One of the stops on our self-guided Demons & Angels tour of Rome , Castel Sant'Angelo has been on my must-see list since the first t...

The third book in Lonely Planet's fantastic travel series, Great Escapes , is just as much of a treat as its two predecessors, Great J...

Gareth and I both enjoyed Dan Brown's bestselling novel Angels and Demons and we're huge fans of the Tom Hanks film as well. So wh...

Rome is a crazy, busy, noisy city. But step onto the ancient Via Sacra, past the Arch of Constantine and into the Roman Forum, and you will...

Our first experience of the Colosseum left much to be desired. It was the very first thing we went to see when we arrived in Rome. At 1...

Peter Ackroyd's sumptuous book Venice: Pure City  is both evocative and mesmerising. It is a masterpiece of intellectual writing that ...

It's that time of the year again when people tend to sit back and ponder the inevitable passing of time, where we wonder where 2015 went...