Italy: Wandering in Pieve di Cadore
At the end of my big week hiking in the Italian Dolomite Mountains I landed in Pieve di Cadore, a tiny town at the head of the Lago di Cadore Continue Reading →
Category: Film & Literary Travel Ideas
Travel ideas from around the world inspired by films and books. Literary travel ideas and movie travel ideas.
Austria: The ultimate Sound of Music tour of Salzburg
This summer Wandering Kiwi Jr and I fulfilled a dream. We are both huge Sound of Music fans – me from childhood and, well, she is a child – so Continue Reading →
USA: Top 8 off-beat attractions in Los Angeles
Forget about the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the theme parks. Don’t be put off by the urban sprawl and the terrible traffic. Los Angeles is one of the world’s Continue Reading →
England: Top 10 literary experiences in Oxford
As Tom Sawyer once said (thanks to his creator Mark Twain): “There ain’t nothing that is so interesting to look at as a place a book talked about.” And the Continue Reading →
London: Wandering in Leighton House Museum
Leighton House Museum is one of my favourite London Museums – definitely one of those “hidden gems” that most people have never heard of but which I have returned to Continue Reading →
25 photos that will make you want to visit Cuba
With scheduled travel services to Cuba starting in 2016 and the political environment improving consistently, there has never been a better time to visit Cuba. Gorgeous architecture, a fascinating history, mesmeric Continue Reading →
Italy: Wandering with Florence Trevelyan in Sicily
I’d never heard of Florence Trevelyan before I visited Sicily. But her story has become one of my abiding memories of my time here, beginning with wandering around the Isola Bella. Florence Continue Reading →
Top 10 Things to do on the Isle of Wight
I do love a good island holiday and the Isle of Wight off the south coast of Britain is my most recent voyage. Basking in the sunny English Channel, the Isle Continue Reading →
A travel guide to War and Peace film locations
When I entered the grand ballroom in the Catherine Palace, just outside St Petersburg, Russia, I was captivated by the idea of swirling around this space wearing exquisite silks and Continue Reading →
Salzburg: 50 years of The Sound of Music
Watching The Sound of Music was part of my childhood. It was often on television around Christmastime each year and I knew the songs off by heart. When I finally Continue Reading →
Belgium: Meeting Tintin and Hergé
Did you love reading Tintin books when you were a child? I did, in fact I still do and reading them to Wandering Kiwi Jr provides the perfect excuse to Continue Reading →
Belgium: Brussels’ Comic Arts Museum
The Comics Art Museum in Brussels is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and – given the number of times I have visited Brussels – it was starting to get a Continue Reading →
Portugal: A sailing trip in Lisbon
I have written before on the top day trips you must make from Lisbon, once you have exhausted the many delights of the Portuguese capital. But after my recent return Continue Reading →
England: Wandering in the Bronte’s Haworth
Did you know that the father of the Bronte sisters changed his name from Brunty to Bronte to make it sound more … posh? The things you learn by visiting Continue Reading →
Wandering through the Harry Potter Studio Tour!
Do you know what Butterbeer tastes like? Would you like to wander up Diagon Alley or see the cosy Gryffindor common room? Perhaps you fancy practising your wand skills or going Continue Reading →
England: Chocolate-box cuteness in Lacock
I visited the Wiltshire village of Lacock as part of a day tour from London that also featured visiting Bath and getting up close and personal with the sarsen pillars Continue Reading →
Wandering with Charles Dickens in London
Is there any author who more obviously makes you think of London than Charles Dickens? He knew London like the back of his hand, spending many a night walking the Continue Reading →
Northern Ireland’s Game of Thrones film locations
It is difficult to avoid reference to epic fantasy series Game of Thrones in Northern Ireland these days. The guide on the Belfast tour bus proudly announced Titanic Studios in the Continue Reading →
Majorca: Dare to be divine in Deia
Deia is tiny. A scattering of houses surrounding a hill with a church on top. But this little village in Majorca – situated where the foothills of the Serra de Continue Reading →
New Zealand: The Hobbit & LOTR film locations
I received a Christmas card from my mother-in-law in New Zealand that features a postmark “From Middle Earth”. Does that give you an idea of how big a deal the Continue Reading →