Ships and aircraft mysteriously disappearing. Paranormal activity. Unexplained disasters. Extra-terrestrial interferences.You’ve probably heard about all the mysterious events surrounding the Bermuda Triange, a loosely-defined area of the Atlantic ocean with its...
You’ll find paradors in many Spanish-speaking countries these days but the original paradors were started in Spain in the 1920s. The idea – and rather a splendid one it is too – is that these hotels are housed in some rather magnificent buildings or...
Dubai is a place of huge contrasts. Ultra-modern and luxurious on the one hand and traditional and peasant-style on the other. So have you ever wondered what the cops would use to chase you if they wanted to pull you over for speeding? You probably haven’t...
The report just released about the safest and best places for LGBT travel is actually rather scary. It shows how far we haven’t come on this planet as far as acceptance is concerned.It’s great that Sweden has been found to be the best place for gay or...
We all know that basics of sustainable travel – we know to avoid cruise ships, to choose our travel methods wisely, to avoid places that are being damaged by over-tourism and so on.Using a service such as Airbnb is probably a good idea because you can be sure...
Isn’t that just gorgeous? The bridge was built in the last few years of the last century, opening in 2000, but the idea for the connection between Denmark and Sweden had been on the cards since before the Second World War. In fact, it was the war that was the...
Well, do you know? Of course, we can all name the various countries of Western Europe – and probably quite a good number of African countries. And we know about places like the USA, Australia, China, Russia and so on.But how many of us, when compiling our list,...
I do like a good hotel but I’m not sure whether this is one I’d like to stay in. It’s not open as yet, so I’m secretly hoping that it might be delayed at the planning-permission stage or something. You see, to me this is just a little too...
The reason I ask is because it’s just been announced by the hotel trade that fewer hotels are adding chests of drawers to their guest rooms. (If you’re reading this in America, you may refer to them as ‘dressers’ for reasons best known to...
The island’s official name is, deep breath, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Dweep Island and despite that, it’s decidedly spooky. The island was first inhabited in the early eighteenth century but was soon abandoned. This was because of a ‘high mortality...
