A visit to the sweet hamlet of Borghetto in the Lake Garda region of Northern Italy (updated 2023) I love little villages and towns, especially in the Northern regions of Italy around Lake Garda, oozing with so many small hamlets and many fronting a river that runs...
The gorgeous doors and portals of Verona: Enjoy the street scenes, beautiful portals & architecture (2023) Verona is truly a stunning city to walk through and admire all the gorgeous architecture and ornate details of the various periods of the city’s past....
I love to hike around natural landscapes and when you combine them with Unesco World Heritage Sites, it becomes an even better personal experience. When George Kourelis, the president of Travel Meteora offered to take us on an off the beaten path hike through a lesser...
20 photographs of Meteora, Greece that will make you want to visit soon This part of Northern Greece is so atypical of the rest of the country and the islands that most tourist seem to flock to during the warm summer vacation season. Although visiting Meteora is great...
Meteora: first impressions with amazing hikes, vistas and historic sites to explore (2023) The unique landscape and hilltop karst and rocky promontories at Meteora along the Northernmost mountain range of the Greece is so far removed from the loud and touristy islands...
Sri Lanka in full color for Travel Photo Mondays It’s so strange that I started my first photo journey of Sri Lanka with a tribute done in black and white, considering that the country is so completely the opposite and bursting with color. psychedelic, bold...
Hi, I'm Noel, a writer and photographer based in San Francisco and Hawaii. I write about delicious food and wine indulgences, thoughtful luxury, and adventure travel. I share camera tips and techniques while exploring new and unusual places around the world. My site explores culture and history, art and architecture, world heritage sites, exotic locals, along with nature tours and natural landscapes worldwide. Quite a mixed bag of curiosities and quirky interests, just like myself.