Holiday Goddess

In the heart of buzzing Bangkok is a restaurant that’s on a mission to get people using birth control. Tamara Pitelen drops by for Tod …

By Tamara Pitelen
Categories Asia, Bangkok, Destinations, Thailand

Tamara Pitelen discovers chocolate for millionaires in Dubai.   The most expensive chocolate in the world is only available in two places, New York and …

By Tamara Pitelen
Categories Destinations, Dubai, Middle East

The ruins of an ancient Greek healing temple and amphitheatre have Tamara Pitelen pondering gods and Grecian bottoms. The word ‘awesome’ is chucked about a …

By Tamara Pitelen
Categories Athens, Destinations, Europe, Greece

The plan was, there was no plan. My friend Gordon and I had 72 hours off work, we had Gordon’s new Nissan Murano and 1865 …

By Tamara Pitelen
Categories Destinations, Dubai, Middle East, Muscat, Oman, United Arab Emirates

Tom Cruise scaled it. But one of our most fearless Holiday Goddess editors, Tamara Pitelen, took the elevator without him. Find out what it feels …

By Tamara Pitelen
Categories Destinations, Dubai, Middle East, United Arab Emirates

It’s not every day you scramble up a tree to escape having your behind gouged by the horns of a rampaging rhino.

By Tamara Pitelen
Categories Destinations, Nepal

Tamara Pitelen heads to a Dubai restaurant where the house speciality is camel with everything – and realises the ships of the desert are now served with chips.

By Tamara Pitelen
Categories United Arab Emirates

“It’s just winding streets full of second-hand bookshops in these fantastic Tudor buildings,” he explained.

By Tamara Pitelen
Categories Europe, Wales

The 4 Cats Taverna is hidden amongst the tiny alleyways of Barcelona’s gothic quarter.

By Tamara Pitelen
Categories Barcelona, Food and drink, Spain