Kihnu Island – where the past is always present
The quickest way to reach Kihnu Island is by car – across the ice. When the shallow water off the Baltic coast freezes you can drive there from the nearest mainland in 20 minutes….
Turning Back the Skiing Years?
It was some 45 years since I had last spent a ski holiday in Mulhlbach am Hochkonig. Would going back prove a good or a bad idea?…
Visit Boston, On Foot
Mature traveller Roger Bray, who writes about his Boston experience….
Art triumphs in Lombardy
Intriguing in a more eye opening way is the Palazzo Te, used as a place of entertainment and a love nest by a scion of the ruling family who conducted an affair with his mistress there….
Alsace
Readers may disabuse me but I think this is a first: the Winstub in the small Alsace wine village of Itterswiller was offering an “Age d’Or” prix fixe menu – for over 60s. Read more….
Ski in Norway
There are times, on the drive between the ski resort of Hemsedal and Oslo, when the white winter landscape reminds you irresistibly of the American west. Read more….
Wimereux
Wimereux is a charming seaside resort, a half hour or so from the Channel Tunnel, another 10 minutes from the Calais ferry port….
Roger Bray takes his silver skis to Kirchberg, Austria
Roger Bray takes his silver skis to Kirchberg, Austria. Read his review and find out what this beautiful part of Austria has to offer….
Silver skiing in Cervinia, Italy
Silver Travel Advisor news editor and one of UK’s longest serving travel journalists Roger Bray, explores Cervinia in the Italian Alps. Read his review….
Yoga on Snow
Read about Yoga on Snow, a new innovation in the Swiss resort of St Moritz as experienced by silver traveller Roger Bray….
Tadoussac in Quebec, Canada – remote and spectacular
Find out about Tadoussac in Quebec, Canada. A remote and spectacular place to visit….
Monschau – mustard, the Eifelsteig and a happy ending
Monschau is mustard central. There’s an old mustard mill here and a shop selling the stuff in more different flavours than you could imagine. Read more…