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Patricia Cleveland-Peck looks at some of the poets and writers who have taken inspiration from this beautiful Italian lake.

Patricia visits Il Vittoriale degli Italiani (The Shrine of Italian Victories) on Lake Garda in Italy

Patricia completes her river journey in Vietnam by cruising along the Red River

Patricia continues her river journey in Vietnam by travelling from Halong Bay to the Red River in the north by way of five smaller rivers.

Patricia begins her three part tour of cruising Vietnam on a riverboat by crusing in one of the country’s top destinations – Halong Bay

Patricia looks at Beau Double Monsieur le Marquis, an exhibition by the hard to categorise Sophie Calle and Serena Carone at La Musee de la Chasse et de la Nature in Paris and which many critics believe to be the must-see show in France.

Patricia Cleveland-Peck investigates one of the necessary hazards of a travel writer and holidaymaker’s life.

Patricia and Dennis Cleveland-Peck enjoy following part of the Wexford Garden Trail.

Patricia and Dennis Cleveland-Peck visit one of the neighbourhoods of Rome – Trastevere – and find that there is a lot this small part of Rome has to offer.

Patricia and Dennis Cleveland-Peck complete their exploration of Ireland’s ancient east and reaches New Ross.

Patricia Cleveland-peck explores Ireland’s ancient east and starts in Enniscorthy.

Patricia and Dennis Cleveland-Peck find a peaceful alternative to the hurly-burly of Venice – Giudecca..

Patricia and Dennis Cleveland-Peck take a trip out of Berlin and discover a fairy tale castle on a tiny island – Pfaueninsel

Particia achieves a fantasy and holidays on her “own” island in Finland’s Åland archipelago.

Patricia and Dennis Cleveland-Peck explore the food scene in Finland’s charming capital as the guests of Visit Finland

As Mike Leigh’s new film about Turner opens tomorrow, Patricia and Dennis Cleveland-Peck discover there is more to Margate than Turner and sands.

Most travellers to the Big Apple are looking for all that is new and trendy, Patricia & Dennis Cleveland-Peck however, went in quest of the city’s historic heritage.

Patricia heads for La Réunion, an island of scents, spices and flowers tucked away in the Indian Ocean.

Patricia visits the Manor House, Hemingford Grey, south east of Huntingdon which is, reputedly, the oldest occupied house in the UK.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Grenada Arts Council. Patricia Cleveland-Peck investigates the very vibrant art scene in this lovely Caribbean island

Patricia Cleveland-Peck achieves a long-held ambition to visit the Spanish Riding School in Vienna and has the additional treat of a trip to the Stud Farm in Styria where the foals are born.

Patricia finds not only plenty of fascinating historical sites on the other side of the pond but a magical little garden out in the ocean- about which a film has just been made.

Patricia recalls meeting some of the survivors of the Suusex Plan, a little-known saga of WWII which happened in Northern France and which is commemorated in a small museum in Alsace

Patricia visits Languedoc-Roussillon and decides that the the countryside and the food is somewhere to return to time and time again.

For centuries cherry blossom time has been celebrated in Japan, so it was with excitement that I found myself bound for Kyoto, cultural centre of Japan. It is great gardens for which Kyoto is famous and the first anyone wants to see the Zen dry garden Ryoan-ji.

Patricia Cleveland-Peck gazes in wonder at Isola Bella, a baroque garden shaped like a ship floating on the lake, is entranced by Isola Madre, a romantic garden full of flowers and enjoys a lunch of lake fish on Fisherman’s Island

Palermo, a strange and heady mixture of beauty and neglect, is an addictive city

Helsingborg is a charming corner of Sweden, says Patricia Cleveland Peck