When things go shaky, I seek the comfort of order and structure; and where better to find this than in clean, green Zurich. This largest of Swiss cities straddles two rivers – the Limmat and the...

20 September, 2020 /

It was three summers ago that I was sitting one evening around a table in Koko Doko in Reims, the champagne capital of France, with Clos Driver Wine Tours, grower champagne producer Emmanuel...

07 August, 2020 /

A contemporary art treasure trove in the heart of the English countryside. That is how I would describe Hauser & Wirth Somerset. This gallery and arts centre is part of the Hauser & Wirth...

22 July, 2019 /

Before the winter is out, lovers of food photography might like to take a trip to Foam Museum in Amsterdam, overlooking the canal. Here they will find the exhibition Feast for the Eyes - The...

17 February, 2019 /

Flash people; flash boats. That was my perception of Antibes on the Côte d'Azur. One-time resident F Scott Fitzgerald of Great Gatsby fame said the French Riviera - as the Côte d'Azur is known in...

05 October, 2018 /

Salvador Dalí believed he was the reincarnation of the rugged Cap de Creus – the barren, windswept headland north of the seaside town of Cadaques on the Costa Brava, on the way to the border with...

20 September, 2018 /

The city of Girona is a 38-minute train journey north of Barcelona. Much smaller than the Catalan capital, Girona is a doable size for a weekend. You can walk everywhere, the food is good, the...

14 September, 2018 /

Girona once served as a passageway for the Romans on their way through 'Hispania'. Fast forward a couple of thousand years and the city is a passageway for a different kind of visitor: the food-loving...

13 September, 2018 /
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