We're really excited to be involved in the inaugural Benaki Festival, being held from 8-12 October 2021 in the village of Kardamyli, on the ...
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The Mani peninsula, the wild middle finger at the southern tip of Greece's Peloponnese, is Paddy Leigh Fermor territory. He and Joan lived in ...
Posted on Dec 14, 2020
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We were moved by all sorts of things these past couple of weeks, but particularly the story of Mike Radenbaugh, now owner of Rad ...
Posted on Nov 27, 2020
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The Covid-19 pandemic has been catastrophic for almost every industry, not least travel. But, at least personally, it has been good for two things: ...
Posted on Nov 20, 2020
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The things that caught our eye this week were: Kings of the Yukon - Adam Weymouth's dazzling memoir, and warning about lost biodiversity. Podcast ...
Posted on Nov 13, 2020
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To travel is to enjoy a fundamental human desire and we believe in its power to change lives and be a force for good, ...
Posted on Jun 26, 2020
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In October 2018, Bruce cycled across Rwanda with a group of fellow Slow Cyclists. Travelling from Kigali to the shores Lake Kivu, he climbed ...
Posted on Jun 19, 2019
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Bree left her hometown on the eastern coast of Australia to ride horses in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania, which is where we met ...
Posted on Jun 05, 2019
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One of the best things about slow travel is undoubtably the chance to sample local specialities, and to meet the people who make them. ...
Posted on May 22, 2019
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During our journey cycling through Rwanda we usually visit the wonderful Kinamba Project. Meg Fletcher founded the project after volunteering with VSO in the ...
Posted on May 15, 2019
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Mark strapped his camera around his chest and joined us cycling through Transylvanian wildflower meadows, sheepfolds and Saxon villages. In his travels around the world, Mark’s ...
Posted on May 08, 2019
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Following the launch of their book, we caught up with John and Cate Gunn, the brother and sister team behind Beyond A Thousand Hills. ...
Posted on Apr 10, 2019
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We may spend much of our time exploring Rwanda by bicycle, but over the years we’ve read some of the best books about the ...
Posted on Mar 21, 2019
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This week I lost a friend. I first met Monica Popovici in her newly opened craft shop in Sighisoara, the small medieval citadel in which I've ...
Posted on Mar 08, 2019
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In many ways, Greece is the perfect slow travel destination. An ancient way of life has been preserved in the hamlets perched in the ...
Posted on Feb 27, 2019
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In June 2018 we welcomed Pamela Goodman - Travel Editor of House & Garden magazine - and a group of her friends for a ...
Posted on Feb 12, 2019
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In setting up new cycling trips in Zagori, north-west Greece, at the forefront of our minds has been our guests' desire to be safe, ...
Posted on Jan 31, 2019
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We have been hosting guests on cycling and walking holidays in Romania, and particularly Transylvania, for years now. And we have read plenty about ...
Posted on Jan 18, 2019
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At the start of the New Year, talk in the office inevitably turns to our resolutions for the weeks and months ahead. We’re all ...
Posted on Jan 08, 2019
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Do you fancy having the time of your life in November 2019, spending a week exploring Kenya by bicycle and, in the process, raising ...
Posted on Dec 07, 2018
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I was recently interviewed by Lionel Birnie for The Cycling Podcast, a fantastic podcast he founded along with fellow journalists Richard Moore and Daniel ...
Posted on Nov 30, 2018
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When people say "go to your happy place," where does your mind go? Many of us will no doubt picture a beach. Warm soft ...
Posted on Oct 20, 2018
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Many of our guests carry a camera on their travels with us, but - and I hope I won't cause offence by saying this ...
Posted on Jul 19, 2018
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Our story began in October 2009 when, dissatisfied with a career in London, Oli Broom quit his job, jumped on a bike and cycled ...
Posted on Jun 26, 2018
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In the summer of 2016 I had a great time hosting travel journalist Will Hide for a few days of cycling in Transylvania. Like ...
Posted on May 01, 2017
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In September 2016, lawyer David Jones joined ten other Hope & Homes for Children supporters to take part in Ride Rwanda, a journey from ...
Posted on Feb 15, 2017
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Blood-thirsty vampires, ferocious packs of wolves and castles clinging to craggy, forested cliffs. Ask your average person what they think of when they hear ...
Posted on Jan 28, 2017
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One of the questions we're most asked about Transylvania is 'What's the accommodation like?' And the answer we always give is that the region ...
Posted on Apr 20, 2015
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On a recent visit to the Saxon villages of Transylvania, I spent an afternoon playing table tennis and drinking tea with author William Blacker, ...
Posted on Feb 18, 2015
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We came across a great Portland-based handmade bicycle manufacturer recently. Jordan Hufnagel has been making some of the most beautiful bikes on the planet ...