We Love Travel
17 October 2005
Mozambique
As you might have guessed from the abscence of last week's 'We Love' I have been on holiday - in Mozambique. What a beautiful country - the Bazaruto archipelago is stunning with exceptional fishing, diving and sun drenched white sand on which to lie and tan yourself elegantly. At the centre of all this is Marlin Lodge - a set of 16 cabins ranging from the classic to the luxurious - you have to go for the executive suites (ignore the name) - almost 100 sq m of bed room with a terrace over looking the azure blue bay. Snorkel with turtles, dive with whale sharks, collect cowries on the beach, fish for marlin or just eat and drink yourself to a standstill. When I made it back to the UK i was so relaxed I had totally forgotten how to use the tube.
05 September 2005
The ultimate online travel search engine
Fed up with trawling through loads of different internet sites looking for the best deals - you no longer have to, check out Mobissimo Travel who search through hundreds of different sites, including the low cost airlines, and the likes of Opodo and Expedia and will give you the cheapest deals around. We were looking for a flight to South Africa, looking elsewhere the cheapest was £650 - on Mobissimo we found one for £420. They also do cars and hotels.
23 August 2005
An intimately exclusive gem from Olga Polizzi
Endsleigh Hotel is the new jewel in the crown of Olga Polizzi's burgeoning hotel empire (she also owns The Tresanton, Cornwall). Set in 108 acres of stunning woodland on the Devon/Cornwall border, Endsleigh was originally a Regency game lodge, and until recently the home of a fishing club. The immaculate restoration and decoration has created 16 beautiful and comfortable guest rooms, a fabulous restaurant and the intimate exclusivity now sadly lacking in many of Britain's grand country house hotels. Eight miles of the best Salmon and Sea Trout fishing in the Westcountry is just an added bonus.
21 July 2005
Holiday in Cornwall's forgotten corner
Four wonderful houses situated in a quiet and 'forgotten' corner of Cornwall, all with stunning views of the rolling Cornish landscape or out over the sparkling water of the river Lynher. Antony Estate is located on the Rame Peninsula, just a few miles, as the crow flies, from Plymouth and within easy reach of surfing on both coasts and the Eden Project. The houses sleep between 8 and 12 and a week's stay includes a range of services, from chefs on demand and a wine cellar to a concierge service and daily breakfast deliveries - all on request.
14 June 2005
Polar Bear Migration
Travel to the remote western coast of Canada for an incredible wildlife experience. In the autumn, the tundra surrounding the town of Churchill becomes a stopover for more than one thousand polar bears on their annual migration, making the town the ‘Polar Bear Capital of the World’. For just one month each year, from mid-October to mid-November, the bears congregate, waiting for the ice to form so that they can move out into the frozen bay where they will spend the winter hunting seals. For those few short weeks, there is no other place on Earth where polar bears can be seen in such concentrations and at such close range.