With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it’s the perfect moment to celebrate your favourite travel partner. If your love story is best told through passport stamps and weekend road trips, you’re in the right place. We’ve handpicked a selection of premium gifts designed to make every mile more comfortable
Past and present effortlessly meet at Paradox Singapore. Set along the South Bank of the Singapore River, this stylish property is perfectly placed, whether you choose to explore by boat gliding along the water, on foot through historic streets, or via the city’s seamless web of MRT lines, buses and
Les 3 Vallées boasts the world’s largest linked ski area, encompassing three distinct resorts, each with its own DNA. In the morning, you can be a downhill racer at Val Thorens, for lunch you can hobknob with celebs at Courchevel, and in the afternoon you can cruise some easy runs,
Windstar‘s Star Legend threads her way through the Mediterranean, sailing through time itself. Millennia of Phoenician legends, Roman roads, Moorish courtyards and Spanish crowns as we cruise from Malaga to Barcelona. Windstar deliver warm and intimate luxury. A small ship journey that begins amongst Málaga’s palms and Picassos, pauses at Gibraltar’s improbable
It’s fair to say that we completely fell in love with Japan when we visited on a family holiday. The fascinating mix of old and new in Tokyo, watching a baseball game in Hiroshima, exploring the Hakone Museum of Art, were just some of the highlights from our two-week Japan itinerary. But the
When I first moved to London a very long time ago I never left home without my trust London A-Z. This handy, pocket-size map was invaluable in the days before Google maps for getting around the city. And while I sometimes get nostalgic for my map-reading days, getting around London
Perched on the Luštica peninsula, The Chedi Luštica Bay is part boutique retreat, part thoughtful marine village — low-slung, limestone-touched buildings that frame a sheltered marina and a private beach. With 111 rooms and suites, an Asian-rooted spa with indoor and outdoor pools, multiple dining venues, and a sustainability programme
The Alpine city of Annecy is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful in France. Located in the Haute-Savoie region of south-east France, on the borders of Italy and Switzerland, this good-looking town sits at the tip of an aquamarine lake of the same name, Lake Annecy, surrounded by
The small city of Amsterdam has long had a reputation for being a big party destination, famous for its Red Light District and its many “coffee shops” where you can legally buy and smoke marijuana. In fact, my only memories from my first visit to Amsterdam as a child is
The magical island of Bali is a place that has welcomed us many times, and our latest visit reminded us just why that unique Balinese hospitality keeps us coming back for more. We’ve stayed in every type of accommodation across the island from boutique guesthouses and private villas to luxury
There’s no denying that we love London but we also love to explore beyond the capital. Fortunately, it’s easy to leave the city and there are lots of easy day trips from London by train. Not only is train travel easy, it’s a far greener way to travel. Just make
You might well think that stationery shops are only needed when you are looking to upgrade your desk space or are in need of a new pencil case at the start of the school year but the reality is that London’s best stationery shops sell so much more than simply
