Travel

By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic  Wakefield Kirkgate is the worst station in Britain. At least, it was in 2009 when the then Secretary of State for Transport minister Lord Adonis visited it after a rape, a serious assault and several robberies took place there, including a brutal baseball bat attack the week he visited. The locals hardly rolled out the red carpet for him, but his observations were also hardly slanderous. As a kid, I made the...

It seemed like a good idea at the time, the 7am VCE – LGW flight. Other people I knew were doing it, and it was so cheap, what was the worst that could happen? Well I’ve come through the other side, perhaps to tell everyone: DON’T DO IT KIDS. To state the bleedin’ obvious, Venice it has no roads - no not even ones that the guide book don’t talk about, which is what I expected. So being a city...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  Ski season is almost upon us, and while for most of us that means jetting away for snow, slopes and après-ski, for others it is an all together more exclusive excursion. Executive air charter company Gama Aviation has teamed up with Art de Vivre to create the most exclusive ski package on the market. Chalets, costing anything between £50,000-100,000+ per week, can be rented along with a butler, sommelier, chauffeur and ski guide as bespoke options. The...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...