Where can you keep four children, quiet? How can you get a free six-day visa for China? And what to do in Jamaica? The holiday guru unravels traveller conundrums Marthinhal Quintal Family Resort in Portugal has something for everyone China offers 144-hour free transit visas to UK passengers arriving by sea or air Montego Bay … Read more
All-inclusive holidays are commonly perceived to be bargains – but research has revealed that families on them may end up spending up to 85 per cent more than those on bed and breakfast deals in the same resort, new research has found. This is because over four in five pay out for extras averaging over … Read more
Deo the barman greets me with a big beer and an even bigger smile. ‘Jambo!’ he says, handing me an icy glass of Kilimanjaro beer. In front of me, jade-coloured water slides onto the sand and I can feel a lunchtime snooze at Zuri Zanzibar beckoning. The resort, on the north-west shore of this bewitching … Read more
Speaking for myself, the best part of a ski holiday is not hurtling down the slopes. It’s not even sauntering into the bar in the evening for some well-deserved après – although admittedly, both are darn good. No: what I really love are the ski-lifts. Sounds silly, I know. But it is in those moments, … Read more
The uber-swanky ski resort of Val-d’Isère in the French Alps is awash with luxury accommodation options – but even here, in this snowy fun park for the rich and famous, new hotel Mademoiselle stands out. It is breathtakingly wonderful. An exquisite, elegant lodge in the style of an old seigneurial residence that I fall in … Read more
I landed in Ushuaia – the Patagonian port town nicknamed the ‘end of the world’ – and from the small airport, I taxied to my hotel. It was around 7am and as the morning fog cleared, my home for the next three days suddenly came into view. Perched on a hill with a snow-crested peak … Read more
Revealed: Disney Cruise Line set to start work on new ‘authentic’ £308million private Caribbean island resort The Florida-headquartered company purchased a 751-acre plot called Lighthouse Point in the Bahamas Renderings show how cruise-goers will have prime beach access with various activity options Highlights include a family beach, wellness spa, an arts and culture centre and … Read more
A swing and a prayer: Learning to play golf is that much easier when staying at this chic Sicilian resort Hotels around the world are now offering golf as one of their premier activities The spectacularly placed Verdura Resort on the Sicilian coast is no different And this glamorous resort caters capably for all off-course needs … Read more
M’aidez! M’aidez!’ Deranged with panic, I flapped my arms and hollered for help. No ski trip for my family is complete without the international phrase for emergency being used at least once. Only this time I wasn’t shouting it from a slope-side collision but from the hard shoulder of a French motorway after coming to … Read more
As I check into the five-star La Sivolière hotel in Courchevel 1850, I momentarily think that the authorities are raiding the place. There’s a young man looking like a gendarme flicking through some paperwork behind the reception desk. Then I realise his dark-blue top and shield-style arm badge is actually the hotel staff uniform, with … Read more