In the summer the British head for Tuscany in their thousands, lured by the sun, scenery and fine wines. But the Italians head for Elba,...

Slow travel from Salzburg to Graz and Vienna In an age of high speed travel a rail journey is an old-fashioned leisurely alternative that...

Peeking out of the Atlantic, Sao Miguel forms one of the nine Azorean islands which mixes romance , myth and geology. Craters, bubbling...

Bulgaria, since emerging as a parliamentary democracy in 1990, is gradually shaking off its cold war legacy. Britons initially saw the...