Haven

If there’s one place that is sure to get the holiday snobs raving, it’s the Canary Islands.I’ve lost count of the wrinkled noses and cries of ‘tacky Tenerife’ and…

Nowhere better embodies the maxim 'build it and they will come' than Dubai.The multi-lane highways of the Middle East’s glitziest multinational metropolis really do…

'I only came here for six months,’ says Jennifer Mills, ‘and that was 20 years ago.’The cheery English manager of the Southern Cross Club, my 14-room beach resort on…

Thought Hilton hotels were all cookie-cutter properties favouring the bland over the beautiful?Think again.Le Hameau des Pesquiers Ecolodge & Spa on the French…

The Loire region of France is famed for its white wines and beautiful chateauxBut it can also be a splendid destination for a gently active family…

'Michael Jackson!', my children shout with delight.'No, Michael Jacksons, plural,' I reply, before reminding them the King of Pop popped off some years ago and we'll…