Toledo, once the capital of medieval Spain, is awash with historic buildings and sights. However, none, perhaps, is more imbued … Continue reading Alcazar, Toledo

Oldgreytravel noticed the other day that UNESCO has just enacted Spain’s 50th World Heritage Site on the island of Menorca. … Continue reading Spain

Oldgreytravel was in London recently and ventured south of the river to visit the recently opened Battersea Power Station. Not … Continue reading Battersea Power Station

The Queens House at Greenwich is something of an oddity – a cool, white box sitting bang in the middle … Continue reading Queens House, Greenwich

Oldgreytravel first became aware of the Lapin Agile while acting in a production of a play by the legendary Steve … Continue reading Le Lapin Agile, Paris

Bath must be one of the most celebrated cities in Europe. People flock to see its formal Georgian architecture, one … Continue reading Royal Crescent, Bath

On the edge of a quiet village in rural Hampshire lies one of the most extraordinary artistic achievements of C20 … Continue reading Burghclere

The small provincial town of Oviedo in northern Spain betrays a history as central to that of Spain as anywhere … Continue reading Oviedo

Within the Basilica of San Isidro in Leon there is a small, inscribed memorial. It declares the site to be … Continue reading Leon, Spain

Oldgreytravel has a fondness for train journeys and, particularly, those of the narrow gauge variety, the slow train if you … Continue reading Feve, Northern Spain