Travel tips

30 Apr 2013 London keeps evolving and seems almost immune to any economic downturn. Hence this latest update - timed for all the many visitors who seem to flood in to London at this time of year. Thank you for your latest suggestions of places you love and recommend - please keep them coming. More...

In response to my recent article Wine tasting in Geneva and Narbonne , Languedoc resident Richard Neville sends this report on the innovative Les Grands Buffets de Narbonne - JR. A self-service restaurant in which diners eat as much as they want (for  € 25.90 a head) , that. More...

Yesterday we published Wink Lorch's account of the Marquis d'Angerville's foray into the Jura. Last Thursday night on her way back from the recent get together on alpine grape varieties at which José Vouillamoz once again presented Wine Grapes and was able to meet up once more with. More...

We heard it before we saw it, and our hearts jumped into our mouths. A jarring, horrorful, high-frequency clamour, piercing enough to rattle the very fillings of your molars. My wife and I were entering a boutique village pub hotel for a night of quiet escapism. She is the deputy head of a. More...

See our forthcoming collection of reviews of the Languedoc - France's best-value wine region. For those wishing to stay in the very centre of the Languedoc-Roussillon vineyard areas and take advantage of the autumn sunshine in the south of France, there is some good news. Three. More...

In The Malmö Olympics , I explained why I recently found myself flying to Copenhagen and visiting Malmö in Sweden, where my company is based. Here are some of the great places I ate and drank while there, together with a recommendation from back home in Madrid. Pho Bo, Vietnamese. More...

Purple Pager Wink Lorch of www.winetravelguides.com is right. The Jura is a delightfully bucolic region about which I will be writing in more detail but wanted to make two specific recommendations, and to alert Brits to a new flight service to Dole which may also be of use to those planning to. More...

In time, we hope, for those planning a trip to London over the forthcoming holidays, here is a guide to our favourite wine bars in London. As we pointed out here , after years of having hardly any establishments worthy of the wine bar appellation, the capital is now seeing a small explosion. More...

For further suggestions from our Purple pagers, have a look at our travel forum and also at Your views . Bordeaux The greatest concentration of expensive wine in the world. St-Émilion is the prettiest wine town there. Most Médoc properties are deserted most of the year but. More...

On Saturday I wrote in Getting to grips with Puglia about the Radici del Sud wine competition that was held over three days and four nights at the beginning of this month. I feel I ought to mention a little bit more about the extraordinary place where this took place, Borgo Egnazia on Puglia's. More...