Festivals in Seville set the bar for Spanish festivals generally – they are intense and unforgettable. Just make sure you book your travel and hotel or accommodation well in advance, as they get really really packed. Semana Santa Important throughout Spain, Semana Santa, or Holy Week (Palm Sunday – Good Friday), is celebrated in intensely [...]
The Art of Light in the City of the Black Stuff Dublin is full of light; a clear, luminous light that is the result of all the moisture in the air, otherwise known as the weather. And the weather is something that affects the national character as well as the light. When it rains as [...]
The living museum of culture and history that is 21st century Rome offers so much of everything to see and take in, that if you take it all too seriously and set off on a mission, you will end up either exhausted or impersonating a headless chicken. And certainly not enjoying yourself! Consequently, it is [...]
There’s something timeless and yet thoroughly cosmopolitan about Bath. Perhaps it’s the mix of Roman remains flanked by the Medieval Abbey and surrounded on all sides by stately Georgian architecture. Perhaps it is its situation, nestled in a basin of green hills. Maybe its just down to the honey-coloured stone that is used everywhere. Whatever [...]
Claire Burdett
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