Verona Walking Tour Itinerary – An Amble Around Romantic Verona

Verona Walking Tour Itinerary – An Amble Around Romantic Verona. Copyright © 2024 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Our Verona walking tour itinerary takes in Verona’s most romantic spots. Verona is romantic whichever way you look at it. It’s a city made for unhurried ambles hand-in-hand. And you don’t need to have read Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet nor visit the balcony where the fictional characters declared their love to appreciate the romance of … Read more

Mantua is a Must for a Monumental Castle, Palaces, Piazzas and Arcades

Mantua is a Must for a Monumental Castle, Palaces, Piazzas and Arcades. Copyright © 2024 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Mantua is a marvellous little city dominated by a monumental castle, dotted with palaces, piazzas and arcades, and surrounded by serene lakes. So it’s hard to imagine how Mantua is something of a ‘hidden gem’, more popular with Italian travellers than foreign visitors. But it is, and that local appeal and everyday life are reasons … Read more

Best Australian Food and Drink Festivals 2024-2025 Month-By-Month Guide

Best Australian Food and Drink Festivals 2024-2025 Month-By-Month Guide. Photo © 2022 Jess Kearney, all rights reserved.

The best Australian food and drink festivals being held in 2024-2025 include everything from A Taste of the Kakadu, a celebration of Indigenous bush foods, and the Good Food and Wine Show, Australia’s longest-running food and wine event, to quirkier niche festivals, such as the Truffle Kerfuffle in Western Australia and the Darwin International Laksa … Read more

Snowboarding in Morocco on a Mountain without Snow in Oukaïmeden

Snowboarding in Morocco in Oukaïmeden on a Mountain without Snow. Photo courtesy of Luxury Escapes.

Snowboarding in Morocco had been a goal of mine since Lara and I had attempted to ski on a slope without a chairlift in Ifrane some years earlier. The plan was to round off a Moroccan road trip with my wife and mother-in-law, with a couple of days snowboarding in Oukaïmeden in the High Atlas … Read more