Your guide to walking the Cinque Terre
We arrived last night in time to watch the sun go down before sitting down to a delicious meal in one of the trattorias in Riomaggiore –Il Grottino. Our accommodation, Casalorenza is to be recommended and is one-minute walk to the main street, restaurants, beach and train station. It’s pink which is no surprise as all the […]
The Mont Blanc tunnel fire
While I walked around Mont Blanc recently climbing the mountain passes, cars and trucks thundered below. The Mont Blanc tunnel is a great piece of engineering measuring over 11 kilometres connecting France and Italy. Unfortunately, it is not only famous for its construction but also a tragic fire. As we were about to drive through the […]
The best cable car ride in the world
When you are in Chamonix whether you are walking Mont Blanc or not you must make a trip up the Aiguille du Midi, the highest point accessible by cable car in the Chamonix Valley, then keep going all the way to Italy. Get yourself to the base station of the Aiguille du Midi cable car in the centre of […]