This rugged, now uninhabited landscape of remote lochs and ancient woodland has an austere beauty and reminders of Bonnie Prince Charlie, crofters and Vikings
Tag Archives: Peninsula
The flies that bind: overindulging on the Bellarine peninsula, Victoria
The Bellarine Taste Trail maps out the many ways in which to eat and drink your way across the peninsula
Europe’s hidden coasts: the Deep Mani, Greece
Few tourists venture beyond the Mani’s spectacular Diros caves, but further south lies a dramatic coastline of sleepy fishing coves and fortified villages
Great Brittany: discovering the Crozon peninsula
If you’re going to Brittany – keep driving west. You’ll find huge uncrowded beaches, plenty of delicious seafood and some fairly dodgy festivals
Move over Suez, hello Stad – Norway to build world’s first tunnel for ships
Ambitious project will create 1,700-metre long passageway underneath rocky peninsula for cruise and freight ships by 2023
Kyushu island, Japan: shrines and shugendo on the Kunisaki peninsula
A walking holiday on the Japanese island takes in rice-covered valleys, forests of cedar and bamboo, and the spirit of shugendo – though fortunately not its testing rituals
Beara of glad tidings: south-west Ireland’s other great peninsula
The Beara peninsula is less popular than nearby honeypots such as the Ring of Kerry – and is all the better for it.
Calatrava finally arrives in London – but is he rehashing old ideas?
Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava is loved for his striking designs and loathed for cost overruns. Will his £1bn project for Greenwich Peninsula stay on course?
20 trips in the southwest of England
The South-west of England is slowly recovering from the battering it took from the weather in the first three months of 2014 – here are 20 ideas for trips in Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/apr/04/top-20-holidays-somerset-devon-cornwall
