LOUISE MIDGLEY explores one of Spain’s best kept secrets by bicycle There’s a memorable scene in the award-winning film ‘A Room with a View’ where the young, free-spirited, George, can be heard singing his creed as he hangs precariously from the gnarled...
JANE SLADE discovers a little known beauty spot with a dark history not far from Salzburg in the Bavarian Alps Every year the little German village of Rhupolding is invaded by 500 young British servicemen who take part in an exercise to test their skiing and shooting...
Fiona, Jane and Louise outside the Prado Museum in Madrid Three 50-something señoras travel to Spain’s capital in search of shops, culture and tapas Fiona, Louise and I have known each since our schooldays but we had never been on holiday together before writes...
JANE SLADE investigates some exciting holiday choices for older solo travellers Taking the plunge and going on your first holiday on your own can be a scary prospect. But those who’ve done it love it resulting in many preferring now to travel alone than with a...
To mark the centenary of ol’ blue eyes’s birth ADAM HELLIKER visited Palm Springs to explore some of the crooner’s old haunts and find out what else there is to see in this ritzy desert resort When Frank Sinatra got bored in a restaurant he would...
We arrived at Fawsley Hall on a perfect day. The sun was streaming over the hills, the sheep were clustered like clouds on the grass, and there was a real fire crackling in the Great Hall. By JANE SLADE Fawsley Hall Hotel and Spa is a country house hotel 10 miles from...
