Amalfi amore

Years ago before GPS or Loran C made navigation a whole lot easier, I was headed up this coast on an overnight passage from the Strait of Messina to Camerota on the underbelly of Capo Palinuro. I was

Is a ring of 36 cherubs excessive? Perhaps, but those are only the ones around the southern Italian city of Lecce’s Basilica of Santa Croce’s rose window; I count dozens of additional cheeky winged ba

The Amalfi Coast is one of the world’s most desirable holiday destinations, thanks to its balmy Mediterranean climate and towns with charming, cobbled streets. Whether you’re jetting off to Italy or s

hey say that Wales is home to more sheep than people, the UK has more potholes than miles of road, and at any given time a third of all French workers are on strike. But should you believe them? In my

One of TGO ’s favourite maverick adventurers, John Fleetwood , is back, this time with a fulsome coast-to-coast extension of the renowned GR20 that embraces the best of Mediterranean village life, swimming, scrambling and the odd scrape away from the hot spots

Exciting ways to get away from it all