Spa stays and yoga retreats have become increasingly popular in recent years. Is it an indication of the lifestyle we live today? – our pace of life is faster and the levels of work-related stress we all experience being far higher than ever before. Or maybe, it signifies a desire for…
Bourges, a ‘“City of Art and History” is a beautiful medieval town’ according to its own tourism website. However because of its size, this small city is so often overlooked by its bigger sisters: Nantes, Paris and Lyon. For some, it is probably a place that you have never even heard…
How many people can say that when they visit Venice they wake up in the morning to a cacophony of birds tweeting away, a family of rabbits waiting to greet them as they venture outside and a glimpse of a rare and endangered red squirrel? Well, that is exactly what…
Elephant tourism in Thailand is hugely popular with thousands of people travelling to South East Asia each year wanting to spend time with these loveable animals. However, not all attractions are equal. Some still allow elephant riding, others make these beautiful creatures perform to the gawping tourists in the hope…
Do you ever imagine just whiling away your day surrounded by the warm waters of a thermal pool whilst succumbing to the luxury of a cruise ship? Perhaps you are someone that has always been curious about a cruise-type holiday but are still unsure whether it is something you would…
When someone suggests a camping holiday to you, what runs through your mind? Is it the image of you crawling out of a teeny tiny tent each morning in an unceremonious way in order to make the crack of dawn dash to the communal bathrooms that just happens to be…
If you had asked me a few years ago whether I would have gone on a cruise, the answer would have been a resounding no. The thought of spending time wandering around a ship with nothing to see for miles apart from open waters whilst surrounded by stuffy, pompous individuals…
Wonky floorboards, low roof beams, and door hinges that squeaked just enough to make it charming rather than annoying. These were the first things I noticed when walking into the Luang Chumni Village Guesthouse in Ayutthaya. It was the dark, teak wood of this impressive-looking traditional Thai-looking property that originally…
As we sat on the river bank sipping our ice-cold beers, listening to the occasional long-tail boat flying by, the journey to get here seems to be all but a distance memory. It is easy to forget, after having a warm shower, unpacking and relaxing leisurely on our own private…
Choosing The Right Place To Stay In Bangkok Bangkok, we had been warned would either be a city we loved or hated. It seems that no matter who we spoke to, there was no middle ground. Perhaps it is because we spend a great deal of our time in London,…