Austria by Rail
Slow travel from Salzburg to Graz and Vienna In an age of high speed travel a rail journey is an old-fashioned leisurely alternative that...
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Eat Drink Travel
Sep 29, 2016
Tall Tales of Hong Kong- High 5
I recently revisited Hong Kong after a gap of nearly 20 years. I found that these days the place thrives on superlatives - the locals...
JUDITH BAKER
Sep 26, 2016
Astonishing Azores
Peeking out of the Atlantic, Sao Miguel forms one of the nine Azorean islands which mixes romance , myth and geology. Craters, bubbling...
Jane Egginton
May 19, 2016
The cream rises – We raise a glass to Bristol’s Sherry Steeped History
Dutch the on-board bar manager sets my flambé sherry cocktail alight as a cannon explodes into the cold air to announce the start of the...
Eat Drink Travel
May 18, 2016
Hotels with heart
MARRIOTT BRINGS HOPE TO HAITI Travellers tend to deplore the opening of big multi-national chain hotels in the Caribbean, but the opening...
Eat Drink Travel
Apr 11, 2016
Rum at the top
After years as the drink of choice for grisly old fishermen, sailors and pirates, rum is replacing vodka as the spirit of the times. In...
Jane Egginton
Apr 4, 2016
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, since emerging as a parliamentary democracy in 1990, is gradually shaking off its cold war legacy. Britons initially saw the...
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