WITH 270 days of sunshine a year, pints of beer for less than £2 and a James Bond casino – Lisbon may just be the perfect place for a golfing break. Situated on the west wing of Portugal, Lisbon is…
WITH 270 days of sunshine a year, pints of beer for less than £2 and a James Bond casino – Lisbon may just be the perfect place for a golfing break. Situated on the west wing of Portugal, Lisbon is…
GOLFING HEAVEN Of course there’s golf, great golf. With three courses there is plenty to challenge even the most experienced player. South is the jewel in the crown, one of the European Tour’s flagship courses, while Laranjal is renowned for…
SPEECHLESS. For a full five minutes people around me chatted casually as I tried to digest the surprising beauty of Ibiza while our luxury yacht breezed away from the port. Above my head the sun was shining without a cloud…
VAMOS RAFA! The fiercely Spanish Nadal war-cry reverberates around La Manga Club’s exhibition show court. Thud – a serve is battered in my direction, kicking up off the uneven clay turf. Oof – my reply tamely nestles into the net.…
Across six days my Dad and I sampled some of the finest seafood we could get our hands on across Dalmatia, whilst drinking in staggering views of medieval walled cities, stunning natural waterfalls and snow-capped mountains. Here’s the route we…
POISED at the top of a mountain, I was sitting on a bike saddle attached to a single ski with a joystick poking through my legs Riding a Yooner for the first time was going to be an interesting experience…
A FEW pints down the local. A night out on the town. A helicopter tour over the city of London. One of these is not your usual weekend activity. If you’re tired of forking out for over-priced food and drinks…
Rio de Janeiro is an incredible city. In Portuguese it means “river of January”, because when Europeans first arrived on 1 January 1502 they thought the large entrance of what is now known as Guanabara Bay was the mouth of…
Staring back at me was the glum face of Pikachu, the yellow Pokemon creature which had been spray-painted into the side of a jumbo jet. But there was no cute smile, its cheeky wink replaced by one thick blackened eye…
Circling around the Great Blue Hole in Belize felt like the realisation of a dream. Seeing it was one of the big goals of my six-month backpacking trip, flicking out my iPhone in pubs and showing people pictures of it…