Specialist travel articles
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Travel articles – The Fairmont Battery Wharf
United StatesTraveller-Magazine - Autumn 2009
Caramelised bananas, candied walnuts, blue cheese foam, pork jelly. The food just keeps coming. Seared lamb, eggplant, cucumber, all daintily wrapped up in fl at bread. I’m sitting at the chef’s table in Sensing, the in house restauran......
Author: Amy Sohanpaul
Travel articles – The Fairmont Copley Plaza
United StatesTraveller-Magazine - Autumn 2009
Nearly every US President since William Howard Taft has stayed at the Copley Plaza, so it seems fitting to check into this grand old hotel after a morning spent at the John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. The museum is ultra-modern, sle......
Author: Amy Sohanpaul
Travel articles – Crater Comforts
TanzaniaTraveller-Magazine - Autumn 2008
Standing on the rim of a once giant volcano, you might not expect to find one of the world’s most luxurious hotels. And yet the Ngorongoro Crater Lodge is exactly that. Described as ’Maasai meets Versailles’, the lodge is an intr......
Author: Duncan Mills
Travel articles – American Dream
United StatesTraveller-Magazine - Autumn 2008
What made Milwaukee famous was brewing beer. And manufacturing. And Happy Days: a giant statue of The Fonz is due to be unveiled sometime soon. Despite all this, the city had never been on my ’must visit’ list. So I’m gl......
Author: Amy Sohanpaul
Travel articles – Honorary president conquers Everest
NepalVista - Autumn 2009
In the very early hours of 21 May, Sir Ranulph Fiennes (65), a WEXAS Honorary President, reached the summit of Mount Everest at his third time of asking.
In 2005, the explorer suffered a heart attack on the mountain only 350 m fr......
Author: Pete Mathers
Travel articles – A Safari to Savour
KenyaVista - Autumn 2009
Pete Mathers talks to WEXAS Africa experts Amit Khadka and Rui Ribeiro about their recent safari through Kenya’s finest game reserves.
If every great city deserves a great hotel, Nairobi’s is unquestionably the Norfolk. Co......
Author: Pete Mathers
Travel articles – Vive les Festivals
CanadaVista - Autumn 2009
Music legend Stevie Wonder kicked off the 30th anniversary Festival International de Jazz de Montréal – the world’s pre-eminent jazz festival – in front of sell-out crowds just a few weeks ago. Each year, the festival brin......
Author: Pete Mathers
Travel articles – Turkish delight
TurkeyVista - Autumn 2009
Its lasting sunshine, beautiful beaches and excellent value make Turkey a great autumn destination. We asked WEXAS European expert Daniel Walker about where to stay on the glorious Turkish coastline.<......
Author: Daniel Walker
Travel articles – Kenya Visas cut by 50%
KenyaVista - Summer 2009
Kenya has slashed it s visa costs for UK nationals by 50% (from £35 to £18) and waived the fee completely for children under 16. The reduction will stand until the end of 2010 in an effort to entice travellers back to the country. Desp......
Author: Pete Mathers
Travel articles – A star has risen in the East
QatarVista - Summer 2009
Despite being one of only six airlines in the world to receive a maximum 5-star rating from Skytrax, Qatar Airways is still a relative unknown. Yet it’s been growing at an incredible rate and now s......
Author: David Warne
Travel articles – A Safari with style and substance
South AfricaVista - Summer 2009
Pete Mathers finds safari nirvana in South Africa’s Phinda Private Game Reserve and visits those set to benefit from the WEXAS Travel Foundation.
A squeal of excitement got ca......
Author: Pete Mathers
Travel articles – Europe by Rail
FranceVista - Summer 2009
Clean, green, comfy and convenient – trains are a great way to travel.
Trains are much nicer than planes. Think about it. They're less hassle (no excess baggage charges, checkin queues or long waits at baggage carousels). They're......
Author: Pete Mathers
Travel articles – Hospes Palacio De Los Patos, Mallorca
SpainTraveller-Magazine - Summer 2009
"That’s one of the oldest trees in Granada," remarks a fellow guest. The twists and turns of the pomegranate tree stand out stark and dark against the pale yellow walls of the grand nineteenth century residence that forms one part of the Hos......
Author: Amy Sohanpaul
Travel articles – Valldenossa Hotel, Mallorca, Spain
SpainTraveller-Magazine - Summer 2009
Raindrops are falling on my head as i walk across the terrace of the Valldemossa Hotel. Small puddles form on the Mallorcan stone underfoot, the rain freshening the air on a dark and still evening.
Large iron candlesticks, lined up alo......
Author: Duncan Mills
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