Around the World with Liz Blog
Located in the south-east of France, on the east side of the Rhône River and south of the Luberon mountain range, the Bouches-du-Rhône department of Provence includes its capital Marseilles, Arles and Aix-en-Provence, among others....
The first vines in the Bendigo region were planted in the 1850s and by the 1880s had gained international recognition. Today the wineries in the region continue to win awards for their outstanding Shiraz and...
There is so much to excite your travel senses in Paris it is hard to know where to begin. After five visits there, I have narrowed it down to a top ten list of...
I first went to France in 1991, spending three weeks touring by car and loved it. But it wasn’t till 2003 that I went again. Since then we have been five more times – any...
Hong Kong, now officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, was returned to the Republic of China in 1997, but it maintains autonomy in legal, economic, trade, financial and monetary, shipping, communications, tourism, cultural and...
Mission Hills is China’s highest rated golf and leisure resort, and the world’s largest golf club according to the Guinness World Records. The 20-square kilometre golf complex features twelve 18-hole resort and championship courses designed...
After visiting very populous cities in China it was refreshing to see a more rural side around Guilin and Yangshuo. The area is well known for the karst (limestone) peaks rearing up from rice...
Located in the Yangtze River Delta which adjoins the East China Sea, Shanghai is a major administrative, shipping and trading city, the largest in China, with over 24 million people. Shanghai flourished in the...
We arrived in Chongqing too late in the day to do much sightseeing, though we did manage to get a good look at it from the air and on the journey from the airport....
Best known as the home of the Terra Cotta Warriors, Xi’an is also remarkable for its strong Muslim influences due to its position at the start of the ancient Silk Road trading route. It...