It’s easy for visitors to see London as one great, sprawling, daunting destination, where they must fit in as much as they can, scurrying from the National Gallery, to the London Eye, on to St Paul’s, across to the V&A via the British Museum, before gratefully settling down to a show or a meal in… Continue reading
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Boutique hotels – bright new plan in still quiet spots on Turkey’s busiest coast
“Beautiful sea”, says my driver unnecessarily, with a one handed gesture to the sublime oblong inlet boarded by lush wooded hills up ahead. It’s not the first time I see the sea on the drive from the airport to Selimiye, but, suddenly appearing as we round a corner on the twisty road from Turgut, it… Continue reading →
Holiday parks upgrade to take on the boutique hotel
A Jacuzzi hot tub on every veranda. Fibre optic high-speed broadband, HD TVs, and a Bluetooth sound box in every lodge. A fine dining restaurant, spa, gym, steam room and sauna and outdoor activities such as archery and climbing. All standard features in what may be a new category in UK holiday accommodation coming out… Continue reading →
Away to the Dales, fortified by Ashbourne
This is a piece I wrote earlier. So I apologise if one or two details are out of date. All you need to know to plan a visit is on the official website, http://www.visitpeakdistrict.com —- “We sell the Runny, Scrummy Brie You Can’t Buy Anymore. Nectarismic, Unpasteurised Luxury. Shss. Don’t tell the French.” Emphatically… Continue reading →
Alternative Yorkshire on the New York Times’ travel list for 2014
Listing the travel destinations of the year is an enjoyable early-January exercise by newspapers and magazines. These choices can be a useful guide to travel trends, drawing on travel agents’ data or cultural and sporting events to come. I have a favorite list, which doesn’t seem to attract so much attention in the UK. That… Continue reading →
Istanbul is top taste in freshly MINTED Turkey
In January 2014 economist Jim O’Neill presented a series on the “MINT” countries – Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey – on BBC Radio 4. It was O’Neill who, in 2001, coined the term “Bric” countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China – as potential world powerhouses. Now he has repeated the exercise with four more fresh… Continue reading →