Losing weight in France

Losing Weight in France

Losing It in France by Sally Asher reveals les secrets of the French diet – how to give yourself life’s pleasures in moderation and not get fat.

Rental bikes in Paris cheap as pomme frites

Rental bikes in Paris

Rental bikes in Paris is the most inexpensive way to get around. The Vélib scheme costs as little as 1.70 euros a day.

We’re travel culture vultures, sort of

London Bridge

When Australians travel they like to become culture vultures. Up to a point. Because many still prefer English-speaking countries, a new survey reveals.

French jewellery discount

MO resin for Mother's Day

Many thanks to all our readers who Liked and commented on MO Resin’s fabulous jewellery. With Mother’s Day coming up on May 13, we are extending our offer of 25 per cent discount on their online collections.

Cook’s journey to Paris and travels in saucy Mexico

books

Two deliciously entertaining journeys – one to Mexico City and the other tracing the career of an Indian chef from Mumbai to Paris – are Taste for Travel’s best reads of the month. Enjoy!

We’re giving away our Parisian birthday presents

Jewellery

Happy Birthday to us! To celebrate our first year online we’re giving away Parisian-inspired jewellery to our readers, created in Sydney by French artist Olivier. Taste for Travel readers also receive an exclusive 25% discount on his collections.

Delicious reads for the month of romance

Reading

A re-telling of the famous, bawdy One Thousand And One Nights, an erotic novel set in Greece, and two books on Provence and Paris are Taste for Travel’s February picks. There’s one book to give away, so read on and enjoy!

Top 10 spots in the world not to go planking

Planking

Thanks to YouTube and Facebook, thousands of people are lying ram-rod horizontal on top of cars, railway tracks, coffee tables, road signs, fences and landmarks, taking photos and sharing them with the world.

The Paris Wife

Paris

Ernest Hemmingway must have been hell to live with. This fictional account of his first marriage to the unassuming Hadley Richardson in the 1920s is based on fact. But I loved this book so much, I wanted to jump on the next plane to France.

Movies that make us pack our bags

New York skyline

Films inspire us to travel. The Lord of the Rings Triology revealed New Zealand’s dramatic scenery, Gandhi unleashed a generation of backpackers on India, and Thailand is about to get a whole lot more drunks with The Hangover Part 2.