Travel ideas from around the world inspired by films and books. Literary travel ideas and movie travel ideas.
‘Our Man in Havana’, Graham Greene’s classic “entertainment” poking fun at the British secret service abroad was published just before the Revolution changed Cuba forever. When I visited the Havana Continue Reading →
Is Verona the most romantic city in the world? The romantic appeal of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has always seemed a bit dubious. Young lovers and doomed love; destroyed by Continue Reading →
Here is my ultimate one-month New Zealand travel itinerary. I have included a mix of the main attractions and places that will not appear on a travel agent’s itinerary for Continue Reading →
Obviously I am not actually recommending that you only spend one day in Venice but what if your travel itinerary allows you only one day to see La Serenissima? It is Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Connections with great literature are rife in Oxford, and make for a wonderful theme to base your exploration of this beautiful city with its golden stone facades and historic ‘dreaming Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →