If you’re heading to Niagara Falls do yourself a favour and have a few
days at picturesque Niagara on the Lake and stay at the boutique Olde Angel Inn with its
delightfully-named Captain’s, Sweethearts’ and Governor’s Rooms, or the
Swayze and Courthouse Cottages.Full Story.
Lisbon - Portugal's Famous Tarts
Customers can queue for an hour or more if they want to take tarts and
drinks at the patisserie with its yesteryear blue tile walls, but
take-away service is quicker and if you see tour coaches outside, have a look at the Jeronimos Monastery nearby
until the mobs have gone. Full Story.
Langkawi - Mahsuri’s Mausoleum at Kampung Mawat
Many visitors to Langkawi pay a visit to Mahsuri’s Mausoleum at Kampung
Mawat about 15km out of the main township of Pekan Kuah; it contains
Mahsuri’s tomb, an aviary of local birds and peacocks representing
peace and beauty, and a traditional house with a small museum.Full Story.
Across the Atlantic - Malaga in Spain to Madeira in Portugal
It's not for just a week, but a whole 12-nights as we
swan our way from Malaga in Spain to Madeira in Portugal, and across
the Atlantic to San Juan in the Caribbean. Full Story.
Tasmania - Hobart
With brochures, including The Farm Gate Guide, Tasmania's Wine
Routes, and the flyers for Cadbury's factory and Cascade Brewery I set
off to explore Hobart, including Sullivan's Cove, Salamanca Market
& Moorilla Estate and so much more. Full Story.
Summer By The Seaside. Bellarine Peninsula
The Bellarine Peninsula offers plenty of modern attractions - a
water park, surfing, sailing, diving, golfing, music festivals and
fishing. Not to mention gourmet delights and swimming with dolphins. Full Story.
Puerto Rico - Carmelite Convent : Part 2
Last week
we looked at something of the history of the extraordinary Hotel El
Convento in San Juan, Puerto Rico – how it began life as a Carmelite
Convent a-near 360 years ago, declined into a flophouse for the
homeless in the 1900s, now we continue...Full Story.
Puerto Rico - Carmelite Convent
In this first of a two-part feature,
David Ellis discovers a boutique hotel in Puerto Rico with a history as
rich as any tale Hollywood could conceive out of the Caribbean; and
next week he continues its remarkable journey from convent to flophouse
to an extraordinary boutique hotel.) Full Story.
New Zealand - Walk in Tongariro National Park
The Tongariro National Park has many claims to fame. For a start,
it's the location of one of New Zealand's nine Great Walks. It is also
one of the 890 World Heritage Sites. Whether tramping the Mount
Tongariro Northern Circuit or not, a visit to Tongariro National Park
will almost certainly be anybodys cause for celebration. Full Story.
Pacific Islands -Fiji
Fiji is about four hours flying time from
Sydney and is two hours off to the north of New Zealand. It has two
main islands - Viti Levu and Vanua Levu - although there are more than
300 islands in the group. Full Story.
Australia - Hunter Valley
If getting it right in real estate jargon means position, position,
position, then it’s a safe bet that the Hunter Valley’s Holman Estate
guest house is one place that's got it right. Full Story.
New Zealand - Trekking Lake Waikaremoana
The Lake Waikaremoana Track is located in the Te Urewera National
Park on the North
Island of NZ. It is located 614 metres above sea level and is 46
kilometres long. It is one of New Zealand's least tramped Great Walks. Full Story.
New Zealand - Trekking The Heaphy Track
Sitting on a huge drift-log on a very wide beach, I watched the
incoming tide occasionally defeat the Heaphy River's narrow mouth,
crashing into the outflow and sending waves rippling swiftly along the
river for a hundred metres. In the background, spectacular, sonorous
waves pounded and plumed over Heaphy Bluff.Full Story.
Cambodia - Phnom Penh
If you're heading to Phnom Penh, rent the movie first so you’ve a feel
for the city with its proud but crumbling French architecture, and
dusty hurly burly streets that have little changed from when the movie
was shot eight years. Full Story.
Egypt - Up & Down The River
The land of the Pharaohs needs no pointing out on a map; however the
Egyptian government would do well to invest in street directories for
the locust swarm of cabs in the streets of Cairo. Full Story.
Cairns - Kuranda Railway
Ask travel agents to book you on the 1.5hr trip up the rainforest
mountain on the Kuranda Railway, and back down to Cairns on the Skyrail
cableway when making Cairns holiday reservations – it’ll prove a day
you’ll long remember. Full Story.
Hawaii - Greenwell Farms Coffee
When Tom Greenwell talks about coffee, especially coffee from Hawaii’s
Kona Coast, he does so with a passion — and an authority that comes
from this fourth-generation grower of one of the world’s most valuable products. Full Story.
France -Excitement, Romantce, Paris
From the narrow streets and smokey caf�s of the Left
Bank to the treasures of the Louvre to the splendour of the
Eiffel Tower and omnipotent Notre Dame, Paris makes for a
seductive holiday any time of year. Full Story.
Spain - Spanish for Beginners
Need a relaxing change from snow-capped mountains, flowing streams and
splendid seascapes? Try the tranquil streets, quiet charm and early
nights of downtown Barcelona. Full Story.
Canada - Prince Of Wales Hotel
You’ll find the Prince of Wales Hotel a delightful retreat on a North
America summer holiday, particularly if you are into long walks,
canoeing, sailing, fishing and other myriad outdoor adventures – and
good dining. Full Story.
Peru -Lima: The City of Kings
Nested on the banks of the Rio Rimac, Lima
was founded in 1535 by
the Spanish and is Peru's largest city. It is home to some eight
million people and bathed in summer sunshine from December to February. Full Story.
Hawaii - The Honolulu Surfing Museum
For anyone with even the merest interest in surfing, it’s a must-visit
when in Honolulu. Central is a vast collection of surfboards dating
back to the 1930s. David Ellis has more. Full Story.
New Zealand - Charlotte Jane Boutique Hotel
Students of New Zealand’s one-time Miss
Gibson’s Private School for Girls would have trouble coming to grips
today with the new-found life of their old school. Full Story.
Borneo - Rajang River
We explore remote “heart of Borneo” forts of the 19th century British
Rajahs Brooke, fruit and vegetable farms, sago-making factories,
village schools where the kids sing us songs and show us their
favourite games, and go on jungle walks. Full Story.
Malaysia - Caving In Kuching
In the Malaysian province of Sarawak is a town called Kuching,
which is surrounded by limestone caves. But there's no lights nor
platforms here - it's pitch black and unchanged from the way it was
millions of years ago. Full Story.
Arizona
- Bisbee
Bisbee, 130kms south-east of Tucson and 15km
north of the Mexico
border, was once one of America’s toughest Wild West mining towns,
sporting a couple of hundred saloons and brothels. Full Story.
Germany - The Best & Worst Of Berlin
KaDeWe is not usually included in Berlin sightseeing tours; you do it
in your own time after the Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, Bellevue
Palace, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Memorial Church, City Hall and Boulevard Unter
den Linden. Full
Story
Australia -Alice Springs : The Ghan
The 2,979km journey takes 48 hours and is considered one of the world’s
great train trips, linking Australia’s southern coast with its north;
and today’s “new” line from Adelaide to Alice Springs runs about 160km
west of the original, that was closed in 1980 due to regular flooding. Full Story.
New
Zealand Travel Stories
Our roaming travel writers have written so
many descriptive stories on the Land of the Long White Cloud that we've
dedicated an entire area to the Commonwealth country. Herein you'll
find travel stories from both the North and South islands. Recent
articles: Orakei Korako; Napier; NZ Wind Farms.NZ Index.
Sure, you can read the
weather forecasts and check out the latest reports, but why bother when
you can see exactly what's happening on the mountain? Click here
for our comprehensive snow cam page, covering Victoria, New South Wales
and Tasmania.
If you need to check up
on the what the surf is doing - right here, right now - our extensive
surf cam page will be just the ticket, covering Queensland, New South
Wales, Western Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Click here for the full list.
