An accessible island upping its game
Like Majorca and Ibiza before it, Tenerife is finally succeeding in shedding its tacky chrysalis, and morphing into a sophisticated destination happy to hold its own in the company of high spenders, gastronomes ... Read full article
IT'S MY FIRST MORNING IN TAIPEI AND I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF THE SWANK Sherwood hotel in a wool suit (bad idea), sweating despite the damp chill, as I wait for my friend Mingwei's mother to take me to the National Palace Museum.... Read full article
There is a seductive, melancholy beauty about Sri Lanka, a nation recovering from years of civil war. From Colombo to Galle to Kandy and beyond, there are new hotels, opinionated artists and writers, and a growing sense of hope.... Read full article
It’s no wonder that the Maldives often overwhelm would-be visitors. Its 1,192 coral islands, set within 26 atolls, spread across 35,000 square miles of Indian Ocean, are enough to send most people into a pre-hols spin.... Read full article
Many who touch base with Kerala in Kochi (Cochin) simply make a mad dash for the palm-fringed backwaters, which unravel just south. ... Read full article
Located in the heart of the Indian Ocean, near the coast of Madagascar, is Reunion Island. With stunning terrain ranging from mammoth mountains to white and black sand beaches, Reunion Island was formed due to volcanic activity under the ocean nearly... Read full article
Pretoria is not as popular with tourists as Cape Town or Johannesburg, but the executive capital city of South Africa has so much to offer anyone who spends a few days here. Whether you come for history, culture or food, here are 10 reasons why you... Read full article
Few port cities in the world have quite the allure of Tangier, with its magical literary past, historic tangle of streets in the Kasbah and its stunning Grand Mosquée. This gateway to Africa, barely an hour’s boat ride away from Europe, never ceases ... Read full article
Kolkata is one of the bustling cities in India and going for a holiday in Kolkata often lands up in a state of perplexity. Stepping in the city travelers' (first timers) often wonder ‘what to do’, ‘where to go’ and ‘what to eat’.... Read full article