The Mediterranean Blog

Yolanda Carslaw spends the night at Vila Joya, a secluded and stylish hotel near Albufeira in the Central Algarve.

Lisbon, Nov 17 Russian Foreign Minister, Serguei Lavrov, arrived today in Lisbon to analyze Tuesday with the Portuguese government a Moscow proposal on a panEuropean Security Treaty and other international and ...

IT'S easy to see why Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler spends much of her time at her luxury home on Portugal's Algarve.

THE room has been decorated with restraint: a striped, hand-woven blanket in muted colours is laid with an ascetic touch across the foot of the bed.

In this edition, blippy '80s-style electro bemoans unrequited love, swaggering rock offers brutal dishonesty, freaky beats reminisce about sugary treats, Portugal gives us the party jams, and in the biggest ...

Spend a day marooned on Lindisfarne for a guided nature walk and another on a Cheviot Valleys Safari in one of the most secluded areas of Northumberland.

Portugal, by virtue of its position on Europe's Western edge, gets fewer travelers than other Mediterranean places.

Eight wines this week; red ones all because it's getting to be time for stews and casseroles and other hearty food.