The train in spain

THE saying ‘let the train take the strain’ is particularly apt in Italy. Throughout the country the rail network is comprehensive and its high-speed train system impressive, which means taking the tra

After spending two months bubling around southern Spain, you join the ride at Valor, in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Andalusia. We were contemplating our return route north to Santander and the ferr

No need to fly – visit any of these enticing cities by train

Forget about exhausting sight-seeing holidays and delayed flights – it’s time to embrace luxury train travel, says Jessica Salter

Last autumn we embarked on a campervan adventure through Portugal, a country largely unknown to us, despite spending several winters touring its neighbour, Spain. There is free movement between them n

Wendy Evans goes through the techniques required to shoot train stations after dark, when metering the variable light is a challenge