Surrounded by spectacular scenery and laced with narrow medieval streets, the French town of Foix should be a priority destination of any discerning European traveller’s ‘must see’ list. What has been cited by travel writers for years as being the ‘gateway to the Pyrenees,’ Foix has played many important roles in history down the years
Just when you thought that you had a pretty comprehensive knowledge of all of the European animals, you accidentally stumble across a hamster-sized specimen that looks like it belongs to another world or, at the very least, should be in a South American jungle. You do not find these little furry wonders in England or
Walking in northern Portugal – Nature as it always was and as it was always meant to be! Whilst northern Portugal has many areas of outstanding natural beauty, which are paradisiacal for walkers and hikers, one of the best walks in northern Portugal is one of the most seldom-visited areas – A natural park in
Vlado’s sensational walk – The only way to discover idyllic Croatia….You only really get to know a place when you travel on foot, horseback or bicycle. Anything faster will make you miss nearly all of it. Hence the expression: “Going nowhere fast!” Take the stunning Croatian region of Istria, for example. There are some superb
Istria’s Opatija – The ‘Pearl of the Adriatic Ocean’. For more than 150 years, the ‘healing’ town of Opatija in Istria, the so-called ‘pearl of the Adriatic Ocean’, has been a leading tourist destination. Here’s what to do in Opatija: From Emperor Franz Joseph to the famous ballerina, Isadora Duncan, for centuries, many well-known individuals
La Atalaya – A stunning villa not far from Andalucia’s number one tourist attraction. Tucked inside the north-eastern corner of the province of Cadiz on the road leading north-west from the famous town of Ronda, lies the village of El Gastor. Vintage Travel is delighted to have just added a marvellous new villa to their
Se Cova Des Pujol and nearby Felanitx – Mallorca at its most magical. You dream about taking a holiday in a quality villa with a fabulous private swimming pool, surrounded by scenery so beautiful that landscape artists congregate here in their droves, in a place where you can smell both the countryside and the sea.
Rovinj is a town for artists and their easels, photographers and their cameras and lovers and their romance! This delightfully picturesque Istrian town has been cited by several travel writers as being one of the prettiest towns of the whole Mediterranean coastline. Rovinj was firmly attached to mainland Croatia 250 years ago, having previously been
Gorge Du Verdon – A place well worth giving up your beach towel for! The Verdon Gorge, as the English rock climbers call it, is a spectacular and beautiful deep canyon in the Alpes-de-Haute region of Provence in South East France. Considered by many to be the most breathtaking of all European gorges, this massive
When Sir Alex Ferguson suggested to fellow football manager Jose Mourinho that there was no decent wine in Portugal, the ever demonstrative Mourinho sent a case of Portuguese wine around to Old Trafford and Sir Alex was forced to concede defeat. Of course this may have been a wind up ploy by the Scot in
