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101 Dalmatian Delights: Cycling and Island Hopping in Croatia

As the tourists desert Croatia’s stunning coastline this September, Stuart Wadsworth sets off to explore by bike and ferry. Along the road from Trieste to Dubrovnik he is smitten, and bitten, in equal measure… (photos Henry Wasung) A pleasant tail-breeze was blowing, a herd of sheep were braying by the side of the road, and [...]

Cycling in Armenia: Make For The Monasteries

Michael Bailey finally finds what he came for, as he sets off cycling amidst the monasteries and mountains of Armenia. I was willing to admit my knowledge failings in the field of classical music but I had never realised the term included “Cotton Eye Joe”. I was in the Republic Square of Yerevan, Armenia’s capital, and [...]