You don’t need to go overboard but dress and behaviour codes are essential in Dubai, coz the UAE rules, OK?
Wish List: Cycling Vietnam, gardening in Jordan
August 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
September’s Wish List: Cycle the rural back roads of Vietnam through picturesque villages and rice fields, or how about a garden tour through Jordan?
The real life Rick’s Café Casablanca
June 25, 2012 By 2 Comments
The iconic movie Casablanca wasn’t filmed there, yet travellers still flock to Morocco’s biggest city with stars in their eyes, where many residents have never heard of the film. But you can visit Rick’s Café, designed around the Hollywood version.
Cairo blogger’s opinion on travel safety in Egypt
May 15, 2012 By 3 Comments
A young Cairene blogger gives her opinion on how safe it is to travel to Egypt. Last week we featured a story on travel company Cox & Kings boss Steve Reynolds, who says after a recent holiday there with his family, that Egypt is open for business.
La Maison Arabe cookery school
May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
La Maison Arabe is an elegant boutique hotel in the heart of Marrakesh with a cookery school, where guests roll up their sleeves and immerse themselves in Moroccan cuisine.
Italy’s Abruzzo and alps, Spain by train, Oman
April 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Fabulous tours of Spain by rail, hiking through the Italian Alps, cooking in Abruzzo and an Arabian Odyssey in Oman. Your adventure starts here!
Obituary: Anthony Shadid, the poet of war reporting
February 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Double Pulitzer prize winner Anthony Shadid was bureau chief for the New York Times in Beirut. Shadid died in Syria. His stories from conflict zones were the poetry of war reporting.
A serving of frankincense for Christmas
December 11, 2011 By 2 Comments
Frankincense is an aromatic resin tapped from the hardy but hardly beautiful Boswellia tree by slashing the bark and allowing the resin to bleed out and then solidify. London’s culinary scientist Hestor Blumenthal served it up for a Christmas dinner.
Mother of all Riads in Marrakech
December 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With four palace houses connected through corridors and only nine suites and six rooms, Riad Enija is the perfect escape from the hectic hustle of the Medina.
Mountain and medina adventures in Morocco
September 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With some of the Middle East too unsettled for tourism, travellers’ tastes for adventures are turning to the mountains and medinas of Morocco.
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