Magical Royal Mansour – Marrakech
Dining fit for a King… To call the Royal Mansour an ‘hotel’ is to create preconceptions for the visitor that threaten to undermine the true magic of the experience. One should go with an open mind. Arriving at the commanding Moorish façade one could be forgiven for thinking that you’d simply arrived at the walls of the Medina itself, until on closer inspection the first hints of true craftsmanship appear. Passing through the...
Flavours of the Medina – Marrakech
We wanted to taste the Medina in all its forms… …especially food that the locals would eat but without the risk of running into trouble…or bathrooms. Prior to travelling to Marrakech our Twitter feed popped up with a lady called Amanda of Marrakech Food Tours. We contacted her to find out more as we intended to spend a good deal of time in the Souks and thought it would be good to combine our meanderings with a culinary...
Our New York City Diner
Notes on latest top-notch nosh and nightlife in New York. A week ago Olly, our eldest son and part of the TLC team, jetted off to New York on a business trip with his co-director in another business. Not only did he pick the worst weekend since ‘Snowmageddon’ with the city smothered in snow but he seems to have spent all four days in some of the best eateries the city has to offer. We also tasked him with field testing some of the...
Singapore Sling – it must be Raffles!
Predictable it might be – but after you’ve toured the bustling, spotless streets and sights of Singapore, ridden the cable car to Sentosa, the MRT train to a highly emasculated Bugis Street (which now only sports open air shopping of a merchandising kind without all the previous risqué razzmatazz of the transgender beauties of the seventies) and taken in the endless Malls of glittering consumerism then it’s good to step away from...
Top Three Restaurants in Mumbai
Our ‘Top Three’ recommends for fine-dining restaurants in Mumbai As with any international city, Mumbai confronts the wary traveller with literally thousands of restaurant choices which often leads to them defaulting to staying in their hotel where ‘it’s safer’ (which might not actually be the case ) or venturing into Colaba and buzzy Leopolds café/bar/restaurant which has become the haunt of any Westerner unsure of...
Cherrie’s top tips for making the best of India
There’s no denying that travelling to India can be a major culture shock, especially on your first visit. It’s a huge and bewildering country, with many different religions and cultures, and cities that roar with traffic and bustle with non-stop activity. Simple planning and awareness can reduce this assault on the senses and enable you to anticipate and enjoy your surroundings so that you can’t wait to come back again. Our tips fall...
