A new private hiking trip through the Tasman national park, starting at Denmans Cove and finishing at Fortescue Bay, is worth every effort Standing on the top of the Blade, looking out over Tasman Island as the waves crash against the rocky cliffs below, the realisation that I’m close to the very edge of the…
Staff at the famous London emporium pick perfect presents for keen, aspiring and armchair travellers The Writer’s Map merges two of our favourite things: maps and literature. Many writers use maps to plan out their stories, whether imagined or real, and books throughout history have featured a map on their first page. From Treasure Island…
‘Digital detox ruling’ extends to all devices and is an an attempt to untether people from obsessively checking their phones Does a hotel pool even exist if you don’t put it on social media? It’s a question one Bali resort is encouraging its guests to put to the test by banning phones and mobile devices…
It’s not all rum and reggae; our tipsters pinpoint local-led tours, beach restaurants, wildlife reserves and dive locations from Cuba to Tobago Continue reading… Source: Gaurdian
22 November 1958: Tracing the career of Thomas Cook: from his devotion to temperance work to his foundation of the company that would become the largest travel company in the world Few people in these sophisticated times would claim for travel all the virtues once believed to be inherent in it. But it remains, for…
Kopaonik, Serbia’s premier ski resort, is covered in beautiful forest, good for beginners and novices, and easy on the wallet… So is it a genuine alternative to the Alps? I’m in a snowy forest, surrounded by spruce and fir trees, with branches so laden with snow that every now and then I can hear a…
Tell us how you spent Christmas on a trip to anywhere in the world You may have been to an inspiring Christmas concert, eaten local fare, taken part in unusual festivities in a far-off land – or spent the day on a remote tropical beach. Wherever you were in the world, please share your tales…
As thrill seekers and Instagrammers swarm public lands, reporting from eight sites across America shows the scale of the threat Just before sunset near Page, Arizona, a parade of humanity marched up the sandy, half-mile trail toward Horseshoe Bend. They had come from all over the world. Some carried boxes of McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets, others…
This progressive lakeside town has gone its own way since the hippy years: we showcase its best bars, live music venues and restaurants In this series: Eugene, Oregon | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Portland, Maine | Ventura, California | Missoula, Montana Outside City Hall is Ithaca’s smallest park. It’s the size of a parking…
The new BBC series is sure to inspire interest in wildlife holidays. We pick affordable safaris and tours to see the endangered animals in their natural habitat Episode one of Dynasties follows a troop of western (or West African) chimpanzees, led by alpha male David, in Senegal. This subspecies of chimp (one of four) is…
