Where the experts holiday: Lidiya De, relationship manager at The Royal Horseguards Hotel

Lidiya De, relationship manager at The Royal Horseguards Hotel, talks travel

In the footsteps of Jean Cocteau

One of the appeals of Menton on the French Riviera is the largest museum dedicated to the works of Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), a famous French artist who died fifty years ago. Frederic exolores the museum and the three towns forever linked with his work.

Foreign Office

From the website:

“What we do

This is where you’ll find information on all our key roles from supporting British nationals overseas to promoting British business to legalising documents. ”

Greeting the new year in Sydney

The new year often seems to begin when we see the magnificent firework display that Sydney puts on every year. At 13.00 hours today it is midnight in Sydney. Then the fun begins and spreads throughout the world until we wind down with celebrations in Brazil and other Latin American countries.

The Lure of the Salmon

Think of the Scottish Borders and one thing that will come to mind will be fishing. Salmon fishing. The Tweed is one of the great salmon fishing rivers we have but over some recent years catches have been disappointing. Not last year though which has been a bumper one. In fact it has been the best year since records began 64 years ago.

2012 travel highlights

2012 has been a busy year for the CD Traveller team and it’s time to take stock. Later this month, our writers will be revealing a few of our favourite experiences and discoveries from the past 12 months

Hot topic: molecular gastronomy

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