Bradt Spain * France: Catalunya & Barcelona Guidebook

Catalunya and Barcelona travel guide.

Bradt Italy: Emilia-Romagna Guidebook

Emilia-Romagna travel guide. Travel information and holiday advice to this Italian region, covering Bologna, Ferrara, Modena, Parma, Ravenna, Rimini, Brigishella and Cesenatico plus San Marino. Features art towns, Fico Eataly, the Po Plain, Apennines, beaches, accommodation, restaurants, gastronomy, culture, architecture, skiing and sports cars.

Bradt France: Gascony & the Pyrenees Guidebook

Travel guide to Gascony and the Pyrenees (France). Expert advice and travel information covers hotels, cuisine, art havens, beaches, mountains, hiking, cycling, surfing, wellness therapies and cave art. Features Toulouse, Perpignan, Bayonne, Biarritz, Auch, Mimizan, Dune du Pilat, medieval Catalan villages, Niaux, Le Mas-d’Azil and the Landes.

Bradt France: Dordogne & Lot Guidebook

Dordogne, Lot, Bordeaux and Toulouse travel guide – tips and expert advice on where to go, stay and eat, and what to do. Includes Gironde, northern Périgord, the Vézère Valley, the Dordogne Quercynoise, Lot-et-Garonne and Tarn-et-Garonne. Wine, truffles, walking, kayaking, villages, Romanesque churches and Cap Ferrrat beaches are all covered.

Bradt Italy: Umbria & The Marche Guidebook

Umbria and the Marche travel guide – advice and expert travel tips, covering art, architecture, music, food, landscapes, hiking, pilgrim trails. Includes Assisi, Perugia, Orvieto, Ascoli Piceno, Urbino, Piani di Castelluccio, Cornero Riviera, Sibylline Mountains National Park, Spoleto and Umbria Jazz festivals, the Sant’Elpidio a Mare shoe museum.

Bradt Greece: Northern Greece Guidebook

Northern Greece travel guide – travel information and holiday advice including Thessaloníki hotels and restaurants, Mount Olympus, Mount Athos, the Víkos Gorge, Meteora, Lake Plastíra, the Pelion Peninsula and Skiáthos. Also covering Alexander the Great, history, myths, culture, sports, beaches, wildlife, birdwatching, national parks and monasteries.

Bradt Italy: Friuli Venezia Giulia Guidebook

Friuli Venezia Giulia Travel Guide – Travel information and holiday advice featuring San Daniele del Friuli, Montasio, Trieste, the Carso, lagoons, Lombards, Aquileia, Cividale del Friuli, Udine, Gorizia, Carnia, Julian Alps, Dolomites. Also covers history, local food and culture, wine, wildlife, hotels, restaurants, skiing, hiking plus maps.

The ‘porticoed planet’: Bologna’s arcades added to UNESCO Heritage List

Bologna’s streets are characterised by 70km of medieval porticoes, each unique in their own way.

‘The most beautiful city in France’: 48 hours in Bordeaux

The perfect place to spend a weekend.

Fairytale castles: the best châteaux in Dordogne

You’ll be spoilt for choice.

The great, the good and the quirky: art in Umbria and the Marche

On this art treasure hunt with a difference, Dana Facaros takes us through the hill towns of Umbria and the Marche in central Italy.

Italy away from the crowds: introducing Friuli Venezia Giulia

From ancient UNESCO sites to stunning mountain ranges and lagoon beaches, this little-visited region has it all.

Down the Tiber Valley: Todi, Orvieto and Amelia

Umbria’s lush Tiber Valley is home to stunning vineyards, lovely churches, medieval towns and an array of unexpected oddities.

It’s no Baloney in Bologna: Notes from Italy’s ‘Food Valley’

A trip to the capital of Emilia-Romagna offers some of the country’s greatest delicacies.

The heart and soul of Umbria: what to do in Perugia

Balanced on a commanding hill high over the Tiber valley, Perugia adroitly juggles several roles: that of an ancient hill town, a magnificent città d’arte, a university centre and a slick cosmopolitan city. It is a fascinating place and a fitting capital for Umbria. Splendid monuments from the Etruscan era to the Late Renaissance stand cheek to…