This supercharged city in the desert is all outrageous high life, 24-hour play, bright lights, shows and spectacle, with just a little gambling. And in 2010 the Entertainment Capital of the World is a bit more affordable, with even the best hotels cutting their prices. This my list of things to do in and around… Continue reading
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Select escape destination on the Med opens up
Antibes. Photo – Gareth Huw Davies Antibes and Juan-les-Pins, twin resorts on the Mediterranean, have been a select escape destination for the titled, the talented and the just plain super-rich for many years. It’s the crucible of jazz in Europe, the birthplace of watersking and a serene setting for painters. Now, with Nice airport close… Continue reading →
Bold Berlin creates vibrant post-Wall tourist draw
Photo – Brandenburg Gate, by GHD Berlin has boomed since the two halves, East and West, were joined after the fall of the Wall in 1989. Sharp new shops, bars, restaurants, cafes and clubs have sprung up over drab wastelands. The bold creations in Europe’s most vibrant architectural capital stand alongside restored old landmarks. I took… Continue reading →
Zippy new train speeds up Canterbury tales
Episodes of classic UK children’s TV shows including Bagpuss are to be shown via iTunes. The writer pays a visit to the home of the cat’s creator, Britain’s tranquil cathedral city in Kent
Continue reading →Look into the eyes of the world’s most famous lady
There are two ways to go eyeball to eyeball with the Statue of Liberty. One is to hire a helicopter and hope you get close enough to the face of the 151 foot high statue before twitchy New York security hauls – or shoots – you out of the sky.
The other is to visit a museum in the little town of Colmar, in the Alsace region of France, where you may gaze at leisure into the formidable features of the most recognizable effigy on earth, in the definitive, person-sized scale model.She is the fullest expression of the traditional alliance between France and the USA.
Continue reading →Hot foot into the realm of Glyndwr
One fine morning I set off to chase the last Welsh ruler round his realm.
Owain Glyndwr hasn’t been seen in these parts for 600 years, but his mark is still on the landscape – in old castles he roughed up during his 14-year defiance of Henry IV.
As a marching man, Glyndwr would have been proud to know he now has a whole footpath – more precisely a national trail – named after him. This royal route, subtitled ‘fit for a prince’, opened in 2002, linking places significant to his story.
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