Our tips to avoid getting sick when travelling include everything from boosting your immunity before you leave home with fermented foods to washing your hands compulsively when you’re travelling, and taking preventative anti-diarrhoea medication to try to avoid ‘travellers’ tummy’. Our advice is based on decades of travelling as professional travel writers. There are few … Read more
Pro chef lessons for home cooks – or travelling cooks if you’re cooking in a holiday house or apartment rental kitchen – is a subject I’ve been mulling over, so I thought I’d share some of the cooking tips I’ve picked up from the experts, starting with a lesson about precision. Over the years, during … Read more
Luxury for less in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates capital, means a decadent all-you-can-eat Friday brunch feast with free flowing drinks for as little as US$35 to a spacious room with floor-to-ceiling sea views at a five-star hotel starting from US$85 next month. Our Luxury for Less in Abu Dhabi guide is the second … 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
Escaping the summer crowds in Europe is easy: avoid the peak summer season, school holidays and weekends and travel off-season or mid-week instead. If you must travel in summer, go off the beaten track, hire a car and do a road trip or settle into a holiday house or apartment in a lesser visited destination. … Read more