Motoring
Top Tips For Driving In Europe
Here, alongside Lookers, who offer a range of car service plans, we’d like to provide our readers with a handy set of tips of what you must remember when driving in Europe. European road trips […]
Month: April 2019
Cruises
Avalon Waterways Introduces Four-day River Cruises For 2020
New short itineraries for travellers wanting to ‘dip their toes’ into river cruising are among a series of innovations being introduced by Avalon Waterways. Traditionally, most river cruises start at eight days – aside from […]
Florence
Ristorante Arà: è Sud, Florence
Being naturally prone to superstition, I mainly channel my OCD into avoiding ladders, dodging black cats and enthusiastically knocking on wood whenever my partner remarks that our travel plans seem to be running smoothly. I’ve […]
London
Shola Karachi Kitchen
Shola, which literally means ‘spark’ in Urdu, definitely brightens up the media unit in which it is housed. As I visited on what was already a warm spring day, the bright yellow front looked inviting […]
Travel
Stena Line Ferries: Luck Of The Irish
As my favourite author Robin Peacock says, “Try everything twice; the first time is never the best.” So after such a great experience on the Stena Line Ferry a few years ago I was excited […]
Hotels
Farr House, Inverness
Hide and seek. That’s what it’s great for. And treasure hunts. Not to mention its wonderful walks. Having driven just a couple of hours from Edinburgh, we arrive at Farr Estate. It’s set in 12,000-acres […]
Florence
La Leggenda dei Frati, Florence
What I love about Italians is that they give a damn. They give a damn about the way they look, the way they talk and, above all, the way they eat. To me, this attitude […]
Hotels
Palazzo Bozzi Corso by La Fiermontina
Palazzo Bozzi Corso by La Fiermontina is one of the most stunning properties in this part of Italy. The grand palace in which it is housed was built in 1775 by Gabriele Bozzi Corso and […]
Hotels
Palmstone Retreat
It’s more than fair to expect tourists to visit Sri Lanka for its beaches. It’s an island after all. However, venture just a fraction further inland and not only can you avoid the crowds, but […]
Cruises
Record Number of British and Irish Set Sail On a Cruise
A record number of 2,009,000 holidaymakers from the UK and Ireland set sail on an ocean cruise last year – exceeding the two million mark for the first time ever. The ground-breaking statistics were released […]