A cycle through countryside, on the trail of a great nature writer and the elusive peregrine falcon, offers fresh insights into Essex’s ‘dark mystery’. Julian Worker has written a number of travel books including Travels through History : France Travels through History – The Balkans: Journeys in the former Yugoslavia Travels through History – NorthernContinue reading “Essex rediscovered: ghosts and falcons on a rural ride”
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Take the kids to … the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset
Chocks Away! This huge, family-friendly museum is packed with jets and helicopters that children can climb into – and an exhibition on women aviators
São Tomé & Príncipe: a travel adventure that’s great, green and diverse
A remote, eco-friendly trip reveals a plantation house that’s now a hotel on the smaller of these two islands off the west Africa coast. Hopes are high it will bring jobs and highlight the captivating wildlife
Street art adds gloss to Cape Town’s boho Woodstock area
This youthful and bohemian neighbourhood and foodie hotspot has become an open air gallery for giant, colourful murals
10 of the best attractions in Emilia-Romagna
Fast cars, slow food, hilltop castles and open-air art galleries … Here are some highlights of Emilia-Romagna – classic Italy without the crowds
The alt city guide to Cambridge
Cambridge’s food, drink, music and arts scenes are thriving, with an underground ethic energised more by town than gown
The sleepy side of the Italian Riviera
Today’s Ligurian hotspots are the Cinque Terre and swanky Portofino. But head west of Genoa for now-quiet resorts such as Alassio where, a century ago, Brits went to see and be seen
In praise of Tooting, south London
‘Captivating’ Tooting has been named one of the best neighbourhoods in the world, alongside exotic hotspots in Rio, Seoul and New York. Sound unlikely? Not if you live there, says the Guardian’s online Travel editor
Cave houses and hiking in Georgia … and a flock road block – in pictures
Pictures of the wilds of Georgia
‘Herefordshire is just as lovely as the Dordogne’
For author John Lewis-Stempel, winner of the Wainwright prize for nature writing, the county is heaven on Earth
Julian Worker Travel - A few ideas for your next trip in every direction 