Hallowe’en events across the UK

Whether it's an excuse to get dressed up or scare yourself silly, there's plenty of spooktacles taking place across the UK this Hallowe'en. Family events, children's shows and thrilling theatre combine to make a busy October, and here are just some of the events on fright night.   Screamland, Margate, Kent (16 - 30 October) Screamaland Dreamland Margate, the UK's Original Pleasure Park re-imagined, will mutate into a world of nightmares when it transforms into Screamland, the region’s largest scare festival,...

A wine vaycay in Arizona

It's famous for the Grand Canyon, but Arizona also houses over 100 wineries in the state. Such is the growing quality that it's becoming a new Sideways destination choice for lovers of fine wine. Arizona's romance with winemaking, sparked by Spanish missionaries in the 17th century, was rekindled in recent decades by a group of passionate vintners who've helped turn the acres of vineyards into three wine trails. With visitors able to explore them by road, horseback or even kayak,...

What to pack for an African safari

by Theresa Oesterreich of couporando.co.uk Packing for an African safari holiday is a time when travelling light isn’t an option - it’s a necessity. It’s about cramming a holdall or backpack weighing less than 30lb into a small aircraft’s luggage space while travelling from lodge to lodge. Try these ten tips to help get all those necessities into that one small bag. 1. Leave the suitcase in the cupboard Rigid wheeled suitcases don’t work well being dragged along dusty paths or up wooden...

8 things to do in Puerto Rico

Thought you'd exhausted the Caribbean? Or simply tired of going on second-hand holidays? (No, Nicholas from the service desk, you don't need to tell us every restaurant/hotel you went to in Cuba and INSIST we follow suit.) In that case a new destination has opened up for winter 2015/6, where the beaches are untouched and the spectacular natural scenes aren't fighting for space with resorts - namely Puerto Rico. Oddly, Norwegian airlines are set to be the only carrier to fly direct from London to Puerto...

Running tours of Lisbon

Segway tours are so passé, bus tours are so passive, and walking tours are too slow-paced. So what's the newest best way to see a new town? Jogging around it, of course. Fitness fanatics will be thrilled to know Inspira Santa Marta Hotel, an 89-room boutique retreat in the heart of Lisbon, has launched a guided jog for city-breakers who are keen to keep up their fitness regime while enjoying a different view of Portugal’s capital. In a change from waking...

From London to Kostur, Bulgaria

By Milena Mihova Photographs: Hristo Rusev A row of ghostly looking abandoned houses alongside a road covered in potholes serve as a welcome sign to the secluded Bulgarian village of Kostur. Situated close to the Turkish border, the place is almost equidistant from Sofia and Istanbul. “Everything here is designed to give you that middle of nowhere feeling. It is sad and lonely,” explains a bus driver from the near by town of Svilengrad whose job is to take rare visitors to the village. Kostur...

Autumn food festivals in Italy

The warming smell of roasted chestnuts, the precious aroma of truffles, a delicious cup of hot chocolate, a glass of robust red wine all evoke the tastes of autumn and winter. And there's no better place to experience it for real than Italy, Europe's spiritual home of gastronomy (sorry, France). To tempt those taste buds and travel bugs, here are a selection of food and wine events in Italy this autumn and winter. Boccaccesca Certaldo near Florence, Tuscany, 2-4 October 2015 View image...

Discover East Hokkaido, Japan

Aided immensely by the BBC's recent series Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands, our new travel obsession is Hokkaido in Japan. Unlike most of Japan, Hokkaido is relatively uninhabited, allowing Mother Nature to do show her most magnificent work unhindered. The island is best known for its volcanoes and natural hot springs, but a new escorted tour by Walk Japan takes in the eastern region of the island:  the lusher, greener side of the island, best experienced during the autumn months. View...

Why everyone’s banging on about Margate

@BenGelblum Walk along the Kent coast where Thames estuary turns into North Sea, wind farms and shipping rising out of the dark blue expanse: you come across the ghosts of Victorian holidays. Abandoned coastal cafes and crumbling concrete lidos built into the sea where once thousands flocked to bathe. And as you walk along the clifftops from Broadstairs, Stone Bay, Joss Bay, Palm Bay, Walpole Bay to Margate, cheeky haven of half-remembered childhood holidays, you find a resort frozen in...

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