When you combine a sensational venue like Central Hall Westminster, place 1000 flickering candles on and around the stage, and put a quartet of three violinists and a bass in the middle of that scene, ...

Set on the rather unremarkable Macclesfield Road, at the crossroads of Shoreditch and Islington, London’s first nhow hotel (pronounced “now”) brings four-star comfort and a huge splash of quirk and ...

The five-star Montcalm Hotel has a superb, tranquil location on a leafy crescent amid a residential area right in the heart of London. Though it is known as a Mayfair hotel, it is actually just steps ...

Tourists are facing soaring temperatures and water scarcity on at least seven Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. The islands face a water shortage, and a drought emergency has been declared. As climate ...

Hotel de la Matelote has a prime location directly across from the crashing waves of the English Channel (La Manche) and the famed Nausicaá National Sea Centre in Boulogne-sur-Mer. This four-star ...

Anyone who enjoys walking will know the joy of exploring a new area on foot, but even better is hitting the trail through a different kind of terrain. My lovely patch of the Home Counties offers ...

Andrew Simons, founder and skipper of SailLink, is a man with a vision – to set up a regular ferry service using a sailing catamaran crossing the English Channel that connects people, places and ...

Como Garden Restaurant in Kensington sits on a busy corner location on Kensington High Street, but once I passed under the red canopy through their doors, the contrasting tranquillity was both ...

Whenever you tell somebody from the North-East of England that you are going to visit Northumberland, nine times out of ten the response will be ‘Gods Own Country’. For those individuals who have not ...

In the midst of the annual Aldeburgh Festival, classical music, exhibitions and more, the Suffolk Coast organisation took over two of the town’s inventive new food and drink hotspots – the Suffolk, a ...

Few English cities reward a short visit the way York does. Almost everything worth seeing sits inside a compact, largely traffic-free centre, so a single well-planned day can take you from a Viking ...

Budapest is one of those cities that looks suspiciously good from almost every angle. Stand on a bridge, and the Danube behaves as if it was hired by the tourism board. Look up at the Parliament ...