AllWays Traveller Features
A boutique tourism business established in the Mid Wales countryside has been given the first glamping five star gold award from Visit Wales for shepherd's hut accommodation. The Shepherd's Hut at Upper Gelli, Golfa, Welshpool was used as the guinea pig for the new award and the assessors gave it a score of 98 per cent. It enjoy views towards the...
Frank Lloyd Wright designed six hotels of which five were built but only The Historic Park Inn Hotel located in Mason City, Iowa remains. The property includes 27 guest rooms with one restored almost exactly as it was when the hotel was completed in 1910. In addition, the facility features many of the original items designed by Wright, including ...
Wild Women Expeditions, which offers tours in women-only groups has four new itineraries in India, Patagonia and Costa Rica India Jungles and Jewels Adventures This tour explores India's national parks and the chance to view big cats, elephants and exotic birds. It includes the Kanha National Park highlighted in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book a...
La Palma in the Atlantic Ocean and the most north-westerly Canary Island, is also known as "La Isla Bonita" (the pretty island). It is UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve and a designated Starlight Reserve. La Palma offers rugged, mountainous landscapes, unspoilt nature, volcanoes, deep forests and intimate beaches. One of the seven Canary Islands, La P...
Not only is it the same sun that shines on the Mediterranean beaches as on the Swiss Alps but, instead of trash, crowds, traffic and hazzle, there is the stark contrast of the silence, space and relaxation of Europe's highest mountains. I soon discovered which of the two holidays I would find the more restorative writes Adam Jacot de Boinod. What I...
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is London's largest UNESCO World Heritage site. Its collection of living plants, trees and shrubs, either 'growing out' or in the glasshouses and nurseries, comprise the largest and most diverse collection in the world. A very short stroll from the botanical gardens, Kew itself has a delightful village feel with good ...