Category: Country

What Women (Don’t) Want From Travel

Memo to hotels and airlines – this is why women don’t take vacations quite as often as you’d like.

LONDON: V&A The World’s Biggest Fashion Museum

When in London, head to the world’s biggest fashion museum, the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum (known as the V&A).

Coffs Coast foodie gems

Coffs Harbour, on the NSW North Coast, used to be famous for such culinary delights as frozen chocolate-coated bananas (my kids still ask for them) but on our recent trip north we gorged ourselves on gourmet fare that was rather more sophisticated.

Alto Tango at Zeta Bar, Sydney

If you’re closer to Sydney than Buenos Aires this winter and in need of a hit of Porteño culture, hit up Zeta Bar, Friday nights at the Hilton.

Sex, Death and Art at MONA Hobart, Tasmania

An avant-garde private art collection dedicated to sex and death, the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) has been hailed as a new beginning for contemporary museums and derided by others as the end of art.

Romantic Escapes in Deal, England

Deal is a beautiful, peaceful seaside town in Kent, connected by train from London.

England to France the Easy Way

Most people think of a trip to France in terms of a Eurostar train trip to Paris – costing just under £140 return from London.

The Best £5 Lunch in London

The best lunch in London for £5 (or less) has to be on the river at Camden.

Oamaru – New Zealand’s Eccentric Secret

Looking for penguin love in New Zealand? Holiday Goddess Editor Tamara Pitelen visits  Oamaru.

Open House London in September

In London in September? Once a year the doors of London’s most prestigious buildings are thrown open to visitors, and it’s all free, says Holiday Goddess Handbag Guide to London editor, Andreina Cordani.

Sydney’s Best Beaches by Bus

No car? No problem. Here is the absolute beginner’s guide to Sydney’s three  best beaches by bus.

Fab Sixties London Walks

Walks on the Wilde Side have uncovered the London of Jimi Hendrix, the Kinks and other Sixties icons for  a series of walks which start at £5 and take you time-travelling into the Swinging Sixties.