by Peter van der Walt | Aug 9, 2022 | Photos
Oh boy… if these walls could talk. They do. You can put your hand on them and feel all the way back to the early days, when it was a monastery (not a hotel and spa). I love stone walls because they tell a lot of tales. I also like the neat, ordered, structured...
by Peter van der Walt | May 17, 2022 | Photos
Be honest: how long will you stay to look out at that view? It’s a bit of a climb, at the end of a bit of a walk, after a bit of a trip, to get here – and once at the top you are aware that you are at a holy site (as old as paganism, but now dedicated to...
by Peter van der Walt | Apr 28, 2022 | Photos
Perched on a cliff and overlooking the sea, the only way to get to this outpost is to climb. A monument as ancient it stretches back into the mists of antiquity, it was rebuilt in the middle ages, and then rebuilt again after the great wars. A shrine today – it...
