Lara Dunston 
The best Bangkok Old City heritage boutique hotels and bed and breakfasts are set in historic buildings and decorated with antiques and vintage furniture. The atmospheric heritage hotels offer a step back in time, a quaint taste of the past, and an intimate and very personal experience when it comes to hospitality. They also provide … Read more
Instagram tours to Instagrammable sights and popular hashtag locations is a new form of ‘travel by Instagram’ – people are paying tour companies to take them to the best selfie spots, take Insta-worthy images of them, and even provide post-tour edited pics for sharing on social media. Like many travel writers, I’m pretty good at … Read more
A South Korea food tour crammed with tastings of quintessential Korean food, from bibimbap to bulgogi, and gourmet insider experiences such as a kimchi pancake-making lessons, Korean beer tastings and a coffee-roasting class is available for just one more day on Luxury Escapes. Just back from ten days in Thailand – our second trip in … Read more
Truth Love and Clean Cutlery is a new guide to choosing where to eat based on how good restaurants are – a guidebook to the world’s truly exemplary, organic, sustainable, and ethical restaurants, and I’m proud to have contributed to it. Things have been even more busy than usual in our Siem Reap studios lately. I … Read more
One of the best reasons to travel to Turkey now is that it’s an absolute bargain. Turkey has always been a very affordable and great value travel destination, but with the Turkish lira having reached a record low, it’s cheaper than ever. I’d travel to Turkey in a heartbeat if I could right now but … Read more