So many options, so little time - a common refrain from weekend visitors to London. It can be a bit overwhelming trying to figure out whe...

After about three hours in Toulouse we were ready to pack in the day jobs and sell all our worldly goods to make this our new home. It's ...

Carcassonne is the second most visited city in France after Paris, attracting almost four million visitors annually. It's not hard to see...

Paris: a city which is always full of surprises, like this wonderful sculpture which can be found outside the Church of Sant' Eustache, c...

There is more to Rome than the Sistine Chapel and the Colosseum but of course these are excellent places to start. In fact there are so m...

When we think of festive European destinations, Amsterdam may not be the first one to spring to mind. But if you're looking for a calmer,...

Lucca has everything you expect from Tuscany: grand piazzas, tiny squares, beautiful churches, terracotta-coloured buildings, narrow wind...

Bologna was the icing on the cake of a wonderfully varied ten-day trip to Italy. We sadly had only two days to spend here before we flew ...

This is a wonderful city. It would be worth travelling a thousand miles to see it - Torquato Tasso, 16th century Italian poet Mantua (Man...

For our most recent trip to Italy we decided to take the road less-traveled and explore the north / north-eastern regions of Emilia-Romag...