Torres del Paine, Chilean Patagonia

Torres del Paine, Chilean Patagonia

Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia Chile is an incredible region with raw beauty at every turn with ice fields, glacial lakes, unique wildlife, and extreme mountains. We were lucky enough to spend four days here at EcoCamp and experience a sampling of all the...

Why the Hôtel des Invalides is more than a mausoleum

In the 17th century, France was ruled by a certain Louis XIV (B 1638; d 1715). Louis XIV was known as the Sun king and was head of Europe’s greatest army. I’m sure more detailed discoveries will be made when I visit the Versailles Palace – Louis XIV is inextricably...
Review: Kasbah d’Eau, Sidi Kaouki, Morocco

Review: Kasbah d’Eau, Sidi Kaouki, Morocco

“Et voila!” Announces our taxi driver, with justification, as we pull into the magnificent Kasbah d’Eau. A beach castle perched high above Morocco’s Atlantic coastline booked for our winter escape by Fleewinter. Fleewinter has put together our personalised programme...

Is Palais Garnier Paris’s most beautiful building?

CategoriesEurope, France TagsAvenue de l’Opera, Baron Haussmann, Charles Garnier, Farnborough, Felice Orsini, France, French Republic, Grand Foyer, Is this Paris’s most beautiful building, Napolean III, Palais Garnier, Palais Garnier Opera House, Paris, Pavillon...
Review: The King’s Arms, Hawkshead, Lake District, UK

Review: The King’s Arms, Hawkshead, Lake District, UK

A haven for locals and visitors for generations, The King’s Arms takes centre stage in the Lake District village of Hawkshead. The whitewashed walls of this 17th-century coaching inn are a picture postcard scene, whatever the Cumbrian weather happens to throw at you....
Wānaka: Your South Island base

Wānaka: Your South Island base

On the shores of New Zealand’s fourth largest lake, surrounded by the Southern Alps and with a national park almost at the end of the street, Wānaka looks like a classic vacation town. In practice, it works far better as a base – somewhere you unpack once and then...