{"id":4,"date":"2013-06-03T01:14:14","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T15:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mm.danielsmithonline.com\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2024-09-26T03:13:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T17:13:46","slug":"travel-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marianmcguinness.com\/index.php\/travel-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To travel.
To capture landscape in imagery.
To catch glimpses of culture.
To discover the narrative.
And then, to write.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here\u2019s a random selection of my travel articles.<\/p>\n

Austria<\/b><\/h1>\n
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Ode to Vienna<\/a>
<\/b>An emotive walk through Beethoven\u2019s Vienna brings Marian
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The City of Music<\/a>
<\/b>A trip to Austria\u2019s capital proves the perfect harmony of old-world charm and music, writes <\/span>Marian McGuinness<\/strong>.<\/span>
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Chants from the Vienna Woods<\/a>
<\/b>This ancient, atmospheric abbey has inspired the likes of Beethoven and Schubert.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Art of Salzburg<\/a>
<\/b>A stroll through Austria’s prettiest city offers up everything from turquoise cupolas to giant green gherkins on the fascinating Walk of Modern Art.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Discovering Musical Vienna<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a>
The workings of a small-group cultural tour with Limelight Arts
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Salzburg, a city of festivals and art<\/b><\/a>
Travel Weekly\u2019s Marian McGuinness<\/strong> has taken on Salzburg to
explore its skyline of alpine peaks, spires, domes and a looming
medieval fortress that make it so picturesque. Read about the city with the tagline Stage of the World.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hallein: Austria’s Celtic Town with a Big, Salty Heart<\/b><\/a>
Travel Weekly\u2019s Marian McGuinness<\/strong> has returned to pen another guide to the many gorgeous cities of Europe. Moving on from
Salzburg \u2018A city of festivals and art\u2019, McGuinness discovers Hallein\u2019s charm and wonder.<\/p>\n

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Nature Writing Prize – shortlisted essay – 2021<\/h1>\n

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Antarctica<\/b><\/h1>\n

On First Seeing Antarctica (Travel\u00a0Story Prize – 2019)<\/b><\/a>
<\/b>Patagonia, the land of fire and ice, is also the Gateway to Antarctica; the enigmatic seventh continent. That\u2019s where I\u2019m heading. 1,238 kilometres away.<\/p>\n

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Norway <\/b><\/h1>\n

\"Norway\"<\/a>Into the light fantastic
<\/b><\/a>Marian McGuinness<\/strong> worships the sky by night and snow by day inside the Arctic Circle.<\/p>\n

Greece <\/b><\/h1>\n

\"Greece\"<\/a>Blown away by island beauty<\/b><\/a>
Amid steep cliffs and a moonscape summit, Marian McGuinness<\/strong> finds Santorini’s got a hot reputation.<\/p>\n

Pillars to the sky<\/b><\/a>
Marian McGuinness<\/strong> explores orthodox monasteries crowning stony pillars that connect earth and sky.<\/p>\n

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Soaking up the hospitality<\/b><\/a>
Marian McGuinness<\/strong> gets an intoxicating Greek welcome.<\/p>\n

The Siren call of Samos<\/b><\/a>
From Pythagoras to the sanctuary of Hera, Marian McGuinness<\/strong> explores Greece\u2019s eighth largest Hellenic island.<\/p>\n

Argentina<\/h1>\n

\"Argentina\"<\/a>Life behind the sights<\/b><\/a>
During a sobering vigil from her hotel window, Marian McGuinness<\/strong> sees a different Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n

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From cradle to the saddle<\/b><\/a>
Machismo is no match for a little gaucho in a blue beret, writes Marian McGuinness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Italy<\/b><\/h1>\n

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Venice by vaporetto<\/a>
<\/b>It’s all happening on Venice’s Grand Canal, so hop on board a vaporetto and enjoy the views.<\/div>\n

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Dig into the terroir of Italy\u2019s famous Chianti wine region in Tuscany<\/a>
<\/b>Marian McGuinness<\/strong> explores bread, olive oil and wine. The holy trinity of Tuscany.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pesaro – A Musical Journey<\/b><\/a>
When on the Italian opera trail,\u00a0Marian McGuinness<\/strong>\u00a0says, be sure\u00a0to leave some room for Rossini\u2019s birthplace with its pasta, pizzas and world-class festival dedicated to the portly master of the\u00a0bel canto<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Scents and Sensibility<\/b><\/a>
Age-old alchemy at a heritage pharmacy in Florence.<\/div>\n

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Genoa – A Musical Journey<\/b><\/a>
Marian McGuinness<\/strong>\u00a0explores the beautiful, unspoiled Italian city that Wagner believed outshone Paris and London.<\/p>\n

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From Italia With Love<\/strong><\/a>
Blessed with unending coastlines, romantic landscapes and elegant towns, Marian McGuinness<\/strong> guides you through the temptations of Italy.<\/div>\n

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\"Italy\"<\/a>Floating through a dream<\/a><\/b>
The real Venice unveils itself to Marian McGuinness<\/strong> on a journey along the Grand Canal.<\/p>\n

Rugged beauty and home of lost souls<\/b><\/a>
Marian McGuinness<\/strong> hunts down a lost soul in a place of rugged beauty.<\/p>\n

Paths to happiness<\/b><\/a>\"Italy\"<\/a>
Marian McGuinness<\/strong> takes in the hamlets of Cinque Terre.<\/p>\n

A cloister walk with thee<\/b><\/a>
Marian McGuinness<\/strong> and her nun-wary companion embrace religious life in an Umbrian hillside town.<\/p>\n

Where Keats met his maker<\/b><\/a>
Literary ghosts seem to watch her every step, as Marian McGuinness<\/strong> traces a poet’s dying days.<\/p>\n

\"Italy\"<\/a>The plot deepens<\/b><\/a>
Marian McGuinness<\/strong> descends beneath Rome to where pope, saint and slave alike were laid to rest.<\/p>\n

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Australia<\/b><\/h1>\n

Coasting the Tweed<\/a>\"\"<\/a>
<\/b><\/a><\/strong>Exploring Northern NSW\u2019s hinterland beauty.<\/p>\n

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A Slice of south-west WA<\/a>\"\"<\/a>
<\/strong>Pinnacles, dunes, whales, shipwrecks and Anzacs – a two-week road odyssey.<\/p>\n

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Going Troppo<\/strong><\/a>\"\"<\/a>
<\/b>Opals are just one of the beautiful sights that can be found in the remote and quirky Lightning Ridge.<\/p>\n

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Struck by Lightning<\/strong><\/a>\"\"<\/a>
<\/b>Opals are just one of the beautiful sights that can be found in the remote and quirky Lightning Ridge.<\/p>\n

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Northern Tasmania in Ten Day<\/b>s<\/strong><\/a>
Fly In Fly Out of Tasmania\u2019s northern city and experience the food, history and culture of the northwest and wilderness coasts in a loop.<\/p>\n

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The Kingdom of Ironfest<\/strong><\/a>\"\"<\/a>
<\/b>The Blue Mountains fantastical festival of the Wild West, Steampunk, Time Travel and a homage to all things metal.<\/p>\n

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Walking in the path of an Ancient Volcano (The New York Times Style Magazine, Australia)\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>
<\/b>Just three and a half hours from Cairns lie the oldest standing lava tubes on Earth and the longest lava flow in modern geological time.<\/p>\n

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Stromatolites: The Earth\u2019s oldest living lifeforms (launching BBC Travel\u2019s latest series, Nature\u2019s Curiosities)<\/a>
<\/strong>Blocking out the peripheral surrounds and imagining the sky methane orange from volcanic activity, this is what life looked like at the beginning of time.<\/p>\n

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Sydney Opera House serves up a little night music on the harbour shore<\/a> (Winner of the 2017 ASTW Best Australian Story)<\/b>
One of the most intoxicating views of Sydney Harbour by night is from the northern foyer of the Opera House. And as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra breaks for its mid-concert interval, the audience flows to the foyers within these famous ivory sails.<\/p>\n

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Opal Odyssey<\/a> (Winner of the 2013 Festival of Australian Travel Writing)
<\/b>We like Marian\u2019s story most for its warmly heart-felt sense of place. Using accurate descriptions and colourful phrasing, she captures Lightning Ridge during her short visit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where cowboys race the clock<\/b><\/a>
Marian McGuinness<\/strong> finds that a little yee-hawing goes a long way.<\/p>\n

Generous to the core<\/b><\/a>
In search of the perfect apple pie, Marian McGuinness<\/strong> finds the farmers’ market, orchards and cafes of Bilpin are a pip above the rest.<\/p>\n

The bay of no regrets <\/b><\/a>
Marian McGuinness<\/strong> finds the magic is still alive at her quiet childhood haven of Toowoon Bay.<\/p>\n

Japan<\/h1>\n

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Suits me to a Tree<\/strong><\/a>
Marian McGuinnes<\/strong>s finds tranquility in Japanese forest bathing.<\/div>\n

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Shades of the Shogun<\/b><\/a>
Marian McGuinness<\/strong> takes a walk back through history in the little known Japanese jewel of a town, Sawara.<\/p>\n

New Zealand<\/h1>\n

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Best European Travel in New Zealand\u2019s South Island<\/a>
<\/b>France, Slovakia, Iceland, Italy, Norway. It\u2019s Europe on a South Island plate.<\/p>\n

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The Catlins, an end-of-land enigma<\/a>
<\/b>Marian McGuinness<\/strong> goes on a road trip in the Catlins to see fossilised forests, caves and waterfalls.<\/div>\n

Thailand<\/h1>\n

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Pedalling to the city\u2019s amazing beat<\/a>
<\/b>Bicycle, Bangkok, no bell: what could possibly go wrong as Marian McGuinness cycles through the pulse of the city?<\/p>\n

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Ireland<\/b><\/h1>\n

Dally in Dingle<\/b><\/strong><\/a>\"\"<\/a>
<\/b><\/strong><\/b><\/b>All aboard for the Blasket Islands, Beehive huts & Dingle Gin ice-cream.<\/p>\n

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Take the Coast Roads<\/a>
<\/b>Marian McGuinness<\/strong> wanders the wild and\u00a0wonderful Dingle peninsula on the Wild Atlantic Way.\n

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The unlikely charms of a seaweed bath<\/b><\/strong><\/a>
<\/b>Marian McGuinness <\/strong><\/b>luxuriates in her bathtub broth of briny nourishment.<\/p>\n

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Mummy hold my hand<\/a>
<\/b>Down, down\u00a0into the crypts of Dublin\u2019s St Michan\u2019s to see the naturally mummified bodies of the nun, the\u00a0thief and the crusader.
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France<\/h1>\n

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The Best of Burgundy<\/a>
<\/b>Marian McGuinness <\/b>wines and dines in the charming French town of\u00a0Beaune.<\/p>\n

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In the wake of an intrepid explorer<\/b><\/strong><\/a>
<\/b>La Perouse’s 200 year-old watercolour paintbox draws Marian McGuinness <\/b>into his life.<\/p>\n

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Driven to despair by online accommodation review<\/b><\/strong><\/a>
<\/b>Chateau Camelot turns out to be Chateau Shambles.<\/p>\n

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Tunnel visions of survival<\/a>
<\/b>On Easter Sunday 1917, 24,000 soldiers crammed into the netherworld beneath medieval Arras, metres from the German frontline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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To travel.To capture landscape in imagery.To catch glimpses of culture.To discover the narrative.And then, to write. Here\u2019s a random selection of my travel articles. Austria Ode to ViennaAn emotive walk through Beethoven\u2019s Vienna brings MarianMcGuinness close to this complex, genius composer. \u00a0 The City of MusicA trip to Austria\u2019s capital proves the perfect harmony of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n