Category Archive: Another view

Another view: Konrad von Grünenberg - a package holiday in 1486 "Another view” is an occasional series of posts presenting the sites and areas we see on our travels through the eyes of writers. From the great ancient sources via travellers ... Read More

A 16th century English tourist in Istanbul Sir, considering the goodnesse of your Nature which is wont kindely to accept from a friend, even of meane things being given with a good heart, I have presumed to ... Read More

Goethe in Sicily: his travels and descriptions Do you know the land where lemon blossom grows? Amid dark leaves the golden orange glows. A gentle breeze drifts down from the blue sky, still stands the myrtle, and ... Read More

Sir Francis Beaufort describing Bodrum in 1812 It seems generally agreed that Bodroom occupies the place of the antient Halicarnassus: and a more inviting, or convenient situation could hardly have been selected for the capital of the ... Read More

Pausanias - the Father of Travel Guidebooks On the Greek Mainland, facing the Cyclades Islands and the Aegean Sea, the Sounion Promontory stands out from the Attic land. When you have rounded the headland you see a ... Read More