Family-friendly Tel Aviv: Our top 5 tips
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…
Review of Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa, Muscat
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…
A family break in New York City
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…
A big road trip through a tiny corner of North America
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…
A culinary tour with the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library
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…
A Galilee & Golan getaway
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…
A not-so-quiet village in Wadi Rum
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…
All cheer for Çıralı
“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…
An alpaca farm in the desert
“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,…
A family adventure in Petra
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…