A laid-back, blossoming cultural and culinary capital filled with elegant colonial buildings, tree-lined streets, vibrant markets, top museums and artists and artisans galore, Oaxaca is one of Mexico’s most captivating and creative cities. Our guest blogger Ash-lea Gazzola from Break Loose Journal has called Oaxaca her home for over a year now and has fallen head over...
An extraordinary city overflowing with creative energy, positivity and an outlook on life like no other place on earth, after spending a week in the largest city in Canada's Québec province, here are my 10 very cool reasons why I think you should add Montreal to your travel list... The dizzying array of festivals and...
With a post-communist and increasingly cosmopolitan vibe and plenty of artistic creavity juxtaposed with historic sites and pockets of conservative attitudes, what was formally known as Eastern Europe has some extraordinary places to visit. Fancy yourself as a bit of hipster? If so, our guest blogger Jules Bukovsky, a traveller and expat with a taste for...
Spectacularly perched on a series of extinct volcanoes and rocky crags, Scotland’s capital city is a justifiably proud and noble city. Instantly visually striking, friendly, lively - there’s a thriving tight-knit local scene of music, art and theatre - and sublimely elegant in equal measures, there’s not a city in the world quite like it....
Every traveller I know loves cocktails. You probably know the feeling well - you’ve just landed at the airport at your chosen destination and now you’re waiting for your taxi and daydreaming about having a cocktail at the beach or a local bar. Yep, travel and cocktails just seem to go hand in hand. Just...
Since the glorious concoction of wine was discovered as early as the 9th century BC, people have been captivated by its fullness or body, to have with bubbles or without and simply, its bouquet. Scores of tracts of lands have been dedicated to the cultivation of the perfect grape and generations of families have thus been...
Québec province's largest city is a place with an unrestrained love for the arts, festivals, all things creative and generally living life to the hilt. To help celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada I spent an extraordinary seven days exploring Montreal and after that week I was captivated. I loved their unique outlook on life and the hugely passionate...
It’s not every day I’m invited to drive an Aston Martin for a day, a car so inextricably linked to James Bond it’s many a mans dream fantasy to drive one, but last week I was invited to South Wales by Michelin and Supercar Driver to do just that. With a Michelin dining experience and an...
When it comes to travel breaks, Europe is hugely diverse – in every corner lurks a culture to discover, a picturesque landscape to explore or a beautiful historical building to unearth. If you're someone who likes to escape the crowds then September is the ideal time to visit, and if you're some one who really...
‘Adventure’ Travel, ‘ Experiential’ Travel, ‘ Exploratory’ ...Travel - the tag words are endless, yet the challenge remains the same - finding a truly extraordinary lodging in places less explored. The lovely folks at Untrodden - a company made up of curious explorers and adventurers who like many of our team, like nothing better than journeying to rural...