Holiday Goddess

Shopping is a national pasttime and for such a small place, the amount of malls is quite astounding. But I want to focus on the aprés shopping – the cocktail hour

By Faith Bleasdale
Categories Asia, Food and drink, Singapore

The beautiful town of Bellagio is prettier and more peaceful than the main town of Como, and makes a great base to explore the area

By Andreina Cordani
Categories Cultural, Europe, Italy

Hong Kong is a great city to have a spa-rty in. And it’s an amazing place in which to ignite all the senses if you have loads of money

By Sue Ostler
Categories China, Hong Kong, Spa breaks

Britain’s only natural thermal waters allows the opportunity to bathe as the Celts and Romans did over 2000 years ago

By Sue Ostler
Categories England, Spa breaks

The temperature in Turkey in April averages around 20 degrees, but you’re just as likely to have a day of torrential rain as you are to have a day of Mediterranean sunshine

By Andreina Cordani
Categories Destinations, Turkey

So you’re heading to Las Vegas and you’re brought the children…

By Alison Carmichael-Rulten
Categories Las Vegas, Nevada, Travelling with Children, USA

Unlike pretty much anywhere else on earth, you don’t have to make any actual effort to see nature

By Andreina Cordani
Categories Exotic Destinations, The Galápagos Islands, Wildlife holidays

Simon and Garfunkel’s classic song ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ was apparently inspired by a visit to The Fisherman’s Cot in Bickleigh

By Faith Bleasdale
Categories Cultural, England, Food and drink

if you are looking for a less traditional route to explore this vast continent, we’ve discovered our own ‘Big Five’ for the body and soul

By Kris McIntyre
Categories Africa, Destinations, Exotic Destinations, Great Escapes, South Africa, Spa breaks

It’s BYO travel in the truest sense — hammocks, camping gear and food supplies — but for those with pioneer fantasies, it’s unbeatable.

By Tamara Sheward
Categories Asia, Budget Travel, Cambodia, Destinations, Exotic Destinations