Award-winning travel writer, photographer & guidebook author specialising in Central & Eastern Europe (especially Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro), Austria, France, Italy, Balkans. Hiking & outdoors, art & architecture, sustainable tourism, adventure travel, intangible cultural heritage, food and wine, family travel. Author of over a dozen books, contributor to many more. Features published widely in magazines. MA Art History. Visiting Croatia 25 years, lived there 2 years.