A long weekend in Lake Annecy: high thrills and haute cuisine


Catherine Henderson enjoys high thrills and haute cuisine in Lake Annecy – arguably one of France’s most beautiful areas

Spotlight on San Francisco

Ahead of the Golden Gate Bridge’s 75th birthday on May 27, San Francisco has never looked more golden writes Kaye Holland. Read her guide to the city with its head in the clouds, here

HM Revenue and Customs

From the website:

“HMRC’s purpose is to make sure that the money is available to fund the UK’s public services. We also help families and individuals with targeted financial support”

More Visit Jamaica

Many countries in the Caribbean have been concerned about downturns in tourism because of the effects of the dreaded Air Passenger Duty. Tourism had slumped in many places over the last few years but Jamaica has announced that it has head a healthy upturn over the winter; its busiest time for visitors.

What’s on at Best of Britain & Ireland

If you’re thinking of coming along to Kensington, Olympia for this show at any time over the next two days, then many parts of the UK will be showing off local food and drink.
On the One North East stand they will have Pan Haggerty Pies, Durham Brewery Beers and Northumberland Bog Myrtle Gin. Competing against the Irish and Scottish whiskies will be Coquet Black Rory Whisky. And still discussing whisky, there will be a few distilleries on the Visit Scotland stand with samples for you to try like Glengoyne. Staying with the alcoholic theme, the Discover Gosport & The Royal Navy Submarine Museum stand may still have rum to sample

Hotel Reading Courtesy of Eurostars Hotels

Last year, (CD-Traveller 10 Nov 2009), I wrote about The Eurostars Hotels Travel Narrative Award. You might remember that this award means that the winning title gets distributed to every single hotel room that Eurostars Hotels have. The Barcelona based group has 53 hotels. (but not one in the UK/Ireland yet.) This means that in over 4200 rooms the winning book is there to be read by any guest.

This year the winner is Paco Nadal

Notes from Namibia: part six

When it comes to fabulous weather and wildlife, there is nowhere like Namibia, says Adrienne. Over the next few weeks, she will be sharing her notes from Namibia – arguably Africa at its most authentic – exclusively with CD-Traveller readers. Today: Activities in sand and sea