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Struth! A Night in the Dungeon
Malmaison Prison Hotel Oxford IN his continuing search for the more weird, whacky and wonderous in the world of travel, DAVID ELLIS says you can now sentence yourself to a night in a centuries-old prison in the grounds of William the Conqueror’s circa 1071 castle in Oxford. The Malmaison Hotel has 94 suites that have […]
STRUTH ! Tree Mail
IN his continuing search for the more weird, whacky and wonderous in the world of travel, DAVID ELLIS finds South Africa’s postal service began 150 years before European settlement of the country – and that the first letter “posted” there was literally given the boot. It was back in 1500 when ships of many nations […]
TELL ’EM THE BUTLER DID IT
One of the world’s greatest luxury cruise experiences – having a butler look after your every need aboard the super-indulgent Azamara Journey – has just got even better through ecruising.travel That’s because it’s discounted the price of a 14-night Europe fly/cruise package as much as $4200 a couple, bringing it down to as low as […]
TELL ’EM THE BUTLER DID IT
One of the world’s greatest luxury cruise experiences – having a butler look after your every need aboard the super-indulgent Azamara Journey – has just got even better through ecruising.travel That’s because it’s discounted the price of a 14-night Europe fly/cruise package as much as $4200 a couple, bringing it down to as low as […]
TELL ’EM THE BUTLER DID IT
One of the world’s greatest luxury cruise experiences – having a butler look after your every need aboard the super-indulgent Azamara Journey – has just got even better through ecruising.travelThat’s because it’s discounted the price of a 14-night Europe fly/cruise package as much as $4200 a couple, bringing it down to as low as $4549pp […]
KYM’S GOT TRAVELLING ALL BOTTLED UP
david ellis WHEN Kym Tolley left Penfolds after 17 years to start his own winery in Coonawarra, he admits to something of a rude surprise. “I thought it would be great to have my own winery,” he says. “But no one told me that after making the stuff, I had to actually get out there […]
KYM’S GOT TRAVELLING ALL BOTTLED UP
david ellis WHEN Kym Tolley left Penfolds after 17 years to start his own winery in Coonawarra, he admits to something of a rude surprise. “I thought it would be great to have my own winery,” he says. “But no one told me that after making the stuff, I had to actually get out there […]
ROLLIN’ DOWN THE RIVER – HOW GORGES
david ellis MOST hail it China’s greatest building job since the Great Wall was started in the 7th century BC and took two-thousand years to finish. But while the Three Gorges Dam has so far taken just fifteen years of hard yakka and has another two to go, it’s also attracted its fair share of […]
THE PIERRE, NEW YORK TO RE-OPEN JUNE 1, 2009
The Pierre, the iconic U.S. flagship of Taj Hotels on New York’s Fifth Avenue overlooking Central Park, will re-open June 1 following a meticulous $100 million renovation to create new guestroom and bath interiors and to reconfigure first floor public areas to accommodate a new restaurant, Le Caprice at The Pierre, as well as 2 […]
THE PIERRE, NEW YORK TO RE-OPEN JUNE 1, 2009
The Pierre, the iconic U.S. flagship of Taj Hotels on New York’s Fifth Avenue overlooking Central Park, will re-open June 1 following a meticulous $100 million renovation to create new guestroom and bath interiors and to reconfigure first floor public areas to accommodate a new restaurant, Le Caprice at The Pierre, as well as 2 […]
