Backpacks are brilliant for travelling. Wear them properly, not slung over one shoulder – yes Master Gallivant I’m talking about you – and weight is distributed evenly meaning less strain on your body. They also leave your hands free which is a real boon when you’re trying to carry vast amounts of luggage – yes […]
If you’re looking for a last minute getaway over the next couple of weeks, consider Iceland, where the chances of a dazzling Northern Lights experience are higher than usual. The technical bit, according to Saevar Helgi Bragason, one of Iceland’s most renowned astronomers… “Earlier this month a large coronal hole on the sun faced the […]
The most recent series of Love Island was filmed on this beautiful Balearic isle and has apparently been responsible for a whopping 23% surge in bookings. My daughter, a fan, was keen to see it for herself. I, not a fan, was equally keen, but for quite different reasons. Hotel Bonsol Miss Gallivant was possibly […]
Who doesn’t love a good kebab? Ooh, the memories I have of those greasy doners we used to buy from unsalubrious looking joints in our 20s after a night of too much booze (OK, so some of us still do it!). Mr Gallivant and I recently sampled some rather more refined examples in their birthplace […]
I’d always dreamt of visiting Istanbul. It’s the only city in the world that spans two continents – Europe on one side of the mighty Bosphorus strait, Asia on the other – and maybe it’s the subsequent melting pot of cultures that makes it so exciting. As a travel writer, I usually book every trip […]
I girded myself for our visit to Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar. Mr Gallivant is not the most patient shopping companion at the best of times. He generally stands outside any shop I enter, refusing to join me, let alone give me his opinion about what we/I should or should not buy. He will tap his foot […]
Iceland really is a bizarre place. I remember gazing at it from the air as my plane descended and immediately clocking how different and ‘other worldly’ it felt – yet it’s less than a three hour flight from the UK. Take the kids and you can even give yourself a pat on the back for […]
How miserable is this weather?? It’s not too late to book your escape to balmy climes for February half term. Here are some of our favourites with availability from i-escape Kids Collection: Rock the Kasbah Richard Branson’s five star Kasbah Tamadot, deep in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, is usually an adult only affair…except during school hols […]
Only 9 days to go until Christmas. Yikes. How did that happen? If, like me, you’ve still not done all your pressie shopping, here are a few ideas for anyone who likes travelling – and that’s all of us, right? For those who love the great outdoors My past experience with microfibre towels – the […]
Get all your Christmas shopping done in one fell swoop with a visit to London. High Street favourites? Hit Oxford Street. Designer treats? Bond Street. Edgy fashion? Shoreditch. And of course, there is that shop that has a bit of everything and more besides…Harrods. And, after you’ve done the Capital, do the Capital! We had […]