The family-run The four-star Neige et Roc hotel nestles at the foot of an impressive mountain range, near to the quaintly old-fashioned ski resort of Samoens in the heart of the beautiful Grand Massif area of the French Alps. Also read: Ski guide to Samoens The hotel is built completely out of wood and decorated with…
Exploring the province of Hunan, China
Hunan is a landlocked province in the south-central part of the country, surrounded by mountains, with the fertile Yangtze River to the north. This is picture-book rural China, a major agricultural centre for thousands of years, growing rice, tea, and oranges. These days they’re even producing their own wine and the food is spicy. It’s…
A Guide to Shopping in Singapore
Shopping is an obvious element of traveling, where a trip is incomplete unless you have walked around the many markets in the place. Maybe because shopping in Singapore is also an experience in itself, which allows you to enter into an everyday element of the locals’ life – buying the things they buy for yourself,…
French national strike causes Eurostar and flight cancellations
UPDATE: Tuesday 17th December French traffic control staff walkout again forcing airlines to cancel more flights to and from France. Ryanair, British Airways, easyJet and Air France are among the airlines who have been forced to cancel flights. A National Strike in France began at 7pm local time on Monday and is set to continue…
M4U 8 noise cancelling headphones
[ad_1] When you need to block out outdoors noise and hearken to music as you’ll in your sitting room (courtesy of maker PSBâs RoomFeel expertise), the MFU 8 headphones are a good selection. Their noise-cancelling function successfully drowns out the undesirable noise round you, leaving solely the music you need to hear. The M4U 8…
Top 10 European Christmas Markets
Forget your local high street this Christmas and make your way to one of Europe’s fabulous Christmas markets. Mingle with the locals and meander through the festive stalls, tippling on mulled wine while Christmas carols singers serenade you. So squeeze in a festive mini-break now and come home with some unusual goodies and prezzies. Winter…
Restaurant review: Kanishka by Atul Kochhar, Mayfair, London
Indian fine dining has become quite the queen bee in London’s culinary scene, with some recent openings including the glitzy Farzi Cafe and lavishly furnished Chokhi Dhani in Battersea. We were excited to visit Kanishka by Atul Kochhar, which opened on Maddox Street in Mayfair earlier this year. The Michelin-starred chef has curated an exciting menu inspired by the so-called…
Hiking Around Cortina d’Ampezzo, Dolomites, Italy
Where’s there’s skiing, there are mountains, worth exploring when the snow has gone. Cortina is a particularly chic ski resort, nestling in the River Boite valley, beneath the imperial stone towers of the Dolomites, in the Southern Alps. The 1956 Winter Olympics put it on the map but the rich and famous had been coming…
Restaurant Evaluate: Carluccio, Hampstead, London
There’s something reassuring about visiting a chain restaurant, especially one as successful as Carluccio. You know it’s not going to be Cordon Bleu cooking yet they are familiar and there is an expectation that you will be tucking into Italian food that’s tasty enough to spend some time eating. Carluccio first opened in 1991 when…
Five conservation movements to watch out for in 2020
[ad_1] How a shifting angle is stimulating a contemporary path for conservation. Image copyright African Leadership University. âWhat will it take to re-imagine a world where wildlife is not scarce but abundant?â That was the problem set out by African Leadership University (ALU) founder Fred Swaniker, when he opened the second annual Business of Conservation…