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If you want to try authentic regional Portuguese cuisine just like your Portuguese mãe might make, in a slightly crumbling tiled Moorish mansion, then I …

They’re crisp, creamy, custardy and perfumed with vanilla and cinnamon – the Pasteis de Belem (or Pastel de Nata as they are often known) are …

Staying at St Anthony’s Monastery on the beautiful Qadisha valley in Lebanon was one of the highlights of my trip. At 6.30 in the morning, …

A review of Fawsley Hall boutique, country house hotel in Northamptonshire, England with fine dining, spa and gym and beautiful country walks in the surrounding parkland

If Lebanon is on your travel radar as a place to visit, you may not think of bringing your walking boots. Yet my video about …

I’d like to share this short video from a few days I spent in Istria, the northern-most province of Croatia, close to the Italian border …

I love the Mezze style of meal where you can try a little of what you fancy instead of wishing you had ordered your friend’s …

The biggest challenge in finding a family-friendly hotels in Rome is figuring out which properties accommodate 3 or more people in a single configuration given …

A review of the Palymyra Hotel in Baalbek, Lebanon, a charming relic of the past with Persian Carpets and antique furniture, now slightly fraying around the edges.

When we visited Croatia, the joys of lying by the pool were wearing a bit thin after the first day (for me anyway) so we …

At around 24,000 square kilometres, Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The stunning Sardinian coastline stretches for 1,849 km and its pearly …