It’s twilight in Essaouira. There’s a stippled afterglow smudging the Atlantic horizon, and the last kitesurfers are padding, barefoot, back to their digs. Behind the beach, snail-sellers are serving steaming cups of soup from their little carts. As the swirl and cry of lesser black-backed gulls begins to fade, the city’s other signature sound rings … Read more
If Sapelo and Little St Simons were quiet pieces of history and wonder; Jekyll is holiday fun: I sip margaritas while watching waves crash on the shore, and fall asleep on the beach as fishermen cast nets out to sea. Cumberland Island, my last stop, is different and perhaps the most glittering of all the … Read more
What brought you to Switzerland and what does the country mean to you? I grew up in Paris, but my mother came from Neuchâtel in Switzerland, so the town had a pull on me from an early age when we used to come here on holiday. It’s the place of happy childhood memories. Back then … Read more
7. Hotel Ottilia Best for beer buffs Carlsberg has been quenching Danish thirsts since 1847, and southwest of the centre, its original red-brick brewery is undergoing a transformation to become a new neighborhood of shops and restaurants. Spread across two industrial buildings, Hotel Ottilia is the first hotel to open on site, themed around its … Read more
A culinary guide to the Azores, Portugal’s elemental archipelagoNational Geographic UK .
It’s the history that draws most visitors to Bath, be it the city’s Roman origins or the gold-hued neoclassical buildings that emerged in the Georgian era. But if you’ve seen the Roman Baths, Bath Abbey and the Jane Austen Center and immersed yourself in the Thermae Bath Spa, or if you’re looking for a different … Read more
Clumsy, soggy, and uncomfortably abrasive – there’s nothing remotely romantic about being kissed by a giraffe. Flapping her femme fatale lashes, my suitor sticks out her purple tongue, eagerly searching for food. I stand behind, while other guests place edible pellets between their lips, inviting the hungry animals to retrieve them with a wet, slimy … Read more