Brow Head, near Crookhaven in West Cork, is the true southernmost point of mainland Ireland, not Mizen Head, as almost every guide assumes. It’s a wild, unmarked headland reached by a short...
Brow Head, near Crookhaven in West Cork, is the true southernmost point of mainland Ireland, not Mizen Head, as almost every guide assumes. It’s a wild, unmarked headland reached by a short...
A Mizen Peninsula day trip from Cork is one of the best ways to experience West Cork, taking in dramatic Atlantic cliffs, a medieval castle ruin, a hidden beach, Ireland’s true southernmost...
Mizen Head is the most south-westerly point of mainland Ireland and one of the most dramatic places to visit on the entire Wild Atlantic Way. The big draws are the 1910 arch bridge spanning a...
Three Castle Head is one of the most extraordinary places in West Cork, and one of the least visited. At the far western tip of the Mizen Peninsula, beyond Crookhaven and beyond the reach of the tour...
Galley Cove Beach is one of West Cork’s quietest and most rewarding stretches of sand, a small sheltered cove near Crookhaven that most visitors drive straight past. The water is calm and...
The Seskin viewpoint above Bantry Bay is one of the best free stops on the Wild Atlantic Way, and the perfect way to start a day exploring West Cork. Set on high ground just outside Bantry town, it...
The mighty volcano of Santorini erupted around 1600 BC, sinking the centre of the island and giving birth to one of the most spectacular landscapes on earth. White-washed villages cling to the rim of...
Twenty kilometres inland from Taormina, a river runs through a canyon that lava made. The Alcantara Gorges — Gole dell’Alcantara in Italian — are what happens when a volcano erupts, lava flows...
I arrived in Sicily on a cheap flight from Malta. That is the honest version of how this trip started — not a carefully planned grand tour of southern Italy, but a budget airline alert and a two-day...
I am Muslim, from Bangladesh, and the Vatican is not my faith’s holy site. That is the honest starting point for this guide. I had no particular religious connection to the place. I was...