Travel

One of the things that struck me as I laid back and allowed the outdoor hot tub to massage my achy muscles as an autumnal country breeze whipped around the tranquil country fields was just how little noise there was around these parts. Away from the hustle and bustle of London streets where buses, cars and mopeds audibly compete for road space as sirens play atop of an urban melody that has little respite the rolling hills of Shropshire are...

London is one of the known fashion capitals in Europe, rivaling Paris as a center for the latest trends. It is home to many prominent fashion houses and brands like Alexander McQueen, Burberry, Vivienne Westwood and Sir Paul Smith. It is understandable if you want to fit in while travelling to the city; after all, people from here set fashion trends that are followed around the world. But do you really need to? London is a diverse city that is...

Campaigners have written to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to provide it with evidence that they say they have compiled that toxic substances in passenger airplane cabins are damaging the health of air crew and passengers. The former flight staff say that they are submitting scientific evidence and testimonies of hundreds of people whose health has suffered to the court in the Hague in The Netherlands. “Cabin air, knowingly polluted by highly toxic, thermally degraded substances, is in...

London could soon be linked with Bordeaux by train if proposals for a so-called “wine line” route get the go-ahead. The cross-channel train route would link the two cities in under five hours which means travellers will be able to enjoy a glass of wine by lunchtime without having to step foot near an airport. Eurostar already offers a London to Bordeaux route, but passengers have to disembark in Paris to change train stations and have their passports checked. The...

For this month's Travel Tales interview we caught up with Michelin star-winning chef, Tom Aikens. The London-born, 48-year-old told us all about his parent's renovated 19th-Century barn in France, sailing around the Caribbean, getting caught up in a monsoon in India and, of course, how travel continues to influence his food.   Tell us about your first travel/holiday memory? When I was 6-8 years old we used to go on holiday to Cornwall to a place called Noss Mayo and...

Skiing in North Iceland; for the adventurers out there, North Iceland is dotted with picturesque ski fields that offer something very different.

Technical innovations, on one hand, have made our lives easier. However, on the other hand, as our civilization is progressing, our work schedules are becoming tighter and the pressure to deliver an outstanding performance in an exceedingly competitive environment is incrementing each moment. In such scenarios; a person, in order to rejuvenate his/her body and soul, requires taking a sufficiently long break and enjoy a fantastic vacation. Speaking about vacation, there is no place as spending and fascinating as Dubai....

In the centre of the expansive country of India, is a city coming into its own. Over the last 15 years, Hyderabad has turned from a cluster of traditional villages centred around the historic Golconda Fort and Charminar Mosque, to India’s buzzing new Silicon Valley with the likes of Facebook, Apple and Google’s Indian HQs in its midst. These shades of old and new India blend beautifully into each other, and it’s no surprise to see Hyderabad excel in modernity...

The Home Office has been criticised for erecting “intimidating and hostile” posters in UK airports that warn arrivals that checks will be carried out on all arriving passengers “to keep out people who have no right to enter”. A series of people took to social media this week to flag the signs spotted at Gatwick, Heathrow and Newcastle airports. The posters say: “We carry out checks on 100 per cent of arriving passenger, to keep out people who have no...