​ ICEHOTEL 34, where every room is a work of art, has opened in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. (Images :Christopher Hauser) Its suites, sculptures, and halls are entirely made of ice and snow created by a group of international artists. ICEHOTEL, which first opened in 1989, is created anew every winter, of natural ice from Torne River, one of Sweden´s nation...

Kotor is a medieval walled town with a rich history and culture, located at the foot of Mount Lovćen at the southern end of Montenegro's Boka Bay. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1979. The site includes the old town of Kotor, its fortifications and the inner Bay of Kotor. As part of our recent tour of the Balkan countries we briefly ...

Mostar is a stunning destination with cobblestoned streets, old stone buildings and of course its eye-catching bridge spanning the picturesque Neretva River. Mostar is a city, although it feels like a town, and it is in fact the cultural centre and the largest city of the Herzegovina region. It is difficult to write about Bosnia & Herzegovina w...

Barging doesn't normally conjure up images of luxury… that is, until I traveled with European Waterways  The UK-based company has elevated barging –or "en peniche" as it's called in France – to a new consciousness. The 126-foot L'Impressionniste once carried commercial freight on the canals in Holland, but in 1996 the two-deck, flat-bottomed, ...

​ Barnsdale Gardens is a horticultural site located in Rutland, England, used by Geoff Hamilton through the BBC television series Gardeners' World, which he presented from 1979 until his death in 1996. (Images :Steve Hamilton) The gardens cover eight acres and has 37 individual gardens and features. Barnsdale Gardens highlights Snowdrop Month each ...

Madeira has won Europe's leading island destination, at the World Travel Award, for the 8th year running. Madeira, the Portuguese archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa, is now highlighting itself as a winter sun destination. The archipelago is formed by a set of islands, the main and only inhabited being Madeira and Porto Santo. The archipe...