Hever Castle in Kent offers a history going back 700 years along with splendid grounds and gardens and a host of special events. Although originally a 13th Century country house, it's the Castle's link to Anne Boleyn, and those tempestuous Tudor times of scheming and treachery, that provides its 'headline' draw. That said, those visiting Hever Cast...

When hearing of the stage adaptation of Yann Martel's, The Life of Pi, I conjured up a pseudo, Bill Bailey style stand-up monologue. "So there's this bloke, in a boat, on the ocean, with a tiger, for like days on end. What's all that about then?" Images by Johan Persson I am not one of the many millions who have read Martel's 2001 book, nor have I ...

I'm Irish. What's your superpower? Normally, I never accept rides from strangers. Yet, here I am in the passenger seat of Tracy's car, a woman who I met only a few moments ago. My wife, Kerry, is in the back seat. "Honestly, it's no trouble, no trouble at all. I'm happy to do it," says Tracy in her Irish brogue. You see, we'd stopped Tracy on a Dub...

Iceland is the land of Ice and Fire … and tomatoes, but we'll get to that later. On a recent visit to Iceland, we wanted to show our children the main tourist attractions, and some quirky ones for extra measure. These aren't on many itineraries, but we believe they should be on all. www.packthepjs.com/our-highlights-of-iceland/ Whale watching Icela...

Davos is a town and Klosters-Serneus is an Alpine resort village in the Swiss Alps, within the canton of Graubünden. Davos is a popular ski resort with a conference center that hosts the annual World Economic Forum. Downhill and cross-country ski areas include Jakobshorn, Pischa, Rinerhorn and Parsenn. Summer activities include swimming and sailing...

The Algarve, Portugal's southernmost region, is known for its Atlantic beaches and golf resorts. The region's western Atlantic coast and rugged interior are less developed and inland are protected woodland, meadows and rivers. The Fonte de Benémola trail, Portimão The Fonte de Benémola trail, which starts an hour from Portimaõ, passes through prote...