Walking Archives – Jan Fuscoe - Award-winning Writer & Photographer https://www.janfuscoe.com/tag/walking/ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 09:28:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.janfuscoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/favicon2.png Walking Archives – Jan Fuscoe - Award-winning Writer & Photographer https://www.janfuscoe.com/tag/walking/ 32 32 172376967 Sorrento – Land of the Sirens https://www.janfuscoe.com/sorrento-land-of-the-sirens/ Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:10:42 +0000 https://www.janfuscoe.com/?p=2684 Look beyond the package tours (and there are plenty of them), and Sorrento really has something to offer the modern traveller. You just need to know where to find it… Grand (hotel) tourism Once the leaping off point for every 19th-century traveller’s Grand Tour, Sorrento was as glamorous a destination as any along the Amalfi…

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]]> 2684 The 10 best things to do on the island of Capri https://www.janfuscoe.com/the-10-best-things-to-do-on-the-island-of-capri/ Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:11:03 +0000 https://www.janfuscoe.com/?p=1777 Capri is a mere half-hour’s ferry or hydrofoil ride away from Naples. The island is synonymous with stars, style, and impossible glamour but, away from the Piazzetta, it’s also a place of stunning natural beauty and calm. Charles Dickens once wrote ‘In no place on earth are there so many opportunities for delicious peace and…

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]]> 1777 Ten things to do in Porto https://www.janfuscoe.com/ten-things-to-do-in-porto/ Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:29:43 +0000 https://www.janfuscoe.com/?p=1269 Portugal’s second city offers endless possibilities. Here for a weekend break? Check out my top ten things to do in Porto. 1. Hostel or hotel? Budget usually dictates whether you choose a hotel or a hostel, but if you’d never considered ‘roughing it’, you might think about it in Porto. Some of the hostels here…

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]]> 1269 Mille Miglia https://www.janfuscoe.com/bologna/ Sun, 29 Jul 2012 18:05:14 +0000 https://www.janfuscoe.com/?page_id=1090 In 2012 I visited Bologna as part of the Blogville Project. The idea, developed by the Tourist Board, was to give bloggers a base from which to explore Emilia Romagna. I visited the Ducati Museum, made pasta with the Casa Artusi mariette in Forlimpopoli. I even took part in the world-famous Mille Miglia vintage car race. My…

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]]> 1090 Modena https://www.janfuscoe.com/modena/ Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:29:32 +0000 https://www.janfuscoe.com/?page_id=1067 Balsamic, Bottura and beautiful cars...

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]]> 1067 Faroe Islands https://www.janfuscoe.com/faroe-islands/ Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:00:36 +0000 https://www.janfuscoe.com/?page_id=899 The Faroes – a group of 18 islands located in the Norwegian Atlantic – are halfway between Scotland and Iceland. I'd heard of them, of course; I'm a Radio 4 listener, fan of the arcane Shipping Forecast

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]]> 899 24 hours in Bologna https://www.janfuscoe.com/24-hours-in-bologna/ Sun, 20 May 2012 13:06:04 +0000 https://www.janfuscoe.com/?p=847 The Mille Miglia is one of the most famous classic car races in the world. As a participant in the Blogville project in Bologna, I got to hang out in the VIP area. It was an opportunity to get close to the sort of cars that I’d recently drooled over in Modena’s Ferrari museum. Some…

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]]> 847 Ravello https://www.janfuscoe.com/ravello/ Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:33:51 +0000 https://www.janfuscoe.com/?page_id=118 Ravello’s Palazzo Avino is one of the finest hotels I’ve ever stayed at, and the service some of the best I’ve experienced; let’s just say that it involved a full camera disc, with at least three more days of photo-shooting, and it was all sorted out beautifully by the concierge. Then there’s the Michelin-starred restaurant,…

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