Here’s where I think you should be travelling in 2009:1. NORTHERN TERRITORY – this is the real Australia, but be warned that everywhere will disappoint afterwards. Must-see spots include World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park and neighboring Aboriginal owned Arnhem Land with their abundant wildlife, lush wetlands and Aboriginal rock art; Litchfield National Park’s dramatic waterfalls … Read more about Places You Must Go in 2009
That’s what Budget Travel is asking its readers before publishing their own list. You can have your say here. I find it interesting that they’ve asked their readers to submit travel wish lists before releasing their own. Last year, the New York Times travel section came out with a controversial list of 53 places you … Read more about So where will you be going in 2009?
We all love a good list, don’t we? The travel media have been busy publishing their ‘places to go in 2009’ lists, the hot ‘new’ destinations that guidebook publishers and travel publications think you should visit this year, ‘it’ places they want everyone talking about. Last year I posted a list based on places I’d … Read more about Hot new travel destination lists… don’t you love them? Well, don’t you?
You may not read about it in travel magazines or newspapers yet The Navigli has long been Milan’s hippest and most happening neighbourhood. It was when we wrote Lonely Planet’s Best of Milan four years ago and having just spent a month there again renting an apartment on Ripa di Porta Ticinese overlooking the liveliest … Read more about The Navigli: Milan’s hippest neighbourhood
Call me crazy, I’m in Italy and I’m telling you to go to Dubai. But my beloved Dubai has been getting some bad press lately. Call it a backlash, jealousy or – dare I say it? – racism, it’s undeserved. Ignore the critics and go look for yourself.1. AFFORDABLE HOTELS – Hotels have slashed prices … Read more about 10 Reasons to go to Dubai now