In and around Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

These photographs were taken during a walk round the Gothic quarter of the city. The workshops that operated in these narrow streets have now been replaced by restaurants and bars but at one time this was the medieval hub of the city. It is in this area that you will also find the Roman remains of the city.

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One of Gaudi's secular Masterpieces, completed in 1912.

Casa Mila was designed by Antoni Gaudi i Cornet (1852-1926). Originally built as an apartment block, most of which are still in use. The public are able to visit the attic, where there is an exhibition of Gaudi's life and work, the six floor apartments and the spectacular roof terrace.

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Photographs of Graffiti taken in various areas of the city.

Barcelona has some very interesting and colourful graffiti. Perhaps the originators are inspired by the art and architecture of the city. Whatever the influences are, it is certainly more creative than the graffiti I have seen in my home country, the United Kingdom.

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The City's Botanic Garden.

This garden was a bit hard to find, but well worth a visit. It was opened in 1999 and focuses on Mediterranean plants and has sections devoted to countries with a Mediterranean climate. The garden is also a good place to get a view of the olympic stadium.

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This section of the city is proof that Catalans were noted as shopkeepers.

This district was a major trading area of the city. The Mercat del Born was once the city's wholesale market, it is now destined to become a museum and community hall. In this area the Picasso museum can also be found.

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Gaudi's unfinished church has become the symbol of Barcelona.

Not to everyone's taste perhaps, but I'm sure most tourists visit this incredible construction judging from the crowds that we experienced there. The original idea for the temple came from Josep Bocabella, a bookseller and conservative Catholic who had founded the Associacio Josefina, an organisation that was dedicated to St Joseph. The first architect was Fransesc de Paula del Villar, who envisaged a conventional Gothic-style church, but Gaudi took over the project aged 32 and was given free reign. Will the building ever be finished one asks?

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L'Eixample (the Extension) section of the city was designed in 1859.

This area of the city features examples of the work by most of the key figures from the Modernista movement. Some of the best examples are found within a short walking distance of each other.

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This fountain comes to life at night.

This fountain is to be found near the Playa D'Espanya. It comes to life at night when the water is illuminated and dances to a mixture of pop and opera classics. It nearly always includes the Olympic tune Barcelona.

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Otherwise known as Parc de L'Escorxador.

This park stands on the site of the former city slaughterhouse. It was designed by local architects and its main feature is the towering sculpture Dona i Ocell (woman and bird) by Miro (1893-1983). You are free to make up your own mind as to what it represents.

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Created in the run up to the Olympic Games.

New public places and squares were built during the frenzied urban renewal in the run up to the Olympic games. The Parc de l'Espanya Industrial was the largest and most ambitious of these very Catalan hard squares. The park is dotted with sculptures, predominantly of the post modern school.

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One of Gaudi's best loved creations.

Park Guell was commissioned in 1900 by Gaudi's patron, Count Eusbi Guell. It was originally concieved as an English-style garden city, a residential estate surrounded by gardens. The plan was to build 60 houses but only three were built before the work was interrupted by the First World War. Guell died in 1918 and four years later the unfinished estate was taken over by the city of Barcelona and became a municipal park.

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This landmark is one of Barcelona's principal thoroughfares.

Originally this was the access point for the 1929 Universal Exhibition. The two mock-Venetian bell towers mark the entrance of the two trade-show halls.

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What remains of an Iron Age burial Mound. Originally there would have been an earth mound over the stones. It is positioned on a hill with excellent views over the surrounding area. In one direction you are able to see the sea in the distance.

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Carew Castle and its associated tide Mill can be found in South Pembrokeshire. The castle has a ghostly ape that reputedly killed its master.

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A Nuraghic fortress near Orroli. This complicated, pentagonal site is larger than the one at Su Nuraxi. The complex, made of red stone, was built around an 11th-10th century BC central tower, and probably dates from the 7th century BC.

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The largest nuraghic fortress in Sardinia, which dates from 1500 BC (middle bronze age). After the Carthaginian conquest the upper parts of the fort were demolished and the site lost its strategic importance.

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The pastel coloured houses of Bosa lie on the right bank of the Temo river, the only navigable river in Sardinia. The town which was founded by the Phoenicians was originally on the opposite bank of the river. In the Middle Ages, under the threat of pirate raids, the townspeople sought the protection of the Malaspina family whose castle dominates the town.

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The City of Tharros was founded by the Phoenicians around 730 BC. By the 6th and 5th centuries Tharros had become a flourishing port and this prosperity continued under the Romans from 238 BC.

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The capital of Sardinia, Cagliari, was founded by Phoenician sailors but it was the Aragonese who left the most enduring mark. They built the Castello district which was later developed by the Pisans. The local inhabitants who lived in the walled villages of Stampace and Villanova could only enter the city during the day.

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Some of the villages of Sardinia decorate their buildings with murals. They compete with each other to see who can come up with the best murals. These ones, some of the best we saw, were in a little village on the way to Bosa on the West coast.

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A beautiful wooded beach near the resort of Vilasimius in the South East of Sardinia.

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This town is situated about 13 km North East of Cagliari. It was here that we stayed during our week in Sardinia. The farmhouses situated in the town are built in the Spanish style with large gates and interior courtyards.

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Nora was founded under Carthaginian rule in the 9th-8th centuries BC. The town became the island''s most important city and in AD 238 became the capital of the Roman province of Sardinia.

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An interesting village, that features a 7 meter waterfall fed by springs that flow into an underground chasm. There is also a small museum that portrays domestic Sardinian life from the past.

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This village not far from Dolianova is noted for the colourful murals on the walls of its buildings.

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A Romanesque style church on the outskirts of Serdiana. It is surrounded by vineyards and olive groves.

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A selection of photographs I took in Boston

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A selection of photographs that I took whilst on a tour of New England by car.

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A selection of photographs that I took in New York.

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