The Amalfi Coast
We’ve been to the Amalfi Coast twice now. The first was during a driving holiday in Italy and it was an unnerving experience for a number of reasons. I was driving along the freeway near Salerno,...
Author: Liz
Exploring Italy
Without doubt, my favourite places in Italy are Venice, Tuscany, the Cinque Terre, Rome and the Amalfi Coast. In the last 17 years we have spent more than seven weeks exploring this fabulous country,...
Port Douglas
About an hour’s drive north of Cairns, up the Captain Cook Highway, on a promontory between Dickson Inlet and the Coral Sea, you will find my favourite Tropical North Queensland town – Port Douglas....
Kuranda Scenic Railway and Skyrail
One of the favourite tourist activities in the Cairns area is a visit to Kuranda Village in the hinterland, via the Kuranda Scenic Railway and/or the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway. It is one of those attractions where the...
Green Island, Great Barrier Reef
We’ve snorkelled and dived on the Great Barrier Reef before many times and it never ceases to thrill us to see the wonderful and varied coral and marine life. When we are immersed in...
Tropical North Queensland
Far North Queensland is also known as the “Wet Tropics” in tourist signs and information. This is the area north of Cairns, the major tourist hub. We just spent a week there, based at Palm...
Walking the Walls – Dubrovnik
“You must walk the walls!” friends had urged us. So when the Celebrity Silhouette docked in Dubrovnik that was the chief thought in our minds. Thanks to our research on tomsportguides.com we were able...
Historic Split and Trogir
Our cruise ship, Celebrity Silhouette, was required to moor around the point of the Split peninsula because there were already two other cruise ships in port, so we caught the tender in to the...
San Marino
Totally surrounded by Italy, San Marino is the oldest surviving sovereign state and constitutional republic in the world, having been founded in 301 AD. It is just over 61 sq km in size, which...
