When inside Gaudi’s Casa Batlló you feel as though you’ve entered a colourful fishtank, snorkling your way from one side to the other. This is a Willy Wonker of experiences and boy are you in for a [Read More]
Poble Espanyol is an open air museum with 117 full-scale examples of Spanish architecture from different regions. My memory of Poble Espanyol is one of the happiest I had whilst in Barcelona. This is because Poble [Read More]
One of the marks of a great artist is how his or her works are appreciated when he or she is gone. Gaudi is this encapsulated and more. And what striked me most about visiting [Read More]
I have fond memories of my visit to Pompeii, Italy. As a child Pompeii was something I’d always wanted to see. And we all know the tragic story of an ancient Roman city wiped out [Read More]
As part of a recent bloggers trip to Sicily, I was told we would visit one of the most magnificent beaches in Europe. “A beach?” I thought, “where’s the art and culture in that?” But I [Read More]
Getting stuck into history and culture often means getting literally stuck inside a remnant of history – a stronghold with no exit! So that’s exactly what I did. Unintentionally of course… As part of a recent [Read More]
Luigi Pirandello (1867 – 1936) was a novelist, short story writer and poet who lived in the small town of Agrigento in Sicily. In 1934 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Today his coastal [Read More]
I love beautiful gardens. And if anything, Italy and Sicily have some of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen (take Villa d’Este near Rome for instance). And the Giardino della Kolymbetra at the Valley of the [Read More]
I recently visited the Valley of the Temples (Valle dei Templi) in Agrigento in the south of Sicily. This amazing architectural site comprises 7 doric temple ruins of Greek origin dating from the 5th century BC. [Read More]
I’m ecstatic! Tomorrow I’m jetting off to Agrigento, Sicily for a fabulous four-day blogger trip with il Daily Slow, a web portal for sustainable and slow travel. I’m really chuffed to be a part of this exciting [Read More]
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