The Capri Palace, Naples
Noah May travels to The Capri Palace to experience old world luxury, Italian fine dining, resplendent views and a Hollywood-esque leg treatment on the island of Capri, off the Sorrentine Peninsula in the Gulf of Naples…
Browsing: The Explorer
A Bangkok Travelogue
Film director Jonathan Newman takes a break from the publicity surrounding his latest film, Swinging with the Finkels, and travels to Bangkok for some peace-time that isn’t actually quite so peaceful.
The Grazing Goat, London
Checking into Marylebone’s The Grazing Goat, I find myself recalling the words of Ingvar Kamprad,…
Balfour Castle, Orkney Islands
“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” Having been a guest at Balfour Castle, dangling her long plaits from a Baronial turret, Mina discovers that this is the stuff of which fairy tales are made.
The Zetter Townhouse, London
Gabrielle Sander spends a night amidst stuffed animals and eccentric curios at the charmingly quirky Zetter Townhouse in Clerkenwell, London’s latest boutique destination for discerning travellers and bar flies.
The Crazy Guides Communism Tour
Roving explorer, Karl Webster, meets the Crazy Guides of Krakow for a tour of Communist Poland, unravelled through the mediums of vodka, pickled gherkins and dusty photographs of a troubling past.
The Sanderson Agua Spa
We earthlings often succumb to the call of the cocktail for relaxation. But at the white wonderland of the Sanderson Hotel’s Agua Spa, Emyr Thomas finds there’s a more celestial chill-out available to humanity…
Hotel Cram, Barcelona
International maiden of mystery, Sophie McLean, spends the night at Hotel Cram in Barcelona, and discovers that even travel tradeshow exhibitions can be fun when your hotel room has so much soul.
The Spirit of Speyside
Estella Shardlow boards the Caledonian Sleeper train from Euston and ventures into the Highlands to wallow in the rugged Speyside beauty, the fresh air, the gourmet food and, naturally, the malt whisky.
A Euro-Thai Food Exchange
Lennie Nash, roving journalist and aspiring chef, visits the Chang brothers of Chiang Mai, dubbed (by Lennie) as the Thai Si and Dave of Hairy Bikers fame, but rather more clean shaven…
Malmaison Hotel Oxford
There’s something so inherently mysterious about Oxford. Time-worn buildings loom over pretty cobbled streets, well-trodden…
The Fox & Anchor, London
Fearful explorer and man-of-inaction Lawrence of Arb goes travelling closer to home and spends a night at the charismatic Fox & Anchor in Clerkenwell. Tankards of beer, baths in bedrooms; it was an experience to remember.