

With Family Day weekend fast approaching, many Canadians are hoping to take advantage of the extra day off and head somewhere warm with the whole family. Kayak, the world’s leading travel search engine, revealed the list of the top five cities Canadians are looking to head to. 1. Kahului, Hawaii –…
Holidaying as a solo traveller offers a unique opportunity to see and experience the world in the way you choose, to enjoy those special interest holidays with like-minded souls and to make long-lasting friendships that endure perhaps for a lifetime. And when joining a package tour with a specialist solo…
In a jam-packed cable car, being pushed from all sides by a swarm of brightly-clad children, men and women, all bound for the mountain top – I feel nauseous, debilitated, and I want to phone home. Basically, I’m terrified. I’m about to go skiing – something I swore I would never…
A sublime sunset view, a wild off-road adventure: these are the moments that turn our escapes into love affairs for a new locale. And while there may be myriad cities on your bucket list befitting a fleeting holiday romance, what about the destinations we choose to make a long-term commitment…
Just because the lush, seafront city of Alcudia is a mere 24 square miles (60 square kilometres) that has no bearing on how much this lovely port and ancient city on the island’s nether region, can offer holiday makers. You can find it, as the Romans did, in the northern…
Mayrhofen is one of Austria’s great ski areas with a huge array of slopes mixed with a pretty town replete with typical Tyrolean architecture and a lively nightlife. Everyone from Eddie Izzard to The Prodigy has partied here while appearing at the Snowbombing and (now gone) Altitude festivals. And when…
Movie directors are constantly traveling the world in search of ever more spectacular, mysterious and intriguing locations. Whether it’s filming Lord of the Rings among the vast green open spaces of New Zealand or Jurassic Park on a tiny Hawaiian Island, it’s often the scenery that steals the show. But…
As we ambled through the Knysna forest, gradually falling behind the faster hikers in the group, conversation turned to the topic of the near-mythical elephants said to still roam here. Once thought to number around 1000, the herd had been reduced to an estimated five females by 2007. None have…
There is a place where the mountains stretch up to touch the sky, turquoise lakes shimmer like jewels against a dusty backdrop, and — so they say — Bucephalus, the horse of Alexander the Great, rises from the deep, dark waters on a full moon night, and grazes on the…