Paris to Vienna Road Trip

This 2300km road trip takes us from the hilltop villages of central France, to the rocky coves of the Riviera, on to the Italian lakes and the mountains of Austria. We pack it into two weeks, but I could have spent months enjoying the scenery and the spectacular hiking.

Exploring Venice

The first time I visited Venice, I arrived Bond-style on a sleek water taxi. I stayed in a hotel on the Grand Canal, queued for a peek inside San Marco Basilica, squeezed in between tourists for a photograph on the Rialto bridge, and took a ferry to the colourful island of Burano. I visited allContinue reading “Exploring Venice”

Driving the Adriatic Coast: from Venice to Sveti Stefan

A cruise might be the popular way to see the Adriatic coast, but we’re on a road trip from Venice to Montenegro – a 1500km route that takes us to Ljubljana and Lake Bled, Korcula, Dubrovnik, Kotor and Sveti Stefan.