Iberian Splendour Cruise 2015
Finding ourselves with an excuse to visit Barcelona and wanting to cram in as much as possible on our holiday, we decided to take advantage of a Holland America Line cruise out of Southampton that finished...
Author: Liz
Beyond Barcelona
With a week for exploring Barcelona and its surrounds, we took advantage of a tour to Montserrat, and on another day, a game of golf at Real Club de Golf El Prat, a wander...
Barcelona – Gaudí and more
Our week in Barcelona was jam-packed with sightseeing. We were booked into the HCC Hotel Regente which is very well located just north west of the Plaça Catalunya on Rambla Catalunya and not far from...
A Week in Barcelona
Late September 2015 was the perfect time for visiting Barcelona – warm days, balmy nights and the excitement of La Mercè festival which brings thousands of extra tourists to this already magnetic city. Barcelona is the...
Ankara and Atatürk
The long drive from Cappadocia to Ankara was broken up with several stops to ease the monotony, so we finally arrived in the city centre in early afternoon. Our main focus today was visiting...
Cappadocia – the Land of Fairy Chimneys
Ever since I first saw photos of the fabulous land forms of Cappadocia, Turkey, I have been dying to go there. Finally, on our Gate 1 coach tour of Turkey, we got to spend...
Antalya and beyond
After a long coach journey from Pamukkale to Antalya, we were pleasantly surprised to find ourselves checked in to one of the better hotels on the Turquoise Coast of southern Turkey – the Akra...
Pamukkale and Hierapolis
Looking like a white wonderland filled with multi-tiered wedding cakes, the fantastic landscape of Pamukkale near Denizli in western Turkey draws tourists by the thousands. The calcium-carbonate-rich waters that flow down the hillsides from...
Izmir, Ephesus and Selçuk
Izmir is a very smart western city, the third biggest in Turkey, hugging the Gulf of Izmir on the Aegean coast of Turkey. Formerly known as Smyrna in ancient times, it gained power and...
Troy and Pergamon – Fact and Fiction
We woke to rain, followed by thunder and lightning, but luckily it was the only wet day we had in our fortnight’s holiday in Turkey. Today we were off to visit the ruins of...
