Valras Plage is a typical Mediterranean coastal town in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France. It has few distinguishing features and doesn't even merit a mention in the Rough...
Trinidad’s east coast
The sky was dark grey and there was definitely rain in the air, but today was the day when we had planned to drive to Trinidad's east coast and a bit of bad weather wasn't going to stop us! ...
Marseillan, a forgotten gem in southern France
Marseillan is a pretty little town on the southern end of the Bassin de Thau in the Languedoc region of France. Once upon a time it was a flourishing fishing centre, but it now lies all but...
Bodrum, Turkey
We never intended to include Bodrum in the itinerary for our round-Turkey trip last summer. As I have said in an earlier posting...
Hisarönü – Guilty Pleasure
An English resort in the hills behind Fethiye in southern Turkey. A two-mile long ‘strip’ of English pubs offering a nightly diet of karaoke and Elvis impersonators; ‘greasy spoon’ cafés...
Olüdeniz – Holiday Heaven or Holiday Hell?
Olüdeniz (Dead Sea in Turkish) on the Turquoise Coast of southern Turkey is billed as ‘one of the most beautiful beaches’, and ‘the most photogenic spot’ in the whole of the country....