Crawl like a bear, boy – a fitness break on the Isle of Wight | Travel | The Observer

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I've always had a rather unhealthy relationship with exercise. The more I've abused my body with life's little pleasures, the more I've tried to sweat it out with sporadic bursts of activity. My die was cast by my friend's late ...Read More »

Kloofzicht flies Australian flag

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The Qantas Socceroos from Australia are set to make Kloofzicht Lodge in the Cradle of Humankind its base camp during the 2010 Fifa World Cup. The team has booked the lodge exclusively for the duration of the tournament and will ...Read More »

Will Self: why I hate London’s Trafalgar Square

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Without a shadow of doubt Trafalgar Square has to be one of the most crap urban public spaces in the world. The fact that massed divisions of tourists feel compelled to ritually promenade across its pigeon-shat-upon York stone and head-banging ...Read More »

Capital days out: new London tourist attractions

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Olympics events and showsEven if you didn't get tickets you can get into the spirit of things by visiting the Olympic sites or one of the many events and exhibitions linked to the games. A new Afternoon Olympic Walk, building ...Read More »

Mossel Bay chef cooks for elGourmet

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Mossel Bay last week hosted a television crew from elGourmet.com - which has been described as the South American equivalent of BBC Food. The crew filmed Stonehill Restaurant's executive chef, Tim Casten, cooking for Argentine celebrity chef Pablo Massey, and also ...Read More »

5 Provencal Towns

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Southern France seems to have a monopoly on small picturesque towns where time has stopped, tiny cobblestone streets weave between building blocks, and where houses are tied together by arching overpasses and rhythmic arcades. Scads of these pretty burgs dot ...Read More »

African properties and organisations named as finalists of Tourism for Tomorrow Awards

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The 12 finalists have been named in the 2010 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). Winners will be announced on 26 May 2010. The awards were launched by WTTC in 2003 to recognise best practice ...Read More »

Hotel review: Hotel Indigo, Liverpool

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This week's brain-teaser: can a "brand" ever be "boutique"? Hotel Indigo is the latest franchisee-run creation from InterContinental Hotels Group. It aims to offer "the best of both worlds – the individuality of a boutique hotel with the reassurance and ...Read More »
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