sticky, toffee-brown sap. “It’s black...
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The Art of Looking Good
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Rebecca Ford
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Italy
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Tuscany
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Florence
She was in front of me in the queue for the ladies. Perfectly cut jeans over perfectly cut legs, cigarette hanging casually from her fingers and a slim black mobile phone clamped to her ear. When a cubicle became free she wafted in, shut the door...
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Untamed Pleasures
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Rebecca Ford
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Canada
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Newfoundland & Labrador
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Newfoundland
“There are probably still places here,” said my guide, as we watched an eagle surfing on the breeze, “where no human has ever been.” I felt a tingle of excitement. Few things are more tantalising than wilderness - the word itself just oozes promise...
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Dark Arts of Bologna
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Rebecca Ford
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Italy
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Emilia-Romagna
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Bologna
"You're going to Bologna? Mmm, spag. bol., nice." There cannot be many cities that are overshadowed by a stew, but Bologna is certainly one. It might have superb medieval architecture and an ancient university, as well as works of art by...