Things you need to know when planning your Mont Blanc trip.
Get yourself fit to really enjoy the Tour du Mont Blanc As I mentioned in my previous blog there are several ways to walk Mont Blanc. You can do a highlights tour (typically about 7 days) or the full circuit (14 days). You can go on a guided walked or do it alone but regardless the fitter you are […]
Should Mont Blanc be on my bucket list?
I’ve just got home from an incredible trip to France where my main goal (other than biking the Bourgogne canals and vineyards in Burgundy) was to walk the highlights of the Tour du Mont Blanc … and YES if you are a walker it’s a ‘must do’. There are a couple of ways you can do it. You […]
Italy’s best kept secret – the island of Elba in the Mediterranean
On my recent Seabourn cruise around the Mediterranean, our first port of call was the Tuscan island of Elba. It’s the third largest island in Italy, after Sardinia and Sicily but is only a fraction of the size and is just 10km off the coast of Tuscany. We were smitten with this slice of Mediterranean […]