From Conde´Nast Traveler: Get ready to rumble, old chap. The King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament runs this year from September 5 to 11 in Hua Hin, Thailand, about 120 miles south of Bangkok, on the Gulf of Thailand. This has been a Thai royal getaway for nearly 100 years because Hua Hin is home to…
Qantas Airways Ltd., the largest airline in Australia, announced it will commence non-stop flights next March between Sydney and sister city, San Francisco. There will initially be three flights a week on Boeing Co. 747-700 planes. Plus, Qantas will add flights between Sydney and Vancouver with a stopover in SFO during North America’s winter, spring…
Casual elegance best describes my lunch at the new Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco. Situated two blocks from fashionista destination Union Square and around the corner from the Museum of Modern Art, its Seasons restaurant is a stylish dining room serving breakfast, lunch and dinner in the heart of my native city. The menu features…
Breaking News from British Airways which is affecting 20,000 passengers: “British Airways has cancelled all flights into and out of London Heathrow airport until at least 6pm on Friday 12 August. “This follows the suspension of all British Airways’ Heathrow flights this afternoon as a result of unofficial industrial action by staff from catering company Gate…
If you’ve got an extra $100 million and want to boldly go where just a few have gone before, then set your sights on an orbital flight with Space Adventures. In an agreement announced this week with Russian space officials, this Arlington, VA company plans to send 2 passengers on a 10- to 21-day journey…
A few years ago, I signed up for a night dive while vacationing in the Turks & Caicos island of Providenciales. As my group was about to take a giant stride off the boat into the clear, 80-degree Caribbean waters, the divemaster told us to enter the water WITHOUT our dive lights on. My fellow…
Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travels voted it “one of the 20 secret bargains of San Francisco.” National Geographic Traveler called it “one of San Francisco’s top attractions.” And SFWeekly.com said San Francisco City Guides was the “Best Walking Tour.” Best of all, these three dozen tours are FREE (but donations are welcome).
Stars like Stella McCartney and Kate Moss have been spotted having a spot of tea in some of London’s more fashionable high tea restaurants, from the recently opened Tea Palace in fashionable Notting Hill to some of the city’s most refined hotels and restaurants. Steeped in tradition, the Palace is a modern tea emporium offering…
Whether you call it N’Awlins, NOLA, or New Orleens, this city has some outstanding restaurants. Brennan’s is a culinary phenomenon and has been since it opened almost 60 years ago. The chefs here have created some of the world’s most famous and imaginative dishes like Bananas Foster. Now with 10 restaurants, their best bargain buys…
Amsterdam in the summer has an annual treat for classical music lovers of all ages. Grachtenfestival will feature some 70 performances from August 17-21 along the city’s canals, including the Prinsengracht concert on a floating stage. But there’s more to this festival than just beautiful music. There will be free performances in and around private…
Paris Hilton and Beyonce´are just two of the celebs who have been throwing away their Euros this summer on $17,000-a-day yachts in Saint-Tropez. Once a quaint French fishing village, it’s now a jet-set playground for the richer and famous like Usher, Tara Reid, Naomi Campbell, The Beckhams, Mischa Barton, Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis and Bono.
I’m dangling over the raw, pounding Pacific Ocean on Canada’s westernmost shore. Two bald eagles soar above and a seal rides the foamy surf. “I’m glad they’re putting on a show for you today,” says Charles McDiarmid, managing director of the Wickaninnish Inn, near Tofino on Vancouver Island, B.C.