Category: Travel Miscellany

Interview with Paola Fiocchi Van den Brande, Founder and Director of Passepartout Homes

Interview with Paola Fiocchi Van den Brande, Founder and Director of Passepartout Homes

By on Jun 19, 2013 in Accommodation, Asia, Caribbean, Celebrities, Europe, Food and Drink, France, Going Out, Hotels, Italy, Maldives, Regions, Resorts, Restaurants, Thailand, Travel Miscellany, Turks and Caicos, United Kingdom, Vacation Rentals, Western Europe   - Read 570 times

Paola Fiocchi Van den Brande, originally from Italy, moved to London in 2000, after working in Belgium and Germany. After 13 years as Direct Marketing Manager for international publishing and news companies, most recently for Bloomberg LP, Paola decided to launch Passepartout Homes in 2011. This is her first experience as an entrepreneur. Paola graduated from the Catholic University [...]

Re-discovering my Cornish roots and 8 top tips for a Cornwall trip of your own

Re-discovering my Cornish roots and 8 top tips for a Cornwall trip of your own

By on Jun 17, 2013 in Accommodation, Attractions, Europe, Food and Drink, Going Out, Hotels, Regions, Travel Miscellany, United Kingdom, Vacation Rentals, Western Europe   - Read 1127 times

Being half Cornish it would be fair to say I spent a fair amount of my childhood holidays in Cornwall, but only in the past few days have I really discovered it.  My parents have said it was clearly a waste of time to take a young child to all the beautiful places that I’ve visited [...]

Recipe of the week: Fresh water prawn, grilled radicchio, fresh fig and jamon salad

Recipe of the week: Fresh water prawn, grilled radicchio, fresh fig and jamon salad

By on Jun 14, 2013 in Asia, Food and Drink, Indonesia, Regions, Travel Miscellany   - Read 1480 times

A chef should always try to bring together new flavours and combine his passions with his guests’ refined tastes. This recipe can be executed in any environment: in a restaurant kitchen or on the bridge of a boat. It needs very few ingredients but the result is mind-blowing. This is a warm salad with marron [...]

Special feature: Intercontinental Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Special feature: Intercontinental Hong Kong, Hong Kong

By on Jun 14, 2013 in Accommodation, Asia, Bars, China, Featured, Going Out, Hong Kong, Hotels, Regions, Restaurants, Special Features, Travel Miscellany   - Read 1976 times

As you pass through its doors to the lobby and gaze upon the view through the ceiling-high windows at the distance, there is no doubt what the main attraction at the Intercontinental Hong Kong is. Sitting on a protruding promenade in Kowloon, the hotel is in a prime position to view Hong Kong Island as it [...]

6 places in Cape Town to indulge in culinary heaven

6 places in Cape Town to indulge in culinary heaven

By on Jun 11, 2013 in Africa, Food and Drink, Going Out, Regions, Restaurants, South Africa, Travel Miscellany   - Read 2089 times

When it comes to fine dining, South Africa definitely doesn’t have to stand back for any country. With many influences from Malaysian, Indian and European cuisine, South Africa is sure to astound any foodie with it’s truly unique fusion of flavours. Just to give you a bit of historic background, Jan van Riebeeck, a Dutch [...]

Spice up 2013 with 5 great Argentine festivals

Spice up 2013 with 5 great Argentine festivals

By on Jun 10, 2013 in Argentina, Events, Regions, South America, Travel Miscellany   - Read 1365 times

With the first six months of the year spent working hard and meeting deadlines, it’s time for a little passion to be added to your life. Why not escape to the southern hemisphere and add a dash of sexy rhythm to your Latin getaway? Although celebrations like the International Festival of Independent Cinema and the [...]

Recipe of the week: Wild sea bass with baby fennel, capers and lemon

Recipe of the week: Wild sea bass with baby fennel, capers and lemon

By on Jun 07, 2013 in Europe, Food and Drink, Going Out, Regions, Restaurants, Travel Miscellany, United Kingdom, Western Europe   - Read 2145 times

Wild sea bass is recommended for this dish. It is more expensive than from the farm but it is worthwhile going that extra mile. The sea bass that are found in the English Channel are the best in the chef’s opinion – they are very tasty, flaky and have an amazing texture. This is a [...]

10 of the most popular travel videos of all time

10 of the most popular travel videos of all time

By on Jun 05, 2013 in Australia, Canada, Central America, Costa Rica, Europe, Featured, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, North America, Oceania, Peru, Regions, South America, Travel Miscellany, United Kingdom, Videos, Western Europe, Worldwide   - Read 4468 times

Here we’ve compiled a round-up of 10 of the most popular official tourist board videos to be found on YouTube.  We won’t claim to have identified them all, but hopefully we’ve picked out most of them. If you know of others, please let us know in the comments and perhaps we can do a follow-up [...]

New York’s top 5 ‘All American’ music festivals this Summer

New York’s top 5 ‘All American’ music festivals this Summer

By on Jun 05, 2013 in Events, Leisure Travel, New York, North America, Regions, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany, USA   - Read 1684 times

Thinking of hitting a music festival abroad this summer? Then look no further than New York state’s amazing line-up of the biggest and best music festivals. Discover the hidden gems in a music scene beyond Manhattan’s hot and humid city walls. Follow the hipsters in-the-know and head upstate to sample some authentic American festival life… Taste of [...]

The best high-end vegetarian restaurants in Berlin

The best high-end vegetarian restaurants in Berlin

By on Jun 04, 2013 in Europe, Food and Drink, Germany, Going Out, Regions, Restaurants, Travel Miscellany, Western Europe   - Read 1557 times

Germany – admittedly – is a big meat eating culture. Traditional German cuisine is heavy on the Fleisch (German for meat), especially pork. If you don’t eat meat (or want an easy version of eating kosher while traveling) it can sometimes be hard to find good restaurants. Many travelers tired of the token veggie pasta [...]

5 of the world’s top sports experiences

5 of the world’s top sports experiences

By on Jun 04, 2013 in Europe, Events, Georgia, Leisure Travel, Monaco, North America, Regions, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany, United Kingdom, USA, Western Europe, Worldwide   - Read 1895 times

Are you a sports enthusiast? Here we’ve compiled 5 of the ultimate sports experiences to be enjoyed from across the globe. In the multi-billion dollar sports industry, these sporting events are the world’s greatest. Imagine the envy of your friends when you tell them you’re experiencing these sports events from the stands… The Master’s PGA [...]

14 vineyards worth visiting

14 vineyards worth visiting

By on Jun 03, 2013 in Africa, Europe, Food and Drink, Massachusetts, North America, Regions, Rhode Island, South Africa, Travel Miscellany, United Kingdom, USA, Western Europe   - Read 2675 times

A few years ago South African friends of ours introduced us to some rather lovely South African wines, thankfully just before we re-visited the country for our honeymoon.  It has rather started a habit of seeking out a vineyard to visit whenever we’re on holiday.  We’ve been nicely surprised with some UK ones too!  We [...]

10 top tips on how to widen the appeal of your travel blog

10 top tips on how to widen the appeal of your travel blog

By on Jun 02, 2013 in A Luxury Travel Blog, Featured, Travel Miscellany   - Read 3636 times

Earlier this year I wrote a post titled ‘7 top tips to running a successful travel blog‘ which proved to be quite popular. If you’ve been following all the tips there, hopefully you are starting to see some benefits from your efforts, so here I’d like to take that post a little further and give [...]

Croatia – the new tourism star of the European Union

Croatia – the new tourism star of the European Union

By on Jun 02, 2013 in Croatia, Eastern Europe, Europe, Regions, Travel Miscellany, Videos   - Read 2714 times

The Croatian National Tourist Board has released a new promotional video entitled ‘Croatia – the new Tourism Star of the European Union’ in the run up to the country’s admission to the EU in July. The video is an extension of last year’s Ode to Joy by Ana Rucner, which marked a shift in the [...]

A gourmet guide to Rome

A gourmet guide to Rome

By on Jun 01, 2013 in Europe, Food and Drink, France, Going Out, Regions, Restaurants, Travel Miscellany, Western Europe   - Read 3706 times

There are endless reasons to visit Rome, but often food is not one of them, unlike, say, Bologna or, increasingly, Puglia. It is one of my favourite cities, and where I grew up, but I am the first to admit that the constant influx of tourists means that it is only too easy to eat [...]

Don’t miss The Wife Carrying World Championships in Finland!

Don’t miss The Wife Carrying World Championships in Finland!

By on Jun 01, 2013 in Europe, Events, Finland, Fun Stuff, Regions, Travel Miscellany, Western Europe   - Read 2206 times

If you happen to be in Finland next month, you might like to get yourself along to The Wife Carrying World Championships for a spectacle with a difference. The event – held on 5th and 6th July this year – sees male competitors race each other while carrying a female team mate to whom, perhaps [...]

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