Food & Travel

  • LifestyleThe Telegraph

    How Tenerife traded in full English breakfasts for Michelin stars

    As a Canary Island resident, I’m proud to say that times are changing on the island of eternal spring. What was once a Full English-vending, cheap-as-chips package holiday destination is maturing into a place for more sophisticated palettes.

    6-min read
  • LifestyleEvening Standard

    Venice Simplon-Orient-Express: all aboard the most glamorous train journey in the world

    Crystal glasses, white-glove breakfast service and caviar — this is what it’s really like on board the Venice Simplon-Orient Express, says Dylan Jones

    6-min read
  • LifestyleThe Telegraph

    After my mother died of cancer, New Zealand turned my grief into hope

    New Zealand is the reason that I love to travel. Well, New Zealand and my mum. She had visited in the 1970s, and when she heard that my school was planning a rugby tour there, she took on a second job as a cleaner so she could pay for my ticket.

    5-min read
  • LifestyleThe Telegraph

    Your Easter survival guide to Britain’s 10 busiest motorways

    With the Easter weekend upon us, many are gearing up for long drives to the coast, to national parks or simply to visit our in-laws.

    9-min read
  • NewsThe Telegraph

    How the island paradise of Zanzibar is being ruined by British tourists

    Exotic islands will always provide the perfect backdrop for a party. Zanzibar is no exception. Even the name sparks images of long sultry nights, “anything goes” attitudes and unbridled hedonism. But go back a few decades and this semi-autonomous Tanzanian archipelago was a simple, spice-producing country faithfully observing Muslim traditions.

    5-min read
  • NewsThe Guardian

    Rail route of the month: cheese, chocolate and a magical ride to the Swiss town of Gruyères

    The scenery – and delicacies – get better and better for our slow travel expert as she takes a local train through Canton Fribourg to a beautiful medieval village

    6-min read
  • LifestyleThe Telegraph

    The 11 best restaurants in Tenerife

    Long gone are the times when Tenerife tourism was only associated with familiar fodder listed on laminated menus. That food is still available for those looking for home comforts, but tastes in Tenerife have changed, and so has the quality on offer. These days creative Canarian is the dish of the day, with no less than six Michelin-stars awarded to restaurants dotted around these shores and award-winning chefs from far afield joining the burgeoning foodie scene. There are still the traditional,

    8-min read