The Best of Trieste

Portopiccolo Looking up at the terraces, shops and villas that climb the granite rock, it’s hard to believe that where I stand used to be a quarry. With typical Italian chic and panache Portopiccolo was […]

Summer Holidays on Newstalk

Newstalk summer Holidays March 17th My advice is to get booking as prices will undoubtedly rise as the summer progresses with issues such as fuel costs so the sooner you book the better prepared you […]

Newstalk Answers Your Travel Questions on The Hard Shoulder

Newstalk Questions and Answers February 26th https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/page/1/filter?filter_selected=series-filter&show=the-hard-shoulder&series=travel-on-the-hard-shoulder This week we are answering your questions. The first one is about inter-railing Hi Ivan and Michelle My son is 18 and very unorganised yet he’s informed us […]

Newstalk Pops the Question and goes on Honeymoon

Newstalk podcast   Travel Wednesday on The Hard Shoulder with Ivan Yates 27th November 2019 listen to the podcast here https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-the-hard-shoulder/travel-wednesday-honeymoon-destinations Well it’s that time of year when many unfortunate men (and women) go light in […]

Sicily on Newstalk’s The Hard Shoulder

This week on The Hard Shoulder we are travelling to the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily. It’s very accessible to get to from Dublin with direct flights to Palermo with Ryanair and Catania […]

Novel Travel to Amalfi Coast and Sorrento

On first approaching the Bay of Naples my mind’s eye conjures up the sirens beckoning Ulysses and his sailors to their downfall against the rugged cliffs that hug the Sorrento Peninsula. This land of myths […]