Emirates airline will be expanding services to Jeddah and Medina to give more flight options to hajj pilgrims heading to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. An additional 46 flights will be made available from 27 July to 22 August from the top inbound destinations: Indonesia, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, South Africa, the UK and the USA. Worshippers at Mecca’s Grand Mosque. Photo by BANDAR ALDANDANI/ […]
An A-Z of places Anthony Bourdain visited around the world
A particularly bright light was extinguished when chef, travel documentarian and king of the one-liners, Anthony Bourdain, passed away in France in June 2018. Anthony Bourdain visited Havana when he was in Cuba. Image: CNN The exuberant 61-year-old from New York died through suicide while filming his popular CNN series, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, which […]
No Contest! 4 Reasons Why Family Travel Beats Sports
High school graduation is the exclamation point that marks the end of childhood. For young graduates, it is an overwhelmingly joyous occasion, and for good reason: their independent life adventures are just beginning. For parents, however, the emotions are more complex. When a child graduates, parents often metaphorically re-read the first chapters of their kid’s […]
The cheap meal that’s the latest resurgence on the Paris dining scene
There’s a hot new dining trend in Paris – and it isn’t a hip market or a far-flung global cuisine. The restaurant Bouillon Chartier Montparnasse after a recent restoration on 6 February in Paris. Image by FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images The latest craze is for bouillons: modern-day versions of traditional workers’ canteens, characterised by hearty comfort […]