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[ad_1] Food Traditional Romanian food is dishes like sarmale (cabbage or vine leaves stuffed with meat, rice and vegetables), polenta, ciorbă (sour soup) and Transylvanian goulash, which simmers for eight hours in a wood-fired oven. Two restaurants in the historic centre are good for these: Lacrimi și Sfinti and Hanu’ lui Manuc. For street food, …
[ad_1] ‘The Souq El Blat is the heartbeat of the medina,” proclaims Mourad Boughanmi, a medicinal herb seller in this historic quarter of Tunis. Indeed, for centuries, its herbs have sustained the bodies of people living here. Bundles of wild thyme, sage, poppy, garlic and eucalyptus have lined the walls of this shadowy souq for …
The herbalists of Tunis medina: on borrowed thyme – a photo essay | Tunisia holidays Read More »
[ad_1] The past two years have been rough at times for those who enjoy outdoor sports. Climbers without crags on their doorstep have ruined their elbows hanging from door frames. Cyclists have invested in indoor training machines. For many, getting outside has meant running in nearby parks and dashing to hills and lakes whenever the …
[ad_1] The National Trust for Scotland Mountain Path Team are at work repairing a path up near Mullach an Rathain summit, on Liathach in Torridon. The team’s primary aim is to prevent irreversible environmental damage to fragile habitats, not to enhance access. The NTS cares for some of Scotland’s magnificent landscapes and more than 400 …
‘It suits the strong-willed’: Scotland’s mountain path makers – a photo essay | UK news Read More »
[ad_1] I thought the sun had blinked, but we had been caught in the shadow of a golden eagle passing low overhead. There were five of them over the hill, Cnoc Mhic-a-Phi, two of them tumbling out of the blue sky, lost in a playful, taloned dogfight. I had been invited here to Mingulay (Miùghlaigh …
Scaling the peaks of Mingulay: great Scot! – a photo essay | Highlands holidays Read More »
[ad_1] This summer, many families had their first holiday abroad since the pandemic began. But as autumn sets in and the cost of living crisis deepens, that week or two by the sea may soon seem a distant memory. Perfect timing, then, for the Ocean Film festival’s UK tour. Nell Teasdale, the tour director, says …
[ad_1] Licence to thrill in, Matera, Italy The sight of James Bond cruising up a precipitous road towards the rock-hewn city of Matera, southern Italy, at the beginning of No Time to Die, proved irresistible. While Bond drove an Aston Martin, we arrived on the bus with an under-the-weather child. Like Bond, we checked into …
[ad_1] Memories of Hemingway, Spain Café Iruña in Pamplona, Spain was a favourite of Hemingway when he visited the city for the annual running of the bulls. With high ceilings and wooden panelling, the bar-restaurant evokes bygone days and you can almost imagine Hemingway writing in a corner, particularly as there is a lifesize statue …
[ad_1] The Eastbury Hotel, Sherborne, Dorset An ideal weekend retreat, the Eastbury was originally designed as an 18th-century “gentleman’s residence”, and now houses 27 individually styled bedrooms, with designs inspired by the herbs, flowers and trees in the hotel’s award-winning walled garden. The garden is also home to the hotel’s spa, which boasts an outdoor …
Townhouse retreats: 10 chic town and city hotels in the UK | Travel Read More »
[ad_1] Spot the heron from the 55, Tiverton-Exeter The very best bus route is Tiverton to Exeter on the 55. On leaving Tiverton it passes through the village of Bickleigh and crosses the River Exe on the Bickleigh Bridge, which has been hit and damaged by buses, lorries and cars more times than I can …
‘Top deck advised’: readers’ favourite scenic UK bus rides | Public transport trips Read More »
