A Food Tour of Venice
Venice is many things. Romantic? Yes. Maze-like? Absolutely. Slightly damp? You bet. But let’s talk about what really matters here—the food. Forget the gondolas and the Instagram views. If you’re…
Swanning about on the Thames with Le Boat
Gill Haynes celebrates her birthday by taking a Le Boat holiday on The Thames. As Ratty tells Mole in Wind in the Willows, “there is nothing — absolutely nothing —…
Timeless Elegance at The Milestone Hotel London
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise find country-house intimacy, striking art, and royal connections at The Milestone Hotel and Residences Kensington London The white painted, cast-iron stone road sign standing outside…
From Sardinia’s Shores to Italy’s Heart: Travel Packages You’ll Remember
Italy has this magical way of slipping quietly into your memories. It’s in the scent of lemons on a salty breeze, the sound of footsteps echoing on ancient cobblestones, that…
Combermere Abbey: Timeless Escape into England’s Rich Past
Its setting is sublime, its 950-year history as rich as any English country house, and the restoration work carried out on it in the last 30 years exceptional. Combermere Abbey…
Short Break to Guernsey: Nature, History & Coastal Charm
As the island prepares for the 80th anniversary of its liberation from the German occupying forces, Mark Bibby Jackson takes the ferry from Poole on his short break to Guernsey…
Beyond the Beaches: Hidden WWII Sites Across Europe
If there’s one thing that Europe has in abundance, it’s natural beauty. Her mountains, valleys, forests, and beaches have delighted travellers through the ages. But they have also played strategic…
Secrets Of The Thames: Mudlarking London’s Lost Treasures
Robert Spellman wades into an exhibition at London Museum Docklands to discover the Secrets Of The Thames unearthed by the river’s mudlarks If mudlarking – the act of scouring riverine…
Combe Grove Metabolic Health Wellness Centre
Eileen Wise spends a week at Combe Grove near Bath to see if the wellness centre can change her life. A few months ago, I was idly flicking through the…
Discovering Nirvana at Badehaus am Millstätter See in Austria
On his recent trip to Carinthia Austria, Mark Bibby Jackson temporarily forgoes the Christmas markets for a healthy dose of total self-indulgence at the Badehaus am Millstätter See. There are…
Spa Escape at the Hotel Monopol Spa in Katowice
After a couple of days spent delving into the industrial heritage and culture of Katowice, Poland, Mark Bibby Jackson takes a well-deserved break for some pampering at the Hotel Monopol…
Wellness in Margate, Isle of Thanet
Margate has a long tradition of wellness, well before the term came part of popular vernacular. In 1736 Thomas Barber created the first sea water bath in England here, and…
Vabali Spa Berlin : a Green Urban Wellness Retreat
Wandering into Vabali Spa is like entering a different world. Gone has the addictive chaos of Berlin, instead you enter a Balinese health spa that exudes tranquillity out of its…
