Inspiring Travel Writing from Tina Walsh
Tina has been a journalist for nearly 20 years and started out on trade magazines, where she became an expert in industrial widgets, motherboards and fuzzy logic. One gadget story too far and coming first in a travel-writing competition in the Evening Standard kick started her freelance career and shes been writing about travel and lifestyle (and some serious stuff) ever since. Her work has been published in The Guardian, The Times, Sunday Times, Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Independent and Sunday Herald, among others. Shes also a contributor to Dorling Kindersleys Eyewitness Guide series. Tina has lived in London, Munich, Istanbul and Rio de Janeiro and is currently based in Leeds, which for some reason reminds her of the sign above the nail bar near her old south-London flat, which read: "Paris, New York, Milan, Catford".
Articles by Tina Walsh
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A Star is Borneo
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Tina Walsh
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Indonesia
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Borneo Kalimantan
“Wow. Er, where is it?” was the general response when I told friends and family I was going to Borneo. Everyone had a vague idea but either confused it with Burma and Bhutan, or guessed it to be 'somewhere in Africa'. I knew little about...
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Istria, Northern Croatia: Little Italy
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Tina Walsh
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Croatia
Why should I go? Because northern Croatia (Istrian Peninsular and the Kvarner islands) is still wonderfully laid back and unspoiled, despite all the column inches the country has garnered in recent years. Unlike Dalmatia, further south, this feels...
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The Long and Winding Road
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Tina Walsh
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Norway
The county of Molde and Romsdal in south western Norway is one of the country’s most beautiful areas, with snow-capped mountains galore, majestic fjords (ranked by National Geographic as the world’s most unspoiled travel destination) and...
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Fangs for the Memory
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Tina Walsh
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Romania
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Transylvania (Central)
“One of the wildest and least known parts of Europe,” wrote Bram Stoker in 1897. Over a century later, his description of Transylvania still rings true and, for most people, conjures up images of vampires, spooky castles and men in black...
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A Train Ride Through History
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Tina Walsh
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Ireland
From the platform at Derry train station, you can see the whole of the city laid out in front of you. One of the best-preserved walled cities in Western Europe, Derry in Northern Ireland can also lay claim to hosting the longest siege in British...
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Uncovering Unsavoury Ancesters
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Tina Walsh
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United Kingdom
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North Western England
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Cumbria
If you were visiting the region north of Hadrian’s Wall 500 years ago, you might well think you’d stepped straight into the Wild West. It wasn’t big - from the Solway Firth just 3.5 miles wide and 20 miles long - but the area has gone down in...
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Istanbul: Full of Eastern Promise
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Tina Walsh
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Turkey
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Marmara
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Istanbul
Think Istanbul and think kebabs, headscarves and moustachioed men? Well, you might be surprised. Although its reputation as a somewhat mystical backwater still lingers, Istanbul has made damn sure it’s not going to stick. From its beginnings as...
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So it's Grim Up North?
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Tina Walsh
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United Kingdom
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Yorkshire
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Leeds
If any city has turned the old maxim that ‘it’s grim up north’ on its head, it has to be Leeds. What was once a grimy Yorkshire town has been transformed into a hedonist’s playground and there are now more shops, bars and restaurants than you can...
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Sex on the Beach
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Tina Walsh
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Italy
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Emilia-Romagna
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Rimini
You know you’re staying at the right place when Joaquin Cortes swaggers into the lobby of your hotel to pick up his room key, even if his bodyguard is eyeballing you for staring. The place in question is the Grand Hotel in Rimini, once used as a...