Destinations

Stone villages above the Messinian Gulf, olive terraces down to the water and tavernas that close when the fish runs out.

The quiet Balearic island: pine woods, white farmhouses and calas with water the colour of glass.

Rice fields, cork oaks and a long Atlantic beach, an hour south of Lisbon and a world away from it.

The heel of Italy: old olive groves, dry-stone walls and a rocky coast on two seas.

Bare mountains running straight into the Gulf of Oman, quiet bays and warm water through the winter.