#walkswithmycamera

24 September 2024: a quick breakfast grab of focaccia on a street bench seat, before heading to the train station and onward travel to Rapallo.

And finally, we reached Rapallo on the Ligurian Riviera.... video short below:

We spent 5 nights here as our base to discover the local area, visiting Portofino, Margherita de Ligure and our main goal: Cinque Terre (5 Lands) coastal villages. (Read more about the trip through the blue link).

Luckily, our room was all ready for occupation and off we went as fast as we could down to the promenade for a quick peek before heading to the bus station.

Streets of Birgu, also known as Città Vittoriosa.

One of the Three Cities of Valletta on the island of Malta.

We crossed from Valletta by one of the small traditional water taxis, which are extremely close to the water!

There's a beautiful original, privately owned Norman house which is open for visitors.

Search for Casa Normanna on Google Maps.

Birgu is a lovely little place, quiet and very picturesque - perfect for architecture lovers.

Well, we haven't wasted any time in the "Travel Planning Department" for the coming year.

We currently have 4 places in the bag as I write this, in the last few days of December 2024

Number 1: We couldn't wait for Trip Number 2 to arrive, so we sneaked this first one in a few days ago...

It's a destination we haven't returned to for almost 8 years. And as of today, 21 Feb 2025 - it's almost upon us. We depart in just a few days 👍

Trip Number 1 has now been completed.

Read here about our 7 Days in Malta.

And then, we did it again - travel trip Number 1 is shorter than we usually take, but we've gone and chosen to add an overnight stay in another accommodation, almost at the opposite end to the resort we're basing ourselves in.

It's a place we had a quick walk around just once when we hopped off a bus on the beachfront and thought "there's nothing here" so we walked up into the village/town (I'm still uncertain as to its official title) and had a little wander.

It's one of the resorts that tends to come up at the lower priced end of holiday offers if you sort the searches as Low to High and generally they are apartment stays.

However, we've chosen an accommodation which offers all of the character and architecture that we've come to love on this little island in the Med.

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Trip Number 2: was originally Trip Number 1, but hey, Travel is all about being flexible!

Going even further back in time, this is a trip to a destination we haven't visited for over 30 years!

Update: Trip 2 is completed, done and dusted.

Ten nights in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote ES 🇪🇸

We stayed at the Parque Tropical Apts on C. Anzuela PDC, just a short uphill walk from the main promenade with its shops, bars and restaurants.

I still have to write the Lanzarote trip up, but there's the odd photo posted already...

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Trip Number 2a: Oops, yes we did squeeze another one in between.

This is actually Number 3 now, but my images were already numbered before we booked this one 😁

November seemed way too long to wait and there's no way we can rely on getting a Great British Summer.

So, we're making our way back to N. Africa to a new destination where our accommodation has some interesting features.

Update: I think I spoke too soon about our Summer, notoriously very mixed and allowing no real planning for outside activities in the UK. It's been pretty good since we returned from Lanzarote.

We head off to Morocco in July 2025 for what is now Trip Number 4.

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Trip Number 3 (now Number 4): Always a firm repeat favourite for a Winter Break, where we know there's always something to keep us occupied and of course, making new discoveries.

We took a bike ride through the mountains here, and were the last tour group before the Lockdown for the pandemic arrived in March 2020.

Do you know where we're heading on these trips?

Old hotels of Cyprus: Kiniras Hotel, Paphos old town.

Venetian hotel from 15th Century. A traditional hotel and restaurant.

Towers and Turrets of Liverpool.

Reflections of Limassol

A day around #Limassol #Cyprus and some fabulous #architecture in the old town.

February 2015.

Photography brought to you from my #flickr account "CyprusPictures".

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Cyprus street photography, walks with my camera around the residential streets behind #Kolossi Castle on the outskirts and suburbs of #Limassol.