Edward Lear claimed that on a wet day it would be hard to find so dull a place as AJACCIO (Aiacciu), a harsh judgement with an element of justice. The town has none of Bastia's sense of purpose and can seem to lack a definitive identity of its...
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Famed for its arms industry and chill Fascist-era piazza, BRESCIA is a rather ugly industrial town and one that is, unsurprisingly, not on most travellers' itineraries - although you may pass through on the way to Venice or up to the lakes....
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The Puritanism of GENEVA (GenËve in French) is inextricably linked with the city's struggle for independence. Long ruled by the dukes of Savoy, who regarded the local bishopric as their private property, sixteenth-century Genevans saw the...
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