Our weekly dose of warring armies, unruly dragons and cunning courtiers might be soon coming to a close, but fans of the hit TV show Game of Thrones can rest […]
Champions League Final: a guide to Madrid for football fans
The venue for the Champions League Final between Liverpool and Tottenham on 1 June is well chosen. For a start, no city on earth has a finer footballing and Champions […]
Africa: what to expect on an overland tour
Bumping across Africa in a converted lorry isn’t exactly luxurious, but overland tours provide an ideal way to visit corners of the continent that are difficult – not to mention […]
Why São Miguel is the perfect island for discovering the Azores
São Miguel is the largest island of the Azores archipelago and wears its elder status proudly, with an enviable landscape of forest-wrapped volcanic peaks, azure lakes and improbably perfect calderas. […]
Offa’s Dyke: a walk along Britain’s longest ancient monument
Roughly following the border of England and Wales, as it has done for well over a millennium, Offa’s Dyke Path winds through moorlands and mountains and is one of the […]
Where to uncover Margaret River’s many charms
Crystal-clear water that lures thousands of whales as well as surfers and beach bums along its rugged coastline each year; a patchwork quilt of leafy vineyards stretching across the land, […]
Eating on Kangaroo Island: where to find the best feasts
With its dramatic limestone cliffs plunging into turquoise seas, eucalyptus-scented forests teeming with koalas, and its very own subspecies of kangaroo, Australia’s third-largest island is a truly unspoiled wilderness destination. […]
French Open: No tickets? No Problem. Your guide to Paris’ Grand Slam
The French Open – one of the tennis world’s four Grand Slams – takes centre stage in Paris at Roland-Garros from Sunday 26 May until Sunday 9 June and, although […]
Palawan paradise: top things to see and do
The Philippines’ ‘final frontier’ no longer, Palawan is a must for the global traveller, with its heady mix of sublime seascapes, virgin rainforests and world-class resorts. Palawan’s beaches simply have […]
Nature, surf & culture: 7 things to do in New Zealand’s Northland
New Zealand’s Northland means family fun in the sun, pohutukawa in bloom and dolphins frolicking in pretty bays. It is beaches without a scrap of development or crowding. It’s the […]