Berlin’s Top 10 : Famous Hotels

Hotel Adlon Berlin Berlin’s top hotel ranks as one of the finest in Europe. A reconstruction of the historic Adlon hotel, it opened in 1997 and has become popular with celebrities and politicians from around the globe. Even if you are not going to stay here, you could have a cup of tea or coffee … Read more

Rome’s Top 10 : Green Spaces

Villa Borghese Extensive, elegant and full of shady glades and beautiful fountains, this is a great park for a stroll, a picnic or a jog. You can also go boating on the artificial lake, rent a bicycle or in-line skates . Villa Borghese Pincio The traditional time to enjoy the most famous panorama of Rome … Read more

San Francisco’s Top 10 : Beaches

Bolinas Beach This hidden-away Marin beach tends to be windy and is mostly used by dog-walkers, and kayakers. It’s sandy, with a backdrop of rocky cliffs. If you walk north, you’ll find warmer nooks and crannies out of the wind, where some sun-worshipers bask in the nude, although there is a rarely enforced city ordinance … Read more

Hong Kong Island – Northwest (part 5) – Restaurants

Restaurants Lei Garden This multi award-winning restaurant serves modern Cantonese as it should be – light, delicate and subtle. 3/F IFC Mall 2295 0238 The Mandarin Grill & Bar The interior may have been revamped by Sir Terence Conran, but the menu still features English classics and premium seafood. Mandarin Oriental 5 Connaught Rd 2522 … Read more

Hong Kong Island – Northwest (part 4) – Bars and Clubs

Bars and Clubs Dragon-i The most happening club in Central, where models, movers and shakers, and celebrities from Jackie Chan to Sting, have been spotted. UG/F The Centrium, 60 Wyndham St 3110 1222 Club No. 9 One of the cocktail-drinking set’s favourite venues – grab a sofa on the balcony and enjoy the view. 3/F … Read more

Caribean New Traveller’s (Part 4)

Anse la Raye Fish Fry, St Lucia Lobsters at Anse La Raye Fish Fry – Anse La Raye Every Friday night in the west- coast fishing village of Anse la Raye, the waterside main drag, Front Street, transforms into a full- on party from 7pm to 11pm. Hundreds of locals  and visitors  turn out for … Read more

Hong Kong Island – Northwest (part 3) – Up-Market Malls and Boutiques

Up-Market Malls and Boutiques The Landmark Centre It’s impossible to miss this smart, modern mall, with its conspicuous consumables from the likes of Chanel, Dior, Zegna, Versace, Prada, Vuitton, Bulgari and Tiffany. Pedder St Harvey Nichols in the Landmark Centre Seibu Four floors of designer clothes, cosmetics, gifts, household items and food. Pacific Place, 88 … Read more

Caribean New Traveller’s (Part 3)

Ivan’s Stress- Free Bar, Jost Van Dyke Ivan’s Stress- Free Bar Imagine a front- porch hootenanny on a slice of sand: that is happy hour at Ivan’s. Run by seventh- generation Jost Van Dyte resident Ivan Chinnery; this beachfront empire consists of an open- air shack, a few cabins and some tents. What it lacks … Read more

Space For ALL Your Friends

Looking for somewhere to celebrate a family anniversary, a landmark birthday, a reunion of old friends? Travel editor David Wickers offers a grand selection of big houses to rent, at home and abroad Beside the sea Pickleridge View in Dale, Pembrokeshire Sleeping up to 10, with outstanding views across the lagoon to the sea, Pickleridge … Read more

Caribean New Traveller’s (Part 2)

Lone star, Barbados A deeply alamorous vibe and clintele defly mask the fact that this St James haunt was once a garage. Now a four- room inn and beachside restaurant, it has crisp blue awnings, white tablecloths and alick crowd of European guests. In a destination known for inspiring indolent days, the Lone Star actually … Read more

Officially Spring Starts Here (Part 2)

Warm and wild the island of Crete In spring, the island of Crete, which has 2,000 species of trees and plants (some 160 found nowhere else on the planet), is coated with wild flowers. They even have their own dedicated website: www.floersofcrete.info. If you want to stay in style, consider the newly opened Dai os … Read more

Madrid – Around Town : Around Paseo del Prado (part 1)

This imposing tree-lined avenue,adorned with fountains and sculptures, is home to no fewer than three worldclass art galleries: the Prado, the Reina Sofía and the Thyssen-Bornemisza. In the 18th century the prado was a meadow, crossed by a stream, but the bucolic surroundings were deceptive, as the area was acquiring an unsavoury reputation for muggings … Read more