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Today, the plains of Kenya are ideal hunting grounds for wildlife enthusiasts who do their shooting through the lens of a camera, rather than a barrel of a gun. |
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The Samburu of the Northern Rift Valley of Kenya are intriguing cousins of the better-known Masai of the south. |
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Munich's Oktoberfest beer festival is justly world-renowned. But the rest of Bavaria has an equally enticing beerscape. |
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The villa accommodation boom is leading Bali's renaissance as a top-end destination. |
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Karen Halabi sails the Whitsunday islands off Australia’s eastern coastline on a cruise ship that once sailed the Mediterranean. |
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For a truly invigorating experience, take a trip to this warm island paradise in French Polynesia. Visit the colorful Papeete markets, swim with friendly stingrays, find a deserted island or have breakfast delivered to your own over water bungalow. |
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Fiona Harper questions the wisdom of the old proverb 'it is better to travel than to arrive' after a coastal passage that ends in Melbourne's Docklands district. |
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Piestany, an authentic spa town in Slovakia once favoured as a health retreat by Austrian emperors and composers, is now frequented by international celebrities and sportsmen, including soccer teams. |
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Yachting and golfing go hand in hand with the opening of the Whitsunday Islands' first resort golf course and sophisticated yacht club. Perfect for superyacht owners with a penchant for sweeping fairways amid hilltop greens, stylish elegance arrives in the Whitsundays.
Fiona Harper takes on 18 holes at Hamilton Island Golf Club, followed by sundowners overlooking Dent Passage at Hamilton Island Yacht Club |
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Country England has never been so good. |
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When a cruise ship gets stuck on Germany's Main River, the result becomes an exercise in "What if...?" |
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"Welcome to my home", said the beaming taxi driver at Harare airport in such warm, lilting tones that I should have realised the pull had already started. "To my home" I kept thinking on the drive into the Zimbabwean capital, not to Harare or even Zimbabwe, but "to my home". In all my years of travelling, no-one had ever said that to me before.
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The high-rise Reef Hotel, on Queensland's Hamilton Island, is the only thing that blots this otherwise pristine environment. |
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Thai'd of Mediocrity? These Hip New Thai Hotels will leave you inspired. And not only are they super cool, they beat with a very warm heart.
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This article details the food and wine of the Hunter Valley and also includes information on accommodation provided, local food and cuisine, and the wealth of things to do and see. |
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The golf course at Brunei’s Empire Hotel and Country Club is one of the world's most challenging courses. |
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Some getaways simply inspire romance. |
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Fiji’s islands are a dream escape for anyone, where you can laze under a palm tree or snorkel to your heart’s delight. |
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A venerable coffee plantation has been reborn as a boutique resort in the mountains of central Java |
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Aircruising gives you a whole new perspective on Australia. |
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There is something decidedly exotic about hopping onboard a private jet and being whisked away to a far-flung South Pacific Island. Particularly so when your destination has been declared one of the 100 most beautiful hotels and resorts of the world.
Reporting from an exclusive retreat on a privately owned island in Fiji, Fiona Harper discovers that perfection has a new name. It's called Laucala Island. |
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Live like a modern day Maharajah when you visit Rajasthan. |
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A sweep through the rich textures and enticing history of the Portuguese capital, the first true world city, from a base of sumptuous luxury atop one of its seven hills above the Tagus River. |
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Relive the romance and grandeur of the mighty German airships - and their spectacular fall from grace. |
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Look to the sophisticated state capital of Victoria for some of the best shopping Down Under. |
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Anhar Setjadibrata, one-time medical student and lawyer, developed a consuming interest in preserving Indonesia's cultural heritage... |
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Often overlooked by their media tart cousins, the Whitsunday Islands, Fiona Harper explores some of the lesser known islands of north Queensland. |
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Tourist Police or policing the tourists? |
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Expedition cruiser, Roderick Eime, climbs aboard Western Australia's premier adventure yacht, True North, for a unique and intimate sampling of our west's own special character. |
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Modernity doesn't mean abandoning tradition, in the Sultanate of Oman |
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Don a safari suit and take off like Livingstone, either in five-star luxury, cocooned in some of Zimbabwe'sfinest hotels and resorts or sleeping out under the African stars in a tent or thatched tree-house. |
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An innovative Melbourne-based company offers tours of the Outback by air, condensing what might normally take four weeks into just four days – without losing the essence of an authentic Outback experience. |
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From the bean stews and mountain cheeses of Asturias to the cured ham and virgin olive oils of Extremadura, the Paradores offer an introduction to the best of Spain.
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Karen Halabi explores the palace and fort hotels of Rajasthan, royal retreats which have become upmarket historic hotels, where you can breathe the rarefied gentile air of a bygone era. |
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Qualia, a truly Australian resort on the Great Barrier Reef, joins Australia' s luxury resort scene. |
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Visitors to Bali now have a new reason to visit with luxury spas cropping up all over the island. |
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A trip on the Royal Scotsman is a perfect blend of past and present as you and your select group of fellow-passengers clicketty-clack along the rails.
That’s just the beginning of this story. Castles, lochs, distilleries, a knees-up ceilidh, and more food and wine (and whisky!) than you could shake a bagpipe at.
Five-star amenities, attentive staff. That’s what wins people. Royal treatment, all the way.
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The Caribbean's "Silk 'n Satin" Port of Plenty stuns its privileged visitors |
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City-dwellers recharge their batteries – and graze on nature’s finest – within an hour or two of metropolitan Brisbane |
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STRAP on your designer shades, pull on your trendiest threads and rub shoulders with the glitterati at resort towns dotted along Europe’s rivieras. |
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Stressed out 21st century travellers are heading to the Swiss Riviera to restore mind and body at lavish new wellness centres that have sprung up on its shores. |
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The country’s past is steeped in colonial history and a colourful spice and tea trade, but a spirited revival is giving it a chic new vibe. |
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The World of Residensea is one of the most luxurious cruise ships afloat - and you need never go home because you're already there. |
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This article gives details of the history and location of Bristol and includes information on accommodation provided, local food and cuisine, things to do and see. |
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Enormous, square white sails billow against an impossibly blue sky. Her elegant bow plunges upwards into the gentle ocean swell.
Join Fiona Harper for an Indian Ocean crossing onboard luxury tall ship Star Clipper. |
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The noise was deafening. The roar of blood pumping through my head as we charged forward, hell bent on hitting the start line milliseconds after the gun went, was drowned out by the commands of our tactitian.
Fiona Harper jumps onboard a chartered pocket maxi yacht at Hamilton Island Race Week. |
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Startling contrasts in the former Portuguese enclave just across the water from Hong Kong in the Pearl River estuary - casinos, lavish hotels and Grand Prix excitement on one hand and languid, family-based villages with famous traditional junk building yards on the other. |
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An avant garde heart behind the stern exterior of Zurich's historic Widder Hotel. |
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Gravetye Manor (it isn't even pronounced as you would expect – it's Grave Tie) is deliciously off the map, a flowery hidden estate. But of course, when a place has been around for 500 years or so you do expect people to have learnt your location. |
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This article details the luxury accommodation and dining at Wrotham Park Station Station on Cape York Peninsula and its history and also includes information on the activities available. |
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Fiji’s exclusive Turtle Island hideaway came into being through one man’s journey of self-discovery. |
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A staggering number of spas have opened in Thailand since the new millennium, where you can experience everything from rice body scrubs, organic facials, traditional Thai massage through to sublime spa cuisine. Sheriden Rhodes checks out what's on offer. |
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Woodwark Bay, in Queensland's Whitsunday Passage, is an undiscovered gem |
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Fiona Harper discovers the cruising grounds of volcanic Vanuatu. |
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To see Venice at its best go in winter. Few places can claim to be more beautiful in winter than in summer, but Venice is an exception. Cloaked in mist and fog she wears her wintry cloak like a grand dame dressed for the opera. |
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The masks of Carnevale personify Venice, a fantasy city whose real life is hidden behind a tourist veneer and hardly ever revealed to strangers. |
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