AllWays Traveller Features

There is a particular moment when you realize you are no longer simply traveling through France. You are in France. In this case, we—as in me, and my colleague/best friend, who happens to be Parisian ended up in the department of Charente. There is always something to discover in France; I learned that after living there briefly and returning repea...

The finest jazz sounds around The annual Canarias Jazz Y Mas festival features both American and European artists and concerts staged throughout all eight of the Canary islands. Some of the best shows are to be enjoyed in the islands capital and Santa Cruz de Tenerife of Tenerife and its surround and on Gran Canaria in and around the capital of Las...

Reading offers a real surprise The historic Berkshire town of Reading, found where the Rivers Thames and Kennet meet, is more than a base for going elsewhere. As a major rail hub Reading does enjoy quick and easy access to London along with other cities more favoured by tourists, such as Windsor, Bristol, Bath and Oxford. But while Reading makes an...

Nuremberg embraces its future and its past The German city of Nuremberg, which is the cultural hub of Bavaria's Franconia region, boasts an illustrious heritage stretching back hundreds of years. It is, however, Nuremberg's association with Adolf Hitler's National Socialists (Nazis), during a 22-year period in the 20th Century, that projected the c...

Described by Lonely Planet as the most evocative city on the evocative island of Crete, Chania certainly enchants first-time visitors, many declaring it the most beautiful city on this largest of the Greek islands. Chania is built on the site of Minoan Kydonia and is said to be one of three cities founded by King Minos in Crete. It lies at the east...

A magical way to get on the Med, swim and catch the sunset From the top deck, I grab the swing rope, push off and accelerate in an elegant upward arc over the cerulean-blue Mediterranean Sea. At the peak of the pendulum, I'm silhouetted in the sunset's glow for a split second before letting go and splashing into the water It's a rinse-and-repeat ty...