Taking the Waters at Therme Vals
Donna Wheeler explores Peter Zumthor’s Therme Vals – more than just a spa.
By Donna Wheeler
Categories Spa breaks, Switzerland
Sydney’s Best Trekking Shops
Pip Cummings flexes her credit card in search of Sydney’s best mountaineering and trekking shops and finds adventure-girl heaven on Kent Street.
Trek & Travel
447 Kent Street (near cnr Druitt Place )
www.trekandtravel.com.au
The colourful strands of prayer flags brightening the city street are a giveaway you’re in mountain-lovers’ territory. Trek & Travel specialise in equipment, clothes, [...]
By Pip Cummings
Categories New South Wales, Sydney
Diving in Dibba
Tamara Pitelen goes looking for turtles just two hours from Dubai, armed with her Open Water Diver certificate and a longing for real-life Nemo fish.
If someone gave you a map of the world and asked you to stick a pin in Dibba, I wouldn’t really blame you if your expression took on that of a [...]
By Holiday Goddess Editors
Categories United Arab Emirates
Sailing in Turkey
Having just seen Pirates of the Caribbean III, Victoria Aitken decided to set sail in Turkey with fellow scallywags on a pirate boat.
Exhausted and about to die, and crying (not from exhaustion but from reading Whit Stillman’s touching film script Creation) I was fresh off the plane from New York. My destination? A Turkish gulet [...]
By Victoria Aitken
Categories Turkey
Thailand Detox
Faith Bleasdale survives colonic irrigation, glasses of clay and killer Thai chickens, in search of the spiritual life in Phuket.
Who was it that said you could never be too thin or too spiritual? Whoever it was must have read my mind.
I was in need of a break from city life. I was tired, stressed, [...]
By Faith Bleasdale
Categories Phuket, Thailand
Cape Town Chic
Kris McIntyre explores cooking tours, chic spas and tented restaurants (with optional tattoos) in Cape Town.
Touted as one of the world’s new hip cities, Cape Town is without doubt one of the most beautiful. Despite it’s tumultuous history and South Africa’s uncertain future, Cape Town knows how to show visitors a good time. Blessed with [...]
By Kris McIntyre
Categories Cape Town, South Africa
Flirting With Rome
Clare Press explores Italy’s favourite national pastime on a Roman Holiday.
The last time a bloke wolf-whistled at me in Sydney I told him in colourful tones where to go (needless to say it wasn’t out with me for a candle-lit dinner). This man was driving a white van, and commenced his ogling just as I [...]
By Clare Press
Categories Italy, Rome
When in Venice, Eat Out.
Guest Goddess Elenora Baldwin finds eating fish is a mystical experience in Venice – and two drinks are quite enough.
Ok. Venice. First thing: GET A MAP. You’ll need one. Getting lost in Venice is inevitable, so don’t worry. Any Venetian on the street/canal will help you with directions and they’re very kind and patient. Just [...]
By Holiday Goddess Editors
Categories Italy
Holiday Like A Goddess
Seasoned traveller Emma Killick shares her favourite tips.
Take a T-shirt on the plane
When flying, always bring a change of underwear and a spare T-shirt rolled up in the corner of your hand luggage on the plane – just in case you get stranded, or experience turbulence and end up throwing a Bloody Mary over [...]
By Holiday Goddess Editors
Categories Travel Tips and Secrets
Beach Expertise
Julie Moline calls in the experts to rate the world’s most beautiful (and goddess-friendly) beaches…
Even if you aren’t a sun worshipper, there are plenty of nice things to be said for a beach vacation. And thanks to some wonderfully fanatical beach experts, there are easy ways to find the perfect destination to suit your [...]
By Holiday Goddess Editors
Categories Travel Tips and Secrets
