We tend to treat Mediterranean islands like the reward at the end of a European trip. But the right island can hold the whole thing: history, food, culture, landscape, and sea. Here’s the case for making the island the trip.
Stories That Inspire the Way You Travel
I've been traveling since before I could walk. Literally. So when I write about a place, it's not from a brochure. It's from a terrace, a back road, a kitchen table, or a train I took because the timing was right. Some pieces are practical — the timing that matters, the question to ask before you book. Some are just stories I couldn't stop thinking about long enough to keep to myself. Pour yourself a coffee. Or wine. Probably wine.
Pull up a chair. This is where the stories live.
There are places in Europe that have become victims of their own beauty. The Amalfi Coast. Santorini. Venice. Barcelona. The Algarve. All of them extraordinary. All of them, in summer, operating well beyond the threshold of what makes travel enjoyable. This isn’t a secret. Everyone who has been to Positano in August knows. Everyone who […]
