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Family-friendly Tel Aviv
Middle East, Our Trips

Family-friendly Tel Aviv: Our top 5 tips

by Helen Batte / 20th October 202020th October 2020

Tel Aviv is a great place for a family-friendly vacation. The combination of beach holiday and city break is a winner with kids and grown-ups…

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Review of Shangri-la Barr Al Jissah Resort
Middle East, Our Trips

Review of Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa, Muscat

by Helen Batte / 28th January 202012th February 2020

We arrived at the Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah with high expectations. The one at The Shard in London is super-swanky, and a few friends had…

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North America, Our Trips

A family break in New York City

by Helen Batte / 31st October 201912th February 2020

Hiking in New York, anyone?  Our five-day stay in NYC turned out to be an epic hiking holiday. We clocked up 76km – more than…

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North America, Our Trips

A big road trip through a tiny corner of North America

by Helen Batte / 26th September 201912th February 2020

Easter in the Catskills, a breeze through Boston and New York in the springtime; it all sounded so idyllic.  But we didn’t factor in the…

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Nisf Jubeil
Jerusalem Life, Middle East

A culinary tour with the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library

by Helen Batte / 16th September 201912th February 2020

It’s gone 8pm and we’re hungry. We’ve driven two hours to our meeting point in the small West Bank town of Sebastiya. It’s dark, and…

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Jerusalem Life, Middle East

A Galilee & Golan getaway

by Helen Batte / 12th April 201912th February 2020

Nimrod Fortress is an extravaganza of a ruin. This epic, crumbling castle stretches more than 400 metres along a commanding ridge high above the Hula…

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Middle East, Our Trips

A not-so-quiet village in Wadi Rum

by Helen Batte / 28th March 201912th February 2020

You’ve just turned four, you’re with two of your bestest buddies, and you’ve landed in one of the biggest sandpits you’ve EVER SEEN. The hellish…

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Europe, Middle East, Our Trips

All cheer for Çıralı

by Helen Batte / 11th March 201912th February 2020

“Flaming rocks!” I gasp. “Actual. Flaming. Rocks!” My inner geography geek has been unleashed. We’re researching places for a last-minute September getaway with a just-turned…

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Jerusalem Life, Middle East

An alpaca farm in the desert

by Helen Batte / 6th February 201912th February 2020

“Beware of camels near the road” says the huge yellow warning sign. An indication, I’m sure, that we are entering desert territory.  Israel’s Negev Desert,…

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Petra Treasury
Middle East, Our Trips

A family adventure in Petra

by Helen Batte / 30th January 201912th February 2020

When a one-handed mule ride up 800 stone-cut steps is the ‘easy option’, it’s surely not unusual to question your motivation / sanity / parenting…

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