Holiday Goddess

Vicki Arkoff asks Russell Simmons (Def Jam, Phat Farm) for his worldwide travel favourites. When price is no object, how do the super-rich choose which …

By Vicki Arkoff
Categories California, Caribbean Islands, Destinations, Dubai, England, Europe, Jamacia, London, Los Angeles, Middle East, North America, United Arab Emirates, USA

Travel broadens the mind they say and visiting exotic places can be as much an internal journey as an external exploration. Tamara Pitelen – and …

By Holiday Goddess Editors
Categories Budget Travel, Cultural, Dubai, Dubai, Health and fitness, Middle East, Persian Gulf, Responsible Travel, United Arab Emirates

Dubai’s luxury afternoon tea scene has a new contender for crown of Best Posh Scones. Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower, is offering sky high …

By Holiday Goddess Editors
Categories Dubai, Dubai, Food and drink, Middle East, Persian Gulf, United Arab Emirates

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

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

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. …

By Holiday Goddess Editors
Categories United Arab Emirates