Category: Cruising

A timeless looking vessel dating back two decades, calm in cream with red trimmings, Edward Elgar is the largest hotel boat on the UK’s waterways. She sails from the Victorian warehouse splendour of Gloucester Docks in the heart of the city and is in the countryside within minutes. Cruises, between two and six nights, head…

The  Brutalist 70s eggbox-style architecture just seemed to shout “what you looking at?”. Having been a frequent traveller through King’s Cross St Pancras for many years, both for the northern line and International cross-Channel travel with Eurostar, I became quite accustomed to what I once considered to be the ugliest example of seventies modernism in…

You can’t get more remote than the sub-tropical Island of St Helena. It encompasses Ascension and Tristan da Cunha and its nearest neighbour, South Africa’s Angolan coast, is 1000 miles away. Seen from above it looks like a mere speck floating in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean. The island has remained covid free…

The Government has put 12 countries on its ‘green’ list within the travel traffic light system. So far, only one holiday hot spot, Portugal, is on there. Some of the others are either unheard of or unlikely destinations. However, with reviews of the traffic light system happening every three weeks, this could change, and the…

Lisbon has the charm of a coastal city, the lushness of a hilly terrain, amazing architecture and quaint winding lanes. Lisbon, the largest city and the capital of Portugal, is one of Europe’s secret jewels. It has the charm of a coastal city with the added lushness of a hilly terrain, amazing architecture – Gothic cathedrals,…

You will need travel insurance when you plan to volunteer abroad. Most companies that organize travel trips insist or recommend you having volunteer abroad travel insurance. Travel insurance is an insurance that is intended to cover medical expenses, financial and other losses incurred while travelling. Travel insurance can be gotten directly from insurance companies, travel agents and travel suppliers. The insurance covers student travel, business travel, leisure…

Q&A: We want to take a holiday with our two kids to Portugal this summer. Both are under 11 (4 and 8 years old). Do they need a pre-departure PCR test to return back to the UK? Portugal is a fantastic family-friendly holiday hotspot where in July and August you can expect warm temperatures in…

From 17 May, the blanket ban on recreational foreign travel is being lifted in England. It has been a long wait to find out where we can go on holiday, and so far, there are just 12 countries on the list, with only one of them being a traditional holiday hotspot – Portugal. Transport Secretary…

New York, is looking to offer free Covid-19 jabs to tourists to encourage inbound tourism. The city plans to offer one shot of a Johnson and Johnson vaccine so that holidaymakers can jab and go to get maximum time exploring the city. According to the Democratic NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, there will be mobile vaccination vans…

While visiting Costa Rica, we determined to go for a “cover tour“, or zip-lining as we discuss with it at residence. It was advisable that we go on the Hacienda Guachipelin Adventure Tours in Rincon de La Vieja National Park moderately than happening one in all the tour packages supplied at our resort. It’s a full day journey tour that features…