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An Oxford tour with the Mad Hatter
This Spring or Summer spend a golden afternoon with in Oxford, discovering the magical world of Alice in Wonderland and Lewis Carroll with the Mad Hatter Oxford. Where else to discover the real inspiration behind the Alice in Wonderland books than in the English university town of Oxford? And who […]
The ultimate England tour for Jane Austen fans
Readers of my blog will know that I love to walk in the footsteps of my favourite authors and witness the settings of favourite novels. From Dickens and Shakespeare to Tolstoy’s War and Peace and Alice’s Oxford, stepping into the shoes of literary heroes and places described in novels is […]
Discover the Alhambra with Washington Irving
The Judas Trees bloom in April surrounding the Alhambra. With purple blossom glowing in the warm air of springtime in southern Spain, and the cool snows of the Sierra Nevada as a backdrop. I think this collection of broken towers, palaces, dungeons and gardens is one of the most Romantic places […]
Meet the Man from La Mancha in Toledo
Toledo’s most famous resident is a fictional one. Just 70 kilometres or half an hour by immaculate fast train from Madrid’s Atocha Station, Toledo is a magnificent historic city known for many things, but perhaps most of all for Cervantes’ anti-hero Don Quixote. So take a walk with me through […]
The Book Film Travel Oxford walking tour
Oxford is full of amazing literary experiences and film references. Explore the city of dreaming spires with the Book Film Travel Oxford walking tour. After going on many Oxford walking tours over the years, this is the half day tour I have developed to show visitors my favourite things about […]
Top 10 Experiences in Literary Oxford
Connections with great literature are rife in Oxford, and make for a wonderful theme to base your exploration of this beautiful city with its golden stone facades and historic ‘dreaming spires’. Perhaps the city of Oxford in the United Kingdom surely offers one of the richest seams of literary travel experiences anywhere […]
7 books worth reading for Myanmar travel
Are you planning Myanmar travel or just interested in this fascinating south-east Asian country emerging from half a century of oppression and isolation? I did a lot of reading around my trip to Myanmar and here are the 7 books I recommend travellers should read, either before, during or after […]
A bright star at Keats House museum in London
There is many a building in London with a Blue Plaque on the wall indicating some famous person lived there at such and such a date. But a visit to Keats House in London’s Hampstead Village offers more than just historic facts; this London Museum is a window into the […]
Famous authors in London’s Kensal Green Cemetery
On a sultry London afternoon, descending into an underground space that is cold, dank, dirty, and full of dead bodies, is normally the last thing I would recommend. But the Kensal Green Cemetery in west London is worth a visit, both as a slice of 19th century history and as […]