A new fast train goes from Paris to Bordeaux in just over two hours, bringing France’s wine country even closer As I crossed the hot, crowded concourse of Gare Montparnasse, Paris, I walked past a jazz band blasting out Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This). Approaching the ticket barrier, I was alarmed to see that…
She went with low expectations and a healthy dose of scepticism, but diving with dwarf minke whales in Queensland surprised and delighted Elle Hunt It’s a rare – and foolhardy – tourism operator that talks in guarantees. Your satisfaction is staked on forces outside their control and their TripAdvisor review hangs in the balance –…
The Adriatic island of Korčula is home to a unique wine … perfect for sipping after a day visiting its scenic villages and beaches At 10.30am, I thought it might have been a bit early for a wine tasting. But the eight people sitting in the cool stone tasting room at Bire Winery were already…
It took the novelist a while, but she learned to love the chaos and joy of Greece’s third-largest city When I visited Patra for the first time, I was baffled. Driving in from Athens through the modern sprawl along the coast, I couldn’t understand how the third largest city in Greece could be so lacking…
With a new film about Jacques Cousteau to be released, the Walindi Plantation Resort, the dive centre and institute he inspired, is still the first word in marine conservation. Plus: 5 more Cousteau divespots The moments before a dive are often awkward. I waddle across the stern of the boat, laden with heavy gear, my…
Know a good alternative – a cafe, pub or picnic spot – to the monotony of a motorway service station? If so, we want to hear about it? A good roadside pit stop can add to your journey, not simply break it. We want to know about memorable stop offs on or near a main…
A subterranean railway once whizzed four million letters a day across London. The public were oblivious to it but will soon be able to ride it, as it forms the centrepiece of the new Postal Museum ‘Mail Rail was like having your own giant train set to run.” The words are those of Ray Middlesworth,…
Richard the Lionheart was once king of this imposing castle on the banks of the Seine that features in Kieron Connolly’s latest book, Abandoned Castles Continue reading… Source: Gaurdian
Copying the Rive Gauche’s riverside playground, a new flower-filled leisure area has opened on the north bank. Perfect for a balade and a verre de vin It’s right in the heart of Paris, but the newest section of the Parc Rives de Seine is easily missed by visitors hunting out the well-known landmarks of the…
A cast of 1,500 reenacts 2,000 years of history in just 90 minutes in a show of Olympic-opening-ceremony proportions dubbed ‘an epic tale of England’ An outdoor live show that zips through 2,000 years of English history, with appearances from the Venerable Bede, Boudica, William the Conqueror, Cardinal Wolsey, William Shakespeare, Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria,…
