by Karen Warren | Books, United Kingdom
Many people dream of climbing Mount Everest; few are able to achieve it. In Everest England Peter Owen Jones proposes an alternative. Twelve days of walks up English hills, which collectively total a climb of 29,000 feet, the equivalent of Mount Everest. Everest...
by Karen Warren | United Kingdom
There are several reasons to visit Prior Park Landscape Garden in Bath. The gardens and the woodland walks, the Palladian buildings, and the views across the city. Prior Park also has an important place in the history of the city, and in the history of garden design....
by Karen Warren | Bulgaria
I was aware that Bulgaria was once part of the Roman Empire, and that there were impressive Roman remains in some parts of the country. However I hadn’t expected to find much in Sofia, the capital city. So I was surprised at how much evidence there was of the Romans...
by Karen Warren | United Kingdom
I recently participated in an Amateur Traveler podcast about my new hometown of Bath. I’ve written lots about the UNESCO World Heritage city of Bath already – the Roman baths, the museums, the writers associated with Bath, and much more… But this was...
by Karen Warren | Books, Spain
Last year I posted a review of Experience Italy, a Lonely Planet guide that explored the country and its culture in depth. Now the second book in the series – Experience Spain – has been published. Again, this is much more than a conventional guidebook; it is a feast...
