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Once the holiday preserve of toiling backpackers, Vietnam is now attracting a more grown-up breed of traveler, drawn by its unspoilt mix of natural and cultural treasures. Caroline Phillips takes a heady trip from the hectic streets of Hanoi’s French Quarter to a stylish eco-resort nestled on remote tropical shores.
When we moved to London’s Kensal Rise in 2003, I hated it. I disparagingly referred to it as ‘The Suburbs’. We’d lived in Holland Park and Kensington. I loved the Royal Borough’s stucco houses, gracious parks, cafes and shops. But we’d sold our duplex in Kensington during the rise of the property market and, sitting smug, waited in a rented house in Holland Park for the market to crash. And waited. And waited.
If you’re going to pay a flying visit to the hotspots of East Africa, then by golly do it in a helicopter.
This hotel enjoys a marvellous riverside location at the centre of the children’s universe – near Legoland – and thoughtfully the spa also caters for teens. It has great facilities: tennis courts, open-air pool, dance studio, gym, an 18-metre indoor pool, whirlpool bath, sauna, eucalyptus steam room and, best of all, Aquitaine – a private spa room for up to eight people with an adjoining double-treatment room.
How do you keep two easily bored girls amused on a driving tour? Try breaking the journey with beaches, treehouses and meals you can eat with your fingers, says Caroline Phillips.
Simon Cowell, Marlon Brando, Muhammad Ali, Frank Sinatra and OJ Simpson have at least one thing in common: they have all dined at Patmore, the five-bedroom Surrey home of public relations supremo Max Clifford, who is putting it on the market at £1.795 million as he prepares for a new life with a new wife following an Easter wedding.
Coconut with everything. That’s how my youngest daughter happily sums up our culinary tour of Kerala, south India.
Our first lesson takes place in the kitchen of a colonial bungalow overlooking the Arabian Sea.
Wearing a blue sari and apron, our cookery teacher, Faiza Moosa, stands next to 16 dishes of pungent spices, from fiery chillies to local cloves.
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When we moved to London’s Kensal Rise in 2003, I hated it. I disparagingly referred to it as ‘The Suburbs’. We’d lived in Holland Park…
If you’re going to pay a flying visit to the hotspots of East Africa, then by golly do it in a helicopter.