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
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
Things to buy in Cairo include intricately engraved, hand-beaten copper and brass trays, coffee pots and urns, and exquisite mother-of-pearl inlaid wooden boxes and furniture, which have been handcrafted by artisans using centuries-old traditions. Sheesha pipes and incense also make memorable souvenirs. Forget the framed papyrus prints, scarab beetles and sphinx fridge magnets made in … Read more
The best Singapore hotels for views that will take your breath away range from the unrivalled rooftop panoramas from the 57th floor of Marina Bay Sands Sky Park to the sumptuous Mandarin Oriental’s sweeping vistas of Marina Bay Sands and the city skyline. Where you want birds eye views of Singapore or prefer to be … Read more
Ancient Egypt tours can be booked with Luxury Escapes at unbeatable prices right now and their itinerary is dreamy: the Giza pyramids and sphinx, a languorous Nile cruise, Luxor’s stupendous Valley of the Kings, Tutankhamun’s gleaming tomb and treasures, the Egyptian Museum in Cairo… ah, Cairo… It’s been over 12 years since we’ve been to … Read more