Family holidays

Streetlights flickered rhythmically outside the window, casting fleeting shadows over our faces as our train journeyed alongside the River Seine near Choisy-le-Roi. We had left Paris’s Gare d’Austerlitz around ten minutes earlier. Boarding the Intercité de Nuit at 9:40 PM, we were scheduled to reach the Spanish border just after 10:00 AM, with plans to connect to a Barcelona-bound train. While it’s feasible to make the trip from London in a day, my husband and I decided to extend the

The vastness of the nation means it still holds unexpected gems – Roman artifacts you never expected, scenic coastal train rides, expansive deserted shores… Guéthary on the Basque Coast Sitting between the glitzy Biarritz and the rustic charm of Saint-Jean-de-Luz with its tuna boats and timbered homes, there is a tranquil section of the Basque coast. Even during the peak summer season, Guéthary stays relatively undiscovered by most tourists. “It’s the wild Atlantic waves that keep the crowds at