https://www.baldhiker.com Travel, Walks, Retreats & Experiences Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:00:44 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://www.baldhiker.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-FAV-512X512-3-32x32.png https://www.baldhiker.com 32 32 https://www.baldhiker.com/tui-blue-hotel-falesia-algarve-portugal/ https://www.baldhiker.com/tui-blue-hotel-falesia-algarve-portugal/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:00:40 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=60414 Don’t know about you, but I will take any excuse to make a mad dash for the warmth whenever possible. Flying off in search of sunshine, vitamin sea and hopefully, seven days of rest and...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/tui-blue-hotel-falesia-algarve-portugal/feed/ 0 https://www.baldhiker.com/nuremberg-city-walls-walk/ https://www.baldhiker.com/nuremberg-city-walls-walk/#respond Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:19:30 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=59726 Nuremberg is a picturesque city in the south of Germany. During the Fall, brightly colored leaves mingle with lights as Christmas markets start to appear throughout the Old Town (Altstadt) although it’s quite charming year...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/nuremberg-city-walls-walk/feed/ 0 https://www.baldhiker.com/wyndham-grand-residences-costa-del-sol/ https://www.baldhiker.com/wyndham-grand-residences-costa-del-sol/#respond Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:25:05 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=59601 If, like me, you are not much of a fan of the misery months, those cold, dank, dark ones between November and March, then you will completely understand the desire to get away from it...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/wyndham-grand-residences-costa-del-sol/feed/ 0 https://www.baldhiker.com/lindos-grand-hotels-and-spas-a-stay-in-romantic-rhodes/ https://www.baldhiker.com/lindos-grand-hotels-and-spas-a-stay-in-romantic-rhodes/#respond Thu, 28 Sep 2023 19:10:58 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=58985 The Greek island of Rhodes was in the news a while back, as wildfires did their thing. For those few days it didn’t look like a picture postcard holiday destination. But that was then; this...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/lindos-grand-hotels-and-spas-a-stay-in-romantic-rhodes/feed/ 0 https://www.baldhiker.com/a-food-tour-of-granada-spain/ https://www.baldhiker.com/a-food-tour-of-granada-spain/#respond Mon, 07 Aug 2023 16:36:15 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=58440 Watching the sun set weaving its magic on the 1000-year-old canvas that is the Alhambra is treat, but the serotonin racing around my brain have been triggered not by the view, but the delicious bacalao...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/a-food-tour-of-granada-spain/feed/ 0 https://www.baldhiker.com/an-indulgent-escape-to-lujo-hotel-bodrum-turkey/ https://www.baldhiker.com/an-indulgent-escape-to-lujo-hotel-bodrum-turkey/#respond Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:32:59 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=57772 Went to Turkey some years ago. Loved it. Top marks. Had everything you could possibly wish for in a perfect holiday destination. Great food, great people, great views and, perhaps most important of all, great...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/an-indulgent-escape-to-lujo-hotel-bodrum-turkey/feed/ 0 https://www.baldhiker.com/a-package-holiday-in-funchal-madeira/ https://www.baldhiker.com/a-package-holiday-in-funchal-madeira/#respond Tue, 07 Mar 2023 19:55:26 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=56805 My poor old passport has been locked in a drawer for three long years, so seemed like it was high time to take it out for a spin. Keeping things simple, I went for a...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/a-package-holiday-in-funchal-madeira/feed/ 0 https://www.baldhiker.com/kudamm-christmas-lights-berlin/ https://www.baldhiker.com/kudamm-christmas-lights-berlin/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:48:49 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=56452 Every year, Berlin’s most fashionable shopping street, Ku’Damm, becomes even more glamorous with an extensive Christmas lights display. The Kurfürstendamm, or Ku’damm for short, is the city’s famous shopping boulevard. From late November to early...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/kudamm-christmas-lights-berlin/feed/ 4 https://www.baldhiker.com/walk-around-the-lakes-of-schlachtensee-and-krumme-lanke-berlin/ https://www.baldhiker.com/walk-around-the-lakes-of-schlachtensee-and-krumme-lanke-berlin/#respond Thu, 13 Oct 2022 12:18:22 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=54959 Autumn is my favourite time of year to visit two of Berlin’s most popular lakes: Schlachtensee and Krumme Lanke. The other seasons have their charms of course, but by early October the days are still...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/walk-around-the-lakes-of-schlachtensee-and-krumme-lanke-berlin/feed/ 0 https://www.baldhiker.com/overlooking-the-normandy-beaches-the-british-d-day-memorial/ https://www.baldhiker.com/overlooking-the-normandy-beaches-the-british-d-day-memorial/#respond Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:35:00 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=53778 The huge beaches and rolling coastal countryside of Normandy where the D-Day landings started the final chapters of the Second World War in June 1944, are dominated by that history. There are numerous museums, huge...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/overlooking-the-normandy-beaches-the-british-d-day-memorial/feed/ 0