​ The lesser-known Polish destination of Poznan has coloured houses standing in the shadow of churches and other historic architectural lining cobblestoned streets. There is a lively arts and culture scene and a range of bars and restaurants. In March 2023, the city was added to the MICHELIN Guide, in good company with Warsaw and Krakow that were a...

The Annecy Mountains are located in the northern French Alps, between the Bornes and Bauges mountain ranges. It has undulating and fertile Albanais plain and the unspoilt Fillière region. Visitors can take in : There's the chance to cyle one of the 18 'cols' in the area,Colombiere, Aravis or Col Fry, or a circuit of Lake Annecy or, off the beaten t...

Gdańsk, the port city on the Polish Baltic coast and can be linked with the nearby cities of Sopot and Gdynia. In Gdańsk, the Main Town, reconstructed after WWII, has the colourful facades of Long Market, now home to shops and restaurants. Nearby is Neptune Fountain, a 17th-century symbol of the city topped by a bronze statue of the sea god and the...

An It's Time for Wiltshire Travel Trade Guide has been launched by VisitWiltshire. The south-west English county of Wiltshire is landlocked and bordered by the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. The county takes in Stourhead Gardens and the Stonehenge World Heritage Site along with Avebury, Longleat...

We were not meant to go to Boen Gaard because we were in the vicinity to cover the launch of Norway's first Underwater restaurant, Under. The restaurant was architected by Snohetta, in the southerly town of Lindesnes, Norway, and was exceptional, half on the water and half under, thus the name. When the Under launch was finished, a group of Portugu...

Usually, and in terms of human memory function, it is not the destination that is remembered as much as what happens within the destination, and often the journey toward the destination. In this Memoryscapes feature it was Casas do Coro, another time where we traveled to a place we knew nothing about. It was one of the exceptional offbeat, off boat...