Glencoe, Scotland
About two hours’ drive away from Glasgow, is the virtually uninhabited valley of Glencoe, where mountains soar into the sky as spring water pours down their sides
By Andreina Cordani
Categories Europe, Great Escapes, Scotland, Weekend breaks, Wildlife holidays
Body and Soul Escapes in Southern Africa
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
Goddess Gold – Devon, England
The Mighty Boosh Drank Here
Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh) are said to have drunk at The Warren House Inn at Dartmoor, but also to have been haunted by its ghost. You’ll want to visit for the local ales or local walks. It’s a big, blokey, beautiful bar. Visit warrenhouseinn.
By Holiday Goddess Editors
Categories England, Goddess Gold, Great Escapes
Goddess Gold – London, England
Gluten Free Afternoon Tea
If you can’t do gluten, you can still do high tea – get to Barnes Bridge rail station or take the 209 bus to Orange Pekoe at 3 White Hart Lane. The website is orangepekoeteas. It won the Time Out 2008 Best Tearoom award and caters for the wheat-free very nicely. We [...]
By Holiday Goddess Editors
Categories Goddess Gold, Great Escapes
Goddess Gold – London, England
Amazing Dim Sum
There is a set classic dim sum lunch for well under ten pounds at Pearl Liang if you care to hop on the train to Paddington or order a cab to 8 Sheldon Square W2. London Chinese love it – always a good sign. Scallop dumplings or mango pudding, anyone? Visit pearlliang.
By Holiday Goddess Editors
Categories Goddess Gold, Great Escapes
A Cottage in Scotland
Guest Holiday Goddess Cordelia O’Connell survives a traditional country holiday in Scotland with bare-kneed dance partners.
Every image you have in your mind of Northern Scotland is probably true. I experienced it all last summer, when I stayed with a schoolfriend in Ineverness: kilts, bagpipes, haggis and grouse shoots.
I was imagining luxury in the extreme that [...]
By Holiday Goddess Editors
Categories Great Escapes, Scotland
